Jul 07 Heat Wave Causes Kinks in Rail Tracks The Massacusetts Bay Transportation Authority has had to repair so-called "heat kinks" during recent high temperatures. The triple-digit temperatures pummeling the East Coast this week present many dangers: heatstroke, dehydration and power outages. This week, the Washington, D.C.,… Continue reading
Jul 07 In Louisiana, 'Toxic Trailers' Return to House Oil Workers A resident of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward mows his lawn in front of a FEMA trailer in 2006. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) It was just a couple of weeks ago when I looked out the window of… Continue reading
Jul 07 Is a Penalty Kick's Direction Predictable? World Cup Goalies Take Note By Hari Sreenivasan What happens in that split second between when the penalty kick taker approaches the ball, and when the ball hits the back of the net? In the instant replays from behind the kicker's shoulder, you can see in slow motion… Continue reading
Jul 07 Wednesday: NATO Airstrike Kills Afghan Troops; Oil Found in New Orleans Lake Three American soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb in the southern Afghanistan and a NATO airstrike mistakenly killed five of its Afghan army allies in the east on Wednesday, officials said. The Afghan soldiers were launching an… Continue reading
Jul 06 Oil Spill Update: Skimming Efforts Falling Short By Chris Amico Skimming efforts haven't proven nearly as effective at removing oil from the Gulf of Mexico as BP told federal regulators just before the Deepwater Horizon exploded, the Washington Post reports: In a March report that was not questioned by… Continue reading
Jul 06 Tuesday: Oil Washes Ashore on Texas Beaches; Obama to Meet With Netanyahu By Tom LeGro Strong storms and rough water in the Gulf of Mexico kept oil skimming boats idle Tuesday morning, as BP's oil reached Texas beaches for the first time. The oil has now reached every Gulf state. About a dozen tar balls… Continue reading
Jul 05 Reporter's Notebook: One-on-One in Houston With BP's Bob Dudley By Ray Suarez Ever since our hour-long, live-streaming interview with BP executive Bob Dudley last week, which featured questions from the public submitted via YouTube and Google, people have been asking me questions about how the conversation unfolded and the… Continue reading
Jul 05 Monday: BP's Costs Reach $3 Billion; Petraeus Takes Over in Afghanistan By Tom LeGro An oil spill cleanup crew works on July 4 in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. BP's costs for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster has reached just over $3 billion for capping the well, cleanup… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Heavy Surf, High Winds Affect Cleanup as Weather Continues to Strike Gulf Many ships, including the testing of a new "super skimmer ship", were prevented from cleaning the shorelines as rough conditions persisted this weekend in the Gulf of Mexico. Ray Suarez talks to Greg McCormack, director of the Petroleum Extension Service… Continue watching
Jul 02 Gulf Shore a Tough Sell for Tourists Each night conga lines of beach cleaning machines are towed slowly over the sand from Orange Beach to Gulf Shores, Ala. Rotating steel screens separate out the tar balls and larger clumps of congealed crude oil that wash ashore during… Continue reading