Quake Buried 50 Radiation Sources

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorRadiation, we have all seen it in disaster movies, where men and women in Moon suits and geiger counters are scanning the area looking for radiation contaminated...

China contains radiation in quake area

The full scale of the impact of China's earthquake is only now becoming apparent, with the death toll rising to more than 55,000 - and 25,000 still missing. Meanwhile, geologists have concluded that the quake was...

Severe weather kills 22 in Missouri, Oklahoma

UPDATE: 10:36 p.m. EST May 11AP reports 22 dead through three states."Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South,...

Space Junk: Orbital Litter

WIth over 6000 satellites sent into orbit since Sputnik, we have a lot of junk spinning around our fair planet. The article below has a superb slideshow to illustrate this."Today, it is estimated that only 800...

Litter on British beaches at an all time high - threatens marine wildlife

An environmental charity in the UK released their findings today from a survery of British beaches conducted last year, and the results are not encouraging.Plastic litter on the beaches is now so dense that it...

Manslaughter charges sought on air crash

"French judges have been asked to put Continental Airlines on trial for manslaughter over the crash of an Air France Concorde in 2000 that killed 113 people. Prosecutors in Pontoise outside Paris requested that the US airline, two of its employees and two key men in the...

Saturn's Moon 'Rhea' May Have Rings

It's neat that the planet in our solar system that is known for its rings, may also have the only moon known to be surrounded be them as well. Hmmm....Co-in-ci-de-nce?"New observations by a spacecraft suggest...

FEMA's Memo About Falling Satellite

While countries all over the world is on the alert for possible harmful fall-out from the US shootdown of a failed spy satellite FEMA has provided "Memo About Falling Satellite" that have been sent to thousands of...

Mid-air plane collision kills 5 in California

We'll keep an eye out for more information.  If anyone has anything new to report, please post below in a comment."A mid-air crash between two small planes has killed five people in California, including one on the ground as debris crashed on to a town. Witnesses...

Everyone Escapes Sudden Building Collapse in Toronto

It's amazing that everyone got out ok considering the amount of damage that happened to the building."A building on the Danforth was reduced to rubble overnight after it unexpectedly caved in, forcing residents to run for their lives. Incredibly, everyone managed to scramble...

Wind causes sky to fall in Toronto

Falling debris in the Toronto financial district is mucking things up for commuters.  No injuries have been reported, but it's unclear when the area will re-open."TORONTO - Much of Toronto's financial...

No survivors in Turkish jet crash

"All 56 people on board a passenger plane that crashed in south-western Turkey have died, the airline's chief executive has said. Initial reports from rescue helicopter teams found no survivors, said Tuncay...

Trade Center Debris Pile Was a Chemical Factory, Says New Study

Trade Center Debris Pile Was a Chemical Factory, Says New Study September 10, 2003 At Ground Zero in New York City, UC Davis Professor Emeritus Thomas...

U.S. troops join search for Felix dead

"The ocean was filled with debris, preventing a rescue mission from going ashore at Sandy Bay, Nicaragua, the village where the eye of Felix made landfall with catastrophic 160 mph winds and a storm surge estimated at 18 feet above normal tides. From a distance, rescue teams...

Hurricane Dean moves toward Jamaica

"Alarmed tourists jammed Caribbean airports for flights out of Hurricane Dean's path Saturday as the monster storm began sweeping past the Dominican Republic and Haiti and threatened to engulf Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. In Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican...

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