The presidential candidates have discussed quite a few issues in this campaign. Strangely, though, voters have heard little about homeland security. ...more

September 21, 2008

For nearly seven hours, at intervals of about six minutes, flight engineers pop open the floor hatch. ...more

August 30, 2008

Small Price To Pay Since housing, insurance, energy and the economy are such huge concerns now, I would like to offer a proven solution that gets very little press due to false, preconceived notions. Why not build a hurricane proof house that also passively heats and cools itself, within limits, and pays for itself in total assets saved over 14 years? ...more

May 18, 2008

The aging earthen dike around Lake Okeechobee - the only barrier between the second-largest freshwater body in the contiguous United States and thousands of residents - presents an "urgent and compelling" need for repairs, stated a report released Friday. ...more

November 4, 2007

Tropical Storm Noel drenched the Bahamas and Cuba on Thursday, while in the storm's wake rescuers in the Dominican Republic headed out in boats and helicopters to reach dozens of communities stranded by floods and mudslides. The death toll in the Caribbean rose to 108. ...more

November 2, 2007