Plague threatens prairie dogs, endangered ferrets in South Dakota

On the grasslands of Badlands National Park in South Dakota, wildlife officials are trying to do all they can to save one of the country's largest colonies of endangered black-footed ferrets."The deadly disease...

7 years left to avoid global climate catastrophe

To the candidates - further proof that being all Talk and No action is going to result in remarkable climactic changes.  To those in the McCain Camp, please read the article about what Palin is supporting -...

EU threatens to postpone talks on Russian pact

After holding crisis talks about the Russian invasion of Georgia in Brussels yesterday, EU leaders have decided to postpone talks that had been scheduled to take place later this month. The talks between the EU and Russia were to discuss a new partnership pact. This comes at...

Hitman: Sniper Spam

So if you get an email from a purported assassin threatening to ice you (or a loved one), rest assured that it's not Agent 47, but a garden-variety spammer.""The online Hitman scammer, who threatens to kill...

Obama Doesn't want Ayers ads Aired, Threatens Stations

"The Obama campaign is giving a glimpse of the future for conservative free speech. They’re trying to sic the Justice Department on TV stations, many of them Sinclair Broadcasting stations, that are airing the...

Angry North Korea threatens nuclear U-turn

North Korea is going through a denuclearizition and have halted the proccess becuase they refuse to be treated like they're on probabtion from the states,and have yet to submit to random inspections of their nuclear facilities."The communist nation said it halted the...

First Nation threatens to shut Edmundston school on leased land

"A dispute between the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation and the provincial government could disrupt the start of classes at an Edmundston high school in September. The Madawaska First Nation owns about half of the land where the Cité des Jeunes school is located. The First...

Drilling for CO-2 in US West Threatens American Indian Artifacts

Worried about Carbon Dioxide? Now they're looking for MORE! Believe it or not.Anasazi sites and artifacts endangered by search for Carbon Dioxide!"...a giant new project to drill for carbon dioxide is gathering steam on the (Canyons of the Ancients National Monument,...

Laughter threatens Kay Underwood's health

A strange condition Kay Underwood would like to raise the correct perspective awareness to. It may seem quite peculiar and funny to some individuals but it's a quite debilitating and anguish causing condition...

Wildfire near Yosemite destroys 12 homes

Firefighters are still trying to fight a wildfire near Yosemite National Park.  The blaze has already destroyed 12 homes.  2000 homes are being threatened by the fire. Apparently, two women who went into...

Terror Threats to Olympic Games

Some might call me a negative person, but I have expected something like this to come along at this time. The Olympics draw people from all over the world, what better place to make a global impact? Unfortunately,...

Energy crisis threatens U.S. survival, Gore says

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States should be making all of its electricity with renewable and carbon-free energy in 10 years, former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday. ...

Global warning: Melting ice threatens Arctic foxes

Some more wildlife animals are on the brink of extinction because of  global warming. "Polar bears may not be the only Arctic wildlife threatened by global warming. Scientists have discovered that Arctic foxes also struggle as the ice disappears because they rely on the...

Algae outbreaks threaten Olympic sailing in China

As many as 20,000 people are busy cleaning up the enormous amount of algae blocking Olympic waterways in China. State media says 100,000 tons have already been removed, and ships from two other cities have been commissioned to remove the rest by mid-July.On the positive side,...

Iran threatens Israel

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know, carrying out threats against your neighbour, is not the way to go when you are looking to world opinion in setting up a nuclear program for your people's energy...

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