Make it Right – please donate to help rebuild NOLA’s lower 9th ward with Green homes

Brad Pitt has been on the news recently getting publicity for his Make it Right project in the devastated lower 9th ward in New Orlean. Pitt has assembled an all star team of green designers, architects, and builders for this …

Election over but final Florida results still not in

MIAMI – Americans gave President Barack Obama a second term in office, but it still wasn’t clear early on Wednesday whether the president won the key battleground state of Florida.

The vote in the state, which introduced the terms “hanging …

Kerry back in Israel for peace push

BY AFP

AMMAN: US Secretary of State John Kerry flew in to Israel on Thursday as he kept up a push to bring Israelis and Palestinians back to peace negotiations amid a growing skepticism over his efforts.

Making his fourth …

Eight fuel tankers anchored in New York Harbor: U.S. Coast Guard

NEW YORK – Eight fuel-carrying tankers are anchored offshore in the New York Harbor with traffic restrictions still in place after super storm Sandy pummeled the port and clogged it with debris, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Sunday.

Four …

Tale of two New Jersey towns now linked by Sandy

ASBURY PARK, New Jersey – Asbury Park and Bay Head are two towns on opposite ends of the Jersey Shore’s socio-economic spectrum – one with many poor people, the other with professionals in lucrative Wall Street careers. Superstorm Sandy has …

Scientist’s family seeks US Congress inquiry

BY AFP

SINGAPORE: The parents of a United States scientist found hanged in Singapore last year said on Thursday that they will seek a US congressional inquiry and tap a celebrity Thai pathologist to prove their son was murdered.

Mary …

BIM Meets Prefab: Suburban Prototype Home, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey

We hear and read a great deal about the promises – and potential pitfalls – of BIM in the context of its use as a tool for sustainable design. Accordingly, we were interested to read in the most recent issue …

California boy who shot neo-Nazi dad was abused – psychologist

RIVERSIDE, California – A psychologist testifying in the murder trial of a California boy who at age 10 killed his neo-Nazi father told a court on Monday that the young defendant suffered mental issues from a “long history” of physical, …

New Congress may have old look after election

WASHINGTON – The Congress fell to new depths of public disapproval in the past two years, yet no big shake-up of the Senate or House of Representatives is expected in Tuesday’s general election.

With days remaining before the vote, Democrats …