Feds Want Warrantless Spying Loss Overturned, Saying Law Can’t Touch Them

ShareThis Feds Want Warrantless Spying Loss Overturned, Saying Law Can’t Touch Them 31 May 2012 The Obama administration is set to argue to a federal appeals court Friday that the government may breach, with impunity, domestic spying laws adopted in the wake of President Richard M. Nixon’s Watergate scandal. The case tests whether Americans may [...]

Feds: San Onofre nuclear plant can’t reopen until problems fixed

ShareThis Feds: San Onofre nuclear plant can’t reopen until problems fixed 27 Mar 2012 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, citing serious concerns about equipment failures at the San Onofre nuclear plant, on Tuesday prohibited plant operator Southern California Edison from restarting the plant until the problems are thoroughly understood [?!?] and fixed. The plant has [...]

The cub who simply can’t bear waking up: Super-cute polar bear rejected by mother

ShareThis The cub who simply can’t bear waking up: Super-cute polar bear rejected by mother 23 Dec 2011 One day he’ll grow up to be a fearsome predator. But for now, Siku the polar bear is quite content to enjoy life as a cosseted cub. The tiny bear is being hand-reared at a wildlife park [...]