AOL – by MARGIE MASON

PERTH, Australia (AP) — The search area for the missing Malaysian jet has proved too deep for a robotic submarine which was hauled back to the surface of the Indian Ocean less than half way through its first seabed hunt for wreckage and the all-important black boxes, authorities said on Tuesday.

Search crews sent the Bluefin 21 deep into the Indian Ocean on Monday to begin scouring the seabed for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 after failing for six days to detect any signals believed to be from its black boxes.   Continue reading “Malaysia jet search area too deep for submarine”

NASA’s putting plants inside special ‘pillows’ to grow veggies in spaceVentura Beat – by Eric Blattberg

NASA and SpaceX are blasting a bunch of lettuce into orbit.

As part of the SpaceX-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s Dragon craft is carrying a plant growth chamber called Veggie. U.S. astronauts aboard the ISS will conduct NASA’s Veg-01 experiment, which will assess the feasibility and safety of growing vegetables in space.   Continue reading “NASA’s putting plants inside special ‘pillows’ to grow veggies in space”

The Cowboy Indian Alliance has been in the works for months.Houston Press – by Dianna Wray

Cowboys and Indians are usually on opposing sides in stories of the Old West, but the modern variations have found something to unite them: opposing the Keystone XL Pipeline.

The Keystone XL Pipeline is a 1,700-mile pipeline that will tote sticky black bitumen from the Canadian Tar Sands to Texas Gulf Coast refineries when — and if — the project is ever completed. The southern leg of the line is up and running, but the northern section — the one that would cross the border into Canada — has been in regulatory limbo for years now. Despite those delays, President Obama recently said his decision on the Keystone would (Maybe. Probably. Possibly.) be announced some time this year.   Continue reading “Cowboys and Indians – The Keystone Pipeline unites two groups in opposition to the project.”

Keystone XL protestThe Nations – by Zoë Carpenter

Two prominent public health organizations are pressing the State Department to study the public health implications of the Keystone XL pipeline before reaching a decision on its approval.

“There is an increasing recognition that the environments in which people live, work, learn and play have a tremendous impact on their health,” reads a letter sent Friday to Secretary of State John Kerry by the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the National Association of County and City Health (NACCHO). “The administration will certainly benefit by having a clear understanding of how the proposed Keystone XL pipeline could impact the public’s health, including the health of our most vulnerable citizens.”   Continue reading “Could Working on Keystone XL Give You Cancer, Asthma?”

Drink up: Coffee may also reduce the risk for colorectal and bladder cancers.Every Day Health – by Brenda Goodman

Researchers say they’ve discovered yet another reason to love coffee: A new study suggests that people who drink at least a cup a day have a lower risk of liver cancer compared to those who only indulge occasionally.

The study was to be presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Researchers in San Diego. Research presented at meetings should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed medical journal.   Continue reading “Another Reason to Drink Coffee: It Lowers Liver Cancer Risk”

In this photo provided by Lou Dematteis, a huge crop art image protesting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline covers an 80 acre corn field outside of Neligh, Neb., on April 12, 2014. The image was created by the farmers, ranchers and Native American tribes of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance in collaboration with artist John Quigley. Photo: Courtesy Of Lou Dematteis, AP / Courtesy of Lou DematteisChron

NELIGH, Neb. (AP) — Opponents of a proposed pipeline to carry Canadian oil south to the Gulf Coast have carved a message of resistance into a Nebraska field in the project’s path.

The 80-acre artwork, which was done last week and reads “Heartland#NoKXL,” is the latest protest environmentalists and landowners have employed against TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline.   Continue reading “Opponents carve anti-pipeline message into field”

ANCIENT VILLAGE DRONEHuffington Post – by Megan Gannon, Live Science

Thermal images captured by a small drone allowed archaeologists to peer under the surface of the New Mexican desert floor, revealing never-before-seen structures in an ancient Native American settlement.

Called Blue J, this 1,000-year-old village was first identified by archaeologists in the 1970s. It sits about 43 miles (70 kilometers) south of the famed Chaco Canyon site in northwestern New Mexico and contains nearly 60 ancestral Puebloan houses around what was once a large spring.   Continue reading “Drones Reveal Hidden Ancient Village Buried In New Mexico”

OutsideOnline News Horse Yoga Yoga AnimalsOutside – by WHITNEY L. JAMES

If you thought coed naked yoga was a little out there, consider equine yoga, in which humans and horses practice the ancient tradition simultaneously (although it’s not apparent how much the animal benefits from the exercise).

The Doma India School, a 50-year-old school of horsemanship in Argentina, uses yoga to heal abused or otherwise nervous equines. The school, established by father and son Oscar and Cristobal Scarpati Schmid, explains its holistic approach on its website: “The method is to tame the horse according to its nature, avoiding cause [sic] fear and pain, and by earning their trust and loyalty.”    Continue reading “This Horse Does Yoga”

Yahoo News – by Shigemi Sato

Tokyo (AFP) – A cosmic mystery is uniting monks and scientists in Japan after a cherry tree grown from a seed that orbited the Earth for eight months bloomed years earlier than expected — and with very surprising flowers.

