Mar 28 White House looks to cut methane emissions in new plan By Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The White House has announced a wide-ranging plan aimed at cutting methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, landfills and other sources. The plan announced Friday is part of President Barack Obama's strategy to reduce greenhouse gas… Continue reading
Mar 28 Birthplace of WWII icon 'Rosie the Riveter' at risk By Lorna Baldwin The World War II bomber plant in Michigan that gave birth to the icon Rosie the Riveter needs an infusion of cash to save the site from being demolished. "The Save the Bomber Plant campaign" has already raised $6.5 million… Continue reading
Mar 28 Served with high lime prices, Mexican restaurants make lemonade By Margaret Myers On a sour note, Mexican restaurants in the U.S. are confronting a surge in lime prices that have forced some to make do without the essential ingredient on their menus. Continue reading
Mar 28 U.S. will recognize 300 same-sex marriages in Mich., Holder says By Joshua Barajas U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday that the federal government will recognize the 300 same-sex marriages that took place last week in Michigan. Holder said in a statement that these Michigan couples will receive federal benefits. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch Washington landslide search teams and volunteers make progress despite mud like wet concrete By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch Debating Kansas' mandate on tighter voter ID enforcement By PBS News Hour In a recent spate of voter identification controversies sweeping the country, a federal judge in Kansas ordered election officials to help Kansas and Arizona enforce laws requiring new voters to show proof of citizenship. Hari Sreenivasan get two views from… Continue watching
Mar 27 U.S. 'underbanked' population increasingly using mobile banking By Simone Pathe Mobile banking is on the rise, especially among those consumers who are "underbanked" and rely on other financial services besides a traditional bank account. Continue reading
Mar 27 Instagram reaches 200 million users, passes Twitter in U.S. mobile use By Colleen Shalby Mashable reported Wednesday that during a phone conference about Facebook’s purchase of virtual reality company Oculus VR, Mark Zuckerberg casually dropped the fact that Instagram now has two million users. Continue reading
Mar 27 Latest landslide science not connecting with county planning By Ashley Ahearn, KUOW/EarthFix The technology exists, but the degree to which planners are using the latest mapping technology to make decisions about development in landslide-prone areas varies county to county. Continue reading
Mar 27 Typhoid Mary's life sentence in quarantine By Dr. Howard Markel North Brother Island is a 16.5-acre bump of land jutting out of the East River, 1,500 feet east of 140th Street in the South Bronx and 2,500 feet west of Riker’s Island. Once the site of New York City’s lazaretto,… Continue reading