The temporary shutdown of the company's 13 factories in North America is inevitable, the company said. How long the production stoppage will last is unknown. 25,000 workers will be affected, but no layoffs are…

by Scott Creighton

Yesterday a Southwest Airlines flight, Flight 812 out of Sacramento, sprung a leak. A hole opened up in the fuselage above the heads of the 118 passengers at about 36,000 feet. One passenger texted his wife “Plane going down. Love…

(AP) — Millions of Japanese were without drinking water or electricity Sunday, surviving on instant noodles and rice balls, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hammered the northeastern coast, killing at least 1,000 people.



Although the government doubled the number of soldiers deployed in the aid effort to 100,000, it seemed overwhelmed by what's turning out to be a triple disaster. Friday's quake and tsunami damaged two nuclear reactors at a power plant on the coast,…

 By YUKA HAYASHI And ANDREW MONAHAN

TOKYO—Japanese officials continued their battle to control dangerous reactor overheating in the nation's worst nuclear accident that followed Friday's earthquake, as they resorted to an unprecedented attempt to cool the reactor with seawater.

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Official in protective gear scans for signs of radiation on a man who is from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Koriyama on…

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SENDAI, March 13, Kyodo



Japan continued to grapple Sunday…

The Daily Californian

March 7, 2011

In response to growing complaints from residents in areas drawing excessive visitors and parked cars, the city of Berkeley will implement a pilot Residential Parking program to increase the rate of turnover parking in the North Willard and Bateman neighborhoods within the next few…

COLUMBUS -- A bill designed to restrict collective bargaining by state employees has passed in the Ohio Senate.Senate Bill 5 is lauded by supporters for allowing the state to lower costs and make state employees pay more for their health care and benefits, while still allowing collective bargaining for salaries.Opponents say the bill does not create cost savings and removes or changes benefits that make public-sector work attractive over generally…

Hello friends,

It may have been luck or by the grace of God that I am here to write you all today. I have been in the hospital the last couple days, being treated for burns and smoke inhalation due to my house being on fire. I returned from an hour long walk with my dog, only to discover smoke coming from my house. I called 911 from a neighbors and then went in to the house filled with intense flames several times and rescued 3 of my 5 cats. When the fire dept showed up I was…