Another Japanese Reactor Facility In Trouble?
The Intel Hub By Shepard Ambellas March 20, 2011 In the last week the environment has taken a beating that may take months or even years to recover from. The nuclear disaster in Japan continues to worsen, a new 100 mile oil slick has been found in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and [...]
Egyptians approve constitutional changes
Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved proposed constitutional amendments that pave the way for parliamentary elections in June, according to the head of the judicial committee overseeing the referendum. "We are proud of the Egyptian people for deciding their own destiny," Judge Mahmoud Atiya said Sunday. "We assure the world that the March 19 referendum was fair [...]
Spill reported off Grand Isle
Spill reported off Grand Isle By Eric Heisig Houma Today Original Article GRAND ISLE — The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating reports of oil 6 miles off the Grand Isle coast exten...
Japan Finds More Types Of Radiation-Tainted Food
Japan Finds More Types Of Radiation-Tainted Food By Kelly Olsen & Joe McDonald Huffington Post Original Article TOKYO — At a bustling Tokyo supermarket Sunday, wary shoppers avoi...
The Fracking War: A Fight Over Production Not Product
The Fracking War: A Fight Over Production Not Product In some corners of the investment world, the analysis may stop short of the doom-and-denial rhetoric of embattled drilling industry spokespeople, but there’s still...
Libya live blog: Coalition confirms strike on Gadhafi compound
The latest developments on the situation in Libya, where coalition forces launched a series of coordinated airstrikes on Saturday after they were convinced Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was not adhering to a cease-fire mandated by the United Nations. Read our complete story and check out our full coverage on unrest in the Arab world. Also, [...]
Japan quake live blog: Radiation level in food no cause for alarm, expert says
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit northern Japan on March 11, triggering tsunamis that caused widespread devastation and crippled a nuclear power plant. Are you in an affected area? Send an iReport. Read the full report on the quake's aftermath and check out our interactive explainer on Japan's damaged nuclear reactors. [10:20 p.m. Sunday ET, 11:20 [...]
The day’s most popular stories
The five most popular stories on CNN.com in the past 24 hours, according to NewsPulse. U.S., allies strike Libya: Explosions and anti-aircraft fire thundered in the skies above Tripoli early Sunday, but it was not clear whether they resulted from another round of cruise missile attacks by allies determined to stop Moammar Gadhafi's offensive against [...]
Japan quake live blog: Death toll rises as scattered reconstruction efforts begin
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit northern Japan on March 11, triggering tsunamis that caused widespread devastation and crippled a nuclear power plant. Are you in an affected area? Send an iReport. Read the full report on the quake's aftermath and check out our interactive explainer on Japan's damaged nuclear reactors. [10:45 p.m. Saturday, 11:45 a.m. [...]
Libya live blog: U.S., allies launch missiles against Gadhafi forces
The latest developments on the situation in Libya, where the government declared a cease-fire Friday after the United Nations voted to impose a no-fly zone in response to weeks of bloody clashes between forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi and rebels. Read our complete story and check out our full coverage on unrest in the Arab [...]
Coalition attack on Gadhafi’s forces: How we got here
An international military coalition including France, the United States and Great Britain attacked Libyan air-defense and other military targets Saturday night in an operation that eventually will include enforcing a no-fly zone. Libyan rebels had called on international action to help them stave off assaults by Libyan government forces on their positions in Benghazi and [...]
What’s a Tomahawk missile?
The Tomahawk cruise missiles that were launched Saturday against Libya are unmanned, single-use, programmable jet-engine missiles used only by the U.S. and British navies. They fly very close to the ground, steering around natural and man-made obstacles to hit a target that is programmed into them before launch. Newer versions can be reprogrammed in flight [...]
Governments Have Been Covering Up Nuclear Meltdowns for Fifty Years to Protect the Nuclear Power Industry
Santa SusanaAs a History Chanel special notes, a nuclear meltdown occurred at the world's first commercial reactor only 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles.Specifically, in 1959, there was a meltdown of one-third of the nuclear reactors at the Santa Su...
ElBaradei attacked trying to vote in Egyptian referendum
Mohamed ElBaradei, an Egyptian presidential candidate and Nobel laureate, was attacked by thugs at a polling station in Cairo on Saturday, his brother told CNN. ElBaradei described the attack, which occurred during a referendum on changes to the constitution, on his Twitter account. Voting was completed Saturday evening, when all polling districts were reported closed, [...]
Why Aren’t Arab States – Instead of the U.S., France and Britain – Taking Care of Libya?
Gaddafi is a lying psychopath who is slaughtering his own people.So is the imposition of a no-fly zone a good thing?Perhaps. The Arab League called for it. And even some Libyan rebels pleaded for imposition of a no-fly zone.But if someone is going to s...
