Survey shows US honey bee deaths increased over last year

By JULIANA BARBASSA - SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
 A survey of bee health released Tuesday revealed a grim picture, with 36.1 percent of the nation’s commercially managed hives lost since last year.
Last year’s survey commissioned by the Apiary Inspectors of America found losses of about 32 percent.
As beekeepers travel with their hives this spring to pollinate crops [...]

Iraq Contractors Gone Wild, Your Tax Dollars at their disposal

Contractors Gone Wild
Theft, hookers, melting down Iraqi gold to make cowboy spurs—all in a day’s work for private military contractors in Iraq?
By Bruce Falconer - Mother Jones
Allegations of widespread mismanagement and corruption among private contractors in Iraq are nothing new; if anything, tales of cronyism, over-billing, and embezzlement have become so frequent that [...]

Hey Where did my cocktail go?

from www.ebaumsworld.com posted with vodpod

“Andean Arc” region comes to Life

Chile’s Chaiten Volcano One Of Scores Of Active Volcanoes In Region
ScienceDaily
The Chaiten volcano now erupting in southern Chile is one of 200 to 300 volcanoes in the “Andean Arc” region of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia considered active by volcanologists, some of which lie in much more densely populated areas, said a University of [...]

Fleeing Chile’s ”dormant” volcano | Video | Reuters.com

from www.reuters.com posted with vodpod

Land of Plenty for some

In Food Price crunch, more Americans seek help
By Missy Ryan - Reuters
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Carolyn Stanley, a single mother with five children, receives $327 in food stamps each month to feed her family. With prices for staples like bread and cheese going ever higher, each month is harder than the last.
 She buys hot dogs over [...]

Tal’s Charges dropped

From Independent Weekly
Tamara Tal has been cleared of charges of failure to disperse, according to a letter sent from Orange County Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Nieman to Tal’s attorney, Al McSurely.
Nieman reportedly wrote in his letter that “the facts [are] insufficient for conviction beyond a reasonable doubt.” Tal had been arrested by Chapel Hill police [...]

Photos of Henderson event

Check out some photos of the Clinton event in Henderson , they got some great shots one of my favorites,  ”NBAF Too Dangerous for Plum Island NY Okay For North Carolina”.