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  • Inspector discovers new water leak at Palisades nuclear plant
    Documents released this week show a Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspector based at Palisades discovered the leak during a routine inspection on…
  • The Outsiders Who Foresaw The Subprime Crisis
    Michael Lewis, who wrote the best-seller Liar's Poker, is back with a new book examining those who profited from shorting subprime mortgages. In The Big Short, Lewis profiles extreme characters — outsiders — who are the sane people in an insane world.
  • A Japanese rescue worker in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, on Friday, one week after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan.
    Japan Raises Severity Level Of Nuclear Crisis
    The country's nuclear safety agency raised the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident to a Level 5 out of 7, putting it on par with the Three Mile Island accident. Emergency workers struggled to cool overheated fuel rods at the plant, while Japanese officials admitted the quake and tsunami had overwhelmed the government and slowed its response to the nuclear problems.
  • A Japanese rescue worker in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, on Friday, one week after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan.
    Japan Raises Severity Level Of Nuclear Crisis
    The country's nuclear safety agency raised the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident to a Level 5 out of 7, putting it on par with the Three Mile Island accident. Emergency workers struggled to cool overheated fuel rods at the plant, while Japanese officials admitted the quake and tsunami had overwhelmed the government and slowed its response to the nuclear problems.
  • Water shutoffs, Detroit Public School’s emergency manager, and campaign trail updates
    This Week in Michigan Politics, Emily Fox and Jack Lessenberry discuss Detroit’s water shutoffs, Detroit Public School’s emergency manager and updates…
  • Judge rules there's no guaranteed right to Detroit water service without paying bills
    Water shutoffs to Detroiters who haven't paid their bills are not going to stop.That's the result of a ruling today by federal bankruptcy judge Stephen…
  • A screen grab taken from news footage by Japanese public broadcaster NHK shows the moment of a hydrogen explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station's No. 3 reactor Monday.
    Crisis Deepens At Japanese Nuclear Power Plant
    Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said in a televised national address that there is a high risk of more radioactivity leaking from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. He ordered everyone within 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) to evacuate and everyone within 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) to remain inside.
  • A screen grab taken from news footage by Japanese public broadcaster NHK shows the moment of a hydrogen explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station's No. 3 reactor Monday.
    Crisis Deepens At Japanese Nuclear Power Plant
    Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said in a televised national address that there is a high risk of more radioactivity leaking from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. He ordered everyone within 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) to evacuate and everyone within 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) to remain inside.
  • Lake Erie
    Study predicts less Great Lakes water loss
    Previous research suggested a decline in future Great Lakes water levels, but findings from a recent scientific report may paint a different picture.…
  • Michigan Syrians find vast resources, hard limits to helping in crisis
    How best to deal with the extremely messy situation in Syria?That’s the question the U.S. government and the international community are wrestling with…
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