In America, dime novels typically centered on tales of the American Revolution and the Wild West, while British penny bloods (later called penny dreadfuls) told serial tales of horror or fictionalized versions of true crimes.
Evacuation centers in Japan are receiving large supplies of potassium iodide tablets, which work to saturate the thyroid gland and crowd out radioactive chemicals.
The racers are placed at a center circle and, when the command is given—"Ready, Steady, Slow!"—they're let loose toward the finish line. The average speed of a snail clocks in at around 0.03 mph/0.05kph.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised the travel alert to "Level 3" as the death toll in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa rose at an alarming rate. This advisory level is reserved for grave situations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised the travel alert to "Level 3" as the death toll in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa rose at an alarming rate. This advisory level is reserved for grave situations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised the travel alert to "Level 3" as the death toll in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa rose at an alarming rate. This advisory level is reserved for grave situations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised the travel alert to "Level 3" as the death toll in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa rose at an alarming rate. This advisory level is reserved for grave situations.
Third base coach Mike Brumley pushed the envelope a bit too far, trying to score Wilson from first base. Center fielder Reggie Willits fired a bullet to the cutoff man and Wilson was a dead duck.
Third base coach Mike Brumley pushed the envelope a bit too far, trying to score Wilson from first base. Center fielder Reggie Willits fired a bullet to the cutoff man and Wilson was a dead duck.
Third base coach Mike Brumley pushed the envelope a bit too far, trying to score Wilson from first base. Center fielder Reggie Willits fired a bullet to the cutoff man and Wilson was a dead duck.
The racers are placed at a center circle and, when the command is given—"Ready, Steady, Slow!"—they're let loose toward the finish line. The average speed of a snail clocks in at around 0.03 mph/0.05kph.
The racers are placed at a center circle and, when the command is given—"Ready, Steady, Slow!"—they're let loose toward the finish line. The average speed of a snail clocks in at around 0.03 mph/0.05kph.
The racers are placed at a center circle and, when the command is given—"Ready, Steady, Slow!"—they're let loose toward the finish line. The average speed of a snail clocks in at around 0.03 mph/0.05kph.
Worries over whether fracking introduces methane gas and drilling fluid into local drinking water pervade communities at the center of a natural gas boom in Pennsylvania.
Worries over whether fracking introduces methane gas and drilling fluid into local drinking water pervade communities at the center of a natural gas boom in Pennsylvania.
The Calgary Flames have signed 26-year-old Czech center Roman Cervenka. "We made an aggressive pitch to convince him that Calgary was the perfect place for him to start his NHL career, and we are extremely pleased he agreed."