Enviornment News
Judge allows Hornbeck Offshore's suit challenging the drilling moratorium to continue
U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman denied the federal government's request to dismiss the lawsuit over the ban on deepwater oil exploration Wednesday, despite the fact that the ban that is the subject of the suit is no longer in...
Kecoughtan's Joshua Fortune commits to Providence
He's only 15 years and hasn't started his junior year of high school yet, but Kecoughtan's Joshua Fortune is set on his college.
Mayor Daley Bites The Hand That Feeds
Mayor Daley, yesterday , in response to State Rep. John Fritchey's TIF legislation : “Everybody wants to raid something,” Daley said. “I’m not going to listen to state government for financial advice. I’ll tell you one thing: The city of Chicago should not listen to the federal or state government for financial advice. We would be bankrupt today. We [should] not listen to them, your state ...
Microbes may be to thank for BP oil spill cleanup
Berkeley Lab scientists using PhyloChip analysis say a previously undiscovered species of ocean microbe is aggressively gobbling oil plumes from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Chicago Mayor Daley Pushes the State for CTA Money
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is pushing state leaders to make good on funding promised to the Chicago Transit Authority.
Warren Buffett's May 1969 Retirement Letter: 'Documenting One's Boners'
In today's Observer , I wrote about the strange wave of hedge fund retirements. Between Stanley Druckenmiller's now-famous letter, Arthur Samberg's collapse, Steven A. Cohen's dour Vanity Fair interview, Paolo Pellegrini's failure and the retirement of Richard Grubman (the key-thrower, allegedly), it's been a strange summer. But one important thing to keep in mind is that farewells from big ...
Kelly, Giffords look to November
TUCSON - In the race for State Representative for District 8, Jesse Kelly won the republican ticket, with 49 percent of the vote. He defeated Jonathan Paton, Brian Miller and Jay Quick.
Police: Child Care Worker Duct Taped Boy's Hands To Head
An after-school child care worker has been charged with misdemeanor child abuse. 7NEWS has confirmed with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office that Matthew James McGregor, 21, is accused of duct taping the hands of a 9-year-old boy over his ears.
Costly election | By Victoria A.F. Camron © 2010 Longmont Times-Call
LONGMONT – Three tax-limiting proposals on the November ballot would cause the St. Vrain Valley School District to increase class sizes and lay off employees and prohibit it from building new schools for several years, district officials say.
Bear killed at request of victim's family
A bear that mauled to death a caretaker was euthanized Saturday at the request of the family of the victim, whose father said he had told his son to leave the job. The bear attacked Brent Kandra, 24, when he opened its cage Thursday for a routine feeding at the home of a man who kept a menagerie of wolves, tigers and bears on the property southwest of Cleveland. 1. Top story