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Florida School Looks To Improve Lightning Detection Equipment After Local Boy Is Struck

Posted 10.09.2012 | Home

Evangelical Christian School in Fort Myers is looking to spend more than $11,000 on improving its lightning detection equipment after a student at nea...

Lightning Strikes Girl On Sunny Day

AP | Posted 09.26.2011 | Green

CANONSBURG, Pa. -- An 11-year-old western Pennsylvania girl is recovering after she was struck by a bolt from the blue. Lisa Wehrle tells the Observe...

South African Lightning Deaths Rising

The Guardian | David Smith in Johannesburg | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

A politician has claimed that increasing numbers of South Africans are being killed by bolts of lightning. Fifteen people were killed in three sepa...

Sign Up To Cover Concerts This Week: Cyndi Lauper, Bear Hands

Monica Klein | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Monica Klein

Robert Francis with Henry Wolf NPR called Robert Francis "A young man with an old soul," referring to his singing-songwriting. At just 19, his emoti...

Usain Bolt, World's Fastest Man, Adopts World Fastest Feline

AP | TOM ODULA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports

NAIROBI, Kenya — The world's fastest man adopted the animal kingdom's fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named L...

New York Thunderstorms: The Craziest Lightning Strikes Caught On Camera (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Tuesday's giant thunderstorm flattened cars, knocked down trees, and generally wreaked havoc throughout the area. Central Park alone lost over 100 tr...

World's Fastest Man, Usain Bolt, Sets World Record In 100 Meters

AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

NEW YORK — Like lightning out of nowhere, Usain Bolt is now the world's fastest man. The Jamaican sprinter, who doesn't even consider the 100 me...