Wind-driven ice pack waylays lakers outside Duluth harbor on Lake Superior - TwinCities.com

[Photo caption] The Alpena, Lee A. Tregurtha, and the USCG cutter Alder battle heavy ice conditions in Lake Superior near Duluth, Minn. Wednesday Apr. 1, 2009 The ships were stuck in the heavy ice and are waiting for a heavier ice breaker to make its way to this area of the lake.

Carbon trading [scam] will create 'new fields of employment' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Carbon trading in Australia will create millions of new green-collar jobs by expanding traditional industries and creating new ones, says the CSIRO's senior science leader.

JournalStar.com - Lincoln, Nebraska - Blog - Sound Off

Twenty-six Democrats joined in supporting the Nebraska Republican’s amendment to the budget resolution. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid did not speak against its adoption, although he voted no.

Johanns teamed up weeks ago with Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia in a manner reminiscent of Byrd’s alliance with another freshman Republican senator from Nebraska 12 years ago.

In 1997, Sen. Chuck Hagel and Byrd joined forces in winning 95-0 Senate approval of a resolution opposing the terms of the Kyoto treaty governing global warming.