Nuclear Radiation Hit Seattle Friday – Low Levels “Harmless” To Humans
Note: This video contains graphic language viewer discretion is advised. SCUBACUBA March 19th, 2011 Radiation sensors pick up small traces in Washington
Austin Texas Radiation Readings/Data
Update: 3/20, 3/21 data came back no elevated levels. Note: If you have radiation monitoring /detection equipment contact [email protected] to become part of ”The Intel Hub Radiation Detection System”. The Intel Hub Data Via: Paul Location: Austin, TX (USA) March 19, 2011 Measurements with overflow of the counter-tube (max.1000 Microsievert per hour) are signed with [...]
Susan G. Komen Petition To Make The Feds To Release ALL Japan Nuclear Radiation Fallout Data
Susan G. Komen for the Cure is leading a petition to make the Feds release all information regarding to radiation from the Japan Nuclear Fall Out data and mitigating against cancer radiation risks
Fed’s Dirty Secret: Nuclear Radiation Has Been Hitting US for 4 Days Now!
The Feds have known that Radiation from Japan's nuclear fallout has been hitting the US for 4 days now and conveniently failed to inform the public.
Obama arrives in Brazil
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday morning for a bilateral meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff. The first family left Friday night for stops in Brazil, Chile and El Salvador, where the president will meet with the leaders of each country to discuss trade and the global economy. It will be his first [...]
Fighter jet shot down over rebel stronghold of Benghazi, Libya
The civil war in Libya took a significant turn Saturday when a fighter jet fell from the sky and burst into flames as explosions rang out in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
Real Time US Radiation Monitoring Of Japan Nuclear Radioactivity Fallout
View Real Time Japan Nuclear Fallout Radiation Graphs For US West Coast Cities Generated Directly From US Government Data.
Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher dead at 85
Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher died Friday at 85 from complications of kidney and bladder cancer, his family said. Christopher was the secretary of state for President Bill Clinton. He served from 1993 to 1997, according to a biography by his law firm. Before that, he served as the deputy secretary of state for [...]
The Amount of Radioactive Fuel at Fukushima DWARFS Chernobyl
Science Insider noted yesterday:The Daiichi complex in Fukushima, Japan ... had a total of 1760 metric tons of fresh and used nuclear fuel on site last year, according to a presentation by its owners, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco)....
US West Coast Radiation Monitor Goes Offline, Intel Hub To Monitor Levels
The Intel Hub Shepard Ambellas March 19, 2011 ***UPDATE 10:03 pm PST – Sensor came back online. We will continue to monitor the readings for anything unusual. Do not panic, so far only very low and mostly harmless levels of radiation have hit Southern California. As of now our radiation dosimeter/equipment has not arrived. We [...]
The day’s most popular stories
The five most popular stories on CNN.com in the past 24 hours, according to NewsPulse. Amid Libya 'ceasefire,' violence in Misrata: Libya on Friday called for international observers to come and verify a cease-fire that witnesses say has failed to halt deadly fighting. Japan crisis at 3 Mile Island level, agency says: The owner of [...]
Update: Quake survivor in Sendai gets help from unusual sources
A survivor of last week's earthquake and tsunami in Japan who made a tearful plea for help on CNN is getting by on help from an extended network of friends and family. Yasue Schumaker was marooned in a hospital in Sendai with her mother when CNN interviewed her March 12. "We're in an emergency, please [...]
Japan quake live blog: Utility to hike radiation exposure limit for workers
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit northern Japan on March 11, triggering tsunamis that caused widespread devastation and crippled a nuclear power plant. Are you in an affected area? Send an iReport. Read the full report on the quake's aftermath and check out our interactive explainer on Japan's damaged nuclear reactors. [10:58 p.m. ET Friday, 11:58 a.m. [...]
Libya civil war live blog: Libya calls for international observers to verify cease-fire
The latest developments on the situation in Libya, where the government declared a cease-fire Friday after the United Nations voted to impose a no-fly zone in response to weeks of bloody clashes between forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi and rebels. Read our complete story and check out our full coverage on unrest in the Arab [...]
50 people in 50 days: Woman on vacation last seen at nightclub
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 45th case, and it was shown Friday [...]
Elites Converge on India – Safe Zone?
Before Its News by Zen Gardner March 18th, 2011 As Bob Dylan sang, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”. Especially if you’re an elite and happen to know the agenda and where the nuclear meltdown will be occurring..and where the ill wind will be blowing for some time to [...]
Tsunami victims ponder their future
The race to avert a nuclear disaster at Japan’s damaged nuclear plant reactors is far from Chiba Kayuma's mind. The 62-year-old's primary concern is figuring out where he will live. The house he built more than 30 years ago was in the path of the tsunami that tore a path of destruction through Ushiami and [...]
Saltwater May Further Damage Nuclear Reactors
Yesterday, I noted that a top physicist says that "what [the Japanese] are doing is basically using squirt guns against a raging forest fire", and that the Japanese should use the Chernobyl style approach of entombing the reactors in boric acid, sand a...
O’Bomba Gives War Speech – Its ON
By Jack Blood Deadline live.info 3.18.11 (911 x 3) I just got done watching (Nobel Peace Prize Winner) Barack Obama’s War Speech on cable news. It was interesting that Fox stated he was late for the (no questions asked) announcement of War, because Barry was meeting with Henry Kissinger. (war criminal, plunderer of South East [...]
