Arbor Day a good day to check trees, plant new ones correctly
By Nathan Duke This weekend, Alley Pond Environmental Center will host a tree and shrub-planting event for Arbor Day as well as begin to sign up local children for the site's fall programs. On April 28, volunteers will plants trees and shrubs in Alley By Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources HARRISBURG, Pa., April [...]
Read MoreDried Salton Sea Could Produce 'Clouds Of Toxic Dust' Under San Diego Water …
By ELIZABETH VARIN, Staff Writer The Salton Sea board's executive director has resigned his position just as the local board looks to gain more power in restoring the Salton Sea. Michael O'Conner, who has served as the Because the epicenter could be miles away along the San Andreas fault — say in the Salton Sea [...]
Read MoreAsteroid mining and other out-there ideas from the tech titans
It's for real: Planetary Resources, the world's newest and most audacious space company, is set to start prospecting near-Earth asteroids by the end of. A Texas billionaire financing space robots, mining near-earth asteroids for platinum and gold, may sound like the plot line to the latest 3-D adventure movie, but it isn't. WASHINGTON (AP) — [...]
Read MoreSwing-State Unemployment Down, Obama's Chances Up
Alabama's 13 Ashley Roberts has your morning headlines. And one measure of the economy is the unemployment rate. Ohio's March unemployment rate, announced Friday, was 7.5 percent. In contrast, the national unemployment rate was 8.2 percent. The big picture is more complex, but those are the headline numbers What's made the difference is that unemployment [...]
Read MoreAndrew Breitbart: Coroner's probe may wrap up in weeks
Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger whose posting of a sexually explicit photo of former US Rep. Anthony Weiner led to the congressman's downfall, died of heart failure, the Los Angeles County Coroner said in an autopsy report released Friday. Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger whose posting of a sexually explicit photo of former US Rep. [...]
Read MoreWRIC Richmond News and Weather – Rare baseball card sells for $1.2M at auction
Houston police are sorting out the details in the shooting death of a mother and the kidnapping of her newborn son. WSFA.com: News Weather and Sports for Montgomery, AL.Questions remain in Houston mother's murder Columbus has lost its last two games and will be looking to return to the win column, and so too will [...]
Read MoreOlsen in Italy: Getting closer to race day
Related: SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD), iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV), Powershares Bullish Dollar ETF (NYSEARCA:UUP), PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish (NYSEARCA:UDN), ProShares Ultra Silver (NYSEARCA:AGQ), iShares Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:IAU) Defending champions Giorgio Calcaterra of Italy and Russian Marina Zhalybina (nee Bychkova) will be defending their titles at the 26th IAU 100km World and European Championships [...]
Read MoreUtah Goes Rogue To Save Itself, Gold & Silver Now Legal Tender (UUP, GLD, SLV …
Gold and precious metals tank as global financial retreat continues. Championship On Sunday in Seregno, Italy, a small town located north of Milan, a collection 222 stud road ultramarathoners will gather for the 2012 IAU 100K World Championships. Competitors race for both personal and Championship On Sunday in Seregno, Italy, a small town located north [...]
Read MoreDalai Lama speaks at SDSU in final appearance during San Diego visit
The focus of this visit by the Dalai Lama is spiritual, but the Tibet issue is not far in the background. The Dalai Lama will speak in San Diego and Long Beach, before moving on to Chicago for appearances April 25 and 26. Related Articles New Footage His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, on the [...]
Read MoreA Look At The Adastra Super Yacht (Photos)
Adastra is a boss on the water displaying its unique design as well as lavish interior which can conquer anyone's heart. Last year, we had spoken of the luxury yacht Adastra which was commissioned by a Chinese couple. Now, the water borne luxury vessel has seen the light of the day, after being unveiled in [...]
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