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Texas Firefighters Focused Concern on Toxic Gases
Firefighters at scene of Texas explosion focused on toxic gases rather than risk of huge blast
abcnews.com (5 days ago)
Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gases
WEST, Texas (AP) - When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a catastrophe.
yahoo.com (5 days ago)
Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gases
WEST, Texas (AP) -- When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a catastrophe....
ap.org (5 days ago)
Pacers Put Knicks On Brink
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers finally figured it out. When given the chance to take command of a playoff series, they can't give it back. On Tuesday night, they didn't. George Hill scored 26 points and Paul George had 18 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists, leading the Pacers past the New York Knicks, 93-82...
huffingtonpost.com (5 days ago)
Katerina Sokou: An Early Greek Spring
The smell of spring in Greece, even in the capital Athens, is overwhelming. The citrus and bitter orange trees are in blossom, the sweet aroma of their flowers so strong that it covers any unpleasant smell of the city. In the countryside, nature is gloriously reborn. Everything is green, from the water-deprived...
huffingtonpost.com (5 days ago)
For Entrepreneurs, Conversations Are All Business
Whether you are trying to motivate your team, close a deal with a customer, or get funding from an investor, a casual conversation is usually a waste of your valuable time. These result is a founder who is always ?too busy,? but never seems to get the business done and the team moving. All real business is...
forbes.com (5 days ago)
U.N. watchdog, EU's Ashton to press Iran in nuclear dispute
VIENNA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran faces international pressure in two separate meetings over its nuclear program on Wednesday, but with the Islamic state focused more on a June presidential election no breakthrough is expected in the dispute.
reuters.com (5 days ago)
U.N. watchdog, EU's Ashton to press Iran in nuclear dispute
By Fredrik Dahl and Parisa Hafezi VIENNA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran faces international pressure in two separate meetings over its nuclear program on Wednesday, but with the Islamic state focused more on a June presidential election no breakthrough is expected in the dispute. In Vienna, the U.N. nuclear agency will...
yahoo.com (5 days ago)
Budget all about the opposition: Howard
FORMER prime minister John Howard says the government's budget focused entirely on the opposition instead of itself.
news.com.au (5 days ago)
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff: Making Sense (Not Just Cents) From Big Data
They are watching you. Every time you swipe your card at your local gas station they are watching you. Every time you buy a book from Amazon.com they are watching you. Every time you send a message from your computer keyboard, they are watching you. Every time you walk down a busy street, your image is captured....
huffingtonpost.com (5 days ago)
Got FOMO? You May Be Less Satisfied With Life, Study Finds
By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 05/14/2013 02:19 PM EDT on LiveScience Worried that everyone else is doing something cool without you? You may have FOMO -- Fear of Missing Out. Even worse, a new study finds, you may be less satisfied with your life than the average person. People high in...
huffingtonpost.com (5 days ago)
Stock Market Back In Record Territory
NEW YORK — The stock market marched back into record territory Tuesday as investors seized on the latest encouraging news about the economy. This time, it was a report on the health of small businesses. Small business owners were slightly more optimistic in April, according to a survey released by the National...
huffingtonpost.com (5 days ago)
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela: On Eden Foods, Motherhood, and the Politics of 'Natural Living'
In the last few weeks, Eden Foods, the nation's oldest organic and natural foods producer, has come under fire from its soy-milk swilling and quinoa-cooking clientele, who were ostensibly drawn to Eden by the purity of its products and of its liberal politics. The issue is Eden CEO Michael Potter's assault on one of...
huffingtonpost.com (5 days ago)
Robert Levithan: The Song Of The Unlikely Survivor / My Beautiful Life
Back in the 1990s I was facing death and writing of a possible future. I wrote the story from which the below excerpt was taken shortly after I was hospitalized for Pneumocystis pneumonia and my T-cell count was down to 22. At the time, my writing teacher thought it was" delusional." Just two years later, in the...
huffingtonpost.com (5 days ago)
David Moshman: Young Africans Speaking Up
Estelline says her participation in performances of her local culture club "helps the audience, especially those who became orphans because this shows that they are not alone." She adds, "while laughing they forget their past. And maybe they forget what things they were planning to do, bad things to do to maybe...
huffingtonpost.com (5 days ago)
UN watchdog, EU's Ashton to press Iran in nuclear dispute
VIENNA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran faces international pressure in two separate meetings over its nuclear program on Wednesday, but with the Islamic state focused more on a June presidential election no breakthrough is expected in the dispute.
reuters.com (5 days ago)
UN watchdog, EU's Ashton to press Iran in nuclear dispute
By Fredrik Dahl and Parisa Hafezi VIENNA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran faces international pressure in two separate meetings over its nuclear program on Wednesday, but with the Islamic state focused more on a June presidential election no breakthrough is expected in the dispute. In Vienna, the U.N. nuclear agency will...
