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Pennyworth wrote:The food you eat...Fast Food Nationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc_z623Wsro&feature=relatedFood Inc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqQVll-M ... 2sgaO44_1c

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China Earthquake Today...http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... 00x450.jpg

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Iceland Volcano....Volcano cloud smothers Europe..... http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010 ... ion=justin

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Quake Shakes Utah....People in Salt Lake City, 78 miles from the epicenter, felt the quake. There were reports of buildings -- especially several-story structures -- swaying and light fixtures rattling.http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14893002?sourc ... viewedSALT LAKE CITY — A magnitude 4.9 earthquake rattled parts of Utah, Wyoming and Idaho on Thursday evening. There were no immediate reports of significant damage or injuries.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... QD9F3RN100

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April 18 Afghanistan Quake... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8628901.stm

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April 21 Samoa Quake... http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skine ... e-in-Samoa

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Pennyworth wrote:April 21 Samoa Quake... http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skine ... e-in-Samoa And Tonga too.... http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpres ... seHb4-qTDw

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April 23 Chile Again....6.0http://travel.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978192519

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Mississippi Twister....http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100425/ap_ ... weather_39

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Louisiana Offshore Oil Leak....Crews were ramping up Monday to protect the coastline after an oil rig exploded off the Louisiana coast nearly a week ago. A remote sub is trying to shut off an underwater oil well that's gushing 42,000 gallons a day from the site of the wrecked drilling platform. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02516.html Stormy weather delayed weekend efforts to mop up leaking oil from a damaged undersea well after the explosion and sinking of a massive rig off Louisiana's Gulf Coast that left 11 workers missing and presumed dead. Oil gushes from rig in Gulf as workers try to contain spill By Rick Jervis, USA TODAYNEW ORLEANS — Cleanup crews Monday continued battling a spreading 600-mile-wide oil spill that continues to gush from the Deepwater Horizon, the oil drilling rig that exploded and sank to the seafloor last week. Eleven of the rig's 126 crewmembers weren't found and are presumed dead. More than 700 workers used boats, containment booms and airplanes to try to contain and break up the spill, about 53 miles south of Venice, La., said Petty Officer Tom Atkeson, a spokesman with the U.S. Coast Guard's 8th District. PRECAUTION: Oil drilling accidents prompting new safety rulesThe rig sank 5,000 feet in the Gulf of Mexico last week and continues to belch out about 1,000 barrels — or 42,000 gallons — of crude oil each day, Atkeson said. Workers were preparing the well for oil extraction when the rig exploded Tuesday night, sending crewmembers scrambling away in lifeboats. Technicians have worked with remotely operated underwater vehicles to try to activate valves to plug the leak, but they have been unsuccessful, Atkeson said. If that doesn't work, oil company workers will try to drill under the damaged well to relieve some of the pressure, he said. That process could take longer. "It's a large effort," Atkeson said. "We're very diligently looking to see what we can do to stop the flow of oil, clean up the 600-mile sheen and also prevent it from reaching any sensitive areas."The spillage from the Deepwater Horizon is relatively small compared with other major spills, such as the Exxon Valdez, which dumped 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound in 1989. The incident has renewed debate over expanding offshore drilling in U.S. coast waters. President Obama announced plans in March to expand offshore drilling in U.S. coastal areas, while environmentalists warned of the possible impact to ecologies. "This tragedy raises questions about our energy policy and our energy future," said Katherine Kennedy, a senior attorney with the Washington-based Natural Resource Defense Council, which opposes the expansion. "No matter how advanced these rigs get, the risks will remain." The Deepwater Horizon sank around 10 a.m. Thursday after burning for about 36 hours. Survivors of the explosion told company officials that some of the missing crewmembers were around the area of the explosion when the rig went up in flames.Officials with Transocean, which owns the downed rig, and BP Global, which leases it, originally said the rig was not leaking, but a leak was discovered over the weekend. The cause of the explosion is being investigated. Of immediate concern for Coast Guard officials and environmentalists are the Chandeleur Islands, a string of barrier islands near Louisiana's coast that provide sanctuary to pelicans and other seabirds. The spill is less than 30 miles from those islands, Atkeson said. Thousands of feet of boom — tube-shaped devices used to contain and absorb oil spills — are being readied at coastal locations in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida in case the oil drifts toward those coastlines, Atkeson said. Strong winds and wave action have pushed the spill away from the coast, he said. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/201 ... leak_N.htm