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‘The Plastiki’ Completes Its Ocean Journey

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:42:25 +0000

A 60-foot catamaran made out of plastic bottles completed a four month journey across the Pacific Ocean today, an unusual adventure to raise awareness about the widespread problem of plastic pollution. Expedition leader David de Rothschild and five other crewmembers sailed their boat, The Plastiki, under the famous Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia, to dock at the city’s Maritime Museum. They were met by a cheering crowd of 100, a welcome site after a long voyage that started in San Francisco on March 20th.

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‘The Plastiki’ Completes Its Ocean Journey

Crooks Mutilate Fingerprints to Hide From Law

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:09:58 +0000

According to law enforcement officials, intentionally altering or mutilating the fingertips is a drastic — not to mention painful — way for criminals to avoid being linked to their arrest record. And the number of criminal suspects engaging in the practice seems to be growing. Fingerprint – Forensic science – Science in Society – Law – Biometrics

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Mystery Plague Killing Bats; Bugs Rejoice

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:59:47 +0000

Over a million bats have fallen victim to White Nose Syndrome, a mysterious fungus that first appeared only 4 years ago outside Albany, NY, and has now spread across most of the eastern United States. United States – White Nose Syndrome – Albany New York – Health – Conditions and Diseases

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Mystery Plague Killing Bats; Bugs Rejoice

Manhunt: Pentagon Fears Wikileaks Founder

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:28:56 +0000

Pentagon investigators are trying to determine the whereabouts of the Australian-born founder of the secretive website Wikileaks for fear that he may be about to publish a huge cache of classified State Department cables that, if made public, could do serious damage to national security, government officials tell The Daily Beast. Julian Assange – Wikileaks – Pentagon – National security – Iraq

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Gulf Oil Spill: Brace for Hurricane Season

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:26:59 +0000

As if people along the Gulf of Mexico didn’t have enough to worry about, researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Mississippi have crunched some numbers and warn that passing hurricanes — the season begins next week, and NOAA… Oil spill – Gulf Oil – Energy – Environment – Petroleum in the Environment

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Gulf Oil Spill: Brace for Hurricane Season

California Neighbors Sue Over Toxic Oil Site

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:33:00 +0000

Hundreds of residents in Carson, Calif.,’s Carousel neighborhood have filed a class-action lawsuit aimed primarily at Shell after it was discovered their half-million homes had been built on top of a former crude oil storage site that’s now emitting dangerous levels of cancer-causing chemicals.

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YouTube Turns 5, Hits 2 Billion Views a Day

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:00:25 +0000

YouTube turns 5 this month, but that number only begins to tell the story of how far it has come since its early days as a lean start-up launched above a pizza parlor. To celebrate the fifth birthday of its child star, Google (which owns YouTube) today announced that the video-sharing site now serves more than 200 billion views a day

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Rush: The Ocean Can Take Care of Spill Itself

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 05:43:09 +0000

Environmentalists struck back at conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who blamed the explosion of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico and the subsequent oil leak on an inside job by “hardcore environmentalist wackos.” Gulf of Mexico – Rush Limbaugh – Oil – Talk radio – Radio

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BP Denies Responsibility for Spill Accident

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:08:56 +0000

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano told ‘Good Morning America’ today that it was unacceptable for BP to ask fishermen it hired to help with the cleanup of the Gulf oil spill to sign waivers that would limit the company’s liability. Oil spill – Janet Napolitano – BP – United States Secretary of Homeland Security – United States

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School Principal: Get Kids Off Facebook

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:23:07 +0000

A New Jersey public school principal has had enough of the harm, from sexual predators or mean girls, that can come to young teens on sites like Facebook and MySpace. So Anthony Orsini, principal at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, N.J., wants kids blocked from the sites at school and at home. New Jersey – Facebook – Ridgewood New Jersey – MySpace – United States

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School Principal: Get Kids Off Facebook