Health officials find unsafe mercury levels at 5 more lakes

"Health officials find unsafe mercury levels at 5 more lakes By Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News January 25, 2007 State health regulators have discovered unsafe mercury levels in fish in five more Colorado water bodies, including popular Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort...

RSPB Makes Investment in Dee Wildlife

The RSPB purchased 194 hectares of saltmarsh and adjacent farmland at Burton Marsh Farm, which will in addition allow access to manage around 1,000 hectares of grazable saltmarsh on the English side of the estuary. This strategic purchase now connects the existing land...

Temporary 'Enjoyment Marriages' In Vogue Again With Some Iraqis

"BAGHDAD -- Fatima Ali was a 24-year-old divorcee with no high school diploma and no job. Shawket al-Rubae was a 34-year-old Shiite sheik with a pregnant wife who, he said, could not have sex with him. Ali wanted someone to take care of her. Rubae wanted a companion. They met...

NY Times Study On Women 'Living Without Spouse' Included 15-Year-Olds

"This morning, NewsBusters' Mark Finkelstein reported (here) how CBS anchors yucked it up over a front-page story in today's New York Times that blared, "51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse." This study is nothing to laugh at. It's incredibly misleading, if not...

M.O.B. remarks are racist...Period.

"Remember me telling you guys about Now Public? The new alternative media website I also post to in addition to Mi Estas Indigena and IntelligentIndigena that I suggested you all check out. Well, in a post "China faces population imbalance crisis," a fellow Blogger 911 Review...

Bradford Washburn, father of modern Museum of Science, dies at 96

"I heard the sad news of Bradford Washburn's passing this morning via a friend, and posted it on The MountainWorld Blog as well as NowPublic, but wanted to add this important remembrance from the Boston Globe. An amazing man he...

Bush prepares to announce new Iraq plan

"President Bush is putting the finishing touches on a revised war strategy he plans to announce this week, possibly on Wednesday. In addition to a troop increase, the proposal could provide more money for jobs and reconstruction programs in Iraq. Meanwhile, House Speaker...

New Addition to the Blogroll: Wasáse.Org

"We often hear the mantra in indigenous communities that Native women aren’t feminists. Supposedly, feminism is not needed because Native women were treated with respect prior to colonization. Thus, any Native woman who calls herself a feminist is often condemned as being...

Yahoo News Message Boards Close - Hundreds of Trolls Made Homeless

"The Yahoo News Message Boards - a forum to discuss the articles on Yahoo News - have been closed today, seemingly due to trolls and other vocal users ruining the experience for everyone else. Yahoo News General Manager Neil Budde posted this message: As they were set up, the...

Britney Skewered as 2006's "Most Controversial" Celebrity

Pop princess Britney Spears has been named the most controversial celebrity of the year. The singer, whose wild antics have raised eyebrows in recent weeks since her split with husband Kevin Federline, beat out competition from other potential candidates - including Mel...

IBM and Yahoo! Gives Enterprise Search Software for Free

"IBM and Yahoo! today introduced free search software with Web search services that enables businesses to easily find and access information stored within organizations and across the Web. IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition offers support for up to 500,000 documents per server, more...