Posted under U.S. on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Read More: Boxer calls for release of coal ash sites – The Tennessean
Posted under U.S. on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Federal investigators say at least half of a sprawling Slim Jim processing plant in North Carolina was damaged in a fatal explosion and that parts of the building may need to be removed before their agents can go inside.
Read More: Feds Begin Probe Of N.C. Plant Explosion
Posted under U.S. on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 8:34 am
It began in New York as an outlandish experiment to get kids to crack the books by showing them the money – cold hard cash for those who get good grades. But does it work? Randall Pinkston has the answer.
Read More: Reading, Writing And Raking It In
Posted under U.S. on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 8:34 am
A union official says he asked for protective vests for guards at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum two years ago, but they never got them.
Read More: Museum Guards Wanted Bulletproof Vests
Posted under U.S. on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Long-suffering pilots for commuter airlines say it’s about time that Washington and passengers alike pay attention to the cockpit, where pilots are exhausted, under-trained, and paid little.
Read More: Buffalo Crash Opens Window Into Cockpit
Posted under U.S. on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Even after Flight 1549 glided to a near-perfect forced landing on the Hudson River in January, the plane and its 155 passengers and crew came close to catastrophe when someone cracked open a rear door, sending water gushing into the cabin.
Read More: Hearings To Focus On "Miracle" Flight
Posted under U.S. on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 8:34 am
The Senate has voted to give the government extensive new powers to decide how tobacco companies will make and market their products. Supporters say that could spare millions from smoking addiction and premature death.
Read More: Senate Passes Landmark Anti-Smoking Bill
Posted under U.S. on Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
On takeoff, the pilot of Flight 1549 remarked on two things: a breathtaking view of the Hudson River and the sickening thump of birds hitting his engines. Warnings about the birds probably would not have helped, Capt. Sullenberger said.
Read More: Hero Pilot: Bird Warnings Not Much Help
Posted under U.S. on Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Authorities in suburban New York say a school superintendent wrestled an armed man to the ground in a middle school and took the gun away.
Read More: N.Y. School Official Wrestles Gun From Man
Posted under U.S. on Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Chinese authorities have quarantined New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife in a Shanghai hotel after a passenger on their flight exhibited flu-like symptoms.
Read More: China Quarantines New Orleans Mayor, Wife
Posted under U.S. on Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
The man charged in the shooting death of am abortion provider warned that more violence is possible. “I know there are many other similar events planned around the country as long as abortion remains legal,” Scott Roeder told the AP.
Read More: Tiller Suspect: More Violence Possible
Posted under U.S. on Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
An estimated 15.5 million American kids don”t have enough food – that”s 3 million more than just two years ago. In a photographic exhibit called “Witnesses to Hunger,” that fact becomes stunningly real.
Read More: For Some Kids, Hunger All Too Real
