Thursday, March 22, 2007 Marshall Faulk, the National Football League‘s 9th all time rushing yards leader is expected to announce his retirement from professional football March 26th at the NFL’s annual owners meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. The St. Louis Rams runningback released this statement, “It has been an honor and pleasure to play in the National Football League. I’d like to thank all my teammates and coaches with whom I’ve

Monday, October 9, 2006 France is to ban smoking in all public places in February 2007, the French prime minister, Dominique de Villepin has announced. However cafés, nightclubs and restaurants will not be required to comply until January 2008. An offence would result in a fine of 75 euros for the person(s) responsible and 150 euros for the premises where the offence occurred. When announcing the new law in a

Sunday, March 21, 2010 A volcanic eruption started yesterday in south Iceland at or near the Eyjafjallajökull glacier. The first signs of the eruption were seen between 23:00 and midnight GMT. It is still not clear where the exact location of the eruption is but it appears to be on Fimmvörðuháls. People living in the area are being evacuated. Police have closed the roads into the area and a state