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- Australian Dollar reaches a 27 year high
- Charlie the smoking chimpanzee dies aged 52
- Major fire results in significant damage to Texas apartment complex
- Two Santa Clara, Utah teens in critical condition after lightning strike
| Australian Dollar reaches a 27 year high Posted: Thursday, October 7, 2010 After 27 years, the Australian Dollar has achieved a record high by equating to 98.73 U.S. cents. The previous record was set in 1983, when the currency was floated by foreign exchange markets—since then the last peak that it experienced was in July 2008, when it was worth 98.49 U.S. cents. Local economists believe this is a clear indication that interest rates will rise in the near future. The Australian Minister for Jobs, Chris Evans, has attributed the spike in the Australian dollar to government stimulus rolled out at the crux of the global financial crisis of the last several years, from which Australia exited relatively unscathed. More...   |
| Charlie the smoking chimpanzee dies aged 52 Posted: Thursday, October 7, 2010 Charlie, a Chimpanzee in a South African zoo, who became addicted to cigarettes, has died at the age of 52, exceeding the average lifespan of a captive chimpanzee by twelve years. After a video of Charlie puffing on cigarettes discarded by visitors appeared on the internet, the animal and the zoo gained international attention and some visitors threw him additional cigarettes. According to his keepers, Charlie was "an occasional smoker" and even tried to hide his habit from his keepers, who were trying to get him to quit the habit, giving him medical care and a special diet. A recent study found that only seven percent of chimpanzees in captivity live beyond forty years of age. It is estimated that 500,000 people die due to smoking-related diseases every year in the United States alone. More... |
| Major fire results in significant damage to Texas apartment complex Posted: Thursday, October 7, 2010 An apartment complex in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, incurred substantial damage during a major fire on Wednesday evening. Fire authorities were forced to close Shiloh Road, a busy street which runs adjacent to the complex, for several hours while multiple city units fought to douse the blaze. Eye witnesses report that screams of animals and people were heard. A local news source described the blaze as "massive", adding that while no-one was injured during the blaze, one cat was killed. One witness told a local news agency: "It engulfed it pretty quick. It's amazing to see how quick a fire can go like that. It just started on one end and took over." More... |
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