Energy News Digest for June 29, 2012

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Japan - Ten Utilities Plan Sharp August Electricity Rate Hikes to Cover Renewables' Tab (Japan Times)

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120629a6.html#.T-3DcbXherA

High Bacteria Levels in Washington State Waters, Not Found in OR, ID (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://earthfix.opb.org/water/article/high-bacteria-levels-in-wa-waters-not-found-in-or-/

Mismanagement Plagued Washington State Agency In Charge Of Minority Contracting Program (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Mismanagement-plagued-WA-agency-in-charge-of-minority-contracting-program-160782985.html

British Columbia to Raise Carbon Tax, Price of Gasoline July 1 (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/bc-to-raise-carbon-tax-price-of-gasoline-july-1/article4374532/

Mismanagement Plagued Washington State Agency In Charge Of Minority Contracting Program (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Mismanagement-plagued-WA-agency-in-charge-of-minority-contracting-program-160782985.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Japan - Ten Utilities Plan Sharp August Electricity Rate Hikes to Cover Renewables' Tab
• Texas - Editorial: Higher Electric Costs Not Justified
• Car Crashes on Cota in Downtown Shelton – Hits Pole at Mason County PUD 3 Building
• Fitch Revises Cowlitz PUD Outlook
• Alcoa to Sell Tennessee Hydroelectric Project for $600 Million
• Massachusetts – Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Management Unmoved By Union Protest
• Colorado - PUC Rejects Xcel Bid to Limit Boulder Customers' Access to Energy Programs
• California - Karen Austin Pushes Pacific Gas & Electric Further Into the Digital Age
• Managing Millennials: Why Gen Y Will Be Running the Country by 2020
• Uh Oh: There’s an East Coast Crab Shortage
• High Bacteria Levels in Washington State Waters, Not Found in OR, ID
• Predicting Waves Could Double Ocean Energy Capture
• A Second U-S Supported Maker of Solar Panels Will Close
• Spray-On Solar Windows Use Teeny Tiny Solar Cells to Capture Energy
• Seattle City Light & Energy Efficiency: Least Cost, Least Risk
• Op/Ed - Why You Should Incorporate Ground-Source Heating into New Build Projects
• British Columbia to Raise Carbon Tax, Price of Gasoline July 1
• British Columbia’s 'Controversial' Carbon Trading System Under Review
• Ethanol Refinery near Clatskanie, Oregon to Re-Start
• Free Reusable Bags Ahead of Seattle's Plastic Bag Ban
• Looking for the Future Smart Home
• RIM Delays Blackberry 10, Announces Job Cuts
• Mismanagement Plagued Washington State Agency In Charge Of Minority Contracting Program
• Ex-Sumner School Superintendent Fined $2,000 for Campaign-Law Violations
• California - City of Stockton Bankruptcy Filing Makes History
• Supreme Court Turns Away Media Companies' Appeal
• Train Kills Man Lying on Tracks near Elma
• Man Dressed as Construction Worker Holds Olympia Clerk at Gunpoint
• Sentencing Today: Lakewood Police Officer Stole from Fallen Officers' Fund
• Health Care: What the U-S Supreme Court's Ruling Means for Consumers
• Falling Gas Prices: Good News for Consumers, Bad News for the Economy?

WORD OF THE DAY

Importunate • \im-PORT-chuh-nut\ • Adjective - 1: troublesomely urgent: overly persistent in request or demand 2: troublesome

The importunate bill collector would not let his prey escape without using all the tools in his persuasion toolkit. “If you don’t make your payment,” he whined, “my children will go hungry; they will devolve into mutant zombies; hunt you down and eat your little monkey brain.” Payment was duly rendered.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Japan - Ten Utilities Plan Sharp August Electricity Rate Hikes to Cover Renewables' Tab (Japan Times)

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120629a6.html#.T-3DcbXherA

Texas - Editorial: Higher Electric Costs Not Justified (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TX)

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/06/27/4064068/higher-electric-costs-not-justified.html

