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added 2007 Sun Apr 22 21:39:06 by Digidave
Which of the United State's 50 biggest cities is the greenest when it comes to using renewable energy? Portland, Oregon? San Francisco, perhaps? Seattle? Nope. The top spot goes to Oakland, the city across the Bay from San Francisco whose gritty reputation belies its crunchy environmental policies.
added 2007 Mon Feb 26 6:59:53 by STONERS
The White House is pressuring Pakistan to crack down on al-Qaida and Taliban operatives in the lawless border area with Afghanistan that President Bush recently said was "wilder than the Wild West."
added 2007 Tue Feb 13 16:43:34 by STONERS
A powerful storm and likely a tornado hit the New Orleans area early Tuesday, killing an elderly woman, injuring at least 15 other people, and damaging dozens of business and homes in a region still trying to recover from Hurricane Katrina .
added 2007 Sat Feb 3 2:57:58 by STONERS
As of Friday, Feb. 02, 2007, at least 296 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan , Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The Defense Department last updated its figures on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007.
added 2007 Tue Jan 30 10:23:27 by siddhu1983
An award-winning Microsoft researcher has been missing since he set off on a solo sail trip on Sunday. Jim Gray, who works in Microsoft's Research Center in San Francisco, left alone on his 40-foot sailing yacht Tenacious sometime on Sunday morning and was expected back in the evening that same day, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement Monday.
added 2007 Tue Jan 9 17:02:20 by Neophile
Area resident Pamela Meyers was delighted to receive yet another thoughtful CD recommendation from Amazon.com Friday, confirming that the online retail giant has a more thorough, individualized, and nuanced understanding of Meyers' taste than the man who occasionally claims to love her.