One World Trade Center is scheduled to be completed in early 2014 The 72-story 4 World Trade Center will open in November 2013. The 9/11 Museum is on schedule to open spring 2014 2 WCBS NewYork NEW YORK- Work continues to progress at the World Trade Center site as the nation prepares to mark the […]
September 10, 2013
Dubai’s second tallest skyscraper Marina 101 soon to be completed
Dubai’s second tallest skyscraper Marina 101 soon to be completed Marina 101 will be 432m (1,417 ft) tall and 101 floors By Shane McGinley Arabian Business.com Dubai-based developer Sheffield Holdings has announced its soon-to-be-completed hotel project Marina 101 will be branded Dream Dubai Marina and will be managed in association with Wyndham Hotel Group, the […]
September 8, 2013
Tokyo to host 2020 Olympics
Tokyo to host 2020 Olympics KYODO Japan Times BUENOS AIRES – Tokyo was chosen as the “safe pair of hands” to host the 2020 Summer Olympics on Saturday, beating Istanbul and Madrid at the International Olympic Committee’s general session. The Japanese capital will be the first Asian city to host the Olympics twice, having also […]
September 6, 2013
President Obama to give Syria speech Tuesday, September 10- Also Martin Luther King, Jr.’s view on war and economy
President Obama to give Syria speech Tuesday Speaking to reporters at the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia President Obama on Friday, September 6, 2013, stated he might fail to convince the American public to back proposed U.S. military strikes against Syria. The President will address the American people on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 about […]
September 6, 2013
10 States are shortchanging Historically-Black Land Grant Universities, report says
10 States are shortchanging Historically-Black Land Grant Universities, report says APLU releases new policy brief: Land-Grant But Unequal: State One-To-One Match Funding for 1890 Land-Grant Universities Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) September 5, 2013—Concerned that states are failing to provide the nation’s 1890 black land-grant universities the same level of one-to-one matching dollars […]
September 4, 2013
Poland plans to invest 3.1 billion U.S. dollars in seaports by 2020
Poland plans to invest 3.1 billion U.S. dollars in seaports by 2020 Xinhua WARSAW– Poland plans to invest seaports over 3.1 billion U.S. dollars (about 10 billion PLN) in the years 2014-2020, Transport Minister Slawomir Nowak said in Gdansk, North Poland, on Tuesday. According to Nowak’s speech at the opening ceremony of the 17th International […]
September 2, 2013
Remembering yesteryear: President Richard Nixon ends U.S. biological weapons program and statement on chemical weapons
Remembering yesteryear: President Richard Nixon ends U.S. biological weapons program and statement on chemical weapons In November 1969, President Richard Nixon surprised the American public, and the world, by ordering the United States to unilaterally discontinue its biological weapons program, thus ending further research into their development. Though this decision came as a shock to […]
September 2, 2013
89,000 left Ireland in a year
89,000 left Ireland in year to April 2013, 6 percent left for United States Government admits “an unacceptable level” as emigrant leaves every six minutes By Jane Walsh IrishCentral A person emigrates from Ireland every six minutes according to new figures released by the Central Statistics Office. That figures show 240 people a day, the […]
September 1, 2013
Lady Gaga – Applause
Lady Gaga – Applause “Applause” is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga, from her upcoming third studio album, Artpop (2013). Written and produced by Lady Gaga and DJ White Shadow, the song was released on August 12, 2013 by Interscope Records as the album’s lead single. ___________________ ___________________
August 30, 2013
Israel: Ethiopia’s African Jews immigrate
Black African Jews immigrate to Israel Haaretz The last 450 immigrants from Ethiopia landed in Israel on Wednesday afternoon, ending a 30-year national project. However, hundreds or even thousands of others remain in a camp in Ethiopia, as Israel has refused to let them in. Wednesday’s landing completed the effort’s final stage, which consisted of […]


September 11, 2013
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