More U.S. states find traces of radiation from Japan - CNN.
Colorado and Oregon have joined several other Western states in reporting trace amounts of radioactive particles that have likely drifted about 5,000 miles from a quake and tsunami-damaged nuclear...
View ArticleOne Per Cent: China cuts off phone calls if word 'protest' is used.
A Beijing entrepreneur, discussing restaurant choices with his fiancée over their cellphones last week, quoted Queen Gertrude's response to Hamlet: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." The...
View ArticleElection to kick off Saturday - Canada - CBC News.
After losing a confidence vote Friday, Harper will cross the street from his home at 24 Sussex Dr. and walk through the grounds of Rideau Hall to meet Gov. Gen. David Johnston at 9 a.m. ET. There,...
View ArticleObama Explains Why We're Dropping Bombs on Libya.
Every once in a while, President Obama has to explain to the nation why he's doing stuff. He doesn't want to do it, because you guys annoy him, and you don't want to listen to it, because Dancing With...
View ArticleDunderdale pushing away: Williams - Nfld. & Labrador - CBC News.
Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Danny Williams won't be fighting federal Conservatives this election as he tussles with the new leadership of his provincial Tory party. Williams is skipping...
View ArticleJapan nuclear radiation reading 'not credible' - World - CBC News.
Takashi Kurita, a spokesman for the Tokyo Electric Power Co. had said the readings showed water testing 10 million times higher in radioactivity than normal in the cooling system of the reactor in...
View ArticleTaliban claim mass abduction of officers - World - CBC News.
The Taliban say they have kidnapped 50 Afghan policemen in the northeast of the country. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said Sunday that the policemen, who were from Nuristan province, had just...
View ArticleWater radioactivity skyrockets in Japanese reactor - World - CBC News.
The radioactivity in water in one unit of a stricken nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan has tested 10 million times higher than normal, the plant's operator said Sunday. Leaked water in Unit 2...
View ArticleExpect Nothing! - Woken up by the Republicans.
Assholes call me at 8:34 p.m. and start asking me questions, waking me up from a nap. Like they'll get my vote. The only time I'm voting again for them is when I can vote Obama out of office.
View ArticleFood Dyes May Exacerbate Hyperactive Behavior In Some Kids.
It has long been suspected that kids with ADHD might be having some sort of reaction to common synthetic food dyes â but now the FDA is going to formally consider any links between the dyes and...
View ArticleWhen Food Is High, Corn Gets Political & The Crazy Get Going : TreeHugger.
Here's some evidence that times may be changing when it comes to farm subsidies: A newspaper story out of Kansas last week reports on a Republican House member who represents western and central Kansas...
View ArticleEuropean Union to Ban Gas Fueled Vehicles by 2050 : TreeHugger.
According to the commission´s report, the proposal aims to create a single European "transport area" wherein conventional, emission-spewing motor vehicles are phased out and replaced with...
View ArticleAngry White Ladies: The Women of Headline News.
If you're not familiar with these shrill=voiced harpies, you can catch them on HLN every night from 7 PM until your sensory organs construct a bear trap with which to destroy your miserable head. The...
View ArticlePilot finds hole in plane's fuselage; airline and FBI investigate.
A US Airways 737 pilot in Charlotte, North Carolina, discovered a small hole in the exterior of his plane's fuselage Monday, prompting the airline to take the plane out of service and for the FBI to...
View ArticleBelgium Still Doesn't Have a Government.
Last month, Belgians took off their clothes and some members of parliament stopped boning to celebrate tying Iraq's world record for days without a government, at 249 days. Today marks 289 days of...
View ArticleAirplanes' Contrails Cause Far More Warming Than Their Carbon Emissions,...
Aircraft condensation trails criss-crossing the sky may be warming the the planet on a normal day more than the carbon dioxide by all planes since the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903.
View ArticleHole in US Airways plane was caused by a bullet, sources say.
A hole in a US Airways jet that landed in Charlotte, North Carolina, was caused by a bullet that pierced the passenger cabin, three government sources told CNN Tuesday.
View ArticleTax the Super Rich now or face a revolution Paul B. Farrell - MarketWatch.
Revolutions build over long periods â to critical mass, a flash point. Then they ignite suddenly, unpredictably. Like Egypt, started on a young Google executive's Facebook page. Then it goes viral,...
View ArticleThe Marines Are Using Weather Balloons to Communicate With Fighters Out of...
The US Marines' AV-8B Harriers are now flying over Libya, along with F-15s, F-16s, F-18s, Rafales, Mirages, Typhoons, Tornados, and apparently Spectres and Warthogs too. The Harriers are out of range...
View ArticleHow Race and Ethnicity is Distributed Across the U.S.
Attention, data nerds! Numbers from the 2010 Census are being released, which means it's time to start crunching numbers and making colorful maps. New Geography has a bunch, including these two showing...
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