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Dead Sea needs world help to stay alive

AFP - Wed Nov 25, 12:28 PM ET

GHOR HADITHA, Jordan (AFP) - The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.

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  1. This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of, Tareq Salahi, left, Vice President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said. (AP Photo) NO SALES
    Couple slips though security to crash state dinner AP - 54 minutes agoSent 574 times

    WASHINGTON - Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve.

  2. Surprise! Your Skin Can Hear LiveScience.com - Wed Nov 25, 1:06 PM ETSent 385 times

    We not only hear with our ears, but also through our skin, according to a new study.

  3. FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, a piece of Chinese drywall leans against the wall of a home in Davie, Fla. A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)
    Drywall investigation expands into US products AP - Wed Nov 25, 5:21 PM ETSent 372 times

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring.

  4. Jordanians stand in a semi-deserted field near the Dead Sea south of Amman on November 9. The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.(AFP/File/Khalil Mazraawi)
    Dead Sea needs world help to stay alive AFP - Wed Nov 25, 12:28 PM ETSent 356 times

    GHOR HADITHA, Jordan (AFP) - The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.

  5. VIDEO: President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to "finish the job" in Afghanistan and promised to unveil a decision soon on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Duration: 00:36(AFPTV/POOL)
    The White House's unprecedented use of 'unprecedented' Politico - Wed Nov 25, 12:54 AM ETSent 299 times

    The Obama White House is addicted to the “unprecedented.”

  6. LA suburb's rebirth rides on electric car plant AP - Wed Nov 25, 8:12 PM ETSent 114 times

    DOWNEY, Calif. - This blue-collar suburb on the edge of Los Angeles once helped send men to space. After the collapse of its aerospace industry, its ambitions are now more down-to-earth but still looking toward the future.

  7. Thai Airways' Excess Baggage Charge Costs More Than Seat Time.com - Wed Nov 25, 9:25 AM ETSent 80 times

    One unlucky traveler got hit with an excess-baggage charge so outrageous, he may as well have bought his luggage its own seats on the flight

  8. President Obama speaks during the pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    Obama to vow greenhouse emissions cuts in Denmark AP - 3 minutes agoSent 79 times

    WASHINGTON - Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at next month's Copenhagen climate summit. He will insist America is ready to tackle global warming despite resistance in Congress over higher costs for businesses and homeowners.

  9. The accelerator pedal, right, in a 2010 Toyota Camry is seen on the show room floor of Bobby Rahal Toyota in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million recalled vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    Toyota to replace gas pedals on 4 million vehicles AP - Wed Nov 25, 5:29 PM ETSent 69 times

    WASHINGTON - Toyota plans to replace the gas pedals on 4 million vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats and cause sudden acceleration, a flaw that led to the sixth-largest recall ever in the U.S.

  10. This screen grab from Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 shows the Wikileaks.org home page. An activist group called Wikileaks has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001. The group says some of the messages were sent by federal and local officials, but most appear to be from regular people, including frantic New Yorkers trying to reach loved ones in and around the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Wikileaks.com) --NO SALES--
    Activist group posting 573,000 9/11 pager messages AP - 1 minute agoSent 58 times

    NEW YORK - An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001, from "Second World Trade Center tower collapses" to "I'm ok & love you..xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox."

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  1. This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo Michaele Salahi, right, with the CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said. (AP Photo) NO SALES
    Couple slips though security to crash state dinner AP - 54 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve.

  2. U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question during a joint news conference with Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing
    The White House's unprecedented use of 'unprecedented' Politico - Wed Nov 25, 12:54 AM ET

    The Obama White House is addicted to the “unprecedented.”

  3. A man digs beside a backhoe as they recover a vehicle that was dumped together with massacre victims along a hillside grave in Ampatuan, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. Philippine authorities, under intense public pressure to make arrests in the country's worst election massacre, said Wednesday they are investigating a member of a powerful clan allied with the government along with four police commanders. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
    Prime suspect in Philippine massacre surrenders AP - 19 minutes ago

    AMPATUAN, Philippines - A scion of a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday amid mounting pressure on the government to crack down on lawlessness and warlords.

  4. REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE. Smoke from the remains of New York's World Trade Center shrouds lower Manhattan as a lone seagull flies overhead in a photograph taken across New York Harbor from Jersey City, New Jersey September 12, 2001. Each of the twin towers were hit by hijacked airliners and collapsed in one of numerous acts of terrorism directed at the United States on September 11, 2001. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine (UNITED STATES)
    Activist group posting 573,000 9/11 pager messages AP - 1 minute ago

    NEW YORK - An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001, from "Second World Trade Center tower collapses" to "I'm ok & love you..xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox."

  5. A man loads drywall into his truck outside a home improvement store in California in 2008. US authorities expanded a probe Monday into health impacts of drywall imported from China, saying an initial study found a "strong association" with indoor pollution in homes using the product.(AFP/Getty Images/File)
    Drywall investigation expands into US products AP - Wed Nov 25, 5:21 PM ET

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring.

  6. A picture shows the drying shores of the Dead Sea, south of the Jordanian capital Amman, on November 9. The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.(AFP/File/Khalil Mazraawi)
    Dead Sea needs world help to stay alive AFP - Wed Nov 25, 12:28 PM ET

    GHOR HADITHA, Jordan (AFP) - The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.

  7. Surprise! Your Skin Can Hear LiveScience.com - Wed Nov 25, 1:06 PM ET

    We not only hear with our ears, but also through our skin, according to a new study.

  8. Singer Adam Lambert appears on CBS's' 'The Early Show' in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
    Lambert says he got carried away, but not sorry AP - Wed Nov 25, 5:03 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Adam Lambert admits he got carried away with his sexually charged American Music Awards performance, but he's offering no apology.

