NY students collect 32K plastic bags for recycling

" IRVINGTON, N.Y. - It may not be like collecting merit badges, but it's a whole lot better for the environment. Students at a middle school in suburban New York have collected over 32,000 plastic bags in an...

CEM - STD of Horse World

Contagious Equine Metritis(CEM) is a highly contagious disease that is spread during breeding, but may also be spread by contact with infected items.   Three stallions on a farm in Kentucky have tested...

Fake Web-Site Warns People to Evacuate Yellowstone Area

Warning everybody within a hundred miles of Yellowstone to evacuate immediately, a web-site displaying the official logo of the U.S. Geological Survey has now been disabled."Quakes shake loose fears about Yellowstone volcanoCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Run for your lives ......

Cold snap in Europe claims 13 more lives

Cold weather in Europe has claimed up to 13 more lives as the icy winter weather hit the continent, closing schools, roads, airports, and forcing people to go yet another day without heat and power. The gas cuts in...

Coal Ash Build Up at Toxic Levels in 32 States

On the heels of last month's coal ash storage pond collapse in Tennessee the Associate Press has published a report that identifies other at risk coal ash overflow pond in 32 states.  The report warns that...

San Andreas Fault sparks latest earthquake in California

The San Andreas Fault was part of the system that sparked the lastest California earthquake on January 8th - part of the early season of California Earthquakes in 2009.  According to the USGS Earthquake map,...

Earthquake jolts southern California

Everyone in California asleep? " A moderate 5.0-magnitude earthquake has rattled southern California but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said. The quake was centred near San Bernadino, some 88 kilometres east of Los Angeles at a depth of...

Washington declares a state of emergency in wake of floods

The state of Washington has declared a state of emergency in the wake of floods that have hit the area in the last week. Due to the heavy dump of snow followed by the rapid melting, the rivers in the area are not...

Snow falls in Madrid; halts travel, closes airport

Madrid came to a standstill today due to one of the heaviest snowfalls in over ten years, which closed the airport, caused chaos on the roads, and drove people back into their homes. The travelers wishing to get out...

Rare Pink Iguana Evaded Darwin

"  Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News Jan. 5, 2009 -- When English naturalist Charles Darwin explored the Galapagos Islands in the early 1800s, he, and countless scientists since, overlooked a hefty pink iguana. The iguana,...
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Washington declares a state of emergency in wake of floods

The state of Washington has declared a state of emergency in the wake of floods that have hit the area in the last week. Due to the heavy dump of snow followed by the rapid melting, the rivers in the area are not...

CEM - STD of Horse World

Contagious Equine Metritis(CEM) is a highly contagious disease that is spread during breeding, but may also be spread by contact with infected items.   Three stallions on a farm in Kentucky have tested...

Coal Ash Build Up at Toxic Levels in 32 States

On the heels of last month's coal ash storage pond collapse in Tennessee the Associate Press has published a report that identifies other at risk coal ash overflow pond in 32 states.  The report warns that...

Snow falls in Madrid; halts travel, closes airport

Madrid came to a standstill today due to one of the heaviest snowfalls in over ten years, which closed the airport, caused chaos on the roads, and drove people back into their homes. The travelers wishing to get out...

San Andreas Fault sparks latest earthquake in California

The San Andreas Fault was part of the system that sparked the lastest California earthquake on January 8th - part of the early season of California Earthquakes in 2009.  According to the USGS Earthquake map,...

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