Four injured in submarine fire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| Four people have received medical attention in connection with a fire on a nuclear-powered submarine at a Maine shipyard, but none of the injuries were serious. Fire crews are fighting the blaze on the USS Miami SSN 755 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on an island in Kittery near Portsmouth, N.H. ... The ship's reactor was not operating at the time of the fire, which was reported at 5:41 p.m., the release said. The reactor was not affected by the fire. |
One in Four California Families Cant Afford Food for Their Kids
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| SAN FRANCISCO One in four California households with children reported food hardship, according to a new analysis of Gallup data released last Thursday by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). Its disturbing, but not surprising, said Kelly Hardy, director of health policy at Children Now. The report analyzed data gathered as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index projects responses to the question: Have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed? It sends a clear signal of economic distress, particularly for... |
Four dead in State Fair stage collapse
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| INDIANAPOLIS - A stage has collapsed at a concert at the Indiana State Fair. The stage was set up for the Sugarland concert at the state fairgrounds. Rigging for the stage lighting reportedly fell around 8:50 p.m., before the main act took the stage. Police and fire crews believe they have everyone moved from the grandstand. A triage unit has been set up near the Hoosier Lottery exhibit at the fair. Other victims are also being transported to at least two area hospitals. Several ambulances can be seen entering and leaving the area. Fair and emergency officials are planning a... |
Four Israeli Embassies, Consulates Reported Shut Down
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| Four Israeli embassies and consulates have been temporarily shut down due to a mounting terror threat, according to foreign press. Turkish newspaper Hurriet reported that the Israeli embassy in Ankara and the consulate in Istanbul are among the diplomatic missions that have shut their doors. The Counter-Terror Bureau has cited, in recent days, a growing threat of the imminent execution of terror attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets abroad, with emphases on Egypt, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania and Venezuela. The Bureau urges Israelis traveling to these countries to avoid places where there are concentrations of Israelis, and... |
CMS Official Confirms That Four States Have Been Granted ObamaCare Waivers
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| An Obama administration official on Wednesday confirmed that four states -- including Florida, Tennessee and Ohio -- have been granted waivers from the regulatory requirements of the national health care law. Steve Larsen, director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, confirmed the news under questioning from Rep. Cliff Stearns at an oversight hearing for the House Energy and Commerce committee. |
Mammoth 'could be reborn in four years'
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| The woolly mammoth, extinct for thousands of years, could be brought back to life in as little as four years thanks to a breakthrough in cloning technology. Previous efforts in the 1990s to recover nuclei in cells from the skin and muscle tissue from mammoths found in the Siberian permafrost failed because they had been too badly damaged by the extreme cold. But a technique pioneered in 2008 by Dr. Teruhiko Wakayama, of the Riken Centre for Developmental Biology, was successful in cloning a mouse from the cells of another mouse that had been frozen for 16 years. |
Feds deem Four Loko unsafe drink (FDA: makers have 15 days to prove otherwise)
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| Feds deem Four Loko unsafe drinkRichard Craver Issue date: 11/19/10 The makers of seven alcoholic energy drinks have been given 15 days to show that their beverages are safe for consumers or remove them from the marketplace. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters yesterday to four beverage manufacturers including the maker of Four Loko saying that the drinks are being marketed in violation of federal law. It determined that caffeine is an "unsafe food additive" when mixed with alcoholic beverages. If a beverage-maker cannot prove that its drink is safe, the FDA can seize the products. The... |
Four Reasons to Worry About the Newsweek-Daily Beast Deal
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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It sounds like the start of a bad joke: Barry Diller, Tina Brown and Sidney Harman walk into a (coffee) bar And walk out with a Frankenstein merger of their unprofitable media ventures. News-and-culture website Daily Beast and Newsweek magazine, which the 92-year-old Harman took off the Washington Post Co.s hands this summer, are merging into a joint venture called Newsweek Daily Beast Company. Brown writes in a Daily Beast post that the three of them the media-and-Internet mogul, the diva editor and the nonagenarian stereo magnate, respectively agreed over a mug of coffee to mash together their...
