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A city councilman in Libby said Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency owes the asbestos-plagued Superfund community $2 million for the demolition of several contaminated buildings.
A decades-long conflict among residents of a small New Jersey community over what their town should be called has been resolved — for now, at least.
A quick survey of carbon capture projects and efforts around the world:
The people of this small Dutch town are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming.
Esther Heymann was overflowing with grief for her stepdaughter. Standing in a blustery snow, overlooking the empty field where Flight 93 had crashed a couple of years earlier, she couldn't stop crying.
When United Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001 in the rolling fields of Shanksville, Pa., the tragedy forever bound local residents with relatives of the flight's 40 passengers and crew members.
A small Northern California city has banned medical marijuana growing and dispensing, a move opponents say will bring lawsuits.
Who's on the ballot in a tiny North Carolina mill village? This year, no one.
The tension in the small white room just down the hall from the old school gym was palpable.
Hardware store owner and heart attack survivor Leo Aeikens spent most of his life with a hankering for meat, cheese and ice cream. But an ambitious effort aimed at making his entire southern Minnesota city healthier has Aeikens calling himself a vegan and weighing 25 pounds less in just 10 months.
Before two hurricanes hit in three years, a collection of modest beach houses and trailers along the Gulf known as the "Cajun Riviera" drew thousands for summer weekends of crabbing, beer drinking and kids playing in the surf.
Downtown carried on as a city at half-speed Wednesday, with many buildings closed, stores boarded up and blanket police coverage on the eve of a global economic summit that was bringing dignitaries, traffic headaches and the world's attention to Pittsburgh.
Residents of the small North Carolina town where dance instructor Johnny Castle practiced lifts with Baby Houseman in the iconic movie "Dirty Dancing" will remember star Patrick Swayze with a memorial service this weekend.
A small township in northeastern Pennsylvania reached a $6 million settlement Tuesday — about 6 times its annual budget — in a lawsuit filed by a New Jersey real estate developer who had claimed harassment and threats after trying to build up property there.
A public official wearing a mask attacked his fiancee inside their Connecticut home four days before their wedding, throwing a blanket over her, hitting her with a baseball bat and running out the back door, police said.
The nation's top veterans affairs official says medical benefits for veterans will not change under the health care reforms being considered in Washington.
For three decades, doctors in a small Colorado town have agreed to share the expense of treating the poor, lowering costs for everyone and recently gaining praise from Democrats as a model of what health care overhaul should look like.
A feud between the state and the mayor of this northern New Jersey town over whether he should resign as he faces corruption charges spawned dueling citizen protests outside his home Thursday evening.
Two years ago, Orval "Hoppy" Ray vowed it would take someone meaner than him to make him leave the town where he was born.
One of the most remote communities in the lower 48 states is finally set to get phone service.
The administrator of a southwest Florida beach town who was fired because his wife is an adult film actress says he is leaving town but doesn't plan legal action.
Residents of a small Arizona community that serves as a gateway to the Grand Canyon's popular South Rim are at odds over incorporating.
Yvonne Resch remembers thinking as a child that the vermiculite mine only added to the area's natural beauty — its lights on Zonolite Mountain looked like a castle.
A town councilwoman apologized to police Wednesday for her conduct after a police video showed her warning officers who were charging her with drunken driving that she approves their salaries.
The trucks have come again to haul away soaked sofas and waterlogged mattresses. Cars that weren't moved soon enough have been towed away, their engines and interiors fouled.
The 'College City,' DefinedThe quintessential college town is lush and lined with quaint boulevards. It's Ann Arbor, Mich., Charlottesville, Va., and Boulder, Colo. It's dive bars and bookstores and movie theaters that still charge less than a meal.
Marijuana Moves Into the Open in a Ski TownHigh-altitude partying is a deeply carved tradition in ski country, where alcohol in the open and illicit drugs in the shadows have been intertwined for years.
