Pipeline Explosion in China

A pair of oil pipeline blasts engulfed a Chinese port in flames for 15 hours before firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze, state-run media reported. The fire was far from residential areas and no casualties were reported, government spokesman in the northeastern coastal city of Dalian told the Xinhua news agency. More than 2,000 […]


How to Use a USB Flash Drive to Install an Operating System

Windows 1 Open the Command Prompt from the “Start” menu. Type “diskpart” and press “Enter.” Type “list disk” and press “Enter.” Check the list of attached media to find the number of your flash drive. The storage capacity will be the best clue. 2 Type “select disk x“, replacing “x” with the number of your […]


Diff’rent Strokes Conrad Bain

Conrad Bain Conrad Bain was born February 4, 1923 in Lethbridge, Alberta Canada.  Wryly humorous Canadian character actor Conrad Bain was all wrapped up in such athletic pursuits as hockey and speed skating when, in his junior year of high school, he suddenly became fascinated with acting. He studied at Alberta’s Banff School of Fine […]


Jennifer Aniston, hit by scam

Jennifer Aniston named as victim of salon fraud The owner of a Beverly Hills beauty salon was arrested on Wednesday on charges of stealing credit card information from Jennifer Aniston, Anne Hathaway and Liv Tyler and running up tens of thousands of fraudulent payments on their accounts. According to court documents in the case, a […]


‘Sheriff Joe’ defiant after immigration ruling

PHOENIX – Lost in the hoopla over Arizona’s immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country. Nowhere in the U.S. is local enforcement more present than in metropolitan Phoenix, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely […]


Volcano erupts after 400-year silence

Thousands of Indonesians were evacuated from the slopes of a volcano on Sunday after it erupted for the first time in more than 400 years, spewing out lava and sending smoke and dust 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) into the air. Mount Sinabung, in the north of the island of Sumatra, began erupting around midnight after […]


13-year-old U.S. boy stages protest in China

A 13-year-old American boy campaigning to turn the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea into a peace park tried to get the Chinese president’s attention Monday, staging a brief protest near Tiananmen Square before being led away by police. Jonathan Lee unfurled a sign saying “peace treaty” and “nuclear free DMZ children’s peace forest” […]


Resume Keywords

Keywords Can Make or Break Your Resume By Erika Malzberg, for LiveCareer As many as 80% of employers use keywords to decide which resumes are worth a look. Using the right resume keywords can get you noticed and earn you an interview. Here’s how: What are keywords? Keywords are used in job descriptions to describe […]