Expanded hospital opens at Calif. aquarium (AP)

May 21st, 2010

AP - They don’t cry, cough or run a fever, so how can you tell when a fish is sick?

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Atlantis Astronauts Gear Up for Third and Final Spacewalk (SPACE.com)

May 21st, 2010

SPACE.com - The spacewalking crew of NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis will
take one final spacewalk of their mission to wrap up a battery upgrade service
call on the solar arrays outside the International Space Station.

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The nation’s weather (AP)

May 21st, 2010

The forecast for noon, Friday, May 21, 2010 shows a storm system will move into the Mid-Mississippi Valley, bringing showers, periods of heavy rainfall, and thunderstorms to the eastern valleys. Meanwhile, an offshore low will approach the Pacific Northwest Coast with more precipitation. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - Scattered showers and thunderstorms were forecast to persist in the Southeast on Friday as a low pressure system continued sweeping through the region.


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Astronauts gear up for 3rd and final spacewalk (AP)

May 21st, 2010

In an image made from NASA TV Astronaut Stephen Bowen Wednesday May 19, 2010 adjusts a cable on the end of the orbiter boom that was inhibiting a camera from maneuvering correctly. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - The Atlantis astronauts have one more big job before leaving the International Space Station.


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Oil fouls Louisiana as BP scrambles to contain spill (Reuters)

May 21st, 2010

Greenpeace staff member Lindsey Allen takes a sample of water in a heavily oiled marsh REUTERS/Lee CelanoReuters - Energy giant BP, accused by the U.S. government of failing to share information in a timely fashion about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, was forging ahead on Friday with efforts to contain the gushing crude.


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Florida Braces for Oil Spill, Impact on Tourism Industry (Time.com)

May 21st, 2010

Oil oozes through the reeds at the mouth of the Mississippi River near Venice, Louisiana. Crude oil spread through fragile US marshlands, a month after a drilling rig blast released a devastating spill that now threatens Florida, Cuba and even beyond.(AFP/Getty Images/John Moore)Time.com - After paralyzing Louisiana’s commercial fishing industry, the epic Gulf of Mexico oil spill is now threatening Florida’s $60 billion tourism business


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Louisiana marshes hit by Gulf oil slick (AFP)

May 21st, 2010

A Greenpeace activist steps through oil on a beach along the Gulf of Mexico near Venice, Louisiana. Crude oozed into US wetlands, prompting furious Louisiana officials to accuse BP of destroying fragile marshes beyond repair and leaving coastal fishing communities in ruin(AFP/Getty Images/John Moore)AFP - Crude oozed into US wetlands Friday as furious Louisiana officials accused BP of destroying fragile marshes and leaving coastal fishing communities in ruin.


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Death toll from Sri Lanka’s flooding hits 20 (AP)

May 21st, 2010

A Sri Lankan family looks out from their flooded home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 17, 2010. Heavy monsoon showers caused floods in many parts of the country. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)AP - The Sri Lankan government says 20 people have died in floods and mudslides after a week of powerful storms brought heavy rain across the country.


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What Are the Best MacGyver Stunts? (LiveScience.com)

May 21st, 2010

LiveScience.com - “MacGruber,” which will bring the “Saturday Night Live” sketch featuring Will Forte and Kristen Wiig to movie screens this month, is a parody of the TV series “MacGyver” that ran during the 1980s and ’90s.

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Allergy Relief Really Is Possible (LiveScience.com)

May 8th, 2010

LiveScience.com - We’re in the middle of one of the worse allergy seasons on record.
But if you are one of the millions of Americans suffering from seasonal
allergies, this isn’t exactly a newsflash.

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APNewsBreak: Bubble of methane triggered rig blast (AP)

May 8th, 2010

The containment vessel is lowered into the Gulf of Mexico at the site of the Deepwater Horizon rig collapse, Thursday, May 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly as it burst through several seals and barriers before exploding, according to interviews with rig workers conducted during BP’s internal investigation.


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