Daily Archives: June 15, 2010

Yesterday evening President Barack Obama surprised diners relaxing on the deck at Tacky Jack’s , a popular laid back restaurant in Orange Beach, Ala. Obama took a dinner break with Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen and ... Read More

Everybody knows that after an airplane crashes, the first order of business for investigators is to locate the black box. But few people know that two thirds of new automobiles sold in the United States also contain black boxes, known ... Read More

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) received word Monday that it will be required to pay $11.5 million in fines as a result of a December 2008 coal ash spill at its Kingston, Tenn., coal-fired power plant. The fine was levied ... Read More

Retired NBA player Manute Bol is in stable condition and friends and family members are optimistic that he will recover from kidney failure and a rare skin condition, Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS), both of which drove him to a Virginia ... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing data from two clinical trials that suggest the blood pressure medication Benicar (olmesartan) may increase the risk of death from cardiovascular causes in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to an FDA ... Read More

Those who make their living along the Florida Keys are “very freaked out” about the tide of oil gushing from the exploded Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. “This could be the end of Key West,” said ... Read More

Historically, the relationship between charter fishing companies and offshore oil drillers has been a good one. Offshore rigs that are anchored to the sea floor are prime structures on which coral can attach and grow, creating an artificial reef where ... Read More