Andy LaBoeuf, 51, said he was paid $1,500 per day to use his boat to go out on the water and lay boom to contain some of the 4.9 million barrels of oil that spewed from the bottom of the ocean after the BP well ruptured.

But four months of that job left him ill and unable to work, and he said he recently had to refinance his home loan because he could not pay his taxes.

Posted: 11:45:53 PM  

Was JFK killed because of his interest in aliens? Secret memo shows president demanded UFO files 10 days before death

The secret memo is one of two letters written by JFK asking for information about the paranormal on November 12 1963, which have been released by the CIA for the first time.

Posted: 11:45:05 PM  

Ramah's Wisdom for Today

NOthingness

You become what you create

In This Now

Posted: 9:47:38 AM  

Workers have not been able to enter four of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant since the days immediately after the earthquake and tsunami struck on March 11.

Vital cooling systems at the plant were knocked out, setting off hydrogen explosions at four of the plant[base ']s six reactors that blew off their roofs and littered the site with radioactive debris.

Posted: 9:44:24 AM  

Where will you be at 10:15 a.m. today?

The ShakeOut is coordinated by the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium, FEMA and the U.S. Geological Survey, among other partners.

Posted: 9:42:20 AM  

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed a bill that would have required President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove their U.S. citizenship before their names could appear on the state's ballot.

The bill would have made Arizona the first state to pass such a requirement.
Opponents had warned the bill would give another black eye to Arizona after last year's controversy over the state's illegal immigration enforcement law.

Posted: 9:38:42 AM