Car Crashes on Cota in Downtown Shelton – Hits Pole at Mason County PUD 3 Building (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/33494-car-crashes-on-cota-in-downton-shelton

Fitch Revises Cowlitz PUD Outlook (Reuters)

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/idINWNB200620120628

Alcoa to Sell Tennessee Hydroelectric Project for $600 Million (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2018559673_apusalcoatapocosale.html

Massachusetts – Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Management Unmoved By Union Protest (Cape Cod Times, MA)

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120629/BIZ/206290314

Colorado - PUC Rejects Xcel Bid to Limit Boulder Customers' Access to Energy Programs (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)

http://www.dailycamera.com/energy/ci_20964910/puc-rejects-xcel-bid-limit-boulder-access-energy

California - Karen Austin Pushes Pacific Gas & Electric Further Into the Digital Age (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_20967323

Managing Millennials: Why Gen Y Will Be Running the Country by 2020 (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2012/06/28/millennials-work-jobs/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Uh Oh: There’s an East Coast Crab Shortage (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/rosenwald-md/post/uh-oh-theres-a-crab-shortage/2012/06/29/gJQAauCbBW_blog.html?wprss=rss_local

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

High Bacteria Levels in Washington State Waters, Not Found in OR, ID (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://earthfix.opb.org/water/article/high-bacteria-levels-in-wa-waters-not-found-in-or-/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Predicting Waves Could Double Ocean Energy Capture (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/namarchetti/88746/predicting-waves-could-double-ocean-energy-capture

A Second U-S Supported Maker of Solar Panels Will Close (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/business/energy-environment/abound-solar-says-it-will-file-for-bankruptcy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Spray-On Solar Windows Use Teeny Tiny Solar Cells to Capture Energy (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/climate-energy/renewable-energy/spray-on-solar-windows-use-teeny-tiny-solar-cells-to-capture-energy/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Seattle City Light & Energy Efficiency: Least Cost, Least Risk (Intelligent Utility)

http://www.intelligentutility.com/article/12/06/seattle-city-light-and-energy-efficiency-least-cost-least-risk

Op/Ed - Why You Should Incorporate Ground-Source Heating into New Build Projects (IB Times, UK)

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20120629/guest-post-why-you-should-incorporate-ground-source-heating-into-build-projects.htm

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

British Columbia to Raise Carbon Tax, Price of Gasoline July 1 (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/bc-to-raise-carbon-tax-price-of-gasoline-july-1/article4374532/

British Columbia’s 'Controversial' Carbon Trading System Under Review - Auditor-general eyes claims of carbon-neutrality (Vancouver Sun, B-C)

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/controversial+carbon+trading+system+under+review/6858021/story.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Ethanol Refinery near Clatskanie, Oregon to Re-Start (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018550862_aporethanolrefinery.html

Free Reusable Bags Ahead of Seattle's Plastic Bag Ban (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Reusable-bags-handed-out-ahead-of-Seattles-plastic-bag-ban-160821565.html

Looking for the Future Smart Home (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/techchron/2012/06/29/looking-for-the-future-smart-home/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

RIM Delays Blackberry 10, Announces Job Cuts (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/rim-delays-blackberry-10-announces-job-cuts/2012/06/29/gJQAT4GOBW_story.html?wprss=rss_business

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Mismanagement Plagued Washington State Agency In Charge Of Minority Contracting Program (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Mismanagement-plagued-WA-agency-in-charge-of-minority-contracting-program-160782985.html

Ex-Sumner School Superintendent Fined $2,000 for Campaign-Law Violations (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/06/28/2198464/ex-sumner-superintendent-fined.html

California - City of Stockton Bankruptcy Filing Makes History (SF Chronicle, CA)

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Stockton-officially-flies-for-bankruptcy-3671895.php

Supreme Court Turns Away Media Companies' Appeal – Requested to lift a prohibition on owning both a newspaper and a television station in the same market (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2018559584_apussupremecourtmediaownershiprules.html

