Archive for June, 2007

Flooded-out Texans urged to leave again (AP)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Texas Gov. Rick Perry looks out the window of a Black Hawk helicopter during a flood damage assessment tour near Marble Falls, Texas, Friday, June 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Delcia Lopez, Pool)AP - A few hours after the Brazos River subsided enough to allow residents to return to their homes, a new threat of flooding on Saturday may force them to leave again.

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Swan Lake Sharapova in Wimbledon rain row (AFP)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Russian Maria Sharapova returns the ball to Japanese Ai Sugiyama during the 3rd round at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, in south London. Sharapova defeated Sugiyama 6-3, 6-3 on Court One which was deluged by torrential rain as she served for the match.(AFP/Joe Klamar)AFP - Maria Sharapova was plunged into a Wimbledon rain row on Saturday as torrential downpours meant that just two matches were completed and drenched fans saw only 75 minutes of action.

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Death Rates Will Rise Because Of Global Warming (Medical News Today)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

global warming will cause more deaths in summer because of higher temperatures but these will not be offset by fewer deaths in milder winters finds an analysis published online ahead of print in Occupational and Environment Medicine. The Harvard researchers analysed city-specific weather data related to the deaths of more than 6.5 million people in 50 US cities between 1989 and 2000. [click link …

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Idaho’s Wasden tells peers global warming should be top of mind (The Idaho Statesman)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Summary: From global warming to alternative energy sources to increasing gas prices, states are facing serious energy issues, and state attorneys general need to be prepared, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden says. Newly elected as president of the National Association of Attorneys General, Wasden has selected energy as the initiative he’ll focus on during his one-year term.

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Hundreds of new laws take effect July 1 (AP)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Kathryn Martin, 28, of Evansville, Ind., stands in front of CJA^’s Bus outside of Advanced Panelfab and Automation Wednesday, June 27, 2007, in Evansville, Ind. The bus is being constructed to be a safe haven for children in a disaster. Martin is the mother of 2-year-old C.J. Martin, who was the youngest victim of the Nov. 6, 2005 tornado that swept through southwestern Indiana and killed dozens of people. On July 1, 2007 Indiana will enact a law requiring residents who live in mobile homes to have radios designed to receive urgent warnings from the National Weather Service.    (AP Photo/ Daniel R. Patmore)AP - As a deadly tornado bore down on southwestern Indiana in 2005, the National Weather Service issued a radio warning urging people in the twister’s path to seek shelter.

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Charges refiled against ex-NOPD officer (AP)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

AP - Prosecutors have refiled charges against a former police officer accused in a videotaped beating of a man after Hurricane Katrina, the authorities said Friday.

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Some flooded-out Texans return home (AP)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Texas Gov. Rick Perry prepares to take aerial photos aboard a Black Hawk helicopter during a flood damage assessment tour near Marble Falls, Texas, Friday, June 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Delcia Lopez, Pool)AP - Hundreds of storm-rattled residents living along the swollen Brazos River finally got some good news Friday when they were allowed to return home, but others had to keep waiting.

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Weather extremes wither LA, drown Texas (AP)

Friday, June 29th, 2007

A very shallow Los Angeles riverbed  is shown Friday June 29, 2007.  Californians are canceling July 4 fireworks because drought raised the risk of fire. And Texans could have their displays drowned out by rain. The two states offer a glimpse of weather extremes: Los Angeles marks its driest year on record while parts of Texas are having their wettest.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Barring a surprise arrival of the kind of gully washers Texas is getting these days, Los Angeles’ driest year in 130 years of record-keeping will go into the books this weekend.

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The Seeds of the Global Warming Police State (RealClearPolitics.com via Yahoo! News)

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Czech President Vaclav Klaus, drawing on his memories of Soviet oppression, recently declared that the global warming hysteria had replaced Communism as “the biggest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy, and prosperity.”

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Ford leaders talk global warming, fuel economy in letter (Detroit Free Press)

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Ford Motor Co. on Friday issued its 8th Annual Sustainability Report, which updated investors and those concerned about global warming and fuel economy about progress the automaker has made “for our planet and its inhabitants.”

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