FOXNews.com - Reuters Admits Cropping Photos of Ship Clash, Denies Political Motive

"The British-based Reuters news agency has been stung for the second time by charges that it edited politically sensitive photos in a way that casts Israel in a bad light. But this time Reuters claims it wasn’t at fault.

The news agency reacted to questions raised by an American blogger who showed that Reuters' photo service edited out knives and blood traces from pictures taken aboard the activist ship Mavi Marmara during a clash with Israeli commandos last week. Nine people were killed and scores were injured in the clash."


BP grabs 'oil spill' keywords on Google • The Register

Be Aware: "BP is purchasing search keywords such as 'oil spill' on Google, Microsoft Bing, and Yahoo! in an effort to spin the ongoing clusterf**k in the Gulf of Mexico.

As noticed by the International Business Times and others, if you search on 'oil spill' on Google, Bing, or Yahoo!, you may see a BP ad appear at the top of the results page. The ad points to the url www.bp.com/oilspillnews, where netizens can, in BP's words, find 'Info about the Gulf of Mexico Spill' and 'Learn More about How BP is Helping.' Yes, helping. And yes, those are BP's caps:"
BP buys oil spill keywords

As of this afternoon Pacific, if you visit BP's "news" site, the header reads "Gulf of Mexico Response" and the top "news" link trumpets BP's "First Payment on Barrier Islands Project for State of Louisiana." All the while, you're greeted with some lovely pictures of oil rigs at sunset and men in hardhats cleaning beaches that look awfully clean to begin with. No surprise there, then.

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PAGER - Rapid Assessment of an Earthquake's Impact

PAGER - Rapid Assessment of an Earthquake's Impact
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DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A 100% CHANCE OF AN EARTHQUAKE TODAY!

YES! There's a 100 percent chance of an earthquake today! Though millions of persons may never experience an earthquake, they are very common occurrences on this planet. So today -- somewhere -- an earthquake will occur.

It may be so light that only sensitive instruments will perceive its motion; it may shake houses, rattle windows, and displace small objects; or it may be sufficiently strong to cause property damage, death, and injury.

It is estimated that about 700 shocks each year have this capability when centered in a populated area. But fortunately, most of these potentially destructive earthquakes center in unpopulated areas far from civilization.

Since a major portion of the world's earthquakes each year center around the rim of the Pacific Ocean (Ring of Fire), referred to by seismologists as the circum-Pacific belt, this is the most probable location for today's earthquake. But it could hit any location, because no region is entirely free of earthquakes.

Stating that an earthquake is going to occur today is not really "predicting earthquakes". To date, they cannot be predicted. But anyone, on any day, could make this statement and it would be true. This is because several million earthquakes occur annually; thereby, thousands occur each day, although most are too small to be located. The problem, however, is in pinpointing the area where a strong shock will center and when it will occur.

Earthquake prediction is a future possibility, though. Just as the Weather Bureau now predicts hurricanes, tornadoes, and other severe storms, the NEIC may one day issue forecasts on earthquakes. Earthquake research was stepped up after the Alaska shock in 1964. Today, research is being conducted by the USGS and other federal and state agencies, as well as universities and private institutions. Earthquake prediction may some day become a reality, but only after much more is learned about the earthquake mechanism

USGS Earthquake ShakeMaps

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USGS M2.5+ Earthquakes TODAY!

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USGS M2.5+ Earthquakes - Past 7 days

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USGS M5+ Earthquakes - Past 7 days

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