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Science May Be Murky in the Gulf for Years
By Dave Thier - AOL NewsOil is still in a few places in the Gulf, but for the most part it looks pristine. Anecdotal evidence indicates a rapidly recovering area -- escaped crude oil itself is scarce, and regular tests by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries have yet to reveal any tainted seafood. But the Gulf of Mexico and its coastal wetlands are vastly complicated ecosystems. Scientists had incomplete information on them before the BP oil spill a year ago today, and it will be years before they can start to draw conclusions about the impact of the millions of barrels of oil that spewed into the ...
On Anniversary of Coal Mine Disaster, Families Still Waiting for Answers
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsAs a minister in Appalachian coal country, the Rev. Dennis Sparks knows more than he wants to about grief. He serves as executive director of the West Virginia Council of Churches and has consoled countless families of coal miners who've lost husbands, fathers and brothers in an industry that annually kills 30 to 40 miners and injures hundreds more every year. Sparks counseled families after the mine disaster in Sago, W.Va., claimed a dozen men in 2006, and he was there for the long wait when an explosion one year ago today at the Upper Big Branch mine killed 29 miners and seriously injured ...
Radioactive Google Doodle Celebrates X-Ray's 115th Anniversary
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 8) -- Unlike the discovery of the X-ray, today's Google Doodle is no accident. The search engine is featuring a special radioactive doodle this morning to celebrate the 115th anniversary of the X-ray's discovery. The X-ray image of the Google logo reveals a rubber ducky, some coins, a key and a pigeon. (More on the pigeon later.) Like its Google Doodle predecessors, this doodle warrants a brief history lesson. On Nov. 8, 1895 -- exactly 115 years ago -- German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen discovered the X-ray image while experimenting with a Crookes tube in his laboratory. Despite ...
Fort Hood Remembers: One Year After Rampage
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News
(Nov. 5) -- One year ago, a gunman went on a rampage at Fort Hood, killing 13 and wounding more than 30 in a tragedy that was memorialized today by the Army's highest-ranking officer and its top civilian. Gen. George Casey, the Army's chief of staff, and Army Secretary John McHugh led a remembrance ceremony this afternoon at the massive installation near Killeen, Texas. More than 50 soldiers and civilians whose actions "went above and beyond the call of duty" were honored. "It's a chapter in this Army that no matter how many tears may fall will never, ever be washed away and will be part of ...
You Say It's Your Birthday: The Web Celebrates John Lennon's 70th Early
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct. 8) -- Although nearly three decades have passed since John Lennon was murdered on a cold December night in New York, there is no question that the Beatles legend's legacy remains vital among his worldwide fans. Lennon, born Oct. 9, 1940, would have turned 70 years old on Saturday, and people who both revere his peaceful ideology and adore him for his timeless music will gather to celebrate the musician and activist's life. Really, since every day is a good day to listen to John Lennon and the Beatles, the Surge Desk gets you started a little early with a round-up of Lennon ...
Key Players Hedge Their Bets as Afghan War Enters 10th Year
By not in system - AOL NewsKABUL, Afghanistan (Oct.6) -- The war in Afghanistan enters its 10th year Thursday with key players hedging their bets, uncertain whether the Obama administration is prepared to stay for the long haul, move quickly to exit an increasingly unpopular conflict, or something in between. Fearing that his Western allies may in the end abandon him, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has started to prepare his nation for a withdrawal of international forces by shoring up relations with neighboring Pakistan and reaching out to insurgents interested in reconciliation. Pakistan, America's nominal ally, says ...
Obama in New Orleans Pledges to Help Region Rebuild
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW ORLEANS (Aug. 29) -- Five years after Hurricane Katrina's wrath, President Barack Obama sought to reassure disaster-weary Gulf Coast residents Sunday that he would not abandon their cause. "My administration is going to stand with you, and fight alongside you, until the job is done," Obama said to cheers at Xavier University, a historically black, Catholic university that was badly flooded by the storm. The president said there are still too many vacant lots, trailers serving as classrooms, displaced residents and people out of work. But he said New Orleanians have shown amazing ...
Katrina Anniversary in New Orleans Evokes Strong Emotions
By not in system - AOL NewsAs New Orleans observes the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina – "celebrates" is not the right word – a swirl of emotions has enveloped the city. There is a palpable sense of good fortune at simply being alive, tempered by unrequited grief and anger, remembrance of loss, flashbacks of post-traumatic stress, and anxiety that another big storm could yet strike this year. The pride about the significant progress of recovery clashes with anguish about all that still must be fixed. And there is other unfinished business. Many displaced citizens still are unable to return. Many feel ...
UK Warns Libya Against Celebrating Bomber's Release
By Terence Neilan - AOL News(Aug. 20) -- Britain has warned Libya not to stage any celebrations to mark the anniversary today of the release of the Lockerbie bomber, saying to do so would be "tasteless, offensive and deeply insensitive." So far today, Libya appeared to be keeping quiet about the anniversary. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was freed from prison in Scotland on Aug. 20, 2009, on compassionate grounds after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and doctors said he had only three months to live. Recent reports have said he could live as long as seven more years. His arrival at the Tripoli airport last year was ...
Wrong-Way Crash: Painful Anniversary for 4 Families
By Unknown - AOL NewsEDITOR'S NOTE -- This story was published on July 20 and is being reposted today, the anniversary of the tragic crash. YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. (July 20) -- Gramps wasn't here to see his granddaughter graduate from high school, and a beloved brother who loved Christmas couldn't spoil his nieces and nephews with expensive presents. A father and his son face the world without the other half of their family, and another man fights illness without his older brother. And perhaps the hardest loss to imagine: A couple spend their days without the three daughters who had been the center of their ...
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