Sea turtle deaths up along Gulf, joining dolphin trend
Sea turtle deaths up along Gulf, joining dolphin trend MSNBC Original Article Federal scientists trying to figure out why dolphin deaths along the Gulf of Mexico are up this year now have a s...
Japanese Nuclear Crisis Could Last for YEARS
As I've previously noted, many experts say that the Fukushima plants will keep on leaking for months. See this and this.But Reuters reported yesterday: "I think maybe the situation is much more serious than we were led to believe," said one expert, Na...
Japanese Seismologist in 2004 on Risk of Nuclear Accident: "It’s Like a Kamikaze Terrorist Wrapped in Bombs Just Waiting to Explode"
In 2004, Leuren Moret warned in the Japan Times of the exact type of nuclear catastrophe that Japan is now experiencing:Of all the places in all the world where no one in their right mind would build scores of nuclear power plants, Japan would be pre...
First image of Mercury from orbit released
NASA released an image of the planet Mercury on Tuesday, the first obtained from a spacecraft orbiting the solar system's innermost planet. The image is the first of many expected to come from the Messenger probe, the first space mission to orbit the planet closest to the sun. The Messenger spacecraft launched on August 3, [...]
The day’s most popular stories
The five most popular stories on CNN.com in the past 24 hours, according to NewsPulse. Eagle ray pins woman in boat: An eagle ray weighing as much as 300 pounds landed on top of a woman on a boat in the Florida Keys last week, throwing her to the deck and pinning her underneath it. [...]
Toobin: ‘Very good day in court for Wal-Mart’
The Supreme Court's conservative majority didn't appear impressed Tuesday with plaintiffs' arguments that more than 1 million female Wal-Mart workers, past and present, should be able to accuse the retailer of discrimination in one class-action lawsuit, CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said. Though a ruling isn't expected until late June, the justices' reactions during oral arguments might portend [...]
Remembering a fallen colleague in Iraq
At least 56 people were killed Tuesday and 98 others wounded when a gang of men attacked an Iraqi government building in the northern city of Tikrit. Among those killed in the attack was Sabah al-Bazee, a freelance journalist who worked for a number of news organizations, including CNN. Producers Mohammed Tawfeeq, Yousif Bassil and [...]
After Almost Two Weeks Media Reveals Nuclear Radiation Detected In College Campus Ventilation System
The general public must currently feel like they are living in the days of the pony express. One story after the next reveals that Japan nuclear radiation hit over a week ago. Now the Seattle weekly revels University of Washington Scientists have been detecting radiation from Japan since Match 18th in the campus air filtration system.
Virginia Tech fined for failure to provide timely warning during shooting rampage
Virginia Tech will be fined $55,000 for waiting too long to provide timely warnings about a shooter on the loose during a 2007 rampage that killed 32 people, the U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday. A report released last year on the incident found the school in violation of The Clery Act, which requires colleges [...]
Dr. Mark Sircus: Betraying Humanity
Media Crimes The Intel Hub By Dr. Mark Sircus Of IMVA – Contributing Writer March 29th, 2011 “I think there is a role for safe nuclear power,” says Dr. David J. Brenner directs the Center for Radiological Research. He is the expert brought out by the New York Times to confuse everyone. Is there really [...]
Sources: Hole in US Airways jet caused by bullet
A hole in a US Airways jet that landed in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday was caused by a bullet, two government sources tell CNN. The sources say a bullet has been recovered inside the Boeing 737-400. The aircraft had flown to Charlotte from Philadelphia and was being prepped for another flight on Monday when [...]
US Government Centralizing Data To Respond To Nuclear Radiation Emergency They Say Is Not Happening
The US Government has starting amassing and centralizing data to instruct the public and medical facilities on how to respond to a radioactive emergency that they say is not happening.
