News - Powered by Yahoo NewsStabler's land gift to Lehigh contains contaminated mine refus
Part of 755-acre Upper Saucon tract has refuse from a former zinc mine. Donald Stabler's generous gift to Lehigh University ? 755 prime acres in Upper Saucon Township ? comes with baggage: a dump of decades-old mine tailings that officials say contains arsenic.
Fri, 11 May 2012 20:15:30 -0700 -
Bottom of the heap in India: Mounting trash, pickers' treasur
Discards of the growing middle class provide a hard living for the poor who live at a landfill.
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:19:45 -0700 -
SBS shows how you report on flat-Earth style ?doctors?: you don?t just repeat their claims, you critically assess the
After doing alright with the first version of reporting the frankly absurd claims of ?Doctors for the Family?, the ABC falls in a bit of a heap with the follow-up , giving the anti-scientific cranks a full section to make their false claim about studies showing heterosexual couples making better parents than homosexual couples.
Mon, 14 May 2012 19:08:35 -0700 -
?I refuse to pay the household charge
When Colin Regan and his fiancée, Siobhan Grace, moved into their new home on the outskirts of Carrick-on-Suir in 2009, they were assured that the houses in Hazel Close were the best-built in town.
Sun, 06 May 2012 20:44:05 -0700 -
Merck Triples-Down on Liberalism, Continues to Support ObamaCare Despite Unpopularity and Legal Uncertaint
Bridgewater, NJ / Washington, D.C.
Tue, 22 May 2012 16:11:13 -0700 -
Santorum's Gay Marriage Advice Would Drag Romney Down with Hi
COMMENTARY | The shift from primary politics to presidential election politics has begun. Prominent Republican politicians are offering their guidance on how Mitt Romney should pursue his campaign. One of these is former candidate Rick Santorum.
Sat, 12 May 2012 11:55:00 -0700 -
MURPHY?S LAW: LoLo a NoGo, Johnson?s Record Shattered, Rose Injure
By Chris Hassel Lolo was a no-go at the Drake Relays. I don?t know many people who were surprised she...
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:17:52 -0700 -
Flash mob melee includes pepper spray, fight
A ?flash mob? of young people caused what police say was a melee in an East Burnside Street convenience store Friday night. No one was arrested, but employees of the store and a couple of bystanders fought with some of the people in the group. One employee was struck several times by a ...
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:33:19 -0700 -
On new elections, eurozone, Tsipras, public sector, reform
Even if Greece were a centipede, with that many shots in its own foot, it would not be able to run a single inch. Does anyone in Greece stand for reform?
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:02:27 -0700 -
If SB3412 Passes Into Law, Will I Have to Take a Pregnancy Test If I'm Mugged
Monday night, the state Senate passed SB3412 , which expands the definition of legal personhood to included "a human embryo or fetus at any stage? [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:15:18 -0700 -