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March 14, 2008 - Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Transportation and Climate Change Science Program released a major report on the likely impacts of global climate change on transportation infrastructure across the Gulf Coast region. If you didn't hear about it yet, that's understandable -- DOT essentially buried the report while keeping its lead author kept from talking to the press.

March 14, 2008 - More than 100 guest workers carrying signs that said "I Am a Man" and "Dignity" walked off the job at a Mississippi shipyard last week to protest conditions they liken to slavery.

March 14, 2008 - "Kristen" and "Client #9?" Whatever. This week it's been Spitzer's High Class Hooker Channel, All the Time (probably because so much of our nation's media is headquartered in New York).

March 14, 2008 - The contamination of pet foods with chemically tainted grain from China sickened and killed thousands of dogs and cats across the United States last year. As it turns out, that was not the first incident of widespread pet food contamination leading to mass pet deaths from kidney failure.

March 13, 2008 - People whose health was directly affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- whether as evacuees, displaced persons, rescue and recovery workers, or volunteers -- are invited to participate in a groundbreaking national survey that will assess the storms' impact on mental and physical well-being.

March 13, 2008 - Tomorrow is the last day to register at a discount for an extraordinary conference marking the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

March 13, 2008 - While former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco is making the most of her time out of office delivering speeches and writing a book, there's more trouble brewing for her back in the capital.