Say goodbye to the grass. The scramble for biofuels is rapidly killing off unique grasslands and pastures in the central US. Christopher Wright and Michael Wimberly of South Dakota State University in Brookings analysed satellite...
S'pore, Malaysia agree on high-speed rail link
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: Singapore and Malaysia have agreed to build a high speed rail link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.This was announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Tuesday.In a joint statement, they said this is a strategic development in the bilateral relations that will dramatically improve the connectivity between Malaysia and Singapore.They...
Coast Guard identifies cause of cruise ship fire
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Coast Guard: The fuel line ran from an engine to a fuel tankThere is no indication the leak was intentional, a Coast Guard official saysThe crew is praised for doing a "very good job" containing the fireWashington (CNN) -- The fire that crippled the Carnival cruise ship Triumph started with a leak in a fuel-oil return line running from one of the ship's engines, the U.S. Coast...
WH: Leaked immigration plan is only partial draft
Labels: Health (CBS News) WASHINGTON -- Over the weekend, a partial White House plan for immigration reform leaked to the press and caused an uproar. White House officials tell CBS News that what was leaked is real -- it's a partial draft of half a bill. What we know is the administration's current thinking about what to do about the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States right now....
Obama's Speech on Guns Doesn't Stop Ill. Killing
Labels: Business A Chicago teenager was shot and killed Friday only hours after her sister attended President Obama's speech on the city's rampant gun violence. Janay McFarlane, 18, was killed while walking with a friend during a visit to her dad, Herbert McFarlane, in North Chicago."All this gun violence going on, you never think it would be your child," he told ABC's Chicago station WLS....
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Wiping out top predators messes up the climate
Labels: World Wiping out top predators like lions, wolves and sharks is tragic, bad for ecosystems – and can make climate change worse. Mass extinctions of the big beasts of the jungles, grasslands and oceans could already be adding to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. ...
Australian opposition leaps ahead in polls
Labels: Technology SYDNEY: Australia's opposition coalition has increased its lead as support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her Labor Party wanes ahead of September elections, according to a poll.The Herald-Nielsen poll for Fairfax newspapers found the opposition would win 55 percent of the vote, against 45 percent for the Labor-led government.As a single party, without minority backers, Labor would...
Pope delivers one of his final messages
Labels: LifestyleBy Hada Messia and Josh Levs, CNNupdated 7:21 PM EST, Sun February 17, 2013Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to lead the Angelus prayer at the Vatican on Sunday.STORY HIGHLIGHTSIt's the pope's second-to-last Angelus prayer as pontiffPope Benedict XVI thanks his flock for prayers and supportHe discusses "decisive moments of our lives"Cardinals may meet before March 15(CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI...
Danica Patrick makes NASCAR history
Labels: Health DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Danica Patrick has made history before — as a woman and a racer, in Indianapolis and Japan. The spotlight is nothing new. But never has it been this bright before. Patrick won the Daytona 500 pole Sunday, becoming the first woman to secure the top spot for any race in NASCAR's premier circuit. It's by far the biggest achievement of her stock-car career. 29 PhotosDanica Patrick...
Troubled Country Singer Shot Herself, Cops Say
Labels: Business Mindy McCready, the country singer who soared to the top of the charts with her debut album, "Ten Thousand Angels," but struggled with substance abuse, served time in jail and fought a lengthy battle with her mother over custody of her son has died of what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. She was 37.Deputies from the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office were...
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