Chicago Block-By-Block Crime Trends Available With New Web Tool

Real estate web site Trulia.com will release a new tool that will allow users to get a block-by-block report of crime in Chicago’s neighborhoods. Read more at: http://progressillinois.com/news/content/2011/06/02/chicago-block-block-crime-trends-available-new-web-tool

Reporters slip across border to cover Libya

With Gadhafi’s grip on power weakening, journalists are finally able to witness the revolt firsthand. With foreign journalists banned in Libya, it’s been very difficult to confirm the reports emerging by phone and social media that the government is brutally cracking down on protesters demanding the ouster of the country’s strongman leader Muammar Gaddafi. 

Read entire article at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thecutline/20110222/ts_yblog_thecutline/journalists-start-arriving-in-libya

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Scientists Make Grim Gulf Oil Discovery

Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the the Gulf of Mexico according to a top scientist’s video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isn’t degrading as hoped and has decimated life on parts of the sea floor. That report is at odds with a recent report by the BP spill compensation czar that said nearly all will be well by 2012.At a science conference in Washington Saturday, marine scientist Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia aired early results of her December submarine dives around the BP spill site. Read entire article at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sci_oil_spill_lingers

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Attack on Reporter Highlights Mideast Threat

CBS News correspondent Lara Logan “suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating” on Feb. 11 in Egypt, according to a network statement. The incident took place as Logan was covering celebrations in Tahrir Square for “60 Minutes” shortly after the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. Logan and her security team “were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration.

Read entire article at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thecutline/20110215/bs_yblog_thecutline/cbss-logan-suffered-brutal-attack-in-egypt

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Energy Drinks YES or NO

Energy drinks are under-studied, overused and can be dangerous for children and teens, warns a report by doctors who say kids shouldn’t use the popular products. The potential harms, caused mostly by too much caffeine or similar ingredients, include heart palpitations, seizures, strokes and even sudden death, the authors write in the medical journal Pediatrics. They reviewed data from the government and interest groups, scientific literature, case reports and articles in popular and trade media. Read entire article at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110214/ap_on_he_me/us_med_energy_drinks

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