Arkansas Oil Spill Sheds Light On Aging Pipeline System
It’s not yet clear what caused the accident. Exxon’s Pegasus pipeline is 65 years old. It runs 858 miles from Illinois to Texas. It was adapted a few years ago to increase its capacity by 50 percent.
Video: In The Name Of Science, Head-Bobbing Sea Lion Keeps The Beat
While rhythm can often be hard enough to find among humans, finding it in the animal kingdom has been even more rare.
James Hansen, NASA Scientist Who Raised Climate Change Alarm, Is Retiring
After nearly half a century of research in planetary and climate science for NASA, James E. Hansen is retiring on Wednesday to pursue his passion for climate activism
It’s Set: Jimmy Fallon To Replace Jay Leno On ‘Tonight Show’ In Spring 2014
Jay Leno will depart NBC’s ‘Tonight Show’ in Spring 2014; Jimmy Fallon to replace, NBC says.”
U.N. Approves Treaty To Regulate Multibillion-Dollar Global Arms Trade
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first U.N. treaty to regulate the estimated $60 billion global arms trade on Tuesday.
Prosecutors Will Seek Death Penalty In Colorado Theater Shootings
Rejecting James Holmes’ offer to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence, prosecutors in Colorado announced Monday that they will seek the death penalty for the young man accused of killing 12 people and injuring 58 in a mass shooting last July at a movie theater.
Once Again, Polls Show Attitudes Toward Guns Returning To Pre-shooting Levels
With the Senate soon to vote on initiatives including expanded background checks of gun purchasers and increased penalties for gun trafficking, a scan through data from polls about gun laws underscores how attitudes for the most part seem to be close to pre-Newtown levels.
A State Apart And, Politically, A World Away
On a wide variety of issues — gay marriage, tax policy, implementing Obamacare, the death penalty — states are moving in polar opposite directions from one another.
North Korea’s Latest Threat: It Will Restart Nuclear Reactor
A vow Tuesday from North Korea that it will restart a nuclear reactor that eventually could make about one bomb’s worth of plutonium a year further escalates tensions that were already high due to that nation’s almost daily threats, NPR’s Louisa Lim tells our Newscast Desk.
Divided Federal Appeals Court Rules In Favor Of Upstart TV Service
We told you in February about Aereo, a service that allows its users to watch TV over the Internet. As we said at the time, the service was attracting waves of lawsuits.
