Court Blames Army Corps of Engineers for Hurricane Katrina Catastrophe
Ever since Hurricane Katrina swamped the city of New Orleans in 2005, a lot of people have pointed the long finger of blame at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–and this week a federal court agreed.
U.S. District Judge Stanwood R. Duval Jr. issued a 156-page opinion that the Los Angeles Times describes as a “stinging rebuke to the corps” for its failure to prevent the devastating
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Honda’s tiny and green P-NUT. (Photo: Honda )
I love the idea of the Honda P-NUT. Or maybe it’s just the name I like. P-NUT stands for Personal-Neo Urban Transport, and it’s the Japanese automaker’s latest attempt at an ultra-compact urban vehicle with a tiny “footprint.”
The P-NUT was just one of the curious green-themed cars unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which starts this week.
BPA Exposure Causes Sexual Problems in Men, Study Shows
The growing controversy over the health effects of bisphenol A, more commonly called BPA, is bound to heat up even more with the publication this week of a new study that links BPA exposure to erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems in men.
Over the course of five years, the federally funded study followed 634 male workers at four factories in China who were exposed to
