Gurgaon, India, Hospital Shooting, In a shocking incident in Gurgaon, two people were injured when a group of men fired at them inside the Sunrise Hospital. The two victims, father and son, were seriously injured in the firing. As many as eight to 10 people barged into the hospital and shot at the father and [...]

Vote On UK Same-Sex Marriage Law, The British prime minister argues that gay couples should have equal rights despite opposition from Tory MP’s, suggesting that religious groups decide for themselves whether or not to marry same-sex couples. Same-sex weddings are to be held in British churches under new plans revealed by Prime Minister David Cameron, [...]

Justin Bieber Tour, Justin Bieber is extending his “Believe” tour into 2013 and returning to the Detroit area next summer, Olympia Entertainment announced Monday. The 2013 leg of Bieber’s tour starts June 22 in San Diego, tour promoter AEG Live announced. The teen heartthrob, who performed Nov. 21 at The Palace of Auburn Hills, is [...]

Starfish Vs. Sea Star, Starfish, or Sea Star, a bottom-dwelling marine animal. Despite its name, the starfish is not a fish; it is an echinoderm, a type of marine animal that is spiny-skinned. There are about 2,000 species, found in all seas, and most often near rocky shores. Starfish typically have five or more tapering [...]

Firebrick Sea Star, The Firebrick Seastar (Asterodiscides truncates) is a large seastar that belongs to the Asterodiscididae family. This species is found in the temperate waters of Australia from Eucla in Western Australia around the southern coast to the Solitary Islands in northern New South Wales. It is also found in the Kermadec Islands in [...]

Water Vascular System In Echinoderms, The water vascular system is a hydraulic system used by echinoderms, such as sea stars and sea urchins, for locomotion, food and waste transportation, and respiration. The system is composed of canals connecting numerous tube feet. Echinoderms move by alternately contracting muscles that force water into the tube feet, causing [...]

I’ll Have Another Horse Trainer To Be Suspended After Belmont, Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another galloped over the track at Belmont on Friday for the first time, about 12 hours after news broke that the colt’s trainer had been suspended 45 days. Doug O’Neill is not in danger of missing the final [...]

America’s Must-See Civil War Sites: Washington, D.C., One hundred fifty years ago, the United States was plunging inexorably into the Civil War, in which more than 600,000 Americans died — almost as many as all other U.S. wars combined. The war’s sesquicentennial is drawing travelers to numerous sites around the country that commemorate the conflict; [...]