Survey: Miami Full of Hot, Dumb People Oct 8, 2009
Travel and Leisure Gives 30 American Cities Rankings in Numerous Categories. Miami also ranked 27th for friendliness, beating out Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and, of course, New York. (CBS News -- US)
Afghans Await Troop Plan, Election Result Oct 8, 2009
No Reports of Injuries in Vanuatu Archipelago, but Alert Prompted Many to Flee to Higher Ground. News in Pictures Scroll Left Scroll Right. (CBS News -- Early Show)
China 'stumbling' in the Pacific Jul 25, 2009
Page last updated at 11:11 GMT, Friday, 24 July 2009 12:11 UK. By Vaudine England BBC News, Hong Kong. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
UN RISK INDEX Jun 16, 2009
But when the index is weighted for population the list is headed by Colombia, with a number of small nations such as Comoros, Dominica, Vanuatu and Fiji also high up. A "multi" index averages these two to reflect both perspectives. (AlertNet)
Fiji, Facing Suspension From Pacific Forum, Rejects Calling New Elections May 1, 2009
Along with Fiji, Australia and New Zealand it includes Tonga, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. To contact the reporter on this story: in Sydney at. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Bad science and politics go together Feb 10, 2009
jeroze wrote on Feb 9, 2009 8:32 PM:" I am in the middle of the experiment of the glass with water and ice that HFRMACK suggested. I expect for the level of the water to go down and not up, since when I put water in the ice cube trays the level of the ice cubes rise higher than the level of the water was before the tray was put in the freezer. But I still have 3 hours and 30 minutes before I can report the final outcome.But, what about the 60 Minutes program a few months back which featured what... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
