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British police probe tabloid phone-hacking claims

Technology / Other

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

British police probed allegations Thursday that a top-selling newspaper paid private investigators to hack into the mobile phones of thousands of high-profile figures.





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The Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude into the sea in 1989

Fuel spill at same Alaska reef as Exxon Valdez

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A tugboat struck the same reef as the Exxon Valdez tanker 20 years ago, spilling diesel into Alaska's Prince William Sound and creating a three-mile-long slick, the US Coast Guard said on Friday.


Researcher to determine why oil still remains from Exxon Valdez

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 19, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Some 18 years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound, the oil continues to cause environmental problems along some of Alaska's shoreline. To ...


Arctic governments and industry still unprepared for oil spills 20 years after Exxon Valdez

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Two decades after the Exxon Valdez oil spill devastated a vast stretch of the Alaskan coast, governments and industry in the Arctic would be unable to effectively manage a large oil spill, according to a new report by World ...


Warming brings more birds north in winter

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Long-term global warming is prompting North American birds to winter farther north -- a trend more noticeable in Alaska than anywhere else in the nation, according to a new study by the National Audubon Society.


Researchers focus on helping dying patients take care of unfinished business

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hospice workers have watched patients emerge from comas and cling to life long enough to tell someone they love or forgive them.


Exxon Valdez oil spill still being studied

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 16, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Seventeen years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, scientists say the oil spill might have been worse than thought.


Big Alaskan oil spill initially undetected

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created Mar 15, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A 267,000-gallon oil spill, the largest on Alaska's North Slope, reportedly went undetected for up to five days before it was discovered this month.


First underwater observatory live online

First underwater observatory live online

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists, including those from the Natural History Museum, have developed the world's first underwater observatory connected to the internet.


Lost castle solves riddle of Buckton Moor

Lost castle solves riddle of Buckton Moor

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A mysterious monument standing on a windswept Lancashire hilltop for nearly a thousand years has been identified as one of England’s most important castles – causing a sensation among archaeologists.


Six bad reactions to swine flu vaccine in Canada: official (Update)

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better.



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