The American city of Phoenix was clouded by a huge sandstorm which swept in from the desert. It is the third time this year that such an intense storm, called a haboob which is traditionally seen in the Sahara desert, has sprung up in the American South West. The enormous brown clouds brought a [...]
For the second straight year the NL topped the AL. Hear reaction from Phoenix after the 5-1 win. The MLB All Star Game 2011 ends with the National League beating the American League by a score of 5-1. In a crisp 2 hours and 50 minutes, the NL pitching staff was spectacular and completely [...]
These amazing pictures from the United States show a wall of dust moving through the city of Phoenix in Arizona. Sandstorms like this happen during the region’s monsoon season, which is underway. They occur over desert land and can reach thousands of feet into the air, spurred by strong winds. The dense cloud dramatically reduced [...]
Evidence of widespread fuselage cracks and fatigue were found on a Southwest Airlines jet that made an emergency landing in Arizona with a hole in the cabin, the United States safety investigator said. After inspection of all the airline’s older model 737-300s, small subsurface fuselage cracks were also found on 2 Boeings, which may require [...]
A Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix to California was diverted to a military base in Yuma due to rapid decompression in the plane. The airline confirmed there was a hole in the top of the aircraft An airliner has made an emergency landing in the United States after a gaping hole in the roof caused [...]
Jeff Gordon snapped his 66-race winless streak Sunday with a victory in Phoenix. The four-time NASCAR champ passed Kyle Busch with eight laps to go and pulled away for his first win since April of 2009. Gordon did much more than that. He was headed back to Victory Circle, the longest winless streak of his [...]
2011 Nascar Sprint Cup Phoenix Subway Fresh Fit 500 Bayne to backup car, smacks wall in practice Carl Edwards wins pole for Sprint Cup race at Phoenix Carl Edwards admitted that he still is replaying in his mind last weekend’s Daytona 500 finish in which 20-year-old upstart Trevor Bayne blocked Edwards’ hopes of winning NASCAR’s [...]
Cool temperatures were conducive to hot laps Friday at Phoenix International Raceway. In the first Sprint Cup practice session, Kurt Busch posted a lap on the 1-mile oval at 136.539 mph, bettering the record 136.389 mph Carl Edwards ran during qualifying last November. Kyle Busch was fastest out of the pits on the opening stop [...]
People are feeling nervous today as the Pentagon and other officials are claiming no knowledge of why a missile was launched in California or who is responsible for launching it. Seeing as nobody seems to know who launched the missile or why, officials are unable to determine a ’safe area’ for anyone. Some people are [...]
