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Finding Amelia Earhart: How modern forensics finally plotted a course to Gardner Island
2014-10-30 13:09:48| Extremetech
On July 2, 1937, American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart was attempting to circumnavigate the globe in a modified twin-engine Lockheed Electra 10E when she -- and her navigator, Fred Noonan -- mysteriously disappeared in the middle of the Pacific, near Howland Island. Now, at long last, it seems that dogged investigation and advanced technology may have finally solved the mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart.
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Thompson addresses gun violence at Coney Island meeting
2014-10-27 16:50:46| Footwear - Topix.net
Andrea Clinton has lived in Coney Island for the better part of a century. Even as crime has dropped in the neighborhood considerably since the 1990s, she said she is still afraid of the rampant gun violence she has seen.
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PSEG Long Island Names Paul Napoli Vice President of Power Markets
2014-10-22 22:31:34| Energy - Topix.net
October 202nd, 2014 - PSEG Long Island today appointed Paul Napoli as its vice president of power markets , effective immediately. Napoli joins the Long Island team after 35 years with the Utility's sister company, Public Service Electric and Gas Company .
Urban heat island effect big factor in climate change, Hong Kong records show
2014-10-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
South China Morning Post: Temperature and rainfall are the two most basic elements in climate change. So what can we learn from a study of local temperature records and why might it be that local factors other than carbon dioxide output are the main cause of rising temperatures in our city? Climate change is defined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as that attributable directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and is in addition to natural...
Island Air cancels 50 flights due to hurricane
2014-10-18 15:34:17| Airlines - Topix.net
Island Air remained the only airline Friday to cancel flights for storm-related reasons as Hurricane Ana bore down on the Hawaiian Islands. The local commuter said it was canceling 50 flights this weekend and Monday between Honolulu and Maui, Lanai and Kauai.
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