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Italy's cruise liner tragedy turned into an environmental crisis Monday, as rough seas battering the stricken mega-ship raised fears that fuel might leak into pristine waters off Tuscany that are…Click to Continue »
Ever since Richard Nixon's 1973 promise to attain energy independence, successive U.S. presidents all have pledged the same goal, even as foreign supplies composed a larger and larger share of the U.S. energy mix. Now, almost 40 years later, a measure of independence is within reach. But as this booming mountain town in northeastern Pennsylvania shows, the quest for independence involves both ...
- Energy saviour? (Category: Technology)
- Obama sets ambitious goal to reduce US oil imports (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Seattle chosen to lead LED street light study (Category: USA, Washington)
- Imperative to obtain insights from past mistakes and avoid repetition  President (Category: Breaking News)
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the biggest plane ever to haul cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring to write Americas next chapter in spaceflight. Their plans, unveiled Tuesday, call for a twin-fuselage aircraft with wings longer than a football field to carry a rocket high into...
- Hubble Space Telescope captures 'cosmic cinnamon bun' - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Hubble Space Telescope captures 'cosmic cinnamon bun' - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Hubble Space Telescope captures 'cosmic cinnamon bun' - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Hubble Space Telescope captures 'cosmic cinnamon bun' - CNET (Category: Technology)
Tony Stewart insisted he wasn't a title contender when NASCAR's championship race began.When it became clear he actually was a viable threat, he kicked it into another gear and vowed to go for broke in his pursuit of Carl Edwards.Did he ever.Stewart used a powerful and relentless drive - some might suggest the best in NASCAR history - on Sunday in the season finale to seize his third NASCAR champi...
Five suspects – four men and a woman – have been identified in a crime operation in which a large amount of gasoline stolen from a gas station was being resold.One of the suspects, Tommy Ray Thomas Jr., 21, Weans Road, Walterboro, has been arrested and charged with larceny. The other four are at large and Orangeburg County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for them, the office sa...
Energy Department officials are considering shipping some plutonium from the Savannah River Site near Aiken to a federal storage site in New Mexico.The Augusta, Ga., Chronicle reported (http://bit.ly/uLdU0q) the plan would send about 1,100 pounds of plutonium from old nuclear weapons to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M.Much of the 34 metric tons of plutonium from old nuclear warh...
- Clean-up exposes 17 to plutonium (Category: Technology)
- Complex cleanup work under way at Hanford plutonium plant (Category: USA, Washington)
- Sellafield waste reactor proposal (Category: Technology)
- Hanford N Reactor cocooning ahead of schedule (Category: USA, Washington)
Boeing's much-anticipated 787 carried its first passengers Wednesday on a four-hour, 8-minute flight filled with cheers, picture-taking and swapping of aviation stories.The new long-haul jet aims to change with the way passengers think about flying with larger windows, improved lighting and air pressure and humidity that closer resembles that on the ground.It's not the fastest jet or the largest j...
An Orangeburg County gas station has lost about 2,200 gallons of fuel in a series of thefts this month.And, although the thief or thieves also stole three surveillance cameras from the roof of the Five Chop Road gas station, at least one of the thefts in which 300 gallons were taken was caught
- Thieves hit same business twice (Category: South Australia)
- Valpo police release photo of woman suspected in beauty store thefts (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Valpo police release photo of woman suspected in beauty store thefts (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Scooter Looters Hit East Atlanta (Category: USA, Georgia)
Traffic is back to normal in the southbound lanes of Interstate 85 in Gaston County after a fiery crash killed a South Carolina truck driver.Police in Gastonia say one tractor-trailer rear ended another near mile marker 16 at 1:47 a.m. Thursday. The victim was identified as 45-year-old Eric Fitzgerald Lee of Greenville, S.C. His rig crashed into a tractor-trailer driver by 47-year-old Tomas Herrer...
as well as the costs of two patrol cars, fuel, equipment and training, the sheriff said in a statement...
- Cobb Leads State In Early Voting (Category: USA, Georgia)
- Seven more coronavirus deaths reported in Region (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Seven more coronavirus deaths reported in Region (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Seven more coronavirus deaths reported in Region (Category: USA, Indiana)
get the nose gear back up.Weston says the plane circled the airport a few times to burn fuel and landed 23...
