Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)

Good evening Superintendent Huff, Principal Sachetta, faculty, parents, family, friends, the people of Joplin, and the class of 2012. Congratulations on your graduation, and thank you for allowing me the honor of playing a small part in this special day....

The Midwest office of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission welcomed a new administrator Monday responsible for regulating 16 commercial nuclear plants in seven states, including Illinois. Charles Casto, who has been with the NRC since 1985, comes to the...

DALLAS – On their recent trip to Japan, the U.S. women’s soccer team got striking views of two things that left a lasting impression. One was the lingering devastation from the earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeast coast of Japan&...

When the leaders of the globe's biggest economies — the G8 — meet at Camp David in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains this weekend, they will have a plate full of problems: banking and liquidity and bonds and loan guarantees and such. Somewhere on...

"These were egregious mistakes. They were self-inflicted." Our strategy was "flawed, complex, poorly reviewed, poorly executed, and poorly monitored." "Obviously we should have acted sooner." "It could easily get worse." Where have we heard this...

As the bass player on dozens of the most soulful hits in the history of pop music, Donald "Duck" Dunn often found himself out on the road playing to fans who had assumed he was black like the stars he supported, notably Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and...

When Ross Levinsohn joined Yahoo Inc. in 2010, he moved into a spacious corner office that had stood vacant since the departure of its last occupant: former Chief Executive Terry Semel, who tried to build the company into a digital media powerhouse. In a...

Thanks to a new method of modeling earthquakes, scientists may now understand why the Parkfield segment of the San Andreas fault — a carefully studied region known for producing moderate temblors every 20 years or so — has been behaving...

As social media giant Facebook is poised to go public and start selling stock, not only are investors lining up for what they hope will be a golden opportunity, but so are scammers. The combination of heavy hype, potentially lucrative returns and starry-...

Universal Orlando says it plans to hire more than 1,000 seasonal workers to help it handle the always-heavy summer crowds. The two-park resort, which has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity since opening the Wizarding World of Harry Potter two years ago,...

Testing Alaska salmon and other fish for radiation after Japan'searthquake, tsunami and resulting nuclear disaster is unnecessary, according to the State of Alaska.  Washington state is now testing samples of fish caught in its rivers for radiation...

Perhaps the only silver lining to the Great Recession is that it triggered a new focus on manufacturing in the United States. After 25 years of being sold a shiny vision of a service-dominated post-industrial economy, the U.S. is rediscovering how...