50 people in 50 days: Teen missing after ride with brother’s friend
Editor's note: Nancy Grace's new show on HLN, "Nancy Grace: America's Missing," is dedicated to finding 50 people in 50 days. As part of the effort, which relies heavily on audience participation, CNN.com's news blog This Just In will feature the stories of the missing. This is the 50th case, and it was shown Friday [...]
50 people in 50 days: Teen missing after ride with brother’s friend
Editor's note: Nancy Grace's new show on HLN, "Nancy Grace: America's Missing," is dedicated to finding 50 people in 50 days. As part of the effort, which relies heavily on audience participation, CNN.com's news blog This Just In will feature the stories of the missing. This is the 50th case, and it was shown Friday [...]
U.S. nuclear plant had partial meltdown years before Three Mile Island
The news media took note of Monday's anniversary of the nuclear accident at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island power plant, but a partial meltdown at another U.S. reactor seems to have slipped from the public memory. Fermi 1, a small nuclear reactor south of Detroit, experienced a loss-of-coolant accident in October 1966. Fermi 1, owned by [...]
Radioactive Nuclear Reactor Core Melts Through Containment Vessel Floor
Just hours after the Prime Minister of Japan declares a "maximum alert" due to plutonium leaking from a reactor breach the Guardian is reports a nuclear reactor core has melted through the containment vessel floor. The news comes alongside another NY Times article reporting a huge crack in another containment vessel that may prevent workers from ever containing the nuclear disaster.
‘Maximum Alert’ In Japan Over Fukushima Nuke Crisis As TEPCO Head Vanishes From Sight
The Intel Hub By Alex Thomas March 29th, 2011 Workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plant are working in overdrive, attempting to stop the spread of radioactive materials into the ocean as well as avoid a full scale meltdown. In a startling development, Crews found traces of plutonium in the soil outside of the Fukushima [...]
Gotta Watch: Bedbugs, dribble contest, skinny jeans
There's no theme for today's Gotta Watch videos. We go from the last thing you'd want in the hospital to the first guy you'd want on your team. And we wrap it all up with fashion advice about denim from one of Conan's writers. Bedbugs bugging hospitals - Bedbugs in your bed? Maybe. But in [...]
Vanishing act by Japanese executive during nuclear crisis raises questions
Vanishing act by Japanese executive during nuclear crisis raises questions By Andrew Higgins Washington Post Original Article TOKYO — In normal times, Masataka Shimizu lives in The Tower...
Manslaughter Charges?: Federal Prosecutors Tighten Screws on BP Execs
Manslaughter Charges?: Federal Prosecutors Tighten Screws on BP Execs How fitting that a law rooted in steamboat-era marine regulation is being used to consider criminal charges against not only BP oil rig managers, but top company...
Government Responds to Nuclear Accident by Trying to Raise Acceptable Radiation Levels and Pretending that Radiation is Good For Us
When the economy imploded in 2008, how did the government respond?Did it crack down on fraud? Force bankrupt companies to admit that their speculative gambling with our money had failed? Rein in the funny business?Of course not!The government just hel...
McCain wants U.S. to go after Gadhafi
President Obama addressed the nation Monday about the United States' involvement in Libya, and he said the goal there is regime change without direct U.S. military force. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, criticized the president's statement and says the use of military force to take the leader out [...]
Dead Body Found Near Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Too Radioactive To Handle
A dead body was reportedly found 2 1/2 miles from Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactor that is said to have been so radioactive it could not be handled.
‘Spiderman’ scales world’s tallest tower
It took him six hours and a lifetime to do it, but French daredevil Alain Robert climbed the world's tallest building Monday evening. "I've climbed the second-, third- and fourth-tallest buildings. All that is missing is Burj Khalifa," Robert, known as "Spiderman," told Gulf News before beginning his ascent of the tower in Dubai. Robert [...]
