READY FOR THE BIG SHAKE? (Bangkok Post)
The 4.3-Richter scale earthquake in Chiang Mai last Tuesday and Saturday's 5.6 quake in Burma, whose tremor could be felt in the northern province, confirmed Thailand is no longer a haven from a natural disaster....more...?Spare parts? keeping Cards alive in Central (The Telegraph)
David Eckstein, Jim Edmonds and Yadier Molina are mending on the disabled list. Adam Kennedy, saddled with a sagging .207 batting average, is competing to regain a starting assignment at second base....more... Seeking Sasquatch (BendBulletin.com)
And it is bigfoot that the group hopes to hear from. The possibility of hearing or ? even better ? seeing and documenting the hairy, huge, mythical primate said to roam the forests of the Pacific Northwest had drawn people from across the country and even the globe to Central Oregon....more... Guest Commentary: Use water wisely: Amount is finite (The Sacramento Bee)
It's as seasonal as allergies. Every spring, with news reports on poor snowpack and low rainfall totals comes the annual call for water conservation....more... Car salesman sued over test-drive shooting that injured customer (The San Francisco Examiner)
RICHMOND, Calif. ( Map , News ) - A car salesman and his employer were partially responsible for a road-rage shooting during a test drive that left one of their customers in a coma, a lawsuit has alleged....more... The 17-Tonne Challenge (The Coast)
If we're serious about curbing climate change, each of us will have to cut our annual greenhouse gas emissions from 24 tonnes to just under seven. Plane travel needs to end, food needs to be local, houses need to capture heat and NSP needs to wake up....more... Fayetteville first to open bio-diesel pumping station for city utility trucks (KFSM Ft. Smith-Fayetteville)
FAYETTEVILLE - On Tuesday, the city of Fayetteville became the first municipality in the first in the nation to provide a bio-diesel pump for its city vehicles....more... Buyers see past dilapidated state, turn cottage into charming home (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
It can take a significant amount of vision to see the potential in an older home. When time and lack of maintenance have taken their toll on a building, most people would simply walk away. Dan Taylor and Owen Smith, however, somehow ......more... Small plane crash-lands on busy highway (The San Francisco Examiner)
OCEANSIDE, Calif. ( Map , News ) - A pilot crash-landed a single-engine Cessna airplane on a busy highway, colliding with a sport-utility vehicle and causing massive traffic delays. No one was seriously injured....more... |