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Alleged KKK member's conviction overturned on a technicality
A three-judge panel has overturned the 2007 conviction of alleged Ku Klux Klan member James Ford Seale on a technicality. In the 20 page ruling that came down Tuesday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed... World's biggest cruise sets sail
The 315m-long ship squeezed through the Papenburg watergates and will debut in November as a U.S. cruise ship. The vessel cost 616 million euros with a 1,000seat theatre was helped by two tug-boats to squeeze through... Shell-shocked: Carp fisherman catches Mississippi snapping turtle in British ...
A Mississippi snapping turtle caught in a British lake might at first seem just a strange story worth no further comment but the introduction of such alien species into the environment can have disasterous... Saving Mud-Covered Haiti's Crops – And Mountains
"The Haitians have a saying, “beyond mountains there are mountains,” meaning after each big obstacle stands another bigger obstacle. I saw the saying come to life in the town of Cabaret. It was my first trip to Haiti, a ninety minute plane ride from Miami. So close,... Minnesota bridge opens a year after deadly collapse
A new I-35W bridge has opened in Minneapolis, 13 months after the last bridge collapsed into the Mississippi, killing 13 people and injuring 145. "Honking their horns and stirring up faint clouds of post-construction... More Lake Okeechobee releases to start Tuesday
Just keeping everyone up to date as Lake Okeechobee continues to dump east and west upsetting coastal residences and environmentalist. "By Ed Killer (Contact) Sunday, September 14, 2008 TROPICAL FARMS —... Flooding From Ike Kills 58 In Rain-Soaked Haiti
Hurricane Ike hit Haiti with torrential rains and sent floodwaters flowing into homes killiing at least 58 people. Reports also state that the flooding has also caused a bridge to collapse that was the last land... Floods clean-up operation begins in North East England
After the worst flooding to his Northumberland in 50 years, a massive cleanup effort has begun in North England."More than 1,000 properties were affected, with Morpeth being hardest hit as about 400 people were moved... Bihar evacuation begins, 800 000 flood victims rescued
Rescuers have finally come to the flooded Bihar region of Norther India. The slow response of the Indian government drew criticism and accusations of racism earlier this week, and the evacuation efforts are seen by...A Lake Dumps Thru It...The Rise and Fall of Lake Okeechobee
Bart Colucci reporting from Martin County Florida Today, murky golden water dropped down into the Saint Lucie River as the Army Corps of Engineers decided to release water from Lake Okeechobee for the first time in over 2 years. The Saint Lucie River was making a comeback... Prejudice blamed for slow governmental response to flooding in Bihar region
Was India slow to warn residents in the flood ravaged Bihar region of rising water levels after the Kosi dam burst? Controversy has been brewing after Goa minister Ravi Naik made racist remarks about people from the... BJP,The main opposition Party of India. asks Prime Minister to declare Bihar ...
The BJP today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to treat the alarming flood situation in Bihar as a national calamity and take up with Nepal the issue of a major breach in Kosi river in the Himalayan country which... Kosi river inundates Indian state of Bihar; 2 million homeless;gravest devast...
" Kosi river inundates Bihar; 2 million homeless"This is India's Katrina, only the challenges could be bigger. Like the Mississippi breached the levee to drown an unsuspecting New Orleans in the US, the... A view of river Ganges - Just after the Sunset !!!
It's a reflection. Reflection of your mind. Have some fresh air just after the sunset. Standing beside the river Ganges take a deep breath. You can feel the eternal sunshine of your mind. Throw everything out from... Polluted Ganges must be cleaned, gurus demand
A collection of gurus in India have issued an ultimatum in the Indian government to clean up the terribly polluted Ganges, or face protests and political ruin.The group is called Ganga Raksha Manch, which is...
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