What is wrong with a bunch of cats hanging out in an abanonded house?
'Whitey' Bulger taken down by ex-Miss Iceland - CBS News
Bulger, formerly No. 1 on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitives list, was discovered when he went outside to help feed a stray cat
Icelandic volcano flings ash, closes down European airports - AP
The Grimsvotn volcano’s largest eruption in 100 years grounded planes all over Europe
America to have the highest corporate tax rate in April - TheDC
A study by the Tax Foundation shows America will soon have the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world
Visa finds no wrongdoing in WikiLeaks investigation - AP
‘Our lawyers have now completed their work and have found no indications that Sunshine Press … act in contravention of Visa’s rules or Icelandic legislation,’ a letter said
Justice Dept. targets Icelandic MP over WikiLeaks - The Guardian
Twitter has been given a subpoena by the Justice Department demanding information on the MP who was once a WikiLeaks volunteer
WikiLeaks release of war documents is an act of political warfare
It was a publicity stunt to promote the organization’s leader, but also an attempt by non-US citizens to manipulate American perceptions of our soldiers’ actions and political leaders’ policies
Chess icon Fischer's body exhumed over paternity - AP
Authorities in Iceland have exhumed the body of American chess champion Bobby Fischer to determine whether he is the father of a 9-year-old girl from the Philippines
Searching for Bobby Fischer's body - AP
Chess champion to be exhumed in Iceland to determine paternity of 9-year-old Jinky Young
Report: Airline industry taking off again - AP
The International Air Transport association is expecting profits to reach $2.5 billion, a vast improvement from the $2.8 billion total loss predicted three months ago
Iceland volcano’s ash cloud electrified - AHN News
British scientists have learned that the ash cloud caused by the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano in mid-April was electrically charged
How should we think about the BP oil spill?
The federal government should start accounting for disaster cleanups on a forward-looking basis in the annual budgets by allocating, let’s say, $20 billion in a “clean-up” fund or whatever has been the running average for annual disaster cleanups for the past 20 years
Ash cloud shuts Spanish airports - AP
Most flights between Europe and North America will be delayed on Saturday due to the spreading cloud of volcanic ash stretching across much of the northern Atlantic
Woops: Doomsday ash cloud never existed - Daily Mail
New evidence shows the maximum density of the ash was only about one 20th of the limit deemed safe.
European airlines seeking 'bailout' for volcano costs - YAHOO! NEWS
Companies faced massive losses due to Iceland’s volcanic activity, and now want their respective governments to pay for the sudden business shutdown
Environment too important to be left to the government
Legislators should make economic growth, property rights and personal incentives part of environmental policy, along with only the best science and of course common sense
Airlines lose $1.7 billion, ash blame game begins - AP
Airlines lost $400 million each day during the first three days of grounding with 29 percent of global aviation and 1.2 million passengers a day were affected by the airspace closure
Experts unsure of flying risk as air travel picks up - AP
To fly, or not? There’s no right answer about when it’s safe to fly through a cloud of volcanic ash. But it’ll be all too obvious if there’s a wrong answer, experts say. With the volcano in Iceland, Mother Nature is giving high-flying Europe a lesson in risk, aviation technology, scientific uncertainty and economics