You Can View Official EPA Radiation Readings
As I've previously noted, the San Jose Mercury News reports:EPA officials, however, refused to answer questions or make staff members available to explain the exact location and number of monitors, or the levels of radiation, if any, being record...
Libya calls for observers from China, Malta, to confirm cease-fire
Libya's deputy foreign minister on Friday called for observers from China, Malta, Turkey and Germany "to come to Libya as soon as possible... to make sure that there is a real cease-fire on the ground." Khaled Kaim also noted that the &#...
Wisconsin judge halts state budget law curbing unions’ power
A Wisconsin judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday halting the state's controversial budget repair law that curbs the union power of most public employees, the Dane County district attorney's office said. Gov. Scott Walker, who championed the measure and signed it into law last week, said he was confident the initiative would eventually prevail [...]
Four Navy officers get letters of censure over lewd video
The secretary of the Navy has issued letters of censure to Capt. Owen Honors and three other officers involved in the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise lewd video scandal, Navy spokesman Capt. Danny Hernandez said. The letters effectively end the officers careers, as they will prevent promotion. The letters cannot be appealed. Honors created the videos [...]
Obama lays out what he calls non-negotiable terms for Libya
President Barack Obama said Friday that "left unchecked, we have every reason to believe Gadhafi (will) commit atrocities against his own people" and the surrounding region could be destabilized. "The democratic values that we stand for would be overrun" and the "words of the international community would be rendered hollow," the president said. The focus [...]
UC Berkley: Japan Nuclear Fallout Radiation Detected In California
Experts at UC Berkley have confirmed that the radioactive particles are from the MOX Japanese Fukushima reactors. Separately, UN monitoring has also detected radiation in the US.
SI.com: Madness!, Tressel’s request, Bulls streak, Goodell reaches out
The NCAA Tournament lived up to its “March Madness” moniker Thursday, particularly in the Mile High City. Three double-digit seeds pulled off stunning upsets in Denver alone, highlighted by No. 13 Morehead State’s shocking 62-61 victory over Louisville, the biggest victory in the program’s history. Twelfth-seeded Richmond held off No. 5 Vanderbilt in the closing [...]
Sources: State of emergency declared in Yemen
The president of Yemen announced Friday that a state of emergency has been declared in his country, according to two sources. The declaration comes after at least 33 people were killed and more than 100 injured Friday in clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in Yemen, medical officials said. Yemen has been wracked by [...]
Friday’s intriguing people
Kelly Gneiting The 40-year-old sumo wrestler, who weighs 405 pounds and has a 60-inch waist, is training to run 26.2 miles in the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday. Should he manage it, Guinness World Records is prepared to recognize him as the heaviest person ever to finish a marathon. Gneiting took up sumo wrestling in [...]
Gotta Watch: Behind the scenes of the Reagan shooting
Breaking news, 1981-style - It's hard to believe it's been 30 years this month since the failed assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. CNN - less than a year on the air as the world's first 24-hour news network - sprang into breaking news mode to report initial details of the attack. CNN investigation - [...]
Libya to release journalists, N.Y. Times reports
Four New York Times journalists missing in Libya have been captured by pro-government forces but will be released, the newspaper reported Friday. The newspaper identified the journalists as Anthony Shadid, its bureau chief in Beirut, Lebanon, and a two-time Pulitzer winner for foreign reporting; Stephen Farrell, a reporter and videographer who was kidnapped by the [...]
33 reported killed in Yemen protests
At least 33 people were killed and more than 100 injured Friday in clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in Yemen, medical officials said. Yemen has been wracked by weeks of unrest, with thousands protesting the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. High unemployment has fueled much of the anger among a growing young [...]
Friday’s live video events
Watch CNN.com Live for continuing coverage of the crisis in Japan. Today's programming highlights... Ongoing coverage - Japan earthquake/tsunami aftermath 9:30 am ET - Japan nuclear crisis briefing - Experts brief reporters at the National Press Club in Washington on the implications of Japan's ongoing nuclear crisis. 2:00 pm ET - Clinton discusses global affairs [...]
Intel Hub Analysis: Mainstream Experts Predict Radiation In United States Will Be Harmless
Intel Hub Analysis Of Mainstream Reports Of Radiation Exposure in the United States: March 17th, 2011 Remember we are being told that we are completely safe by the very government that told us that the air was safe to breath just days AFTER 9/11. The idea that anyone knows exactly how much radiation is coming [...]
Japan Caught Lying – New Photos Show Full Nuclear Meltdown Of Exposed Fuel Rods
Recently top US officials testified that reactor #4 was fully breached and a meltdown was underway. Japan denied it. Here are the photos to prove Japan is lying.
How to Protect Yourself from Radiation
Preface: This is written for the millions of Americans who are worried about radiation from the Japanese nuclear reactors. For those who are not worried about radiation from Japan, you can ignore this post, or save it for any future radiation scares cl...