Slaying stuns rural N.H. town Four teenagers — one armed with a machete and another with a knife — picked an isolated home at random and entered it intending to kill in a middle-of-the-night attack that left a woman dead and her daughter seriously injured, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Analysis: Shia settlement a militant targetI would suggest reading Ilyas Khan's archive. He's got some good insights and reports into the country's history. By M Ilyas Khan BBC News, Islamabad
The pictures are chilling: A man stands outside of a Town Hall meeting, dressed well and not appearing to be unbalanced, but across his back is an AR-15 rifle, a civilian version of the M4 assault rifle used by our military.
The Right's Trouble With ViolenceWith angry white men bringing their guns too close to the president, Josh Marshall writes: "Let's be honest with ourselves: the American right has a deep-seated problem with political violence. It's deep-seated; it's recurrent and it's real."
After searching for years, Susan has found the job of her dreams. It will be challenging, rewarding, and above all she will be able to make a difference in areas she considers important.
I looked up the summary of the Health Care Public Option posted by the House Ways and Means Committee. It is at the bottom of this article.
Loose Network of Activists Drives Reform OppositionThe rowdy protests that threaten President Obama's health-care reform efforts have been spurred on by a loose network of activists -- from veteran advocacy groups with millions of dollars in funding to casual alliances of like-minded conservatives unhappy over issues from taxes t …
While I am very cynical about many things, there are certain glimmers of optimism that I like to cling on to. For instance, I keep my hopes alive that the now cancelled CW show, Reaper will be picked up and distributed in syndication.
Everyone has a right to express their opinions in this country...Thank God for the veterans and everyone who fought , and is fighting, to keep that alive. Anger is one way to be sure..it captures attention.
I understand, Madam Speaker, that you believe the current civil unrest and recent demonstrative responses on the part of a multitude of constituents throughout these United States with regard to health care is, in your words, "un-American." Please take note, nothing can be farthe …
Obama keeps speaking of bipartisan support as if it is something that is important to him.
THIS IS A RE-POSTED ARTICLE; ALL COMMENTS FROM THE ORIGINAL ARE DELETED - EVERY ONE. MY ORIGINAL ARTICLE WAS TURNED INTO THE EQUIVALENT OF A DISRUPTED TOWN HALL MEETING ABOUT HEALTH CARE REFORM...HOW IRONIC.
F**king's helping handFed-up officials in a town called F***ing are being offered a helping hand from their neighbours - in a town named W**k. Burghers in the straight-laced Austrian village are so uptight over tourists trying to act out their village nameplate that they're installing CCTV cameras.
Australian town bans bottled water A remote town in south-eastern Australia has become the first place in the world to ban bottled water.
Cops: Politician passed out drunk at public meetingAt least he has a real excuse for not paying attention to his constituents...
Outrage over Swedish 'negro' neighbourhood An association working for Africans' rights has reacted with fury to a decision by a state agency to preserve the name of a neighbourhood called Negern ('the negro') in the western Swedish town of Karlstad.
Union head slams Mayor Larisa for chief decisionsFor more than an hour Tuesday night, the city's police union rallied outside city hall, voicing their objection to the department's acting chief being a member of the Rhode Island State Police and external candidates being considered for the full-time chief position.
No one wants to marry our girls because we all stinkFed up villagers are protesting about a town that smells so bad that nearly 30 marriage proposals have failed because the grooms can't stand the stink.
Just for poops and giggles, I have decided to make a fun and somewhat entertaining poll. Your town has decided to become a nudist colony, yes, nekkid, au'natural, they have come down with Birthday Suit-itis; Oh no! What are you going to do now? Lol Enjoy People!
Elections split Dutch-Belgian communityThis is a lovely example of some of the quirks of the border regions in Europe - I really enjoyed this article (and especially the video clip) because I also live very close to the German-Dutch border.
I was looking through the local newspaper and stumbled on this website:
Fires scorch Southwest, burning homes and one entire town - Numerous wildfires were roaring Thursday through parts of Oklahoma and Texas, engulfing one entire town and searing neighborhoods including one in Oklahoma City.
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