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Jersey Shore cast help reopen shore devastated by Superstorm Sandy
New Jersey towns are counting on a good summer to help them recoup major losses incurred after the storm.
# america - Friday 24 May, 2013
Oversize load on truck causes Washington bridge collapse
The bridge had been listed as “functionally obsolete” – a category meaning that the design is outdated.
# america - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Goat escapes en route to slaughterhouse, outwits police
This goat went wild and the police could barely keep up.
Employer sponsorship proposal ‘could wipe out’ J1 visas
Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly says that the proposal that students getting a J1 need to have their employer sponsor them won’t work.
# america - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
16 things you’ll remember from your J1 experience
It’s that time of year again.
Twenty children killed in Oklahoma twister
The tornado, which ripped through an elementary school, has killed at least 51 people but the death toll is expected to rise.
# america - Saturday 18 May, 2013
Prohibition: When alcohol was banned in America
It was made illegal to buy, sell or manufacture alcohol in 1920 in the United States. Here’s what happened next.
# america - Friday 17 May, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added deer on a city bus
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# america - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Suicide bombing targets NATO convoy in Kabul
At least 15 people have been killed and dozens wounded in the attack in the Afghan capital.
# america - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
At least 32 dead in Iraq bombings
11 bombings struck Baghdad, as well as the cities of Kirkuk and Tarmiyah.
Authentic Irishman for hire has the best business card you’ll see today
‘Grandtimes, Singing, Dancing & Carrying On’
# america - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
US Attorney General: We seized reporters’ phone records to protect American lives
The US administration has been accused of undermining press freedom by secretly seizing journalists’ phone records.
# america - Monday 13 May, 2013
Enda Kenny played a ‘significant role’ in the Celtic Tiger, says US college
Boston College, where the Taoiseach will speak next week, has noted his time in the Rainbow government of the 90s. Kenny himself has previously said: “The Celtic Tiger years were false years.”
# america - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Column: You can often tell what is troubling America by looking to the blockbusters
Movies are often a reflection of current affairs what’s going on in the world, and even the unlikely genre of mass-market US action movies can deal with the fears and uncertainties felt by the American people at any given time, writes Darren Mooney.
# america - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Renowned theatre director Vincent Dowling dies
The 83-year-old passed away in the US. He was based at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin for nearly four decades.
11 actual surnames that would be unfortunate in Ireland
This goes out to all the Dopes and Langers.
Pressure grows on Obama to free hunger strikers – or put them on trial
Almost two-thirds of the prisoners at Guantanamo are on a hunger strike, which entered its fourth month earlier this week.
# america - Friday 10 May, 2013
Criminal probe launched in Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 14
Around 200 people were injured in the blast, which decimated the small town of 2,800 people.
In pics: Final piece of spire added to One World Trade Centre
Its total height is now 541 metres, or 1,776 feet – a symbolic height chosen to echo the year 1776, when America declared independence from Britain.
# america - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Questions raised over how Ohio kidnap was hidden for 10 years
“The nightmare is over. These three young ladies have provided us with the ultimate definition of survival and perserverance. The healing can now begin”.
How to win a gerbil beauty pageant
Call all gerbil enthusiasts.
# america - Monday 6 May, 2013
Photos: Ever wanted your own private island? For €22 million, this could be yours
You even get your very own waterfall…
# america - Sunday 5 May, 2013
These maps show 21 highly segregated USA cities
Analysis of the 2010 Census data shows how major cities are still segregated by neighbourhood a half century after the civil rights movement.
# america - Friday 3 May, 2013
How this plane is travelling across America without any fuel
Powered entirely by the sun, the plane can fly by day or night but it will never be able to carry passengers.
# america - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Can you help identify a victim from the 1968 Aer Lingus plane crash?
45 years after the crash, the 14th and final body to be recovered has finally had a DNA profile created for it.
Suicide rate among middle-aged Americans rose by 28 per cent in 10 years
Figures from 1999 to 2010 have shown that the trend was most pronounced among white men, whose rate of suicide increased by 40 per cent.
33 American high school students suspended for twerking
The local news report on the incident is a sight to behold.
# america - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Five-year-old boy shoots his kid sister in tragic accident
The Kentucky family did not realise there was a shell in the boy’s “first rifle” which had been a present last year.
# america - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Guantanamo is a legal no man’s land that ‘needs to be closed’
President Barack Obama says he does not want any inmates to die as about 100 prisoners continue a hunger strike.
Obama: Chemical weapons used in Syria, but we don’t know who used them
Obama said there was no evidence to indicate when, who and how chemical weapons were used in Syria as he spoke to the media about Guantanamo Bay and Russian relations earlier today.
Boston bombing suspect had links to slain Islamists
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed during his capture, was known to have been in contact with a Dagestan militants.
# america - Saturday 27 April, 2013
North Korea puts US citizen on trial for ‘trying to overthrow regime’
North Korea says the man has admitted the charges and will soon face ‘judgment’.
# america - Thursday 25 April, 2013
US believe it’s likely that Syria have used chemical weapons
Obama previously said that their use would be a “grave and tragic” mistake on Assad’s behalf and that it would be a “game changer.”
# america - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Charges dropped against Elvis impersonator in US ricin letters
The home of another Mississippi man is now been investigated.
# america - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Guns are ‘important’ cause of youth injury – US Medical Association
The study found that while 13 per cent of gunshot injuries resulted in death, only 1.7 of those who suffered from other injuries died.
# america - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Column: I’ll never forget the moment I heard the news of the explosions in my hometown
Boston native, Larry Donnelly reflects on the the horrific events that happened at the Boston Marathon this week, saying he’s been heartened by the expressions of solidarity from countless Irish people who have such a special affinity with the most Irish city in the US.
# america - Saturday 20 April, 2013
LIVE: Local TV covers the manhunt for the Boston Marathon suspect
Watch live coverage from the local ABC affiliate, WCVB, as it covers the manhunt for the ‘white hat’ bombing suspect.
# america - Friday 19 April, 2013
UPDATED: Massive manhunt underway for ‘dangerous’ second Boston bomber
‘Suspect one’ who has been identified as 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was shot dead by police during a shootout on Thursday night.
# america - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
‘A pretty shameful day for Washington’ – Obama angry at Senate gun vote
The father of a Sandy Hook victim also spoke about the rejected Senate measure on gun checks at the White House today.
Deadly poison ricin sent in post to US Senator
The letter addressed to a Senator from Mississippi was intercepted before it could be delivered to him.
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