Californian authorities have been left flummoxed, after millions of dead sardines washed up in a marina just south of Los Angeles. The mass of fish, a third of a metre deep, prompted a massive clean-up. It is thought the sardines may have suffocated after a storm drove them under a pier, where they used up [...]
The Philadelphia International Flower Show is no longer Philly’s little secret. It has become a national phenomenon that is creating jobs, generating $61 million in economic impact and is now drawing the praise and input from Washington. At this year’s event, March 6-13, for example, the French Embassy will play a role because the flowers [...]
Storms with heavy rain, high winds and hail flooded homes and roads Monday and knocked out power in parts of the Midwest. One storm-related death was reported in Tennessee. Forecasters say Ohio and other parts of the Midwest could be hit with more flooding today. All 88 Ohio counties are being threatened. Of particular concern [...]
Video footage of Thursday morning’s deadly police predawn crackdown on the Bahraini protest camp in the capital Manama and the aftermath of the raid have emerged on the Internet. Four people were reportedly killed and scores injured when riot police stormed the protest at about 3 a.m. Thursday. With reported injuries even among doctors and [...]
NORAD Santa Tracker 2010, less than 24 hr to go live online You can set the countdown to Santa Claus live online. The countdown the 24-hr mark passed here on the west coast late on Wednesday evening, 22 Dec. NORAD provided the file photo on the left side of Santa’s visit to San Francisco last [...]
It has been 22 days since Amber Dubois disappeared, and the desperate search for the straight-A student is in high gear. More than 400 volunteers are combing 200 square miles of countryside on foot. The crisis has brought together a fractured family: Amber’s mom, Carrie McGonigle; Amber’s father, Moe Dubois; and Dave Cave, the man [...]
