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International Timekeepers Are Adding Time To Saturday Night (For Real)

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Sat, 06/30/2012 - 10:07

Later tonight, everyone on earth will be granted a little extra time as International Timekeepers will be adding one second to Saturday night. Clocks will have the unusual reading of 11:59:60 before going to 12:00am. What are you going to do with your extra free time?

The timekeeper say this is needed to adjust for earths slowing rotation due to tidal effects of the moon (which is slowly getting closer to earth) and our atomic clocks (the most accurate timeclock available to humans) are running just a tad fast.

List of Richest People in the World according to Forbes Magazine, Top 10, Top 30, all Billionaires

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 14:34

Forbes has once again listed the richest people in the world. Some top 10 regulars have slipped a bit and some new Top 30's have joined the list.

Carlos Slim, Mexico, $74 billion
Bill Gates, USA, $59 billion
Warren Buffet, USA, $39 billion
Bernard Arnault, France $41 billion
Larry Ellison, USA $33 billion
Lakshmi Mittal, U.K. $31 billion
Amancio Ortega, Spain $31 billion
Eike Batista, Brazil $30 billion
Mukesh Ambani, India $27 billion
Christy Walton, USA $25 billion
Ka-shing Li, Hong Kong $26 billion
Karl Albrecht, Germany $25 billion

The World Remembers 9/11, World Trade Center, Pentagon and Shanksville PA

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 11:59

Today marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and the world has taken a moment to rememeber.  Here's a list of countries that held or will be holding offical memorials.  67 of the world's 195 countries are involved.

The Americas:

Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United States and Venezuela.

Europe: