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'Profound uncertainty' over radiation seepage
NUCLEAR experts have cast doubt on the accuracy of official information issued about the Fukushima nuclear accident, saying that it followed a pattern of secrecy and cover-ups employed in other nuclear accidents. ''It's impossible to get any radiation
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:03A
'Flag man' in fatal street race faces new trial
The trial judge found, in a directed verdict, that dropping the jacket was not sufficient to constitute the offence of criminal negligence causing death. The Ontario Court of Appeal ordered a new trial in a decision released Thursday.
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:03A
'Flag man' in fatal street race faces new trial
The trial judge found, in a directed verdict, that dropping the jacket was not sufficient to constitute the offence of criminal negligence causing death. The Ontario Court of Appeal ordered a new trial in a decision released Thursday.
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:03A
Feds to interview N.Y. bus-crash driver
did during the 72 hours before the Saturday accident. "We're hearing so many stories, conflicting oftentimes, and we need to get to the bottom of that," Hart said. In his initial statements after the crash, Williams said the World Wide Tours bus he
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:03A
French nuclear agency now rates Japan accident at 6
PARIS (Reuters) - France's ASN nuclear safety authority said on Tuesday the nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima Daiichi plant could now be classed as level six out of an international scale of one to seven.
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:02A
Nuclear panic
At one point the Nikkei was down 14 per cent, which would have marked its biggest single-day decline since the sharemarket crash of October 1987. Japan's broader sharemarket index, the TOPIX, fell 9.5 per cent to 766.73, chalking up its biggest two-day
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:02A
Remembering Westport Fears of Nuclear Accident
Westport purchased the pills and distributed them to residents to protect the the thyroid from cancer-causing radiation if there were ever a nuclear accident or attack at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant in Buchanan, NY, about 45 miles away.
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:02A
Bentley supports JeffCo bankruptcy as last resort
Robert Bentley Monday said the governor will support bankruptcy if no other solution is found for the county's sewer $3.2 billion debt problem. The commissioners also said Bentley is willing to call a special session to pass legislation to resolve the
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:02A
Man jailed for fiancee murder bid
Steven McKee, 38, stabbed Lisa Whyte in the neck and body the day after they were due to be married last July. He was found guilty of attempted murder by majority verdict last month following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:02A
Adobe set to patch Flash Player critical vulnerability within a week
According to an advisory from Adobe, the critical vulnerability could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. It confirmed that the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks via a
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:02A
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