By Cindy Clayton Patrick Wilson The Virginian-Pilot © September 18, 2009 KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C.
I was home quietly having breakfast when the first plane hit the WTC. The phone rang, it was the office and the assignment editor was calling to let me know about a jetliner crashing into an NYC building, and request I come in early.
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By Catherine Kozak The Virginian-Pilot © September 10, 2009 NEWPORT NEWS A World War II Navy patrol boat, untouched off the coast of Hatteras since it was sunk by a German sub in 1942, has been discovered, NOAA said.
A recent passing electrical storm, nearly isolated in a clear dark sky, offered me the chance to capture a range of cool colors, with subtle and sensuous tones, and contrast them against the brilliance of the lightning strokes.
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WALLOPS ISLAND, VIRGINIA – NASA'S Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will be the site of the launch of an Air Force Minotaur I rocket carrying the Air Force Research Laboratory's TacSat-3 satellite and two secondary payloads .........
A pair of rainbow photos from a recent storm. With constant controversies in the news, and worries over the spread of Swine Flu, it seemed like a good time for a dose of 'counter-programming'.
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A basic 'explainer' on the current 'Swine Flu', it's relationship to other strains and a brief history. _________________________________________________________ By Karen Kaplan Los Angeles Times
(Saturday 1.13.09) (London, UK) (Prevaricated News Service)
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Our Bluebirds first appeared in mid-February of 2005; at least it was the first time we had noticed them.
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As most of you know Tedd Riggs has been away from Newsvine for a very long time. Without disclosing too much personal information, he is doing well and is currently getting the help he needs.
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Location, Southeast Virginia, appx 5:30pm, Monday 12/1/08.
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By Kathy Adams The Virginian-Pilot © October 24, 2008 Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding is partnering with Areva, a multinational energy company based in France, to construct a $363.4 million manufacturing facility for nuclear reactors in Newport News, Northrop Grumman Corp.
By Shawn Day The Virginian-Pilot © October 24, 2008 VIRGINIA BEACH "Medicate Diablo." The message, scrawled on a whiteboard, referred to Amanda Ruth Black's pet python. A few feet away, its container was empty. On the floor, Black, 25, lay dead. (more)
By Lon Wagner The Virginian-Pilot © September 26, 2008 It' wasn't a tropical storm that stopped drivers at the north toll plaza of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel on Thursday morning.
By Catherine Kozak The Virginian-Pilot © September 26, 2008 RODANTHE, N.C. When the movie crew for "Nights in Rodanthe" renovated the house called "Serendipity" for its big screen appearance, nasty storm clouds threatened.
In an effort to organize my updates here is an overview page of the area I am working in to help families and friends in need. This area on the map is northern Galveston county.
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By Diane Tennant The Virginian-Pilot © September 9, 2008 Part 3 in a series of 3 CHOWAN COUNTY, N.C.
By Diane Tennant The Virginian-Pilot © September 8, 2008 Part 2 in a series of 3 CHOWAN COUNTY, N.C.
By Diane Tennant The Virginian-Pilot © September 7, 2008 Part one in a series ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. The morning began with a brief but vigorous argument - call it a discussion - in the hotel lobby.
By Hattie Brown Garrow The Virginian-Pilot © August 17, 2008 Tens of thousands of fish have died suddenly in a 760-acre pond in a North Carolina state park, and parks and recreation officials are blaming an invasive aquatic plant species. (more)
The Virginian-Pilot © August 22, 2008 By Ryan Hutchins Breaking a link in the food chain may be the first step toward reviving a North Carolina scallop population decimated by millions of migrating cownose rays. (more)
By Jim Washington The Virginian-Pilot © August 4, 2008 It turns out local jellyfish numbers can be a little squishy. According to some experts in Hampton Roads, there's not enough evidence to determine whether jellyfish are on the rise locally.
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL Published: August 3, 2008 BARCELONA, Spain
By Kate Wiltrout The Virginian-Pilot © August 5, 2008 NORFOLK Debate has long raged over how the military's use of sonar to detect enemy submarines affects dolphins and whales, which use sound to navigate, communicate and locate food.
By Joanne Kimberlin The Virginian-Pilot © August 2, 2008 WACHAPREAGUE Out here on the Eastern Shore, where voracious greenhead flies rule the marsh and waves of grass roll to the sunrise, scientists are fishing for sharks so they can learn how not to catch them.
For about the last hour or so, the front page of Newsvine loads as depicted by the screen shot appended to this sentence.
An interesting article by the mainstream climatological community that is admitting to the fact that temperature increase has stopped in the last ten years. Some Newsviners need to get with the program in this regard.
I know that I'm a more-recent addition to the Newsvine sphere of reality, but I'm amazed at what I've found here already. "Get Smarter Here" is the tag-line for our beloved addiction... but, to what depth and at what frequency does that ever really happen?
hey have always been there. People noticed them before. But no one could remember who made them -- or why? Until just recently, no one even knew how many there were.
SALT LAKE CITY -- People all over the state were caught off guard when a ball of fire suddenly lit up the night sky. Just after midnight, the phones lit up at KSL as people across the state called to tell us what they saw and ask what it was.
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Hey there Dubbya R. You are one of the "good guys" around here. Keep it up and I'll be seeing you around the Vine!
— rottlady
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