A dust storm late Saturday night chased some participants away from the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, before the traditional climax of the whole event."Roger Farschon, incident commander for the...
created by Amy Judd | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1695 views | 16 recommendations | 4 comments
"(WIVB) - It was a busy night for volunteer firefighters across western New York. Firefighters are still trying to determine what sparked two house fires overnight. A tanker truck provided the water...
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Religious hate nonsense at it's worst. What happens to the children? " Police in the Indian state of Orissa say suspected Hindu extremists have set fire to an orphanage run by Christian missionaries, burning a...
created by SOLARLIFE | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 236 views | 17 recommendations | 6 comments
A new study shows that burning incense isn't a very healthy aromatherapy alternative. The smoke poses a significant cancer risk particularly in places where it's in abundant supply, like temples and homes in many...
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Reggae artist Burning Spear (a.k.a. Winston Rodney) says his musical career started to take off when he ran into a young Bob Marley in a field in Jamaica. Marley told him to head over to the Studio One recording...
created by reggaewire | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 420 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"Philippine rebels in new attacks Philippine troops on patrol in North Cotabato on 12 August 2008 Fighting between rebels and troops broke out earlier this month Separatist rebels have launched a series of attacks on towns in the southern Philippines, amid ongoing unrest over...
A heroic mom, saving her beloved daughter from fire by throwing out the window. Amazingly she remained calm, quick thinking and move faster, just like wonder woman She suffered some minor injuries."A mother saved...
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From my personal blog:"July 31st marked the end of a battle for the air permit needed to progress plans to build a 1500 megawatt coal burning power plant in the middle of Navajo Nation territory. The EPA has...
created by PlanMyGreen | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 424 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
A pretty amazing story that shows how journalists can be in life-threatening danger."A FOX News cameraman helped save the life of an injured Marine in Afghanistan — and was injured himself — when the armored Humvee convoy he was traveling in was struck by a roadside bomb...
Making cookies, lemonade and iced tea is the way one resident along the fire line in California passes her day - because she doesn't know what else to do. She tells NowPublic (she wishes to remain anonymous) what...
created by Amy Judd | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 615 views | 55 recommendations | 13 comments
I have just returned from a holiday in that most ancient of lands, Kernow or Cornwall. Yes it has changed but scratch away the surface and it remains a very strange place. Rebellious in the extreme and certainly as hateful towards the English as parts of Eire. Now I've saved...
There is really no location on an airplane that is significantly safer than another. Sadly, there is no magic seat on an aircraft. There is, of course, an element of luck. If you sit in the back and there's a fire...
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"Firefighters from neighboring states arrived to help Monday after an "unprecedented" lightning storm sparked more than 800 wildfires, from Big Sur to wine country to Humboldt County. Along the coast in the...
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" UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - A Los Angeles fire official says a large fire is burning on a lot at Universal Studios.Los Angeles fire Capt. Frank Reynoso says the blaze was reported just before dawn Sunday on a sound stage on a back lot. There are no immediate reports of...
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UPDATE May 23rd, 20081400 homes were called to evacuate. As of last night, only 15% of the fire had been contained and already 4 square miles have been charred. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a...
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