Category Archives: Change

Thousands of birds make crash landing in Utah

By doris | Published: December 14, 2011

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com Thousands of birds died on impact after apparently mistaking a Wal-Mart parking lot and other areas of southern Utah for bodies of water and plummeting to the ground in what one wildlife expert called the worst downing she’s ever seen. Crews went to work cleaning up the dead birds and rescuing [...]

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After 9/11: A decade of deaths, marriages, war and peace

By doris | Published: September 8, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Six-year-olds often times forget their own last names, but I remember Tuesday, September 11, 2001, like it was last week. I remember wearing my favorite jumper and my mother braiding my hair. I remember eating scrambled eggs off a yellow plate. And then I remember the radio anchor said, ‘Wow! Have [...]

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Winds spread over eastern North Carolina as Irene nears landfall

By doris | Published: August 26, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina (CNN) — Hurricane Irene had coastal North Carolina and metropolitan New York in its sights late Friday, staying on an unusual track that could bring deadly storm surge, heavy rainfall and misery to millions. With winds near 100 mph, Irene churned toward an anticipated 7 a.m. [...]

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8 secrets about Disneyland

By doris | Published: July 2, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com From how to score a cocktail to where to scatter grandma’s ashes, this is your ticket to the real Magic Kingdom. 1. There are dead bodies in the Haunted Mansion The Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland is one of the scariest places in the park, but not for the reasons you’d [...]

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Woman awaits freedom after 17 years behind bars

By doris | Published: May 8, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com SALT LAKE CITY — In her dream, Debra Brown pedals out of a Utah prison on a powder blue bicycle, riding past razor wire that for the last 17 years has kept her from proms and graduations and the birth of seven grandchildren. On Monday that dream figures to become a [...]

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Japan seeks Russian help to stem nuclear crisis

By doris | Published: April 4, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com TOKYO — Japan has asked nuclear superpower Russia to send a special radiation treatment ship used to decommission nuclear submarines as it fights to contain the world’s worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, Japanese media said late on Monday.                                                      Japanese engineers at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant have been forced to release [...]

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House budget chairman to propose Medicare, Medicaid changes

By doris | Published: April 3, 2011

Full Story at CNN.comLeave it alone, the seniors need this program. PUT BACK THE MONEY YOU TOOK OUT OF SSI AND YOU WOULD HAVE THE MONEY NOW FOR THIS PROGRAM. YOU ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO TAKE FROM THIS AND NEVER RETURN IT. CUT IT OUT. Washington (CNN) — House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan said Sunday [...]

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Weekend full moon the biggest in about 20 years

By doris | Published: March 18, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — If the moon looks a little bit bigger and brighter this weekend, there’s a reason for that. It is. Saturday’s full moon will be a super “perigee moon” — the biggest in almost 20 years. This celestial event is far rarer than the famed blue moon, which happens once [...]

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Superhuman or super sleepy: Short sleepers function on four hours

By doris | Published: March 12, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — For most of us, setting the clock forward in the spring is a sad occasion, a sign that we’re losing an hour of sleep. Daylight saving time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. in most of the U.S. — except for Hawaii and Arizona. But for some genetically blessed people, [...]

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As U.S. damage is measured, man dies trying to photograph tsunami

By doris | Published: March 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A 25-year-old man was declared dead Friday afternoon after being swept out to sea off a northern California beach while trying to photograph a tsunami launched by the massive earthquake near Japan, according to a Del Norte County, California, official. The man’s identity was withheld as authorities tried to [...]

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NYC welcomes 2011 with traditional ball-drop, revelers

By doris | Published: January 1, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — An estimated 1 million people marked the passing of one year and the beginning of another in New York’s Times Square with the descent of an iconic ball. With the help of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta, the dazzling [...]

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Moonwatchers treated to total lunar eclipse

By doris | Published: December 22, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW YORK – Skywatchers got an early holiday present this year: A total eclipse of the moon. Hanging high in the sky, the moon slowly turned from bright silver into a red disk early Tuesday. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking [...]

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Kick ’em off: Do you know what your shoes are doing to you?

By doris | Published: December 5, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com.com Introduction: Why bare your feet? “Footgear is the greatest enemy of the human foot.”— Dr. Samual Shulman “There’s no such thing as a sensible shoe.”— Dr. William Rossi These quotes encapsulate the basic premise of this book — that feet and shoes are at odds with each other. The war between [...]

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AIDS activists praise pope’s condom comments

By doris | Published: November 21, 2010

Full Story atCNN.com Rome, Italy (CNN) — Pope Benedict XVI’s possible shift on condom use is a “significant and positive step forward,” the head of the United Nations anti-AIDS campaign said, welcoming the potentially historic remark. “This move recognizes that responsible sexual behavior and the use of condoms have important roles in HIV prevention,” UNAIDS [...]

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Gulf Coast expecting glum Fourth of July

By doris | Published: July 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. — Fireworks displays have been canceled. White-sand beaches that should be crowded with sunbathers are instead dotted with cleanup workers, booms and sand-sifting equipment. Normally packed hotels are trying to fill rooms ahead of what is a crucial weekend for beach businesses. Across the oil-stained Gulf Coast, it’s [...]

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Arizona bill would deny citizenship to children of illegal immigrants

By doris | Published: June 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A proposed Arizona law would deny birth certificates to children born in the United States to illegal immigrant parents. The bill comes on the heels of Arizona passing the nation’s toughest immigration law. John Kavanagh, a Republican state representative from Arizona who supports the proposed law aimed at so-called [...]

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BP turns to giant shears to cut leaking Gulf pipe

By doris | Published: June 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com PENSACOLA, Fla. – BP engineers will try to use a pair of giant shears to slice off a leaking pipe after their latest attempt hit a snag trying to stop their broken well from spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard said BP was [...]

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Oprah settles lawsuit with former head of African girls school

By doris | Published: March 24, 2010

Full Story at  CNN.com (CNN) — A woman to woman talk between Oprah Winfrey and the former head of her South African girls school ended with the settlement of a defamation lawsuit against the talk show host, their lawyers said. Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane sued Winfrey, contending she defamed Mzamane when talking about an abuse scandal [...]

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Immigration rally draws thousands to Washington

By doris | Published: March 22, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Tens of thousands of people turned out on Washington’s National Mall on Sunday to support the Obama administration in its next big battle, a renewed effort to overhaul U.S. immigration laws. Speaking by video to the crowd, President Obama said he would do “everything in my power” to [...]

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School cuts a painful no-win lesson for all

By doris | Published: March 12, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com Kansas City, Mo., plans to close nearly half its public schools by fall. Illinois’ governor wants to raise state income taxes by 1 percent to continue funding schools and prevent the layoffs of thousands of teachers. Hawaii, President Barack Obama’s home state, has whacked 17 days from the school year and [...]

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