Republican bill would allow Border Patrol to ignore environmental laws
Sac Bee 10/23/2011
WASHINGTON -House Republicans want to give the U.S. Border Patrol unprecedented authority to ignore 36 environmental laws on federal land in a 100-mile zone along the Canadian and Mexican borders.
Loaded gun tumbles from checked bag at LAX
L.A. Now 10/23/2011
Airport security officials at Los Angeles International Airport failed to detect a loaded handgun that was contained in a traveler's checked bag Sunday, according to several law enforcement sources.
Why video games are key to modern science
Camden, Maine (CNN) -- Video gamers spend tons of time -- for many it's 10,000 hours by age 21 -- battling mythic monsters, shooting aliens and rescuing princesses from digital castles.
Libya declared free, but Gadhafi death questioned
Sacbee 10/23/2011
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libya's interim rulers declared the country liberated on Sunday after an 8-month civil war, launching the oil-rich nation on what is meant to be a two-year transition to democracy. But they laid out plans with an Islamist tone that could rattle their Western backers.
7.2 quake in Turkey kills 85, collapses buildings
Associated Press 10/23/2011
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Cries of panic and horror filled the air as a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Sunday, killing at least 85 people as buildings pancaked and crumpled into mounds of rubble.
How colleges use, misuse social media to reach students
CNN 10/20/2011
(CNN) -- It was a joyous day for Lucie Fink when she received her acceptance letter from Johns Hopkins University. Like most prospective students, she wanted to know exactly what she was getting into before she made her decision between schools. The shiny pamphlets were all fine, but Fink really needed to hear more about the school from the students.
Drilling in Fast-Growing Areas Ushers in New Era of Tension
NY Times 10-24-2011
DENVER — The pattern is clear in the oil and gas business: drilling fields are going into new places. North Dakota, better known for growing wheat, is now booming with rigs. Fort Worth has upward of 2,000 gas wells right in the city itself, with most of that growth within just the last five years. Pittsburgh, facing the prospect of urban drilling, forbade it last year by a vote of the City Council.
U.S. Agencies Infiltrating Drug Cartels Across Mexico
NY Times 10-24-2011
WASHINGTON — American law enforcement agencies have significantly built up networks of Mexican informants that have allowed them to secretly infiltrate some of that country’s most powerful and dangerous criminal organizations, according to security officials on both sides of the border.
Aussie coast fears rogue shark may have killed 3
Seattle Times 10-24-2011
CANBERRA, Australia —The sudden death of an American diver in the jaws of a great white shark off Australia's southwest coast has raised the specter of a rogue man-eater preying on a renowned aquatic playground and killing three men in two months.
Autopsy set for remains found in Maine freezer
Seattle Times 10-24-2011
LEWISTON, Maine —State authorities are planning an autopsy on the remains of a body found in a Maine storage unit last week that may be those of a woman missing since 1983.
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