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Trial Set to Open in BP Oil Spill

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The Weather Channel Michael Kunzelman Published: Feb 25, 2013, 8:51 PM EST  Associated Press

Grand Isle State Park, La.

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Oil washed up on the beach at Grand Isle State Park, Louisiana, June 5, 2010. (Matthews D. White/Getty Images)

 

NEW ORLEANS  -- Nearly three years after a deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the nation's worst offshore oil spill, a federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a high-stakes trial for the raft of litigation spawned by the disaster.

Residents angry as Assumption sinkhole continues collapsing

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WWLTV.com - 2/25/13, Katie Moore

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BAYOU CORNE, La. -- The Assumption Parish sinkhole is a lot like a living, breathing thing. More than 200 days after it mysteriously started swallowing up the swamp, hundreds of residents are still under a mandatory evacuation order.

 

 

Geophysicists say the cavern that caused the sinkhole at the surface is still collapsing, leaving Bayou Corne residents wondering if there will ever be an end in sight.

To watch the other video and read the rest of this story, visit WWLTV.com.

 

 

Powerball lottery winners live modestly, give back to hometown

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Cindy Hill talks about winning the record Powerball Lottery as son, Jason, daughter Jaiden husband Mark looks on during a news conference at the North Platte High School in Dearborn, Missouri, November 30, 2012. REUTERS/Dave Kaup

 

CAMDEN POINT, Mo. - Three months after winning half of the biggest Powerball lottery jackpot in U.S. history, Mark Hill still meets friends for morning coffee at a local convenience store.

And that Camaro sports car Hill considered buying with his winnings? He got a pick-up truck instead.

 

The Great Collapse: crust weakening, slipping, and collapsing across the planet

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 2/23/13

February 23, 2013 – Geological event rips road in Arizona:

A 150-foot section of U.S. 89 south of Page that buckled and sunk four feet Wednesday might have been caused by a “geologic event,” according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The road collapsed at mile post 526 just 2.5 miles north of the intersection with U.S. 89A, about 25 miles south of page, according to an ADOT spokesman. He said the incident was not related to the weather. The road was closed in both directions and there was no estimation when the highway would reopen, said an ADOT spokesman.

 

Bees Can Sense the Electric Fields of Flowers

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National Geographic - Ed Yong, 2/21/13

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A bumblebee visits a flower, drawn in by the bright colours, the patterns on the petals, and the aromatic promise of sweet nectar. But there’s more to pollination than sight and smell. There is also electricity in the air.

Dominic Clarke and Heather Whitney from the University of Bristol have shown that bumblebees can sense the electric field that surrounds a flower. They can even learn to distinguish between fields produced by different floral shapes, or use them to work out whether a flower has been recently visited by other bees. Flowers aren’t just visual spectacles and smelly beacons. They’re also electric billboards.

The psychedelic satellite image of Mount Etna erupting that shows molten lava and a massive plume of smoke from space

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Mail Online - 2/22/12, Mark Prigg

  • Image was taken by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite on February 19th
  • Nasa tweaked colours to make it easier to differentiate between fresh lava, snow, clouds, and forest

  • What it shows: Nasa tweaked the image colours to make it easier to distinguish between the various parts of the eruption and surrounding area

    What it shows: Nasa tweaked the image colours to make it easier to distinguish between the various parts of the eruption and surrounding area

     

  • After ten months of what experts call a 'low simmer',  Italy’s Etna volcano boiled over on February 19th, with three massive outbursts in 36 hours.

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