GENERAL NEWS

Train Kills Man Lying on Tracks near Elma (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/06/28/2157579/train-kills-man-lying-on-tracks.html

Man Dressed as Construction Worker Holds Olympia Clerk at Gunpoint (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/crime-law/man-dressed-construction-worker-holds-olympia-cler/nPhkx/

Sentencing Today: Lakewood Police Officer Stole from Fallen Officers' Fund (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/skeeter-manos-lakewood-fund-sentencing-160825005.html

Health Care: What the U-S Supreme Court's Ruling Means for Consumers (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2012/0629/Health-care-What-the-Supreme-Court-s-ruling-means-for-US-consumers

Falling Gas Prices: Good News for Consumers, Bad News for the Economy? (US News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/06/29/falling-gas-prices-good-news-for-consumers-bad-news-for-the-economy

DIVERSIONS

Emancipation Proclamation fetches $2.1 million at auction

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0629/Emancipation-Proclamation-fetches-2.1-million-at-auction

Warren Buffett & His Ukulele Join Bon Jovi in a Song for Charity

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/buffett-joins-bon-jovi-in-a-song-for-charity/

Wait for It: Earth Adds Leap Second on Saturday

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jun/29/wait-it-earth-adds-leap-second-saturday/

U-S "Genius" Visa Attracts Entrepreneurs & Playmates

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/29/entertainment-us-usa-visa-extraordinary-idUSBRE85S09A20120629

SONG OF THE DAY

Eric Clapton & BB King - Crossroads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMEzFgCLv8c

Energy News Digest for June 28, 2012

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Individual Mandate (Northwest Cable News Network)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/SCOTUS-health-care-reform-ruling-160669465.html

‘Incredible Natural Spectacle’ as Record Numbers of Sockeye Salmon Return to Pacific Northwest - Fish cross dam at rate of nearly 30 a minute as more return in a single day than some previous years (MSNBC)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47991126/ns/us_news-environment/#.T-xyQbXherA

California Electricity Customers Urged to Save Power, Avoid Rolling Blackouts (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/06/flex-alerts.html

Rain Breaks Records in Inland Northwest (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jun/28/rain-breaks-records-in-inland-northwest/

Heat Wave: 1,000+ Records Fall in U-S in a Week (Associated Press)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/jun/27/heat-wave-1000-records-fall-in-us-in-a-week/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• California Electricity Customers Urged to Save Power, Avoid Rolling Blackouts
• Emerald PUD Cuts 10 Workers as Utility Struggles to Keep Up with Rising Electricity Prices
• Mason County PUD 3 Seeks Suggestions on Future Use of Old Buildings
• Grant PUD Files Lawsuits for Land to Build Transmission Lines
• Silverdale Power Outage Spurs Explosions
• Cowlitz PUD Waives Utility Deposits for Veterans, Active Military
• Congressman Hastings Holds Hearing on Federal Regulations & Costs Impacting Hydropower Development
• Fitch Rates Port of Morrow, Oregon Transmission Bonds ‘AA’; Outlook Stable
• Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling Affirming FERC’s Market-Based Rate Authority
• Department of Energy Labs Push to Fill Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Void
• Missouri - Hopping Squirrel Leads to Electrical Outage
• Trying to Recover from the Angling Road Tree Massacre
• New APPA Video Describes Benefits of Public Power
• ‘Incredible Natural Spectacle’ as Record Numbers of Sockeye Salmon Return to Pacific Northwest
• Scientists Working to Lure Bird Colonies Away from Columbia River Island
• Live: Webcam Keeps an Eye on Puffins on Remote Maine Island
• Columbia River High & Still Coming Up
• The Bigger, the Greener? Considering the Size of Wind Turbines
• Fixing Wind Power’s Bat Problem
• Cutting the Electric Bill with a Giant Battery
• B-C Hydro Expands Energy Conservation Program
• Exxon’s CEO: Climate, Energy Fears Overblown
• The Rise & Imminent Fall of Biodiesel
• Cities Get So Close to Recycling Ideal, They Can Smell It
• Google Rolls Out New Small Tablet Computer
• Mentor Graphics Building Data Center in Wilsonville
• Ongoing Cyber Raids Cost Banks $80 Million
• U-S Lawmakers Seek Review of Broadband Data Caps
• Daily Report: The Trouble with Limits on Broadband
• Under Pressure, Amazon Shifting Its Stance on Sales Tax
• Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Individual Mandate
• Rain Breaks Records in Inland Northwest
• Heat Wave: 1,000+ Records Fall in U-S in a Week
• Groups Fight Bigger Nuke Base in Puget Sound – Hood Canal Actually
• Egg Company Aghast at Cockfighting at Southern Oregon Facility
• Alaska Glacier Wreckage is 1950s Military Plane
• Sunscreen Forbidden at Schools & Camps

