It’s true that hybrids cost more than regular vehicles. This prompts many to wonder if the extra cost for these high efficiency cars is worth it, and in fact if the difference can be offset over time by the cash saved from buying less fuel.
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May 22, 2011 Timelapse Tornado Chase
This is time lapsed footage of an entire storm chase through north central South Dakota on May 22, 2010. The video starts with the storm still in the towering cumulus stage and ends with the storm gusting out as an outflow dominant high precipitation supercell, with several tornadoes including a violent wedge in between. – Skip Talbot
The Obama Deception: Why Cornel West Went Ballistic – Chris Hedges | Truthdig
“He makes a bee line to me right after the talk, in front of everybody,” West says. “He just lets me have it. He says, ‘You ought to be ashamed of yourself, saying I’m not a progressive. Is that the best you can do? Who do you think you are?’ I smiled. I shook his hand. And a sister hollered in the back, ‘You can’t talk to professor West. That’s Dr. Cornel West. Who do you think you are?’
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Europe ‘stealing Iran’s rain’ | Telegraph
Moments after the Iranian president made the startling claim at the inauguration of a dam in a central province, it started to rain.
Watermelons Explode In Farm Fields In China | AOL
Prices over the past year prompted many farmers to jump into the watermelon market. All of those with exploding melons apparently were first-time users of the growth accelerator forchlorfenuron, though it has been widely available for some time, CCTV said.
Chinese regulations don’t forbid the drug, and it is allowed in the U.S. on kiwi fruit and grapes. But the report underscores how farmers in China are abusing both legal and illegal chemicals, with many farms misusing pesticides and fertilizers.
Egyptian Mummy’s Curse: Oldest Heart Disease Case | LiveScience.com
Another mummy, ancient Egyptian Princess Ahmose-Maryet-Amon, would also have needed bypass surgery if she’d lived today, according to researchers who examined the mummy and found blocked arteries in her heart in what’s now the oldest case of human heart disease.
Weekly Economic Update | LADEC
THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:
- SoCal Home Sales and Prices Declined in April
- Consumer Sentiment Index
- U.S. Trade Deficit Widens in March
- California Exports Continue to Shine
- March California Imports
- April Port Figures – Seventeen Consecutive Months of Growth
- Events of Interest
- May 18, 2011: International Trade Outlook
- June 7, 2011: Japan’s Positive Impact on the Southern California Economy
Confidential Federal Audits Accuse Five Biggest Mortgage Firms Of Defrauding Taxpayers | Huffington Post
The audits accuse the five major lenders of violating the False Claims Act, a Civil War-era law crafted as a weapon against firms that swindle the government…
The audits conclude that the banks effectively cheated taxpayers by presenting the Federal Housing Administration with false claims: They filed for federal reimbursement on foreclosed homes that sold for less than the outstanding loan balance using defective and faulty documents.
Japan’s Bravest – Core Uncovered in the First Three Hours | TEPCO
When the earthquake and then the tsunami hit, there was already nothing any human could do. Nature had overwhelmed technology. No matter how quickly the crew at Fukushima could have reacted, they could have done nothing to save the situation.
It makes you realize how brave they are and how crazy nuclear power is.
Baby gets pat-down at Kansas City airport – Travel – News – msnbc.com
‘I do not believe that an 8-month-old constitutes a security threat’
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