Lake Erie facing threat from toxic algae
Spring rains could bring an outbreak of toxic algae on Lake Erie in the coming summer, scientists say, reducing fish populations and fouling beaches. A thick coat of the algae has plagued the lake in...
View ArticleBody pulled from Boston River was suicide
A body found in the Charles River was that of a man who took his own life by jumping from a bridge, Boston police said Friday. The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said the identity of the man...
View ArticleHacking scandal clouds gather over Trinity Mirror as another ex-editor is...
Following stints with Reuters and the Press Association, Martin Hickman joined The Independent as a news editor in 2001. He became the Consumer Affairs Correspondent in September 2005 and has run the...
View ArticleReuters social media editor to fight hacking charges
Source: Twitter A suspended Thomson Reuters employee, who is accused of helping hacker group Anonymous attack the website of his former employer, "maintains his innocence", his lawyer says. Social...
View ArticleScripps CEO Adopts 10b5-1 Trading Plan
by: Press Release | Scripps CINCINNATI – Richard A. Boehne, president and CEO of The E.W. Scripps Company, has adopted a stock trading plan in accordance with the guidelines specified by Rule 10b5-1...
View ArticleState Housing Corporation it is delivering houses meets with editors
Accra, March 15, GNA - The Managing Director of State Housing Company Limited (SHC), Dr Mark Nii Akwei Ankrah, has said the company is strategically set to play its part in meeting the over 1.5 million...
View ArticleLetters Camerons Leveson gambit
Cameron gambles on MPs' vote over press regulation , 15 March) showed that substantial sections of the press acted as if they could ignore the law: further similar allegations keep appearing, as they...
View ArticleReport Furloughs to be costly to Calif.
California, which furloughed state workers during financial crises, will eventually have to pay them $1 billion for unused vacation time, budget advisers said. Forced unpaid days off between 2009 and...
View ArticleItalian diplomat barred from leaving India
The Italian ambassador to India has been barred from leaving the country without the government's permission, Indian officials said. Airports across India were informed Thursday that Italian Ambassador...
View ArticleMan killed in Calif. trench collapse
It took rescuers 9 hours to recover the body of a man who died in the collapse of dirt trench in Pacific Palisades, Calif., fire officials said. A second worker was buried in dirt up to his hips, and...
View ArticleNew York lawmaker caught with marijuana
Steve Katz, a Republican New York state assemblyman who opposes legalizing marijuana was caught on the New York Thruway with a small stash, police said Friday. A state trooper gave Katz a summons after...
View ArticlePolice say ID thief filed fake tax returns
Police say an Atlanta man is involved in an identity theft scheme that has bilked billions of dollars from retailers and government, and ruined credit ratings. Investigators say Erkes Antwon Green, 28,...
View ArticleLetters to the editor – March 14 2013
I'm writing you in regards to a story written by Dan Yates published in the Feb. 14 issue, Starving deer invade farms, cities; coyotes follow -- scrounging for food. Saskatchewan wildlife officials are...
View ArticlePress regulation the key issues
Members of the campaign group Hacked Off, who have severely criticised David Cameron's proposals for a new press regulator. Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty ...
View ArticleSocial Media Editor Charged With Helping Anonymous Hacker Group
A popular social media editor with the Reuters new agency has been indicted on charges that he conspired with the hacker group Anonymous to break into the network of news company Tribune Co, according...
View ArticleWhen a newspaper dies we all lose
You may question the objectivity of this observation, considering its biased source, but nothing serves a community the way a newspaper does.It’s informative, annoying, provocative and vigilant,...
View Articlei Editors Letter Which other septuagenarians could get the top job
i Editor's Letter: In the Huhne-Pryce saga, as with many recent falls from grace, it is not the original offence that proves fatal, but the ...
View ArticleDear New York Times Here’s why you don’t want to mess with the Vikings
The New York Times, March 10.Dear Editor,In Back To The Garden: Readying For Great Spring Blooms (March 4), you identified the plant in the photo as a Bog Labrador Tea Rhododendron ...
View Article2 brothers found slain on Australian farm
Two brothers in their 60s found dead on their farm in southeast Australia were victims of homicide, police said Friday. John and Doug Streeter had been hit several times by gunshots, The (Ballarat)...
View ArticleIndonesia executes Nigerian drug dealer
A Nigerian convicted in 2004 in Indonesia of trafficking heroin has been put to death by firing squad. Adami Wilson was executed Thursday night, the Jakarta Globe reported. The Nigerian Embassy told...
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