Pennsylvania Doctors Worry Over Fracking ‘Gag Rule’
From WHYY A new law in Pennsylvania has doctors nervous. The law grants physicians access to information about trade-secret chemicals used in natural gas drilling. Doctors say they need to know what’s in those formulas in order to treat patients who may have been exposed to the chemicals. But the new law also says that [...]
Janitor Cleans Up, Gets Ivy League Diploma
Gac Filipaj is thrilled that he graduated this week from Columbia University. “I’m still wearing the gown, I’m going to wear it for awhile,” he told NPR’s Michel Martin just after Columbia’s commencement ceremony. “And I look pretty well in that, to tell you the truth.” Why is it such a big deal? It’s not [...]
The Secret Life Of California’s World-Class Strawberries
May is the month we see strawberries explode in the market. There are strawberry festivals in every corner of the nation celebrating the juicy ruby beauties, and Strawberry Queens crowned galore. Those traditional harvest time festivals make us think our strawberries are mostly grown on the farm just down the road. But in fact, one [...]
An Afghan Shoots, A Marine Dies, Mistrust Grows
Sgt. J. P. Huling, a Marine from Ohio, was killed this month in southern Afghanistan. It wasn’t a roadside bomb or a Taliban sniper that killed him. It was another sergeant — an Afghan soldier known as Sgt. Zabitollah. It was a grim coincidence that brought these two sergeants together on May 6, a Sunday [...]
N.C. Politicos Pan Proposed Rev. Wright, Anti-Obama Ad Idea
Battleground states like North Carolina are where the action is when it comes to presidential contests. Thus, they are where political tactics like, say, the anti-Obama ad campaign featuring Rev. Jeremiah Wright first reported by The New York Times Thursday (and now disowned by virtually everyone the Times linked to it) are most likely to [...]
Facebook Stock Priced at $38 A Share Ahead of Friday IPO
When Facebook makes its initial public offering Friday on the NASDAQ, the stock will be priced at $38 per share, a price that’s expected to bring in between $16 billion $18.4 billion to the company. CNBC reports: “[The price makes] it one of the most lucrative offerings the Street has ever seen. With that valuation [...]
A History of Human Fingers Found in Fast Food
A Michigan teen says he got a taste of more than just roast beef when he bit into his Arby’s sandwich last week. Ryan Hart was nearly finished with his meal when he tasted something chewy — an employee’s finger. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports: “‘I was about to puke… It was just nasty.’ “The [...]
Why The U.S. Is Aggressively Targeting Yemen
U.S. intelligence officials announced last week that they had broken up a plan by al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen to blow up a plane headed toward the United States. U.S. officials are now aggressively targeting terrorists in Yemen, which is now considered to be “the greatest external threat facing the U.S. homeland in terms of terrorism,” [...]
Feds: Fire Season Off to Slow Start Even As Wildfires Rage in Southwest
Raging wildfires are burning tens of thousands of of acres in Arizona, Nevada and parts of New Mexico and Colorado. But federal agencies overseeing the response say they’re not worried — by this time last year, there had already been more fires that destroyed more acres. “I would describe [this season] as getting off to [...]
After Tornado Devastates, Joplin High Bounces Back
Nearly one year ago, a devastating tornado ripped through the city of Joplin, Mo. The tornado was the deadliest in the U.S in almost 60 years–killing 161 people and injuring over 900. But life for Joplin’s residents is finally starting to return to normal. That includes life for students at Joplin High School. The school [...]
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