On the Radar: Libya, politics, Syria, Japan, Wal-Mart, immigration
Libya – Forces loyal to Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi blocked the westward advance of rebels, who have been aided by air power provided by the U.S., NATO and their allies. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet in London today with other world leaders to try to strengthen the coalition's efforts. Meanwhile in Washington, politicians [...]
BP Managers Said to Face U.S. Manslaughter Charges Review
BP Managers Said to Face U.S. Manslaughter Charges Review By Justin Blum & Alison Fitzgerald Bloomberg Original Article Federal prosecutors are considering whether to pursue manslaughter c...
Appetite for Louisiana seafood takes a hit, 18 restaurant owners say
Appetite for Louisiana seafood takes a hit, 18 restaurant owners say By Jaquetta White Times-Picayune Original Article Half of the customers who dine in their restaurants hold unfavorable ...
Sea Turtle Deaths Anger Mississippi Residents
Sea Turtle Deaths Anger Mississippi Residents By Rocky Kistner, media associate, NRDC Huffington Post Original Article As a resident of coastal Mississippi for more than 30 years, Shirley ...
Tuesday’s live video events
Watch CNN.com Live for continuing coverage of the conflict in Libya and the nuclear crisis in Japan. Today's programming highlights... 9:00 am ET - Obama address replay - CNN.com Live replays last night's speech by President Obama about the Libya conflict. 10:00 am ET - Muslim civil rights hearing - The Senate Judiciary Committee holds [...]
“Maximum Alert” Japan Nuclear Reactor Core Breach Leaking Plutonium – “3 Raging Nuclear Meltdowns In Progress”
Japan’s Top Official puts Japan on a state of “high alert” after admitting nuclear meltdown is underway and confirming a breach in the nuclear reactor core is leaking plutonium outside the plant. Radiation levels outside the plant are now so high they are lethal within 4 hours and insiders say there is a huge crack in the nuclear reactor that will prevent the nuclear fallout from ever being contained.
6.3-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s main island
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck off Japan's main island of Honshu on Tuesday evening near the spot of this month's monster quake, which has killed more than 10,000 people, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
As More U.S. States Detect Radiation, Feds and Industry Downplay Dangers
As More U.S. States Detect Radiation, Feds and Industry Downplay Dangers You can add Massachusetts to the growing number of states detecting radiation “most likely” from the nuclear disaster in Japan. According to the A...
Reprogramming The Masses – OMG!! Plutonium Is Actually Good For You!!!
Government pushed corporate media propaganda about the Japan nuclear fallout just keeps getting better and better. Here is some of the latest double speak that tickled my kicker.
Japan To Make Citizens Pay Bill For TEPCO’s Nuclear Radioactive Fallout
Crooked Japanese politicians are undertaking steps to let TEPCO off the hook for the measly $1.2 billion in liabilities it faces for the Japan nuclear fallout disaster and will instead make the citizens of Japan pay the bill.
Mideast live blog: Humanitarian crisis loomed before intervention, Obama says
An unemployed college graduate in Tunisia set himself ablaze after police confiscated his fruit cart, cutting off his source of income, late last year, sparking protests about high unemployment, corruption, rising prices and political repression in the North African country. In mid-January, autocratic Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country and an [...]
EPA to Help Mainstream Media Obscure The Truth About Radiation Exposure to Americans
As Americans focus on March Madness and Dancing With the Stars instead of the radioactive plume spreading all across the country, the US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) is attempting to make the mainstream media cover up of the Fukushima radioactive nuclear cloud a bit easier.
The War in Libya: It’s Really About Broccoli
While President Obama didn't touch on it in his speech tonight, the U.S. is really militarily involved in Libya to protect our strategic interests in broccoli.Specifically, Gaddafi has been threatening to nationalize Libya's broccoli resources for year...
FALLOUT
EPA Plans to Reduce Cleanup of Nuclear Fallout Now “No rest for the wicked!” Says EPA Employee With a Smile CollapseNet by Michael Kane (Special to CollapseNet) © Copyright 2011 CollapseNetwork, Inc. (Please Distribute Widely) [Long time readers will remember Michael Kane from his years of writing for From The Wilderness where he proved himself [...]
