The world pumped up its pollution of the chief man-made global warming gas last year, setting a course that could push beyond leading scientists' projected worst-case scenario, international researchers said Thursday. ...more

September 26, 2008

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong government says its tests have found melamine in Chinese-made Nestle brand milk. ...more

September 21, 2008

China said Saturday that 19 people had been detained by the police as part of an investigation into how baby formula had become contaminated with an industrial chemical. ...more

September 14, 2008

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Thursday to avoid buying infant formula imported from China, citing reports of babies in that country who have fallen ill with kidney problems after consuming suspect formula. ...more

September 12, 2008

Nearly four months after China's devastating earthquake, a government scientist acknowledged Thursday that a rush to build schools in recent years likely led to construction flaws that caused so many of them to collapse. ...more

September 5, 2008

Brandon's Chris Colwill decided to leave it all in the pool of the Olympic men's 3-meter diving finals Tuesday night in Beijing by performing a list of six dives that, when combined, was the highest degree of difficulty of any of his competition. ...more

August 19, 2008

Brandon diver Chris Colwill has advanced to the semifinals of the men's 3-meter springboard competition at the Beijing Olympic Games. ...more

August 18, 2008

With all due respect to the earthquake victims in China and the cyclone disaster in Myanmar, why are we as a nation always jumping to overseas aid quickly, but not so fast with our own in Minnesota, Iowa and other parts of the Midwest? ...more

June 3, 2008

Mr. David Majick wrote a rebuttal article pertaining to the question of America having an oil shortage. In his reference to my article questioning an oil shortage, he also referenced Mr. Lindsey Williams and his views that the North Slope of Alaska has enough oil to last us 200 years. I do not know if Alaska holds enough oil to last America 200 years but I do know that we are shipping that oil out of America. ...more

June 2, 2008

A judge granted initial approval Friday to a settlement in which companies that manufactured or sold contaminated pet food would compensate pet owners for all costs related to the death or illness of their dogs and cats. ...more

May 31, 2008