  9. FILE - In this April 2, 2009 file photo, former AIG Chairman Hank Greenberg smiles on Capitol Hill in Washington prior to testifying before the House Oversight Committee. American International Group Inc. on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 said it reached an agreement to settle all legal disputes with Greenberg. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
    AIG resolves all legal disputes with Greenberg AP - Wed Nov 25, 6:07 PM ET

    NEW YORK - American International Group Inc. has agreed to settle all legal disputes with its former chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the company said late Wednesday.

  10. U.S. President Barack Obama holds a boy from the Washington community as he hands out Thanksgiving day food during his visit to Martha's Table, a community-improvement organization for the underprivileged, in Washington November 25, 2009. Obama's mother-in-law Marian Robinson is pictured at right. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)
    Obama to vow greenhouse emissions cuts in Denmark AP - 3 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at next month's Copenhagen climate summit. He will insist America is ready to tackle global warming despite resistance in Congress over higher costs for businesses and homeowners.

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  1. Police: Dad leaves boy and goes into strip club AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:24 PM ET

    INDIANAPOLIS - A man was arrested after police said he left his 5-year-old son in a tractor-trailer while he ducked into an Indianapolis strip club to drink. The 39-year-old was arrested at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday on child neglect and public intoxication charges after calling police to report his truck stolen and his child missing. Police said the man was too drunk to remember where he had parked.

  2. President Barack Obama, right, with daughters, Sasha Obama, 8, Malia Obama, 11, reacts with Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, as Malia reaches to pet a turkey, Courage, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Obama's first pardon: A turkey named Courage AP - Wed Nov 25, 6:40 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama on Wednesday granted his first pardon — to Courage, a 45-pound turkey spared from the Thanksgiving table.

  3. U.S. President Barack Obama greets a boy as he gives away Thanksgiving day food to members of the Washington community at Martha's Table, a community-improvement organization for the underprivileged, in Washington November 25, 2009. First lady Michelle Obama is pictured in the background. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)
    Obama to vow greenhouse emissions cuts in Denmark AP - 3 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at next month's Copenhagen climate summit. He will insist America is ready to tackle global warming despite resistance in Congress over higher costs for businesses and homeowners.

  4. FILE - In this July 8, 2009, file photo, Texas Rangers' Andruw Jones watches his solo home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the third inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif. The Chicago White Sox have agreed to a one-year, $500,000 deal with veteran outfielder Andruw Jones. Jones, 32, can make an additional $1 million in performance bonuses. Jones batted .214 with 17 home runs and 43 RBI in 82 games with Texas in 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
    Andruw Jones agrees to deal with White Sox AP - Wed Nov 25, 4:14 PM ET

    CHICAGO - Andruw Jones agreed Wednesday to a $500,000, one-year contract with the Chicago White Sox.

  5. This undated photo from the Adelaide Zoo shows Wang Wang, a two-year-old male panda in China. Two giant pandas due to begin a 10-year stay at an Australian zoo could give the local economy a bigger boost than recent visits by Tiger Woods or Lance Armstrong, officials said Wednesday.(AFP/HO/File)
    China's pandas worth more than Tiger Woods: Australian zoo AFP - Wed Nov 25, 12:11 PM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Two giant pandas due to begin a 10-year stay at an Australian zoo could give the local economy a bigger boost than recent visits by Tiger Woods or Lance Armstrong, officials said Wednesday.

  6. The accelerator pedal, right, in a 2010 Toyota Avalon is seen on the show room floor of Bobby Rahal Toyota in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million recalled vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    Toyota to replace gas pedals on 4 million vehicles AP - Wed Nov 25, 5:29 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Toyota plans to replace the gas pedals on 4 million vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats and cause sudden acceleration, a flaw that led to the sixth-largest recall ever in the U.S.

  7. Christian Leaders Scapegoat Gays on Marriage HuffingtonPost.com - Wed Nov 25, 12:42 PM ET

    Read Nathaniel Frank's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com

  8. In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 Drew Grande, of Manchester, N.H., left, Nicole Wilson, of Providence, R.I., center, and Josh Atwood, of Hampden, Maine, right, participate in a candlelight vigil in front of the Statehouse, in Providence. The vigil, sponsored by several groups that support equal rights for same-sex couples, was meant to draw attention to a failed bill that would have given equal rights to same-sex partners following the death of a partner or loved one. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Gay marriage momentum stalls in liberal NY, NJ AP - Wed Nov 25, 1:50 PM ET

    MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - The state-to-state march to legalize gay marriage across the left-leaning Northeast has lost more momentum since a major setback three weeks ago at the ballot box in Maine.

  9. FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Lou Dobbs, left, speaks with Bill O'Reilly during taping a segment for Fox News channel's 'The O'Reilly Factor,' in New York. Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as 'an intermediary step' that could lead to a run for the White House. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
    Ex-CNN host Lou Dobbs weighs Senate run in NJ AP - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

    HILLSIDE, N.J. - Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid — a congressional matchup that would pit one of illegal immigration's biggest critics against a champion for immigrant rights.

  10. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, gestures as he speaks during a press conference in his Jerusalem office, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2009. Israel will halt construction in its West Bank settlements for 10 months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday, in an effort to restart peace talks, but Palestinians rejected the freeze as insufficient because it did not include east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
    Israel proposes 10-month West Bank settlement halt AP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

    JERUSALEM - Israel on Wednesday proposed a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward restarting Mideast peace negotiations. Washington welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer, but the Palestinians swiftly rejected it because it did not include a building freeze in Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, the mainly Arab sector of the city they want as the capital of a future state.

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