January 2, 2009 -
Independent tests of
December 28, 2008 -
A week after a coal ash lagoon failed at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant in Eastern Tennessee and covered half a square mile with more than a billion gallons of toxic sludge, authorities are finally getting around to issuing public warnings about the possible dangers presented by the poo
December 19, 2008 -
When it comes to politicians getting busted for crooked deeds, three Deep South states and Kentucky have Chicago beat.
December 18, 2008 -
Most of the big names mentioned as victims of Bernard Madoff's $50 billion investor swindle are linked to New York and Hollywood.
December 18, 2008 -
The disturbing stories became shockingly commonplace in the wake of Hurricane Katrina: Some of our society's poorest people performing cleanup work in dangerous conditions, without adequate protective equipment.