North Greenland reports record summer snowmelt

"U.S. atmospheric scientists say satellite data indicates northern Greenland experienced a record number of melting days this summer. City College of New York Assistant Professor Marco Tedesco said the northern...

Natural Born Killers

"   This news story is from the Las Vegas Review Journal and was printed on August 5, 2008 A couple threatened with possible exposure for pimping out a runaway teen are accused of trying to hide the...

Huaneng to Boost Renewable Energy

"Huaneng to Boost Renewable Energy     2008-03-26 07:52:13     China Daily ...

Just Let Go: Studying the Brain on Jazz

Turns out that music really can alter your brain, or at least making it can. A recently-published study tracks the activity in jazz musicians' brains as they do their thing, and it's really cool (that's the...

D.C. Library Fire Likely Accidental

" May 4, 2007 District of Columbia - A fire that damaged the Georgetown public library and some of the valuable documents inside was probably started accidentally by construction workers, fire officials said...

The Oblate Spheroid, An Earthworm's View - Fossil Forest Find

"Last week, geologists surveying a coalmine 250 feet below the current surface of the Earth's crust, came upon a preserved 300 million year old forest. Measuring over four-square miles in size, the discovery is...

Three Alarm Fire In Peabody

" February 12, 2007 Massachusetts - On February 11th in Peabody, firefighters found heavy smoke and fire showing from a structure at 35 Harris Street. Deputy Fire Chief Lynch immediately called for a second alarm and ordered the ladder pipe and exterior lines placed in...

Bears Do Shit in the Woods, Corvettes Do Flip (Jalopnik)

" READ MORE: accidents , chevrolet , corvette , gm , massachussetts , news We reloaded this clip a couple of times just to make sure the lead-in ad was static. As Milan Kundera once wrote, "Man can be held responsible for his actions, but only the Maker can be held...

CBS Wins Peabody for Abu Ghraib Report (AP)

AP - CBS News won a Peabody Award on Thursday for its report on abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a story anchored by Dan Rather and produced by Mary Mapes, who was later fired by CBS for her role in the...

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