ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Climate change could melt the top 11 feet of Alaska permafrost by the end of the century, according to a new study. The federal study applied one supercomputer climate model to the future of permafrost. Under the most extreme scenario outlined, warming temperatures could thaw the top …
Read More »Bird Lovers Defend Conn. Parakeets
HARTFORD, Conn. – Julie Cook came home from work Wednesday night to find utility crews tearing down a parakeet nest from a pole and taking the birds away to be killed. “I couldn’t NOT do anything,” said the 37-year-old West Haven woman. “So I started yelling at them and standing …
Read More »Murtha's District Mixed Over Lawmaker's Positions
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The John Murtha who came home from Vietnam as a Marine hero deeply impressed Bob Krug, a Korean War-era vet. Today, Rep. Murtha is advocating that American troops be brought home from Iraq and Krug, 70, feels betrayed. “I believed in him all these years, but I …
Read More »Spitzer Smeared For Doing His Job
SAN DIEGO – I’m watching the latest twist in the saga of deposed American International chief Hank (no relation) Greenberg unfold, and all I can think is: Can’t everybody see what this guy and his pals are trying to do? Under one siege too many by New York Attorney General …
Read More »China Confirms New Case of Bird Flu
BEIJING – A 10-year-old girl in southern China has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus, the government said Tuesday, making her the country’s fourth human bird flu case. The girl, a student surnamed Tang, lives in Ziyuan County in the Guangxi region, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing …
Read More »Deal Reached on Violence Against Women Act
WASHINGTON – The Senate Friday approved an extension of the Violence Against Women Act that calls for increased funding for the landmark act. The House is expected to pass the legislation Saturday, according to the office of Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican who chairs the House Judiciary Committee. The …
Read More »Lawmakers Scramble for Hurricane Aid
WASHINGTON – Gulf Coast lawmakers scrambled Tuesday to gain as much Hurricane Katrina aid as possible before Congress goes home, including a $35 billion proposal to repair levees, support schools and rebuild the devastated region. Housing needs — specifically, 94,000 more mobile homes and trailers for storm victims in Louisiana …
Read More »GM Suspends 401(k) Match for Employees
DETROIT – General Motors Corp. (GM) is suspending contributions to its 401(k) retirement savings plan for salaried workers, a spokesman said on Thursday. “We continue to monitor the business in determining when to reinstate the matching contributions,” GM spokesman Robert Herta said. The world’s largest automaker was also dropping the …
Read More »Topics and Guests: December 26
Go “On the Record” weeknights at 10 p.m. ET Should Scott Peterson be a free man? A new book says that evidence was ignored and key clues were kept from the jury! Author Matt Dalton speaks out on tonight’s edition of “On the Record.” These stories and much more! Don’t …
Read More »Mortgage Applications Fall to 3.5-Year Low
NEW YORK – U.S. mortgage applications slid to a more than 3-1/2-year low last week amid a sharp drop in refinancing demand even as interest rates held steady, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday. The MBA said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage applications for the week ended December …
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