WORD OF THE DAY

Thrall • \THRAWL\ • Noun - 1a: a servant slave: bondman; also: serf b: a person in moral or mental servitude 2a: a state of servitude or submission b: a state of complete absorption.

“Man; this is SO cool,’ enthused the fanboy, emitting partially masticated ‘Cheetos’ bits over the front of his black Star Wars t-shirt. What held him in thrall was a limited edition issue of a one inch square of fabric from the white outfit worn by Carrie Fischer in SW4 “A New Hope.” eBay made a great deal of money from the obsessed fan that day.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

California Electricity Customers Urged to Save Power, Avoid Rolling Blackouts (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/06/flex-alerts.html

Emerald PUD Cuts 10 Workers as Utility Struggles to Keep Up with Rising Electricity Prices (KMTR-TV, Eugene, OR)

http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story/EPUD-cuts-10-workers-as-utility-struggles-to-keep/TOqIWrvrc0mRxMM0OUQNKQ.cspx

Mason County PUD 3 Seeks Suggestions on Future Use of Old Buildings (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/33482-pud-3-seeks-suggestions-on-future-use-of-old-buildings

Grant PUD Files Lawsuits for Land to Build Transmission Lines (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/politics/article_ecc36d66-c08c-11e1-9ee3-001a4bcf887a.html

Silverdale Power Outage Spurs Explosions (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/jun/28/silverdale-power-outage-spurs-explosions/

Cowlitz PUD Waives Utility Deposits for Veterans, Active Military (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/cowlitz-pud-waives-utility-deposits-for-veterans-active-military/article_65b93118-c0b7-11e1-a5fd-0019bb2963f4.html

Congressman Hastings Holds Hearing on Federal Regulations & Costs Impacting Hydropower Development - Okanogan PUD General Manager testifies on Enloe Dam (U-S House Natural Resources Committee)

http://naturalresources.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=301176

Fitch Rates Port of Morrow, Oregon Transmission Bonds ‘AA’; Outlook Stable (MarketWatch)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fitch-rates-port-of-morrow-or-transmission-facilities-revenue-bonds-aa-outlook-stable-2012-06-27

Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling Affirming FERC’s Market-Based Rate Authority (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=181704&issueID=26791

Department of Energy Labs Push to Fill Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Void (U-S News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/stem-education/2012/06/27/department-of-energy-labs-push-to-fill-stem-void

Missouri - Hopping Squirrel Leads to Electrical Outage (Columbus Tribune, MO)

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2012/jun/27/hopping-squirrel-leads-to-electrical-outage/

Trying to Recover from the Angling Road Tree Massacre (WTUV Radio, Coldwater MI)

http://wtvbam.com/news/articles/2012/jun/28/trying-to-recover-from-the-angling-road-tree-massacre/

New APPA Video Describes Benefits of Public Power (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=181733&issueID=26791

FISH & WILDLIFE

‘Incredible Natural Spectacle’ as Record Numbers of Sockeye Salmon Return to Pacific Northwest - Fish cross dam at rate of nearly 30 a minute as more return in a single day than some previous years (MSNBC)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47991126/ns/us_news-environment/#.T-xyQbXherA

