Yellowstone Fire Grows, Park Remains Open

Wildfires in Yellowstone National Park cover 6,500 acres, but the park remains open to visitors. Park officials are advising people with asthma to stay away. A lightning storm sparked a wildfire in Yellowstone...

A piece of lunar history lies in India

"A piece of lunar history lies in India" "As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first manned moon landing, few know about the role played by Indian scientists. The first men on the moon— Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin— collected 21.7 kg of rock...

16 still missing after chopper ditches in Atlantic

The search will continue until at least Friday night for 16 people missing since Thursday morning when a helicopter carrying them to an offshore oil platform ditched in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland,...

Baby's Body Tossed with the Trash at New Jersey Hospital

Jersey City, New Jersey - Police are searching garbage dumps for the body of a baby boy delivered at Christ Hospital and apparently thrown out with the trash, authorities said today."Bashire Moore was born days...

Drew Peterson Gets Engaged--Where Is Stacy?

Hey kids!  Look!  Santa brought you a brand new mommy for Christmas this year!  (I wonder if she'll jump out of a box or a cake...)So...what looks like a duck, walks like a duck and smells like a...

One Fatality Due to Rains on 10 West California

Still shocking that California drivers dont drive safer in the rain.  " December 16, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by auto accident lawyers in Los Angeles, a three vehicle accident occurred on the on the 10 Freeway at approximately 3:50 p.m. according to...

21st Centrury Classroom in the Hills of Dade City

"Twenty miles north of Tampa, Fla., turning east on Hwy 52, flatwoods of evergreens and monotony give way to rolling hills turned cattle land and valleys that hold December morning mists and wax nostalgic for...

San Diego Jet Crash Witness Video

I am a San Diego photojournalist, and was in the area on December 8 when I my husband called to tell me about the F-18 jet that crashed into two homes, killing four. I dashed to the crash site with my still and video cameras.Read the story and check out the video

Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years

"Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years Dec 5, 2008 Economy Dec 5, 3:22 PM (ET) By JEANNINE AVERSA WASHINGTON (AP) - Skittish employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years,...

Olean grocery case still in limbo 8 months later

" 12/04/08 07:21 AM CATTARAUGUS COUNTY Olean grocery case still in limbo 8 months later By Kathy Kellogg CATTARAUGUS CORRESPONDENT Story tools: Larger...

It’s Complex to Write Simple These Days - - But Hemingway’s Rules of Writ...

"It’s Complex to Write Simple These Days - - But Hemingway’s Rules of Writing Can Still Work"

Mich. medical pot law now in effect amid questions

"- Medical marijuana became legal in Michigan on Thursday, but smoking a joint could still get a patient arrested because the regulations needed to protect them won't be ready for months. The law approved by...

Edinburgh named as Britain's loneliest place

Edinburgh, Scotland may be world renown as one of Britain's most beautiful cities (if not the most beautiful), but a new survey has revealed that it is also the loneliest city in the UK."For centuries, princes and...

Live From Greenbuild 2008: 30 Years, Now a Movement

Do you have any idea how many people 30,000 from around the world gathered in one space feels like (and trust me, I'm a New Yorker, I don't get overwhelmed by much)? It's like those pilgrimages in India. It’s enough to make you realize: there is something truly bigger than...

An Inconvenient Genius ... The Timeles Legacy of an Untimely Man

SOURCE: Steve Kayser's Writing BlogHow often has one person affected humanity to such a degree that were the fruits of his labor withdrawn immediately from our day-to-day existence, the world as we know it … would essentially stop? A True Story This story is about one...

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