Tropical Depression FOUR Public Advisory
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| Tropical Depression FOUR Public Advisory Home Public Adv Fcst/Adv Wind Probs Maps/Charts Archive 000 WTNT34 KNHC 021435 TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042010 1100 AM EDT MON AUG 02 2010 ...NEW TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE ATLANTIC... SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...12.6N 41.1W ABOUT 1365 MI...2200 KM E OF THE LESSER ANTILLES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK... |
WVirginia vs Duke
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| Anyone know what happened to the W Virginia player with the knee? |
Bush "Miss Me Yet?" Billboard Appears Near Highway
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| Bush "Miss Me Yet?" Billboard Appears Near Highway Posted by Daniel Farber Updated 11:24 a.m. Eastern (CBS) If you drive along I-35 in Wyoming, Minnesota, you might see a billboard with a picture of George W. Bush and the words, "Miss Me Yet?" Bob Collins of Minnesota Public Radio says that the billboard is real, not Photoshopped, and he has been trying to chase down who is behind it. |
Michael Vick Signs With Eagles
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| Michael Vick signs a two year deal with the Eagles. |
Four Wheel Drive & Four Wheel Steering = Government Healthcare
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| Great video example of government healthcare. See link... |
'Four JDL members trashed Paris shop' (Arrested)
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| Four Jewish Defense League members were arrested on Wednesday, according to Agence France Presse, in connection to last week's attack on a Paris bookstore. Judicial officials were quoted in the report as saying that the shop is run by pro-Palestinian activists, and has fallen victim to several such attacks. |
Pregnant Woman Falls Four Stories in Car
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| Police in Massachusetts said a 31-year-old pregnant woman was miraculously unharmed after accidentally backing her car off the fourth story of a parking garage. Springfield Police Lt. Rupert Daniel said the woman, who was alone in her car at the time, accidentally put her Hyundai Sonata in reverse and drove off the fourth story of the downtown garage, plunging 40 feet to the sidewalk below, WWLP-TV, Springfield, reported Tuesday. The woman was treated for minor injuries at Baystate Medical Center and released. |
Four of Top Five U.S. Newspapers Buried Story on Obamas Call for Government-Owned Health Insurance
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| CNSNews.com ) - When President Obama said last week that he wants a government-run, government-owned health insurance provision to be included in the health-care reform bill being readied by Congress, only one of the nations top five, large-circulation newspapers thought it was worthy of front-page coverage. |
Four Cups of Blood? Hamas 'Celebrates' Passover with Libel
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| (IsraelNN.com) Hamas actors, several days before the Passover holiday, performed in Gaza its version of an old blood libel against Jews, who previously have been accused of using Christian blood to drink and to make matzo, the unleavened bread eaten on the Passover holiday. |
Terrorists Kill Four outside Egyptian Mosque
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| (IsraelNN.com) Terrorists attacked outside an historic mosque in Cairo Sunday evening, killing at least four people and wounding approximately 17 others, including French and German tourists. Police have not identified the explosive device, but it may have been a hand grenade or homemade device, police said. No terrorist group has yet taken responsibility for the attack. Sappers neutralized a second explosive device in the crowded bazaar area. The Egyptian tourist minister denied that anyone died in the blast, but major foreign news services reported that a French woman was among those killed. Eleven French and three German tourists suffered injuries,... |
Arab Boys Organs Save Four (Israel)
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| (IsraelNN.com) The heart, lungs, liver and kidneys of an 8-year-old were transplanted into four Jewish children. The boy's father said: "Its as if hes still living." A week ago, eight-year-old Anwar Abu-Arar from the Israeli-Arab town of Kalansua, east of Netanya, was hit by a car on a busy street near his home. Though doctors labored to save his life, a two-doctor committee determined after several days that Anwar had suffered respiratory brain death. His father was asked if would agree to donate Anwars organs, and he immediately agreed. |
ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| DENVER--Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic Senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel. |
Democratic Fundraiser Norman Hsu Indicted on Federal Fraud Charges
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| NEW YORK A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Norman Hsu, a top Democratic fundraiser accused of cheating investors of at least $20 million and using some of the money to make illegal donations to political campaigns. |
Clinton to Return $850,000 in Donations Raised By Norman Hsu
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| WASHINGTON Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign said Monday it will return $850,000 in donations raised by Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu, who is under federal investigation for violating election laws. |
Philippine group beheads hostages
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| Abu Sayyaf militants have decapitated seven hostages and sent their heads to troops on the southern Philippine island of Jolo, the military says. The men - six construction workers and a factory worker, all of whom were Christian - were seized on Monday near the town of Parang in Jolo. The military has vowed to intensify its efforts to track down the group. Philippine troops have been fighting Islamic militants holed up in Jolo's mountainous terrain for several months. Abu Sayyaf is the smallest of four Muslim rebel groups in the Philippines, with about 400 members. The group is thought... |
NOAA -- Climate Models Suggest Warming Could Impact Hurricane Development, Intensity
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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| April 17, 2007 Global climate model simulations for the 21st Century indicate a robust increase in vertical wind shear in the tropical Atlantic and East Pacific Oceans, which could act to inhibit the development or intensification of hurricanes in these regions. Historically, increased vertical wind shear has been associated with reduced hurricane activity and intensity. This new finding is reported in a study by scientists at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, N.J., and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami, scheduled to be published April 18 in Geophysical Research Letters.... |
Breaking News >> Up to 15 British Troops Detained by Iranian Navy, Pentagon Official Says
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:53:09 PM
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