According to CNN.com, the first quake with a 5.7 magnitude hit around 9:30 local time with a center 70 miles east of San Diego. A geophysicist with USGS in Colorado reported at least 40 more quakes since that, with the next largest quake having a reported magnitude of 4.5.

According to NESN.com, the quake was enough to shake up things at San Diego Padres’ Petco Park and momentarily halt their game with the Blue Jays. The stadium started to shake a bit right after David Eckstein had grounded out in the eighth inning. The PA announcer came on to tell everyone it was an earthquake but to stay calm. The Jays won the game by a count of 6-3.

The LA Times reported that all of last night’s quakes were aftershocks from the 7.2 earthquake that hit Mexico’s Baja Cali peninsula on April 4th. The Southern California earthquakes last night hit near the US-Mexican border, with sizes of 1.0 to 4.1, but luckily there was no damage caused.

This lays a landscape for Novembers 2010 midterm election, which is going to be a very tense time on Capital Hill and various states that will be electing various officials.

Healthcare and jobs are two key things that many constituents are concerned with. How politicians view these crucial area will determine who will ultimately win.

Here are the democratic primary results with 2% of votes counted:

Bill White 170,120 – 76 percent

Farouk Shami 27,903 – 12 percent

Felix Alvarado 11,262 – 5 percent

Alma Aguado 6,935 – 3 percent

Clement Glenn 3,472 – 2 percent

Bill Dear 3,390 – 2 percent

Star Locke 2,217 – 1 percent

Here are the Republican Primary results with 2% Counted

Rick Perry (i) 240,326 – 53 percent

Kay Bailey Hutchison 136,510 – 30 percent

Debra Medina 73,829 – 16 percent

So far, it looks like Rick Perry – the incumbent – will be running against Bill White. Of course, if only 2% of votes are counted, anything could happen.

Are there any Texans out there that wish to share their election hopes? If so, leave your comments below.

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The procession turned violent and the mob pelted stones on vehicles, in which at least 20 vehicles, including eight state transport corporation buses, were damaged. The mob also torched 12 two wheelers and an auto. The incidents of petrol bomb throwing were also reported from different parts of the city.

Shimoga is the hometown of Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. A night curfew has been imposed in four police station areas in the city. Meanwhile, the state Home Department has issued alert notice and imposed section 144 in main cities as a precautionary measure.

Opposition party leader Sidharamayya raised the matter in the Vidhan Sabha. State Law Minister Suresh Kumar assured the House that the Government will make a detailed statement on Tuesday.

This year the results are utterly low.

This university offers many degree and diploma courses like BE, B.Tech, MCA, MBA, etc.

People of West Bengal can look forward to greater facilities in the upcoming Budget like the introduction of new routes and higher frequency of presently running trains. Mamata Banerjee seems to make the best of her efforts to please the people of her mother state especially when the assembly polls are approaching.

Though this year had been considerably good for the Indian Railways, yet it scored badly in terms of transfer of goods, vis a vis truckers. As per the statistical data, railway earning has gone high up 8.6 percent that contributed to Rs. 70, 561.65 crore which is much higher than the previous fiscal earning that recorded Rs. 64943.32 crore.

Though the earning both in terms of the passenger revenue and the goods revenue went high, India Railways’ contribution in the movement of goods, vis a vis truckers, has gone down to 20.89 percent against 24.07 percent in 2001-02.

It is quite obvious that that the freight fares which form the main source of earning for the Indian Railway has to be channelized to get the higher share of freight.

Kevin is a 22-year-old snowboarder, who has beaten the now legendary Shaun White twice in the last few years. He was a favorite to make a very strong U.S. Olympic team and was considered by many to be one of the few who had a chance to take White’s place on the snowboarding circuit.

To say that Kevin is a low-key, modest, grounded young man would be quite an understatement. His relationship with his older brother David, who has Down’s Syndrome, and is a Special Olympics ski champion, is remarkable to see. Kevin calls David his inspiration.

On News Year’s Eve, Kevin suffered severe brain trauma in Park City Utah, after slamming his head on the edge of the half-pipe. He was airlifted to the University of Utah hospital where he was touch and go. His family rushed across the country to be at his side. His brother Adam has slept in his room nearly every night since.

“It says something troubling about work in America. It is not about the business cycle or one grumpy generation”, says Linda Barrington, CB’s managing director of human capital.

The data recorded by the Conference Board research group is the lowest in more than 22 years of studying the issue.

The reason cited for the drop is partly the worst recession since the 1930s, which made it difficult for some people to find challenging and suitablejobs. However, worker dissatisfaction has been on the rise for more than two decades.

The researchers added that the soaring cost of health insurance, incompetent salaries and the lack of interest in the jobs by many, resulting in the emerging affliction among them.

The scenario demands an urgent need for the reversal of this job satisfaction trend, and if it is not reversed, then it could affect US productivity and competitiveness.

Just one month after a close brush with bankruptcy, Dubai celebrated the opening of the world’s tallest building on Monday – a rocket-shaped edifice that soars 2,717 feet and has views that reach 60 miles.

The glittering celebration may have been an attempt by Dubai’s ruler, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, to shift the focus from Dubai’s current economic troubles to a future filled with more promise.

All the same, the tower’s success by no means signals a recovery in Dubai’s beaten-down real estate market, where prices have collapsed by as much as 50 percent and many developers are having trouble finding occupants for their buildings.

With its mix of nightclubs, mosques, luxury suites and boardrooms, the Burj is an almost perfect representation of Dubai’s own complexities and contradictions. It will have the world’s first Armani hotel; the world’s highest swimming pool, on the 76th floor; the highest observation deck, on the 124th floor; and the highest mosque, on the 158th floor.

But in deciding to change the tower’s name from Burj Dubai to Burj Khalifa, in honor of the president of Abu Dhabi, Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Dubai revealed a rare streak of humility consistent with its diminished economic condition.

Once the most proudly autonomous of the United Arab Emirates, Dubai has found that its financial troubles have made it more dependent on Abu Dhabi and more likely to be drawn closer into the federation.

“Dubai not only has the world’s tallest building, but has also made what looks like the most expensive naming rights deal in history,” said Jim Krane, the author of “City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism.” “Renaming the Burj Dubai after Sheik Khalifa of Abu Dhabi – if not an explicit quid pro quo – is a down payment on Dubai’s gratitude for its neighbor’s $10 billion bailout last month.”

The opening festivities had the feel of a national holiday, with fireworks, parachute jumps and shooting streams of water from the world’s tallest fountain.

At a cost estimated at $1.5 billion, the Burj took five years to build, is more than 160 floors high and has comfortably surpassed the previous record holder in Taiwan, the Taipei 101.