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Deadliest Tornado Outbreak in Decades Kills Nearly 300

PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. -- Firefighters searched one splintered pile after another for survivors Thursday, combing the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulverized by the nation's deadliest tornado outbreak in almost four decades. At least 297 people were killed across six states - more than two-thirds of them in Alabama,...

Army Corps Preps to Blast Levee to Save Town; Legal Tussle Looms

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- As ominous as a floating hearse, twin barges creep up the Mississippi River carrying a payload of explosives bound for southeast Missouri and a levee facing the prospect of being sacrificed to spare a flood-threatened Illinois town just upriver. The Army Corps of Engineers' tugboat-shoved shipments...

Buddhists Remember Japan's Tsunami Victims

SOMA, Japan -- Buddhist priests in black and gold robes chanted and rang bells Thursday to mark the 49th day since Japan's massive tsunami when the dead are believed to end their restless wandering through the devastated coastline. About 1,200 mourners filled a hall to overflowing, with many standing outside a gate, for a...

At Least 85 Dead as Tornadoes Devastate South

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Fierce storms obliterated large swaths of land from Mississippi to Georgia, wiping out homes and businesses, causing a nuclear power plant to use backup generators and even forcing the evacuation of a National Weather Service office. The death toll was staggering - at least 85 people killed in five...

Blowout Could Spill 58 Million Gallons in Arctic

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The federal agency overseeing offshore drilling in Alaska says the worst-case scenario for a blowout in the Chukchi Sea lease could result in a spill of more than 58 million gallons of oil into Arctic waters. That's about a quarter of the Deepwater Horizon spill, which put 206 million gallons of oil...

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06/03/12 Species Extinction is Nothing New Source: Canada Freepress As the global warming bubble deflates, another scare is being inflated â species extinction.
06/03/12 Northern storms bring hail and wind Source: FOX - Fox 16 - Little Rock AR Numerous thunderstorms rocked the northern side of Arkansas earlier this Sunday evening bringing large hail and gusty winds.
06/03/12 Ask Waste Watchers: What can I take to the Wolcott... Source: Vail Daily - Vail CO Can I get a list of all of the items that are accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste facility?
06/03/12 Storms Lead To Power Outages Source: ABC - KHBS/KHOG 40/297 Early evening storms in Arkansas prompted some to cut their plans short.
06/03/12 Experts: Drillers must coordinate to prevent sprawl Source: The Art of Eating Gas wells, compressor stations and pipelines springing up across the state could chew up as much land as the strip mine industry once did, a Penn State University researcher said.