Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Canada is considering providing special protection for three underwater areas. New Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield identified St. Arins Bank in Nova Scotia and the Gulf of St. Lawrence’s American Bank and Shediac Valley as the potential protected areas. Ashfield’s announcement on Wednesday [...]
Matthew Borghese – AHN News Contributor Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – Video games are increasingly a part of American life as a new study finds 72 percent of households are gamers. Games now live on consoles, computers, mobile devices, the Internet and social media, with 82 percent of adults saying they play video [...]
Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter Los Angeles, CA, United States (Celebrity News Service) – Lightning McQueen, Mater, and the rest of the “Cars” gang are going international for this summer’s highly anticipated sequel, and so is the film’s soundtrack. Among the stars gearing up to provide music for the film are Brad Paisley, [...]
Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Santiago, Chile (AHN) – A cloud of volcanic soot hung over parts of Chile and Argentina on Sunday following the eruption of the Puyehue volcano the day before. The volcano in southern Chile’s Andes mountains shot a column of ash and gas six miles high into the sky [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Oxfam warns that as global food prices continue to increase the resultant hardship caused to people who were already struggling to obtain adequate amounts of food is increasing demands for a major reform in global food prices. When world food prices reached a [...]
Jim Keller – AHN Sports Reporter Columbus, OH, United States (AHN Sports) – Jim Tressel is done at Ohio State. Terrelle Pryor’s exit could be next. Pryor, already suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season for trading memorabilia for money and tattoos, has had his license suspended. That was reported by USA [...]
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Talisay, Batangas, Philippines (AHN) – The ongoing fish kill that is plagueing the aquaculture industry in the Philippine province of Batangas could last up to one month, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region IV-A Officer-in-Charge Director Esmeralda Manalang said on Tuesday. Manalang said the one-month estimate is dependent on [...]
Anil Giri – AHN News Correspondent Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) – Considered the world’s cheapest car, the Tata Nano, has arrived in Nepal and was expected to hit the streets Wednesday. Launched in January 2008 in India as the “people’s car, the 624 CC cars were initially priced at IRs 100,000 (US $2,200) as was touted [...]
Trenton, NJ, United States (AHN) – Trenton Public Schools officials are working to continue bus service for students after transportation workers started a sick-out late in the week. As state budget wrangling continues, the district is moving ahead with plans to privatize its school bus service, contending it could save about $2 million. About half [...]
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Concord, NC, United States (AHN Sports) – In his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start of the season Matt Kenseth outlasted Roush Fenway Racing teammate Carl Edwards to win Saturday’s Top Gear 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Filling in for Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne, Kenseth scored the 26th Nationwide [...]
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