Scientists Working to Lure Bird Colonies Away from Columbia River Island (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/scientists-working-to-lure-bird-colonies-away-from-columbia-river/article_6cd406e4-c0cb-11e1-85d0-001a4bcf887a.html

Live: Webcam Keeps an Eye on Puffins on Remote Maine Island (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/06/live-web-cam-keeps-an-eye-on-puffins-on-remote-maine-island/1?csp=34news

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Columbia River High & Still Coming Up (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/jun/27/river-high-and-still-coming-up/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

The Bigger, the Greener? Considering the Size of Wind Turbines (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/06/the-bigger-the-greener-considering-the-size-of-wind-turbines?cmpid=rss

Fixing Wind Power’s Bat Problem - Turbines kill hundreds of thousands of bats each year, but new technology could drastically cut the toll (IEEE Spectrum)

http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/fixing-wind-powers-bat-problem

Cutting the Electric Bill with a Giant Battery (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/cutting-the-electric-bill-with-a-giant-battery/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

B-C Hydro Expands Energy Conservation Program (Nanaimo Bulletin, B-C)
http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/business/160603865.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Exxon’s CEO: Climate, Energy Fears Overblown (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Exxon-s-CEO-Climate-energy-fears-overblown-3667064.php

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

The Rise & Imminent Fall of Biodiesel (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jameshenry/2012/06/27/the-rise-and-imminent-fall-of-biodiesel/

Cities Get So Close to Recycling Ideal, They Can Smell It (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/us/a-recycling-ideal-so-close-cities-can-smell-it.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Rolls Out New Small Tablet Computer (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/06/post_131.html

Mentor Graphics Building Data Center in Wilsonville (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2012/06/mentor_graphics_building_data.html

Ongoing Cyber Raids Cost Banks $80 Million (TG Daily)

http://www.tgdaily.com/security-features/64337-ongoing-cyber-raids-cost-banks-80-million

U-S Lawmakers Seek Review of Broadband Data Caps (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/27/us-internet-data-caps-idUSBRE85Q1PM20120627

Daily Report: The Trouble with Limits on Broadband (NY Times)

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/daily-report-the-trouble-with-limits-on-broadband/

Under Pressure, Amazon Shifting Its Stance on Sales Tax (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)

http://kpbj.com/business_daily/2012-06-28/under_pressure_amazon_shifting_its_stance_on_sales_tax

GENERAL NEWS

Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Individual Mandate (Northwest Cable News Network)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/SCOTUS-health-care-reform-ruling-160669465.html

Rain Breaks Records in Inland Northwest (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jun/28/rain-breaks-records-in-inland-northwest/

Heat Wave: 1,000+ Records Fall in U-S in a Week (Associated Press)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/jun/27/heat-wave-1000-records-fall-in-us-in-a-week/

Groups Fight Bigger Nuke Base in Puget Sound – Hood Canal Actually (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/06/28/47882.htm

Egg Company Aghast at Cockfighting at Southern Oregon Facility (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018545494_aporcockfightingeggcompany1stldwritethru.html

Alaska Glacier Wreckage is 1950s Military Plane (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018545891_apushistoricaldebris3rdldwritethru.html

Sunscreen Forbidden at Schools & Camps (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-06-27/sunscreen-policies/55877080/1?csp=34news

DIVERSIONS

‘Mandate Struck Down’: ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ Moment for CNN, Fox News

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/health-care-ruling-scotus-cnn-gaffe-fox-news-154347515.html

An Office Desk That Generates Electric Power Via Your Butt

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/06/office-desk-generates-electrical-power-your-butt/2402/

Donnell Norman Steals $40,000 in Merchandise from Nordstrom, Turns Home into Department Store

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/06/25/donnell-norman-arrested-for-stealing-40000-in-jewelry-and-merchandise-from-nordstrom-warehouse/

Tennessee Man Returns $13,000 in Cash He Found on Trash Can

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/tennessee-man-returns-13-000-cash-found-trashcan-182041711.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Chicago - Harry Truman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ceTN6ZH9r0