Archive for the ‘science’ Category
GE: Limit PCB contamination during Hudson dredging (AP)
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
AP – General Electric Co. on Monday proposed a halting further dredging of the Hudson River if PCBs churned up by the work spread too much pollution downriver during the second phase of an ongoing cleanup.
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The nation’s weather (AP)
Monday, March 8th, 2010
AP – A low pressure system was forecast to move through the Southwest and the Rockies, then on to the Plains, bringing widespread precipitation including snow in the Southwest. The storm was expected to bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to the Plains.
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Looters hand back goods as Chile mourns quake dead (AFP)
Monday, March 8th, 2010
AFP – Looters in Chile have handed back stolen goods to the value of two million dollars, the government said, as the country mourned the hundreds killed in last month’s earthquake and tsunami.
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Togo opposition claims fraud in presidential vote (AP)
Monday, March 8th, 2010
AP – Togo’s top opposition candidate was pelted with tear gas for a second time Sunday as he vowed to take to the streets every day in protest of what he says was an election rigged to favor the son of the country’s longtime dictator.
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Gas prices up 9.58 cents nationwide over 2 weeks (AP)
Monday, March 8th, 2010
AP – The average price of regular gasoline in the United States is up 9.58 cents over a two-week period to $2.73.
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Swiss voters reject giving abused animals a lawyer (AP)
Monday, March 8th, 2010
AP – The result was emphatic: Swiss voters don’t think abused animals need to have their own lawyers.
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Obama to push White House vision for NASA in April (Reuters)
Monday, March 8th, 2010
Reuters – President Barack Obama will outline his administration’s vision for space agency NASA and an eventual trip to Mars during a conference in Florida in April, the White House said on Sunday.
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Former head of Johnson Space Center dies in Texas (AP)
Monday, March 8th, 2010
AP – Aaron Cohen, the former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center who helped create the space shuttle program, has died in College Station after a long fight with cancer. He was 79.
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At least 7 die in snow-linked accidents in Germany (AP)
Monday, March 8th, 2010
AP – Heavy snowfall in parts of Germany triggered a deadly avalanche and caused thousands of accidents, leaving at least seven people dead and dozens more injured, police said Sunday.
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Some Chile quake areas awaiting aid a week later (Reuters)
Monday, March 8th, 2010
Reuters – Some Chileans were still waiting for government aid on Saturday, a week after one of the strongest earthquakes on record and a roaring tsunami killed hundreds and ravaged cities and villages along the South American country’s south-central coastline.
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