Boston, MA — Two widely used neonicotinoids—a class of insecticide—appear to significantly harm honey bee colonies over the winter, particularly during colder winters, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). The study replicated a 2012 finding from the same research group that found a link between low doses of imidacloprid…
The story of a Cambridge-raised Sandinista supporter who married a former lesbian and rose through the political ranks to become mayor of America’s largest city Bill De Blasio is a political insider who worked on campaigns of Bill and Hillary Clinton Grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is a lifelong Red Sox fan Traveled to…
EEV: All this expense for a dog? First Family returned to the elite vacation spot after skipping annual holiday before last year’s election Bo, the Obama family’s beloved dog, arrived for the holiday in a MV-22 Osprey aircraft He will enjoy an eight-day holiday with plenty of manicured grass to run around in By Jessica Jerreat,…
Sinovel Wind Group accused of illegally downloading software from former supplier American Superconductor guardian.co.uk, Friday 28 June 2013 05.38 EDT A worker paints wind turbines in Guangdong, China. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters China‘s largest wind-turbine company has been charged with stealing trade secrets from its American former software supplier, the US justice department has…
Banker Fined $100,000 in Political Scheme WASHINGTON (CN) – Former Goldman Sachs investment banker Neil M.M. Morrison was fined $100,000 for his role in a pay-to-play scheme involving secret campaign contributions to former Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy Cahill’s campaign for governor, the SEC said. Morrison also will be barred from the securities industry for 5 years,…
Ibragim Todashev, 27, was shot dead by an FBI agent Wednesday after he reportedly turned violent during questioning He had allegedly confessed to the FBI that he had played a role in a triple slaying in the Boston area in 2011 His father says he sent his son to the U.S. to escape war-torn Chechnya…
EEV: We are not talking direct threats, but word association. Take time watch the video’s that come afterwards. By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:04 EST, 2 May 2013 | UPDATED: 18:04 EST, 2 May 2013 A teenage aspiring rap artist may soon be in hot water with the feds. High school student Cameron…
By Scott Malone, Tim McLaughlin and Ross Kerber | Reuters – 10 hrs ago A collection of fireworks found inside a backpack are seen in a handout photo released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) May 1, 2013. The backpack belonged to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and was recovered by law enforcement agents from…
EEV: There is no doubt extreme and conflicting reports on the Boston event. We expect it should be very easy to track where all these alleged weapons came from. In addition, police footage from the car camera’s should be able to easily validate the story. The Boston bombers were reportedly planning more attacks across the city…
Harvard University has been stripped of a string of US quiz championship titles after a cheating scandal was uncovered by organisers. Championships awarded to the Ivy League college, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2009 and 2010, and two separate titles from 2011, were revoked and handed to the original runners-up. Photo: ALAMY By Jon Swaine,…
World-Class Screw-up at FedEx, Mom Says By KEVIN KOENINGER PLYMOUTH, Mass. (CN) – FedEx delivered 7 lbs. of marijuana to the wrong house, then told the dopers where to go to pick it up, a single mom and her young daughters claim in court. Maryangela Tobin sued FedEx in Plymouth County…
Yulia Zamanskaya Jan 19, 2013 20:55 Moscow Time © Photo: en.wikipedia.org Lighting the fire during a cold winter evening a resident of Vladivostok found a rail-shaped metal detail which was pressed in one of the pieces of coal that the man used to heat his home. Mesmerized by his discovery, the responsible citizen decided to…
The group ‘Harvard College Munch,’ which relishes in conversations about erotic sex, has been officially recognized by the prestigious university The expected approval from the school’s student life board will entitle Munch to officially meet for on-campus meals, promote on school grounds and apply for grants from the school’s Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisors organization…
Army Poisoned People in ’50s, Class Claims By JOE HARRIS ST. LOUIS (CN) – Monsanto and others conspired with an Army experiment to secretly poison people with toxic chemicals in a giant segregated housing complex in the 1950s, a class action claims in City Court. Lead plaintiff Benjamin Phillips Sr. claims defendants Monsanto, Parsons Government…
By Daily Mail Reporter and Reuters Reporter PUBLISHED:17:14 EST, 10 October 2012| UPDATED:17:15 EST, 10 October 2012 Oops: Florida Gov Rick Scott accidentally gave out phone sex number instead of the state’s meningitis hotline Florida Gov Rock Scott sent thousands of Floridians to a dirty phone sex line when he accidentally gave out the wrong …
