Ambato, Ecuador -- Wind shifts brought volcanic ash to a wide area of central Ecuador, including a provincial capital, after a once-dormant volcano erupted, authorities said. The ash from the Tungurahua volcano, which will likely lead to heavy crop loss, could also cause health problems, officials said.
I have received a "warning" from the USGS, Western Coastal and Marine Geology concerning the west coast - from northern Mexico to Alaska. A second thrust of storms is heading towards Northern California and traveling north to Oregon, Washington and Alaska. This storm is bringing jet stream winds of over 200 mph. - Watch the Cascadia Subduction Zone - 'Fluid Displacement'
Jan 25, 2010 - 9:40:54 PM
Beginning last Sunday, there have been 1000 earthquakes registered at Yellowstone super-volcano. The largest of this series measured at 3.8 magnitude. If they reach the 4.0 +, it will most likely for increased cautionary monitoring and perhaps a call for public "watch". MAP INSIDE
Jan 21, 2010 - 11:44:17 PM
After three days without food and water, most of those who were heard crying out for help were dead when it finally reached them.
Jan 16, 2010 - 12:04:59 AM
President Barack Obama and top congressional Democrats closed in on agreement Friday on cost and coverage issues at the heart of sweeping health care legislation, their marathon White House bargaining sessions given fresh urgency by an unpredictable Massachusetts Senate race.
Jan 15, 2010 - 11:01:24 PM
BRENDAN TREMBATH: There are mounting tensions on the border between Egypt and Gaza over plans by Egypt to cut off the tunnels Palestinians use to circumvent a strict Israeli blockade.
Jan 15, 2010 - 10:12:11 PM
SAN'A, Yemen – Yemeni warplanes struck outside a desert village near the border with Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing six al-Qaida operatives, including the group's top military leader in the country, security officials said.
Jan 15, 2010 - 10:06:55 PM
BOSTON - Shaken by polls showing Republican Scott Brown surging in the Senate race that could decide the fate of President Obama's agenda, Democrats on Friday scrambled to shore up the battered candidacy of Martha Coakley, the state attorney general whose once-commanding lead appeared to vanish in the space of two weeks.
Jan 15, 2010 - 10:06:53 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – One of the biggest obstacles to the delivery of aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti began to be removed Friday, as the U.S. Air Force started to bring order to the chaotic Port-au-Prince airport.
Jan 15, 2010 - 9:44:54 AM
New measurements from a NASA satellite show a dramatic cooling in the upper atmosphere that correlates with the declining phase of the current solar cycle. For the first time, researchers can show a timely link between the Sun and the climate of Earth's thermosphere, the region above 100 km, an essential step in making accurate predictions of climate change in the high atmosphere. - So-called 'global warming' is dead -
Jan 10, 2010 - 2:10:27 PM
They're calling them the Church of Scientology's Dead Sea Scrolls. More than 1,000 lost pieces of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's work were unveiled in a New Year's celebration at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles that was broadcast to churches around the world last week.
Jan 9, 2010 - 9:35:14 PM
SAN'A, Yemen – While ramping up the fight against al-Qaida with U.S. help, the Yemeni government has also escalated its own internal conflicts in the north and south that threaten to throw the fractured country into greater chaos and even nourish the terror group's growth.
Jan 9, 2010 - 3:04:21 PM
WASHINGTON – The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate apologized on Saturday for comments he made about Barack Obama's race during the 2008 presidential bid and are quoted in a yet-to-be-released book about the campaign.
Jan 9, 2010 - 3:00:22 PM
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai snubbed two prominent warlord figures in a new Cabinet lineup unveiled today but unexpectedly offered a ministerial spot to the leader of a party linked to a Pakistan-based insurgent commander.
Jan 9, 2010 - 2:49:23 PM
The video shows Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi sitting next to the current commander of the Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud. In the tape, Balawi says he intends to avenge the killing of former Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
Jan 9, 2010 - 2:49:20 PM
