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"Deepwater Horizon worker claims oil rig leaking weeks before explosion
Deepwater Horizon worker claims oil rig leaking weeks before explosion Oil worker told the BBC's Panorama programme that both BP and Transocean, who owned the rig, were informed of the leak Graeme Wearden Source guardian.co.uk, Monday 21 June 2010 09.18 BST An oil worker on the Deepwater Horizon rig said that it was leaking weeks before it explo...
Jun 30, 2010, 3:53 pm - konane

Foreign help on spill comes with a price
Foreign help on spill comes with a price Nearly two dozen nations offer cleanup aid but want to be reimbrused By EILEEN SULLIVAN, MATTHEW LEE The Associated Press updated 7:32 p.m. ET, Fri., June 18, 20...
Jun 18, 2010, 8:30 pm - NBey6

Celtics GM Ainge Fined $25K
Thursday, May 6, 2010 NBA fines Ainge $25K for actions ESPNBoston.com news services NEW YORK -- Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thursday for tossing a towel to try to distract Cavaliers forward J.J. Hickson as he shot a fr...
May 6, 2010, 4:22 pm - NBey6

Subject: Mr. President-What have you accomplished in the past 12 months?
Subject: Mr. President-What have you accomplished in the past 12 months?...
Feb 23, 2010, 9:39 pm - mrlottery15

"School bombing exposes Obama's secret war inside Pakistan
- Why isn't our press all over this? ______________________ From The Sunday Times February 7, 2010 Source Times Online School bombing exposes Obama s secret war inside Pakistan (photo) Victims trapped in the rubble after a suicide bombing at the opening of a school for girls in the northwestern Pakis...
Feb 7, 2010, 12:08 pm - konane

Pot clubs popping up like weeds
San Jose says pot clubs popping up like weeds, starts crackdown John Woolfolk Mercury N ews Posted: 01/16/2010 04:06:07 PM PST Updated: 01/16/2010 09:54:26 PM PST San Jose is yanking the welcome mat for medical marijuana dispensaries that have proliferated across the city in recent month...
Jan 17, 2010, 7:32 am - truesee

Company warned officials of flu 18 days before alert was issued
Company warned officials of flu 18 days before alert was issued By Les Blumenthal | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON - A Washington state biosurveillance firm raised the first warning about a possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexico more than two weeks before the World Health Organization offered its initial alert about a public health emergency of international concern. Both federal and int...
May 1, 2009, 8:50 am - konane

The China Syndrome
There is a media story coming from our great neighbor to north about a nuclear safety head honcho being fired because she refused to let a reactor be fired up after maintenance because all safety guidelines were not met. So, the government convenes and makes legislation to make it happen anyway (an offline reactor is a big money deal, anywhere in the world), while simultaneously watchdogs get hearings scheduled to see what the heck is going on. Apparently...
Feb 1, 2008, 12:00 pm - Jake

Filtered pick 3 Wheelers and Prediction # 1
I don't have much time for this post right now, so only a few things about that on this post. The LotSoft Pick 3 Filtered Wheeler: This is really a minor thing and perhaps players can better understand the use of this option if this is left as it is and unchanged. The OutPut Format Box for BOXED Doubles it was made more complicated than needed as 6 choices are given, the 6 logic choices should be hid...
Nov 15, 2007, 2:39 pm - LANTERN

americans drive less for first time in 25 years
Americans Drive Less for First Time in 25 Years By Bruce Nichols, Reuters HOUSTON (Nov. 30) - High gasoline prices not only slowed fuel demand growth and cut sales of gas-guzzling vehicles in 2005, they also prompted Americans to drive less for the first time in 25 years, a consulting group said in a report Thursday....
Dec 2, 2006, 7:17 am - LOTTOMIKE