CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The future of federal rules aimed at protecting land, water and wildlife from energy-production practices including hydraulic fracturing now rests with a judge in Wyoming.
Commonly called "fracking," the procedure involves injecting substances including water, sand and chemicals underground to increase production from oil and gas wells. The BLM and other rule supporters also have appealed Skavdahl's decision to block implementation of the rules to a federal appeals court in Denver. "The fracking rule interferes with the state petitioners' lawful exercise of their own sovereign power without congressional authorization for that interference," Wyoming, Utah and Colorado stated in their brief filed on Monday. Читать дальше...
A worrying swarm of earthquakes have broken out near the Yellowstone supervolcano, near Virginia City Montana and Hebgen Lake. Scientists have warned that the earthquakes pose a significant risk of acting as a catalyst to something much bigger. Marygreeley.com reports: Hebgen lake is the location of the largest earthquake to strike the Intermountain West in recorded history, with a M7.5 showing up in 1959. The swarm is being caused by pressure coming from the West coast. No doubt the pressure is building off the coast... Читать дальше...
Cardinals cornerbacks Patrick Peterson and Justin Bethel recently underwent surgeries, the Arizona Republic first reported. A league source confirmed to PFT that Peterson had surgery on his ankle. The Arizona Republic report said both players are expected to be ready for training camp and that Peterson could participate in team activities in May and June.…
Lawyers for defendants challenging their convictions argued to the Supreme Court that the Constitution demands a warrant. Lawyers representing states said getting a warrant is not always practical.
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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling has been fired by ESPN from his role as baseball analyst after his latest controversial foray into social media, the company announced on Wednesday.
The move comes after Schilling shared a Facebook post in response to the North Carolina law that bars transgender people from using bathrooms that do not correspond to their gender of birth.
Here is a screencap of the post which has been deleted, via Outsports. Читать дальше...
The Indiana Pacers are hopeful injured center Ian Mahinmi will play in Game 3 against Toronto on Thursday night.
NEW YORK (AP) — Kelly Ripa was absent from her daytime talk show the day after the announcement that co-host Michael Strahan is leaving, and she won't be back for the next few days, either.
NEW YORK (AP) — Kelly Ripa was absent from her daytime talk show the day after the announcement that co-host Michael Strahan is leaving, and she won't be back for the next few days, either.
Silicon Valley once threw money at startups that aimed to disrupt broad swaths of finance. Now it is rewarding those that have narrowed their scope.
Shawn Johnson and Andrew East aren't playing games when it comes to their special honeymoon. Just a few short days after saying "I Do" in Tennessee, the couple...
He's been taken to the hospital.
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Sometimes riding in an Uber can be awkward, and Hollywood is here to capitalize on it.
Within 24 hours in mid-April, Universal and Fox both picked up comedies that center on the ride-hailing service, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Universal movie is supposed to star Will Ferrel as an Uber driver "stuck with a deranged escaped-convict passenger (naturally)”, the Reporter said.
That plot line sounds awfully similar to Fox’s soon to be competing... Читать дальше...
The search for survivors continues after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake.
Curry returns to practice, still unsure about Game 3 HOUSTON - Go ahead and exhale, Warriors fans: Go ahead and fret, Warriors fans: “Based on how I feel right now, I probably couldn’t play,” he said after Wednesday’s practice. Head coach Steve Kerr said Curry moved well during the practice, showing no signs of favoring his ankle. [...] you want to keep the rhythm and momentum we’ve built and not get rusty. Ron Kroichick is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.
Putin has announced that Russia is gearing up to take “all necessary (military) measures” to counter NATO aggression, and will not hesitate to use military force against incidents of “intimidation” such as the US naval destroyer that recently sailed close to the Russian border. Russia’s NATO Ambassador Alexander Grushko warned participants at a meeting of the military alliance, “This is about attempts to exercise military pressure on Russia. We will take all necessary measures, precautions, to compensate... Читать дальше...
Russia said it was prepared to push oil production to historic highs, just days after a deal to freeze output levels collapsed.
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NEW YORK, April 20 (UPI) -- USA Network says the 10-episode, second season of "Mr. Robot" will begin on July 13.
And I’m jealous as fuck ’bout it.
Yes, I am periodically jealous of North West's life. I thought my jealousy reached a peak when North was waltzing around in her fur jacket with a lollipop...
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But now my toddler-envy has reached a whole new level because she has this MAGICAL AS FUCK fish tank:
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Kim posted the picture of the tank to her website... Читать дальше...
A satellite imagery released by the 38 North monitoring website shows that North Korea is resuming excavation operations at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane dropped a court motion that accused prosecutors of leaking FBI recordings in her perjury and obstruction case to a newspaper. Kane, a first-term Democrat, is accused of leaking grand jury material to a Philadelphia newspaper to embarrass rivals and then lying about it before a separate grand jury. 3 Restricting plan: A unanimous Supreme Court said an Arizona commission did not violate the principle of one-person, one-vote when it redrew the state’s legislative... Читать дальше...
The mail carrier, Karim Baker, said he had been repeatedly harassed by the police after he gave directions to a man who then killed two officers.
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