- Republicans seek to nix greenhouse gas regulation on Tue Feb 1, 2011 7:37 PM PST
WASHINGTON — In a sharp challenge to the Obama administration, House Republicans intend to unveil legislation Wednesday to ban the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act and expect to advance the bill quickly, officials disclose …
- What Do you Think about Winter's Bone winning the Oscar for Best Picture? on Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:27 PM PST
Howdy folks. I rarely write anything much on Newsvine anymore but after studying the race for the best picture of 2010 I felt I had to make a statement. I confess that I have only seen 3 of the contenders but they seem to be the top 3 contenders so here are my opinions.
- 1,000 tigers killed in decade; extinction near on Tue Nov 9, 2010 8:32 PM PST
Body parts from more than 1,000 wild tigers have been seized over the past decade, crimes that are adding to the extinction crisis faced by the species whose numbers are estimated at around just 3,200 worldwide, a wildlife monitoring network reported Tuesday.
- Iowa Judges Defeated After Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage on Wed Nov 3, 2010 7:53 PM PDT
Leaders of the recall campaign said the results should be a warning to judges elsewhere.
- Who are these "older more conservative" voters? on Tue Nov 2, 2010 8:25 PM PDT
I assume they are folks over the age of 70, and people under the age of 50, as I don't know of a single baby boomer who would be caught dead voting for a Republican.
- It is nearly Halloween but there are no movies to watch but the oldies on Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:21 PM PDT
Yep you heard it here first. Do you remember how horror movies scared the crap out of you in your youth? I sure do and the Universal films of the 1930s scared the poop out of me back then and they still do actually.
- State goes overseas for lethal injection drug on Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:44 PM PDT
FLORENCE, Ariz. — Facing a nationwide shortage of a lethal injection drug, Arizona has taken an unusual step that other death penalty states may soon follow: get their supplies from another country.