yahoo.com (5 days ago)
IRS agents search Tandoori’s restaurant, owners’ home
Federal agents searched Tandoori’s restaurant in Amherst and a private home in Clarence Tuesday as part of a new criminal investigation into the business.An Internal Revenue Service spokesman confirmed that agents executed search warrants at the Transit Road restaurant and the home on Thornwood Lane but said he...
buffalonews.com (5 days ago)
Full IRS Inspector General Report On "Inappropriate" Targeting Of Conservative Groups
We are currently reading through the just released 54 page report from the IRS' Acting Deputy Inspector General Michael McKenney, but for now here are the key excerpts from the findings section. From Inappropriate Criteria Were Used to Identify Tax-Exempt Applications for Review The mission of the IRS is to provide...
zerohedge.com (5 days ago)
Stock Market Rises Back Into Record Territory
(NEW YORK) - The stock market marched back into record territory Tuesday as investors seized on the latest encouraging news about the economy. This time, it was a report on the health of small businesses. Small business owners were slightly more optimistic in April, according to a survey released by the National...
time.com (5 days ago)
No death penalty for Philadelphia abortion doctor in deal with prosecutors
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia doctor facing a possible death penalty for murdering babies during late-term abortions agreed not to appeal his convictions and was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison, the city prosecutor said. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, was convicted on Monday on three counts of first-degree...
yahoo.com (5 days ago)
Will Smith in Talks to Reboot The Wild Bunch
The Wrap reports Will Smith is in talks to star and produce a reboot of Sam Peckinpah's classic 1969 Western The Wild Bunch. Where the original was set in 1913 and focused on a leader of a group of outlaws who decides to go for one final score, the remake would be ...
vulture.com (6 days ago)
Human Rights Watch alleges rebel atrocities in Syria
BEIRUT -- Gruesome video footage purportedly showing a Syrian rebel commander mutilating the corpse of a dead soldier while shouting sectarian insults has drawn condemnation from Human Rights Watch and focused renewed attention on battlefield atrocities in Syria.
chicagotribune.com (6 days ago)
Sestak wont run for governor, may run for Senate
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak has ruled out a campaign for Pennsylvania governor, but he said Tuesday that he is seriously exploring another run for U.S. Senate, possibly setting up a rematch against Republican Sen. Pat Toomey in 2016. Sestak said he believes his leadership skills would be more...
thereporteronline.com (6 days ago)
Beer-seeking grocery execs face hostile senators at Pa. liquor law hearing
Two supermarket executives didn't exactly get a warm welcome from Pennsylvania state senators who are exploring the liberalization of Pennsylvania's wine, beer and liquor laws.A Senate committee hearing Tuesday focused on groups that make and sell alcoholic beverages and is the second of three that ...
lancasteronline.com (6 days ago)
Redners, Wegmans execs get cool welcome at liquor hearings
HARRISBURG (AP) - Two supermarket executives didn't exactly get a warm welcome from state senators who are exploring the liberalization of Pennsylvania's wine, beer and liquor laws. A Senate committee hearing Tuesday focused on groups that make and sell alcoholic beverages and is the second of three that are...
pottsmerc.com (6 days ago)
Tectonics – review
It opened with four bass drums, dangly ping-pong balls and an amplified sine wave. It closed with sci-fi fantasy tunes and a blast of spectral acousmatics. Glasgow's inaugural Tectonics festival – two days of experimental music hosted by the unflappable BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and its principal guest...
guardian.co.uk (6 days ago)
Fischer uses Senate floor to criticize Obama administration
The Nebraska Republican's speech focused on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups and the Department of Justice's gathering of journalists' phone records.
omaha.com (6 days ago)
Greg Schwem: Just Because I'm Wearing a Suit Doesn't Mean I Work Here
I strode through the hotel lobby in a black, sharply tailored Hugo Boss suit. It was Saturday night and I was headed to the ballroom to deliver a keynote address for more than 800 convention attendees. Suddenly I heard a voice from behind. "Sir?" I turned to see a middle-aged woman quickly approaching. "Yes?"...
huffingtonpost.com (6 days ago)
What REALLY Caused John Wayne's Cancer? (EXCERPT)
The following is an excerpt from A Short History of Nuclear Folly by Rudolph Herzog, translated by Jefferson Chase, published by Melville House on May 1: The script for The Conqueror, a costume film about Genghis Khan, was completely wretched. The story focused on the Mongol warrior’s youth, a period in which he was...
huffingtonpost.com (6 days ago)
