The Charleston 9

A fire at the Sofa Super Store on Savannah Highway claimed the life of nine Charleston area fire fighters. Nine crosses and a memorial line the street in front of the destroyed store. Firefighters from the Charleston area pay their respects to the fallen.








"The Price Is Right" needs a host, and Rosie O'Donnell is interested. Very interested. The 45-year-old said on her blog recently that she was meeting with the "Price" people this week and that she "sure would" accept the job if they offer. "I LOVE THE PRICE IS RIGHT," she wrote, the capitalization underscoring her feelings.



















Presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton has unveiled her new campaign song with a spoof of popular TV show The Sopranos that also stars husband Bill.

And the new campaign song can be heard here..."You and I" by Celine Dion

Governor John Lynch signed a law yesterday banning smoking in New Hampshire's bars and restaurants.
I recently read that evidence suggests that every hour of exercise may add an additional two hours to your life. It is commonly said that for every cigarette you smoke you loose 3 minutes from your life. So it would appear that you can work out an hour a day and smoke a pack (20 cigarettes) a day and still gain an hour to your life...

From New Hampshire to California, American Indian leaders are speaking out more forcefully about the danger of climate change. Members of six tribes recently gathered near the Baker River in the White Mountains for a sacred ceremony honoring "Earth Mother." Talking Hawk, a Mohawk Indian who asked to be identified by his Indian name, pointed to the river's tea-colored water as proof that the overwhelming amount of pollution humans have produced has caused changes around the globe.

California's dry spell has cities looking for ways to conserve water. But a Columbia University researcher isn't referring to the dry spell as a drought. He sees it as a transition to a more arid climate. Unlike past droughts, the culprit, he says, is global warming.

China has overtaken the United States as the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, figures released today show.The surprising announcement will increase anxiety about China's growing role in driving man-made global warming and will pile pressure onto world politicians to agree a new global agreement on climate change that includes the booming Chinese economy. China's emissions had not been expected to overtake those from the US, formerly the world's biggest polluter, for several years, although some reports predicted it could happen as early as next year.

Cyclists pass a factory in Yutian in China's north-west Hebei province.








China is now building about two power stations every week, the top climate change official at the UK Foreign Office, John Ashton, has said. He said there was no point blaming China for rising global CO2 emissions. Rich nations had to set an example of low-carbon development for China to follow, Mr Ashton told the BBC.

Attention hip hop stars and billionaires: the world's biggest airliner, the 73-metre-long (239-feet) Airbus A380 superjumbo, has been ordered by a mysterious buyer for use as a private jet. The order sets new heights in the private plane sector, leaving the Learjet, which used to be the ultimate symbol of ostentatious air travel, in second class. The doubledecker A380, which enters service later this year, is capable of carrying 840 passengers, has 900 square metres (10,000 square feet) of cabin space and towers over its biggest rival, the Boeing 747.