The four-year-old sapling — grown from a cherry stone that spent time aboard the International Space Station (ISS) — burst into blossom on April 1, possibly a full six years ahead of Mother Nature’s normal schedule.   Continue reading “‘Cherry tree from space’ mystery baffles Japan”

Man with first name ‘God’ runs into credit-rating issuesNew York Post – by Selim Algar

A Brooklyn businessman is ­suing the credit-reporting agency Equifax for falsely reporting him as having no financial history ­because their system rejects his first name — God.

God Gazarov — a Russian native who was named after his grand­father — claims that the company has stubbornly refused to correct the glitch after more than two years of anguished calls and correspondence, according to a Brooklyn federal lawsuit to be filed Friday.   Continue reading “Man with first name ‘God’ runs into credit-rating issues”

LA County SheriffAOL – by Robert Jablon

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies mistakenly shot to death a hostage who was fleeing from a knife-wielding attacker at a West Hollywood apartment, authorities announced Thursday.

John Winkler, 30, an aspiring television producer, died at a hospital following Monday night’s confrontation.

“Taking the life of an innocent person is a police officer’s greatest nightmare,” Interim Sheriff John Scott said at a news conference.   Continue reading “Los Angeles County deputies shoot unarmed man”

My News 13

CAPE CANAVERAL — An Atlas V rocket launched Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.

The unmanned rocket blasted off from Launch Complex 41 at 1:45 p.m. with a classified spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office.   Continue reading “Liftoff! Atlas V launches spy satellite into orbit from Cape Canaveral”

Kang Chun WongCBS New York

An 84-year-old Upper West Side man who was ticketed for jaywalking will not face prosecution.

Kang Chun Wong was taken into police custody in January, when he was out in his neighborhood.

He was one of 18 people given jaywalking tickets at the intersection of 96th Street and Broadway during a pedestrian safety push by the NYPD.   Continue reading “No Prosecution For 84-Year-Old UWS Man Ticketed For Jaywalking”

Cliven Bundy has been grazing his cattle on public lands for 20 years.8 News Now Las Vegas – by Lauren Rozyla and Tim Zietlow

LAS VEGAS — Tensions are growing as people in the community of Bunkerville are trying to stop federal agents from taking cattle off of public land. Rangers had tasers ready to go as they faced a few dozen protesters Wednesday.

One woman claims federal officers hit her with their vehicle. A man says he was tased twice. In just a matter of minutes, the situation escalated from calm to angry with the protestors shouting and the rangers ready to respond with dogs, tasers and physical force, if needed.   Continue reading “Tensions increase as feds seize Nevada rancher’s cattle”

Yahoo News – by JENNIFER PELTZ

NEW YORK (AP) — From the day of his 1989 arrest in a deadly New York City shooting, Jonathan Fleming said he had been more than 1,000 miles away, on a vacation at Disney World. Despite having documents to back him up, he was convicted of murder.

Prosecutors now agree with him, and Fleming left a Brooklyn court as a free man Tuesday after spending nearly a quarter-century behind bars.   Continue reading “Man cleared of NYC murder after 25 years in prison”

The 16-year-old male suspect in the stabbing at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, PA is seen in the back of a police car.New York Daily News – by MICHAEL WALSH

Twenty people were injured during a stabbing rampage at a Pennsylvania high school early Wednesday, authorities said.

A 16-year-old male sophomore brandishing two knives spread terror before the school day could begin in several classrooms and a hallway on the first floor of Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville — a typically peaceful community about 18 miles east of Pittsburgh.   Continue reading “20 stabbed at Pennsylvania high school; suspect in custody”

A class-action suit accuses Steven P. Jobs and Eric Schmidt of colluding to prevent their employees from being hired by rivals.Deal Book – by Andrew Ross Sorkin

It is the talk of the Valley.

A high-stakes negotiation is taking place in Silicon Valley among some of the biggest names in the industry — Apple and Googleamong them — over accusations that they were involved in a collusion to prevent their employees from being hired at rival companies. The employees filed a class-action suit, contending that the illegal hiring practices cost employees $9 billion in lost wages. Now the companies are locked in mediation sessions, hoping to settle the case in the next several weeks.   Continue reading “Tech Firms May Find No-Poaching Pacts Costly”

AOL

If you catch yourself looking up at the night sky this evening, you might notice what looks like a bright star with an orange tint. That’s actually the planet Mars. Here’s HLN:

‘The planet is expected to line up with Earth and the Sun. It happens every two years. You should be able to get a good look tonight.’   Continue reading “Look up! Mars expected to light up night sky”

AOL – by JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press

A Houston woman was convicted of murder Tuesday for fatally stabbing her boyfriend with the 5½-inch stiletto heel of her shoe, hitting him at least 25 times in the face.

Prosecutors said Ana Trujillo used her high heel shoe to kill 59-year-old Alf Stefan Andersson during an argument at his Houston condominium in June.   Continue reading “Jury Reaches Verdict in ‘Stiletto Stabbing’ Trial”

Huffington Post – by Yasmine Hafiz

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church showed up at Central Junior High School in Moore., Okla., on Sunday to picket — but the people of Moore were not having it.

As the hate group waved their trademark “God Hates Fags” signs in the rain, hundreds of people lined up across the road to stand together against WBC.   Continue reading “Westboro Baptist Church Chased Out Of Moore, Oklahoma”