- Qantas plane grounded at Melb airport (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Plane difficulties at Jandakot (Category: Western Australia)
- Pilot survives Port Pirie plane crash (Category: South Australia)
- Jetstar flies good oil flag (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
Wildfires sweeping through parts of Texas and Oklahoma have destroyed dozens of homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate, and although officials don't yet know what ignited the blazes, a summer heat wave and drought have left both states with the perfect fuel: parched ground and dry
- Texas wildfires torch 1,000 homes (Category: Technology)
- The Latest: Coronavirus curfew planned for El Paso, Texas (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- The Latest: Coronavirus curfew planned for El Paso, Texas (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- The Latest: Coronavirus curfew planned for El Paso, Texas (Category: USA, South Dakota)
Energy Secretary Steven Chu stepped briefly into USC’s innovative energy research district Tuesday, touring a portion of the multimillion-dollar development the university hopes will spearhead the way to world leadership in fuel cell technology.Chu voiced his support for fuel cells
- Saving money through energy efficiency (Category: Technology)
- Govt. has stopped purchasing fuel from Iran (Category: Breaking News)
- New solar fuel machine unveiled (Category: Technology)
- Permits of three fuel trucks suspended for illegally unloading fuel (Category: Breaking News)
A tractor-trailer truck driver is suspected of fueling up his rig and driving off without paying the bill, which came to more than $770, according to a Fort Mill Police report.The report states on Aug. 15 the man pumped his rig full of diesel at the Loves truck stop on Sutton Road in Fort Mill. When he attempted to pay the clerk with a credit card, the card was declined, the report states. T...
- Motor Link (Category: Business)
- Mixed findings on councils (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Card Fraud (Category: Business)
- Report children prostituting themselves to truck drivers (Category: Western Australia)
As Bank of America Corp.’s stock has tumbled and clawed back in recent days, city leaders, business owners and others with a stake in the company are waiting to see what happens next.The stock market swings have delivered a familiar feeling of anxiety to a city pummeled by the financial crisis. Local leaders and business owners say they aren’t as fearful this time. But they acknowled...
WASHINGTON — Their return home was as elite and secretive as their mission, which ended Saturday in a devastating helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan. In a war defined by instant information, cutting-edge technology and a nuanced counterinsurgency, the 30 American service members and eight Afghans killed when an insurgent shot down their Chinook helicopter west of Kabul remained anonymo...
for ways to spend less on fuel, more shoppers are headed to the supermarket.Several chains such as Bi-Lo a...
A fire that has charred more than 800 acres in the Myrtle Beach area was apparently caused by fireworks.Scott Hawkins of the South Carolina Forestry Commission says a witness reported seeing fireworks in the sky in the area where the blaze started July 3.The fire is now completely contained and not threatening any structures but Hawkins says it will continue to burn until there's a good rain in th...
- Firefighters Battle House Fire In Duluth Overnight (Category: USA, Georgia)
- Total fire bans in three districts (Category: South Australia)
- Omaha fire crews battle duplex fire (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Investigation into deadly fire in Manchester (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
A major wildfire in Arizona's eastern mountains burned out of control early Friday after charring more than 603 square miles of timber, destroying dozens of structures and keeping thousands of evacuees away from their homes.Crews Thursday made progress in burning up fuel ahead of the fire
- Firefighters Battle House Fire In Duluth Overnight (Category: USA, Georgia)
- Total fire bans in three districts (Category: South Australia)
- Omaha fire crews battle duplex fire (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Investigation into deadly fire in Manchester (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
The annual "100 Deadly Days of Summer" are upon us.With Memorial Weekend, the summer travel season officially begins, and AAA Carolinas is projecting a heavy traffic load this year. Last year, in the 78-hour period from 6 p.m. on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend to Monday at midnight, 10 people died on South Carolina roads, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety said.In conjunction with ...
- Another son of Coach Prime is coming to Jackson State (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- Another son of Coach Prime is coming to Jackson State (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- Another son of Coach Prime is coming to Jackson State (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- S Carolina governor to give 3rd State of the State speech (Category: USA, South Dakota)
Engine trouble forced a plane flying from Georgia to South Carolina to make an emergency landing on a Greenwood County road, where the plane lost a wing.No injuries were reported when the plane came down about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday.Greenwood County emergency management director Pat Patterson says the plane carrying two people left St. Simons Island, Ga., and was flying to Greenville when it began to e...
