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Red Sox 3, Twins 2 (10): Minnesota loses fourth in past five games - Twincities.com: News

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

RECAP: Jonny Gomes' sacrifice fly off Josh Roenicke in the top of the 10th was the difference Friday night as Minnesota lost for the fourth time in its past five games.

Apron maker finds profitable recipe catering to chefs - L.A. Times - Food & Dining

By Betty Hallock — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Ellen Bennett launched an apron company last year not knowing how to sew and not knowing how to run a business. Now she has the world, so to speak, by the strings.

Builder's water deal trickles down to homeowners - Chicago Tribune: Real Estate

Benny L. Kass — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Builder's water deal trickles down to homeowners

Apartment boom hits the suburbs - Star Tribune: Business

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Rocky Mountain Snow Packs - Climate Change News - ENN

Andy Soos, ENN — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Snow pack forms from layers of snow that accumulate in geographic regions and high altitudes where the climate includes cold weather for extended periods during the year. Snow packs are an important water resource that feed streams and rivers as they melt. Warmer spring temperatures since 1980 are causing an estimated 20 percent loss of snow cover across the Rocky Mountains of western North America, according to new research from the U.S. Geological Survey. The new study builds upon a previous USGS snow pack investigation which showed that, until the 1980s, the northern Rocky Mountains experienced large snow packs when the central and southern Rockies experienced meager ones, and vice versa. Yet, since the 1980s, there have been simultaneous snow pack declines along the entire length of the Rocky Mountains, and unusually severe declines in the north.

London building power plant that burns waste fat from sewers - TreeHugger

Megan Treacy — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The discarded fat that can clog the sewer system will now be used as a renewable energy source.

Rocky Mountain Snow Packs - Environmental News Network

Andy Soos, ENN — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Bankrupt Alabama county has deal on $105 million of bonds - Yahoo: US National

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

By Melinda Dickinson BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - As Alabama's Jefferson County readies a workout proposal for its landmark $4.2 billion bankruptcy, officials on Tuesday announced an agreement with creditors JPMorgan Chase and Bayerische Landesbank covering $105 million of defaulted debt. The deal, one of a series the county has reached since filing the biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy in late 2011, covers the county's 2001b general obligation warrants and was expected to be approved on Thursday by the Jefferson County Commission. ...

NASA satellite shows massive bloom of phytoplankton off coast of France - TreeHugger

Michael Graham Richard — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

This photo was taken on May 4, 2013 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite.

Department of Ecology’s water-filtering plans - Seattle Times: Opinion

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Do not filter stormwater into soil above aquifer Eighteen years ago, Issaquah and Port Blakley communities spent a lot of political and financial capital to assure the local community, King County and state regulators, skeptical groundwater advisory committee members, and concerned citizens that the

The mayoral money trap - LA Times: Opinion

Jim Newton — Sun, 12 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

In Los Angeles, just as the race heats up, the candidates are forced to fundraise.

In Los Angeles, just as the race heats up, the candidates are forced to fundraise.

How a city can be more like a forest - Business Operations | GreenBiz.com

Mark Tercek — Sun, 12 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

An excerpt from "Nature's Fortune," a new book by Mark Tercek and Jonathan Adams.

Newton: The mayoral money trap - LA Times: Commentary

Jim Newton — Sun, 12 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

In Los Angeles, just as the race heats up, the candidates are forced to fundraise.

There are good reasons for most of the city's campaign finance laws. Individual contribution limits are intended to keep a single donor from purchasing the support of a candidate. Public financing is intended to level the playing field between incumbents and challengers. Limits on gifts help deter graft.

Hot days, full of pollen, ahead for next two days - Salt Lake Tribune

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

by Michael Mcfall The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 11, 2013 09:22AM MDT Utahns across much of the state can expect the warmest temperatures of the year on Sunday and Monday. Cities along the Wasatch Front were expected to hit about 90 degrees by Monday, which at least in Salt Lake City would be a degree shy of the record for that day, according to the National Weather Service. Southern Utahns can look forward to a high of about 100 degrees that day. With the hot temperatures, the NWS warns everyone to use extreme caution near rivers and streams as spring runoff pick... ...

Redwood City's sewer and water rates could rise by 30 percent in three years - San Jose Mercury News: Local News

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Water and sewage rates in Redwood City could rise by almost 30 percent over the next three years if the city council approves a staff recommendation next month.

Haddonfield sewage spill still raising stink - Philly.com News

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

A sewage spill in March that has been a concern to some Haddonfield residents has been adequately cleared away and the area has been remediated, according to a spokesman for Camden County.

Al Gore calls Alberta Tar Sands "an open sewer." - TreeHugger

Lloyd Alter — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

In a speech in Toronto, he also says “There’s no such thing as ethical oil,” he said. “There’s only dirty oil and dirtier oil.”

Spokane County foreclosing on unpaid sewer bills - Seattle Times: Local

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Spokane County is foreclosing on 66 properties whose owners have not paid their sewer bills.

Spokane County foreclosing on unpaid sewer bills - AP Washington

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Spokane County is foreclosing on 66 properties whose owners have not paid their sewer bills....

Polls close on 1st District runoff voters - Yahoo: Top Stories

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina voters are closer to finding out if the ex-Gov. Mark Sanford will revive his political career or if Democrat Elizabeth Colbert (KOHL'-buhrt) Busch will win the state's vacant 1st District congressional seat. ...

Judge may set workout deadline in biggest U.S. muni bankruptcy - Yahoo: Business

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

By Michael Connor (Reuters) - Alabama's Jefferson County will brief a federal judge on Thursday on its progress toward exiting from bankruptcy, as the county appears likely to become the first big U.S. local government to impose losses on bondholders since the 1930s. The case is seen as a testing ground for how bondholders fare when a local issuer breaks under excessive financial pressure. Jefferson County's $4.2 billion bankruptcy filing is the largest such municipal case in history, the result of debts taken on in a costly overhaul of the county's sewer system. U.S. ... ...

Cold moisture continues to buoy snowpack in mountains near Steamboat - Steamboat Pilot

Tom Ross — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Weather observer Art Judson reported the morning of May 7 that 0.26 inches of rain had fallen in Steamboat in the preceding 24 hours. A chance of showers is forecast for Steamboat and Craig through Friday.

Growing Algal Blooms Pose Public Health Risks - Switchboard, from NRDC

Ben Chou — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Ben Chou, Water Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C.: This post is part of a blog series for Getting Climate Smart, a joint effort by NRDC and American Rivers to guide state action on climate and water preparedness. Please join us for a one-hour webinar on May 14 at...

Large sinkhole closes intersection in San Francisco - San Jose Mercury News: News

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

A 22-foot-long sinkhole opened up Monday night at the intersection of Lake Street and Second Avenue in San Francisco, according to KGO.

Philly cafe closed after videos of rats go viral - Twincities.com: Nation

The Associated Press — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

PHILADELPHIA—A popular cafe in downtown Philadelphia is closed for repairs after videos of rats running around on top of tables went viral on social media.