Atlanta mayor could be white for 1st time in 35 years, worrying some in black communityATLANTA — The city that became a post-civil rights movement emblem of the political power held by African-Americans could have a white mayor for the first time in a generation — a possibility that has some in the black community scrambling to hold on to City Hall. Schwarzenegger to host second climate summit, invites local leaders from around the worldSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is planning a second conference for local government leaders from around the world to discuss climate change. EPA declares public health emergency in Montana town ravaged by asbestosWASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Wednesday it will pump more than $130 million into a Montana town where asbestos contamination has been blamed for more than 200 deaths. Obama administration to keep secret 44 coal ash sites that pose threat to people nearbyWASHINGTON — Dozens of communities nationwide are at risk from a coal ash spill like the one that blanketed a Tennessee neighborhood last year, but the Obama administration has decided not to tell the public about it because of the danger of a terrorist attack. Families of 2 journalists sentenced in North Korea appeal for clemency for themSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The families of two American journalists convicted of crossing into North Korean territory pleaded to that country’s government to let them go. Colorado, New York lawmakers want federal oversight of oil, gas deep well ‘fracking’DENVER — The push to put a widely used oil and gas drilling process under federal oversight could gain ground with a new administration in place and concerns about the development of huge gas fields in the East. EPA head names Cameron Davis to oversee federal initiative to restore Great Lakes environmentTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Cameron Davis, leader of a Chicago-based environmentalist group, has been appointed to oversee President Barack Obama’s initiative to clean up the Great Lakes. US journalist jailed in NKorea tells family she ‘cried so much’ after arrestSEOUL, South Korea — For weeks after North Korean guards seized Laura Ling and Euna Lee near the border with China and spirited the American journalists to Pyongyang on criminal charges, their families waited quietly for news about them. Republicans block Obama’s pick for Interior No. 2, first Obama nominee halted on Senate floorWASHINGTON — Republicans blocked President Barack Obama’s pick for the No. 2 job at the Interior Department on Wednesday in a dispute over oil and gas development on federal lands, but Democrats vowed they would soon make a second attempt to win confirmation. Building collapses at NYC construction site; fire officials believe building was unoccupiedNEW YORK — A five-story building collapsed at a lower Manhattan construction site on Thursday, but fire officials said it appeared no one was inside. Lisa Rinna vamps up for Playboy cover againNEW YORK - American actress Lisa Rinna has once again landed on the cover of Playboy magazine, 11 years after she first posed for it in a sweater - and nothing else. |
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