- Flight whitewash (Category: Technology)
- The jumbo Jumbo (Category: Technology)
- The disease killing Europe's plane trees (Category: Technology)
- ID'd: Fargo pilot who died in small plane crash in foggy North Dakota (Category: USA, Minnesota)
will help reduce potential fuel for an out-of-control wildfire. It also helps stimulate the germination of...
- Bandelier announces plans for prescribed burns (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Bandelier announces plans for prescribed burns (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Bandelier announces plans for prescribed burns (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Prescribed burn-off out of control (Category: South Australia)
Fort Jackson will be conducting a prescribed burn of nearly 164 acres today close to Leesburg Road.Controlled or prescribed burning, also known as hazard reduction burning, is used at Fort Jackson in forest management. Controlled burning is conducted during the cooler months to reduce fuel buildup
- Firefighters use tiny oxygen masks to revive puppies pulled from burning Nebraska home (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Firefighters use tiny oxygen masks to revive puppies pulled from burning Nebraska home (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Firefighters use tiny oxygen masks to revive puppies pulled from burning Nebraska home (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Firefighters use tiny oxygen masks to revive puppies pulled from burning Nebraska home (Category: USA, Nebraska)
The Forestry Branch at Fort Jackson is holding a controlled burn this morning of nearly 164 acres close to Leesburg Road.Area residents should expect to see smoke from the fires.Controlled burning is used during cooler months to reduce fuel buildup and decrease the likelihood of serious hotter
the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, knocking out power to the cooling system that keeps nuclear fuel rods from overhe...
- Heavy Haulage (Category: Business)
- Large Project (Category: Business)
- Presumed extinct (Category: Technology)
- The Fukushima story (Category: Technology)
Workers discovered new pools of radioactive water leaking from Japan’s crippled nuclear complex, officials said Monday, as emergency crews struggled to pump out hundreds of tons of contaminated water and bring the plant back under control.Officials believe the contaminated water has sent radioactivity levels soaring at the coastal complex and caused more radiation to seep into soil and seaw...
- High Water Bills May Displace Families (Category: USA, Georgia)
- Listen: How cities make Mississippi River water safe to drink (Category: USA, Minnesota)
- Listen: How cities make Mississippi River water safe to drink (Category: USA, Minnesota)
- Listen: How cities make Mississippi River water safe to drink (Category: USA, Minnesota)
With the click of a mouse, Sandy Freund Kasper sent a command to NASA's comet-hunting Stardust space probe to burn all its fuel, starting a sequence that would shut the spacecraft down after a 12-year run."Like saying goodbye to a friend," said Allan Cheuvront, the Stardust program manager
- No Probe (Category: Business)
- Probe Order (Category: Business)
- Government orders probe (Category: Breaking News)
- Coroner orders probe (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
Workers reconnected power lines to all six reactor units at Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear plant Tuesday, its operator said, marking a significant step in bringing the overheated complex under control.In making an announcement after days of anxious waiting by the public, Tokyo Electric Power Co. cautioned that much work needed to be done before the electricity can be turned on. Workers are chec...
- Oldbury shutdown is end of era (Category: Technology)
- Global fallout: Did Fukushima scupper nuclear power? (Category: Technology)
- Judge's ruling questions nuclear power expansion (Category: USA, Georgia)
- Power down (Category: Technology)
Officials raced Monday to restore electricity to Japan’s leaking nuclear plant, but getting the power flowing will hardly be the end of their battle: With its mangled machinery and partly melted reactor cores, bringing the complex under control is a monstrous job.Restoring the power to all six units at the tsunami-damaged complex is key, because it will, in theory, power up the maze of moto...
- Oldbury shutdown is end of era (Category: Technology)
- Global fallout: Did Fukushima scupper nuclear power? (Category: Technology)
- Judge's ruling questions nuclear power expansion (Category: USA, Georgia)
- Power down (Category: Technology)
Fort Jackson will conduct a prescribed burn of about 600 acres today, close to Leesburg Road. The initial burn was set to begin at 10:30 a.m. with a different section to be ignited at noon.While the burn is near Leesburg Road, smoke is expected to drift toward Screaming Eagle Road and U.S. 601.Controlled or prescribed burning is a technique used at Fort Jackson in forest management. Controlled bu...
- Burn-off makes road dangerous (Category: South Australia)
- Controlled burn at Fort Jackson this morning (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Burn-off fire on E Shore (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Burn-offs start in earnest (Category: South Australia)
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