jueves, 21 de octubre de 2010

The New York Post reports that $10,000 in cash was found on Tuesday evening in one of the area's donation boxes. The newspaper writes that no face or name has been attached to the stash of 99 100-dollar bills and five 20-dollar bills deposited for collection. If the donator has attached his name or photo he'd be recognized as a hero or something.

French unions called Thursday for two more days of protests against government plans to raise the retirement age. If the French government raise the retirement, people that have already retired won't have to worry.

The quake, which registered at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers), was centered between southern Baja California and the Mexican state of Sinaloa, about 65 miles from the city of Los Mochis in Sinaloa. If the eartquake had been closer to Sinaloa people could had been injured.

Thick black smoke and flames were shooting out of the roof of a California shopping mall Thursday afternoon, hours after a man started the fire and barricaded himself inside a video game store. He was later arrested. If the man hadn't been arrested he'd be proud of it.

Highly decorated Canadian military commander Col. Russell Williams was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences Thursday for the murders of two women, several sexual assaults and dozens of so-called fetish burglaries. If the man hadn't been caught he might be doing worse things.

Thirty-three miners were trapped underground when part of the San Jose mine in Chile Atacama desert collapsed on 5 August 2010. If they hadn´t been working that day, they weren´t in that conditions right now.

A monument to John Lennon has been unveiled in Liverpool by his first wife Cynthia and son Julian on what would have been the star's 70th birthday. If he hadn´t been murdered, possibly this monument haven´t been create.

One of the world's leading tea-producing nations, Sri Lanka, has just become the scene for a new world record - the largest cup of tea. If someone had done a larger cup of tea before them, they wouldn´t have this record.

More than 200 passengers were rescued from a Baltic Sea ferry after it caught fire near the German island of Fehmarn, maritime officials said. If the firefighters hadn´t been so eficient, people could have died.

Two twin male panda cubs have been born in Madrid Zoo after being conceived through artificial insemination. If the technology haven´t been so improve, they haven´t been born.

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