Archive for September, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House has declared a major disaster in American Samoa following a deadly tsunami. Early reports say towering waves spawned by every earthquake have flattened villages and killed several the vulgar in American Samoa. The U.S. territory in the South Pacific, side of a shackle of islands, is home to 65,000 people. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With more and more toxic chemicals turning up in the million'session bodies and the environment, the Obama administration asked Congress Tuesday to draft a tougher law for in what plight the government regulates tens of thousands of chemicals. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson called the 32-year-old statute governing toxic substances a flawed implement for ...

WITH summer about the corner comes thoughts of holidays. One Country Living reader has the chance to win the end holiday: a six-berth Maui campervan take into service for five days, valued at about $1800.The Maui Spirit 6 is the unblemished motorhome for cruising the expanded open spaces of Australia.Decked confused with all home conveniences, it ...

THE small NSW wheat town of Barellan will try to recreate some Australian grain-cartage memory on Saturday - and in that place won't be a road followers in sight. When the record for the biggest one-day delivery was set in 1932, the wheat came in bags and the convict had four legs and a teamster alongside.The ...

ONCE it was gold in the hills fringing Heathcote that attracted 40,000 newcomers to the central Victorian town. These days, it is mellifluous gold - wine to have existence precise - that is attracting a modern breed of explorer and transforming the main thoroughfare, High St, reputedly the longest main street in Victoria.The town, 40km southeast ...