How Dangerous is the Plutonium from the Japanese Nuclear Plant?
An in depth look at the real danger of the plutonium in the Japan nuclear radioactive fallout.
While Slowing BP Oil Spill, Administration Slowed Flow Of Information Too, Claims Coast Guard Report
While Slowing BP Oil Spill, Administration Slowed Flow Of Information Too, Claims Coast Guard Report By Mike Levine Fox News Original Article WASHINGTON – The Obama administration failed...
BP Cleanup Machinery Moving Out For Good (VIDEO)
BP Cleanup Machinery Moving Out For Good (VIDEO) By Debbie Williams WKRG Original Article FORT MORGAN, Alabama – This is what Gulf Coast residents have been waiting for for the last elev...
Montana Radio Shack offers free gun or pizza with satellite TV purchase
A Radio Shack owner in Montana has upped foot traffic at his Hamilton store by offering free guns for new satellite television subscribers, according to a local paper. Fear not, those opposed to gun ownership and those who might fail background checks. You can have free pizza instead. The sign says it all: “Protect yourself [...]
Libya’s Blood For Oil: The Vampire War
The Intel Hub By Susan Lindauer, former U.S. Asset who covered Libya at the United Nations from 1995 to 2003 March 28th, 2011 Who are we kidding? The United States, Britain and NATO don’t care about bombing civilians to contain rebellion. Their militaries bomb civilians every day without mercy. They have destroyed most of the [...]
Fukushima Meltdown – From Bad To Worse
Officials have admitted a partial meltdown has taken place in reactor #2 as problems with all 4 reactors are anticipated to worsen. The Intel Hub Shepard Ambellas March 28, 2011 Radioactive plutonium has been found in the soil around the Fukushima nuclear power plant signifying how this situation has gone from bad to worse. The [...]
Si.com: Cinderella vs. Cinderella, women’s Elite Eight, marathon baseball
With every No. 1 and No. 2 seed knocked out of this year’s NCAA college basketball tournament, it’ll be Cinderella battling Cinderella next weekend in the Final Four. It’s safe to say that few, if any, saw this coming. This year’s season was marked by the fact that there was not the traditional powerhouse that [...]
Monday’s Most Intriguing People: A death row inmate, a writer and a boxing legend
TROY DAVIS On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a condemned Georgia inmate's request that his execution be delayed as he attempts to prove his "actual innocence." Without comment, the justice put aside two separate appeals from Troy Davis, probably setting the stage for the state to set another execution date. Davis, on death row [...]
3 types of plutonium detected at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant
Three types of plutonium have turned up amid the radioactive contamination on the grounds of the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, its owner reported Monday. The plutonium is a byproduct of nuclear reactions that is also part of the fuel mix at the damaged No. 3 reactor. It was found in soil at five [...]
Gotta Watch: Formula One’s need for speed
It's not enough to call Formula One racing "fast driving." It's more like flying, just really low. The F1 season kicked off Sunday in Melbourne, Australia. Today, we're blowing your hair back with two of the fast and furious: Team Ferrari and Team Lotus. Don't worry, these guys aren't texting while driving, but CNN found out [...]
India’s wild tiger population jumps 14%
The wild tiger population in India, home to half of the wild tigers in the world, has increased almost 14% in the past three years, a new census shows. There are now an estimated 1,706 wild tigers in India, according to the count from India’s National Tiger Conservation Authority, which cooperated with the World Wildlife [...]
America’s worst nuclear accident: 32nd anniversary of Three Mile Island
As Japan struggles with a nuclear crisis at a power plant damaged during the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, America is marking the 32nd anniversary of its worst nuclear disaster: Three Mile Island. On March 28, 1979, a partial nuclear meltdown occurred at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near [...]
