“Texas is on track to have the worst year ever for West Nile virus.”-Christine Mann, Texas Department of State Health Services
“We’re in a fight we can’t win on the ground.”-Zach Thompson, Dallas County Health Department
15 August 2012, the mayor of Dallas, Texas, has just declared a health emergency. A health emergency has also been declared […] Continue Reading…
14 August 2012
In Kunduz Province, late Tuesday night a motorcycle bomb went off, killing at least ten people and wounding 30 others.
In Nimroz Province, at least 30 people are dead, 60 wounded, after coordinated suicide bombings. Suicide bombers launched their attack on the city of Zaranj. Afghan police killed three bombers before they exploded […] Continue Reading…
14 August 2012, the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control is shutting down Reactor 3 at the Doel nuclear power plant in Belgium.
Workers discovered cracks, and other ‘anomalies’, in the containment vessel. The reactor was built by a company that went bankrupt 40 years ago. Dozens of nuclear plants across western Europe use the same […] Continue Reading…
14 August 2012, the Japanese government is now trying to find owners of hundreds of abandoned pets in the 11 March 2011 disaster areas. Last year the Environment Ministry was able to pick up 750 dogs and cats and place in shelters, 300 are still unclaimed.
Government officials believe there are still hundreds of abandoned […] Continue Reading…
14 August 2012, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) said a new radioactive water leak has been found, coming from Reactor 4.
This morning a worker found a 350 square meter (1,148 square feet) room on the first floor of the reactor building flooded, about one centimeter (0.39 inch) deep.
The water is contaminated with 77,000 becquerels […] Continue Reading…
The following are quotes from U.S. state judges, attorneys and federal government officials regarding the Too Big to Fails’ lawsuits against debtors:
“I would say that roughly 90% of the credit card lawsuits are flawed and can’t prove the person owes the debt.”-Noach Dear, civil court judge Brooklyn, New York
“Our concerns center on the fact […] Continue Reading…
13 August 2012, while the Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center isn’t reporting any new fires, that doesn’t mean the rest of the state isn’t on fire.
On 12 August 2012, more than 11 wildfires across the state burned at least 500 square miles (804.6 kilometers).
Today, things are so bad in the Boise foothills that a […] Continue Reading…
11 August 2012 wasn’t just the annual Chubbuck Days festival, at Cotant park, it was also the 4th annual Eastern Idaho Scottish Games Heavy Athletic Event!
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12 August 2012, on the same day that Japan announced it was sending minesweepers to join the U.S. Navy in the Persian Gulf, a USN destroyer collides with a Japanese oil tanker.
It happened in the middle of the night, near the Hormuz Strait. The USS Porter is badly damaged and must be repaired. No […] Continue Reading…
11 August 2012
In Nimroz Province, an Afghan national cop killed 11 of his fellow policemen. The provincial governor says the killer cop was recognized as a member of the Mujahideen, and was killed.
In Balkh Province, the principal of a girls’ school was assassinated. She was shot in her house, her husband, and father in […] Continue Reading…