Nuke Plant in Rita’s Path to Shut Down

September 21, 2005
An enormous nuclear power plant, the South Texas Project, isin the path of Hurricane Rita. The plant is located inMatagorda County, between Bay City and Palacios. STP's tworeactors produce 2,500 megawatts of electricity, enough formore than one million homes and... continued

Cussing Nothing New

September 20, 2005
Despite the recent crackdown on bad language on television and radio shows, swearing is nothing new. In fact, many of the same words that are considered "clean" today were considered "dirty" in the past. In the Tuesday, September 20 edition... continued

How New Orleans is Like Iraq

September 20, 2005
We recently wrote about how our government has made the same mistakes in both Iraq and New Orleans. Research analyst Steve Hammons agrees and gives disturbing details. Click on this extraordinary Insight to learn more. NOTE: This news story, previously... continued

Hurricane Hits Norway

September 20, 2005
Hurricane Maria moved across the Atlantic and, still intactas a category 1 hurricane, struck the coast of Norway onSeptember 15, causing widespread flooding and leaving oneperson dead. Maria hit the western shores of Scandinavia with winds of 60miles an hour.... continued

Rita Likely to Enter Gulf

September 20, 2005
Hurricane Rita is now impacting the Florida Keys and Cuba,and the front of the eyewall, with sustained winds at or inexcess of 100 miles an hour, is going to strike the Keysdirectly. The storm has been re-designated as a category... continued

Banker Gets Implant

September 20, 2005
In front of 40 board members, investment banker John Merriman got a radio-frequency ID tag implanted in his upper arm. This is an extension of military technology which allows downed pilots to be identified. It may also be inspired by... continued

NASA Planning New Trip to Moon

September 20, 2005
NASA has announced plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2018, and eventually use the moon as a way station for visiting other planets?especially Mars. Are we returning to the moon to secure the fantastically valuable Helium 3 fuel... continued

Too Late to Reverse Global Warming

September 19, 2005
There was a record loss of ice in the Arctic this summer, and climatologists are saying that the Earth may have passed the "tipping point" at which global warming is now inevitable. Hurricane Katrina is an example of this. While... continued

Unusual Number of Active Hurricanes

September 19, 2005
There are currently three hurricanes and two tropical stormsin the middle south Atlantic and Pacific oceans. One of thetropical storms, Rita in the Atlantic, is expected to crossthe Florida strait into the Gulf of Mexico, where watertemperatures remain abnormally high.... continued

How Save Gas

September 18, 2005
Newswise - Perdue University researchers, who told us how to wash clothes so they emerge much drier, have now turned their attention to how to save gas. It turns out that the way you drive can make your car much... continued