Fire fighters in one part of Texas are reporting a strange phenomenon in their battle to control wildfires: ‘Ice capping’.
70 miles west of Fort Worth, embers from the fires have gone so high into the atmosphere that they’ve frozen and fallen back to the ground. It’s an indicator of how hot the fires are, […] Continue Reading…
Rescuers are bringing in more equipment to dig out Larry Marek. A section of roof caved in on him and his brother last Friday, his brother got out.
The latest info is that a large diamond drill will be used to drill a hole through the debris, to try and determine if Marek is alive. […] Continue Reading…
GM announced, on April 18, that they will increase the price of their vehicles, because of the rising cost of supplies.
GM said it is not related to the parts supply problem in Japan. Instead they blame it on commodities like oil and steel. GM’s price hike will take effect May 2. Toyota and Ford […] Continue Reading…
18 people were killed, and 155 injured after a major hail and wind storm hit southern China.
Most people were killed when 45 houses collapsed. The storm struck on April 17.
Many farms were destroyed, creating tens of millions of U.S. dollars in damage. It now adds to the growing concern over world food supply.
25 years after the deadly nuclear accident at the Chernobyl plant, the Ukraine is still struggling to deal with the disaster.
This week is Black Week, the official anniversary of the nuclear accident, which happened on 26 April 1986. 31 people were killed, as a direct result of the disaster, and many more have suffered […] Continue Reading…
So you voted for Barack Obama because you’re hoping to go to college, but can’t afford the skyrocketing costs. You thought Obama was going to help you pay for college? You’re right, if your going to college in China!
Last week Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, announced that the U.S. State Department will spend U.S.$3 […] Continue Reading…
For the fourth month in a row, China is selling off its U.S. Treasury bonds (U.S. Sovereign debt). China is the biggest holder of U.S. bonds, but since February, they’ve been getting rid of them, a little at a time.
So far the Chinese have sold U.S.$600 million in U.S. bonds, that’s according to the […] Continue Reading…
“It seems to me that the attitude of the State Department has to do with my investigations in the U.S. National Archives.”-Gabriela Weber, investigative journalist
Gabriela Weber, known for investigating NAZI war criminals in South America, has followed a trail of illegal child adoptions right to the United States government. And that has gotten her […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company will now put air conditioners in the worker’s rest stations, after at least one worker succumbed to heat stroke.
Temperatures inside their protective suits are hot after only 30 minutes of wearing them. Unlike some military NBC masks, that can allow you to drink water, the nuke suits used at Fukushima […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company officials say they will test the ocean for plutonium. They have already found soil samples to be contaminated with the toxic isotope.
TEPCo official Matsumoto Junichi says because plutonium was found in the ground around Fukushima Daiichi, then it’s possible it is getting into the ocean. They will check the ocean […] Continue Reading…