By: John Stevens | 2011-07-07 | Free Copa America is the main international football tournament for national teams in South America. In this season, the competition is organized by Conmebol, South America's football governing body, and is being held in Argentina from July 1 to July 24, 2011. Here is the list of top 10 Copa America 2011 Stars including Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez and Robinho. read more
By: John Stevens | 2011-08-03 | News and society Egny Eckert has been named the most favorite fan in the vote conducted by the portal Globoesporte. Egni Analia Almirón Eckert, simply known as Egni Eckert or Egny Eckert, is well – known as the model and beauty queen of Paraguay. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-07-25 | News and society Uruguay won the Copa America for a record 15th time on Sunday, July 24, 2011 after defeating Paraguay 3-0 thanked to two scores of Diego Forlan and one of Luis Suarez. The victory helped Uruguay surpass Argentina (14 titles) and Brazil (8 titles) to become the country with most Copa America titles in the area. Besides the trophy, Uruguay has received 20 official titles including two FIFA World Cup trophies and two Gold Medals in football at the Summer Olympics. read more
By: wmhaven1 | 2010-10-29 | Writing & Speaking Study the Spanish sport closely. Especially on football and tennis, you might discover some patterns and repetitions. read more
By: Anna M. Kelly | 2011-07-07 | Soccer The Copa América is one of the world's most widely viewed sporting events. This America Cup competition is comprised of men's national teams that are members of CONMEBOL, the continental governing body of association football in South America and one of FIFA's six continental confederations. read more
By: John Stevens | 2011-04-22 | Football After the dramatic winning over FC Barcelona at the King's Cup final soccer match on Wednesday (April 20, 2011) thanked to a powerful header of Cristiano Ronaldo in extra time, Real Madrid has received the first trophy for three years and their first Cup since 1993. While Barcelona kept 75 percent of the ball but found it hard to create golden chances and score even a goal, Real Madrid worked hard during this match and was worthy of taking the prize. Millions of Real Madrid’s fans all over the world celebrated the victory with different ways including thousands cheering the champions on an open-top bus upon at Plaza Cibeles on April 21, 2011 in Madrid, Spain. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-08-25 | Politics A new list of top 10 richest members of Congress has been released according to Roll Call with a combined $1.13 billion. The richest lawmaker list was based on the minimum value of total assets reported by each member on their annual financial disclosures and subtracts the minimum liabilities from assets, producing a rough figure of how wealthy the members are. read more
By: Jolie Crussel | 2011-03-18 | Home Business A handful of communities have bloomed with wealthiest homebuyers, many of whom are billionaires, Hollywood celebrities, and affluent residents. The eight towns below are in Zillow.com’s list of priciest communities, based on median home value, big increase in percentage of total home sales, and population of over 10,000. read more
By: Jolie Crussel | 2011-01-13 | Corporate In general, the banking sector is healthier. While some banks are struggling, many banks have seen improvements in operations. The following outstanding banks are chosen as based on eight measures on financial health including net interest margin, return on average equity, nonperforming loans, and reserves as a percentage of NPLs. read more
By: Jolie Crussel | 2011-08-26 | Business Nevada is the most seriously unemployed state in America with the rate of 12.9% in July 2011, followed by California and South Carolina with the rate respectively 12% and 10.9%. The total nation's capital 10.8% unemployment rate for July, up from 9.8% a year ago. read more
By: Jolie Crussel | 2011-10-05 | Business McDonald’s is still the biggest and fastest burger chain the U.S. with an increase of $1,363,000,000 in sales this year, but some small companies are proving that they are clearly closing the gap, including the Five Guys Burgers and Fries with an increase of $171,500,000 in sales and the Whataburger with an increase of $48,657,000 in sales. read more
By: Leland Mason | 2011-01-17 | Careers If you are fed up with your job now and you think that your job is so bad, you should think again. Because there are some jobs that are hundreds times more terrible than your. Lumberjacks, iron worker, roustabout, and garbage collector and so on are considered as the worst and deadliest jobs in America. These workers have to do their tasks in poor working conditions and poor weather as well as have to face dangerous situations. Although they have to work in difficult conditions like these, they are still underpaid with an annual salary below $40,000 per year. Let’s have a look at these photos as below to find out more the worst jobs in America this year. read more
By: Jolie Crussel | 2011-08-13 | Business August 11, 2011 marked a great day of Apple when this large enterprise officially surpassed the "giant" oil U.S. Company named Exxon Mobil's to become the nation's largest and most valuable enterprise with the market cap of $337 billion. Here is the list of American most valuable companies we assembled. Let’s take time to discover why they are on the list. read more
By: John Stevens | 2011-01-18 | Beauty Teresa Scanlan, born on February 6, 1993 in Gering, Nebraska, has won the title of Miss America 2011 on January 15. Miss Nebraska 2010 has surpassed other 52 beauty delegates from all over America to take such a prestigious crown. As a American beauty pageant titleholder, Teresa Scanlan has become the youngest Miss America since Bette Cooper in 1937. The 17-year-old girl from Gering, Nebraska has received an award costing $50,000 during the night finale of Miss America 2011 at Las Vegas' Planet Hollywood Resort. The year 2011 is the 90th anniversary of Miss America beauty pageant marking Nebraska state's taking the title for the first time. Let's take a look at the most breathtaking images as follows to template the fresh and stunning beauty of Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan. read more
By: Jolie Crussel | 2011-09-28 | Business News Over the last decade, the economic meltdown has reshaped the most dominant industries in some countries. According to Gallup, in the other hand, the downturn in public perception has been particularly has changed the favorite sectors playing direct roles in the economy's collapse. The poll by Gallup has interviewed 1,008 adults during August 11-14 to find out how they thought of a variety of American industries. Here are most hated industries in America which have experienced greatest decline in popularity. Here are the most dominant industries have become those least liked by Americans. read more