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Calif. Coroner Says Body Is Lost Russian Skydiver
By not in system - AOL NewsPERRIS, Calif. (Dec. 5) - Investigators have confirmed that a body found by a Southern California farmer is a Russian skydiver who was last seen jumping from a plane more than two months ago. Riverside County coroner's officials, in a Saturday new release, identified the man is 50-year-old Vladimir Frolov, a tourist who took a solo jump from a plane on Sept. 25 in Perris. A farmer plowing his field found the body Tuesday, along with parachutes that had not deployed. Because Frolov was traveling alone, no one immediately reported him missing. Authorities found his rental car and passport in ...
2011 Farmers' Almanac Winter Predictions Are In
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Aug. 30) -- Continuing a tradition almost as reliable as the winter season itself, the "Farmers' Almanac" revealed its annual long-term weather forecast Monday, this year predicting an overall "kinder and gentler" season for the contiguous United States. For the eastern third of the country (New England down to Florida and as far west as the Mississippi River), forecasters predict "much colder-than-normal winter temperatures" -- but generally not as frigid as conditions felt last winter, which saw 49 states experience snowfall. New England in particular should be sure to bundle up, as ...
Report: Philip Morris Accused of Child Labor Violations
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(July 14) -- Philip Morris has agreed to sweeping changes after a report released today accuses the tobacco giant of manufacturing cigarettes with tobacco harvested on Central Asian farms where child workers as young as 10 endure unsanitary conditions, excessively long work hours and forced labor without pay. The group Human Rights Watch issued a report today on its website called "Hellish Work: Exploitation of Migrant Tobacco Workers in Kazakhstan," which includes interviews with 68 tobacco farm employees in Kazakhstan, most of whom are migrant laborers from other Central Asian countries. It ...
'Mad Men's' Lessons on Food Policy
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyThe heat-and-serve meals seen on "Mad Men" don't often inspire me to much food policy thought, but I did appreciate "Mad Men's" very own Soylent Green moment this week when, upon learning what brand of dog food his puppy was eating, a focus group attendee cried out, "Ponies! They make it out of ponies!" After which the dog food company executive calmly observed to the surrounding Sterling Cooper staff that horse meat seemed to have acquired a bit of a branding problem. Likewise, the meat we eat also suffers from a branding problem, namely that we don't think about it enough in terms of ...
What Happened to the Green Revolution? 19 Women Die in Pakistan Food Riot
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyOn Tuesday, 19 women in Pakistan were killed in a stampede to get free flour. Just three days before, in Dallas, Norman Borlaug -- the agricultural scientist credited with spearheading efforts to create new varieties of crops to feed expanding populations -- had also died. The strange thing about the deaths in Pakistan is that Borlaug's efforts succeeded. When he produced his research on new wheat varieties in the 1960s, it looked very likely that Pakistan and India were both on the brink of unprecedented famines, with populations ballooning faster than farmers could keep up. The new crop ...
Russians Share Michelle Obama's Love of Veggie Gardens
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyFirst lady Michelle Obama is in Russia this week, but Russians don't want to talk about what she thinks of living in the White House. They show no interest in her views on philandering politicians. And -- thank God -- no one has even broached the subject of sleeveless dresses in her wardrobe. What they do want to talk about, The Washington Post's Robin Givhan reports, is her gardening, specifically, for food. Household food gardens are a mainstay for Russian families, but Americans have relied on them less. The Christian Science Monitor recently noted that in urban areas of Russia alone, 56 ...
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