A BOURBON COUNTY COAL MINE HAS BEEN SITED ON A LIST TO BE UNSAFE. A CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN RELEASED A LIST OF 48 MINES WEDNESDAY THAT ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. THE MINE OWNED BY PHOENIX MINING HAS BEEN CITED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 162 TIMES SINCE MARCH 2008. THE PHOENIX MINING OWNER SAYS MANY OF THE CITATIONS ARE UNFAIR AND IS CHALLENGING SEVERAL OF THEM.
HUGE TURKEY VULTURES IN HUTCHINSON ARE FREAKING OUT SOME RESIDENTS. JIM SUNDERLAND, WHO LIVES BY THE KANSAS STATE FAIRGROUNDS WHERE THE BIRDS HAVE BEEN ROOSTING AT NIGHT, SAYS IT LOOKES LIKE A SCENE FROM HARRY POTTER. THE CITY HAS USED NOISE MAKERS TO TRY TO KEEP THE BIRDS AWAY BUT OFFICIALS SAY THEY SHOULDN’T CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS.
TWO BABY PENGUINS WILL BE MAKING THEIR DEBUT AT THE SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO TODAY. CHICK ONE AND CHICK TWO ARE THE FIRST HUMBOLDT PENGUINS THAT WERE BORN AT THE ZOO. THERE ARE 14 OTHER ADULT PENGUINS AT THE ZOO AND THERE’S A CHANCE FOR TWO MORE TO HATCH IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THEY WERE BORN IN LATE MARCH.
MOST AIRPORTS IN EUROPE ARE CLOSED FOR A FIFTH DAY DUE TO THE CLOUD OF ASH RISING FROM A VOLCANO IN ICELAND. ALL THE AIRPORTS IN SPAIN ARE OPEN AND OFFERING TO BECOME A HUB TO GET PASSENGERS MOVING. BRITIAN IS SENDING ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS TO GET STRANDED BRITONS AND WILL DEPOLY A THIRD SHIP. SOME AIRLINES HAVE TESTED FLIGHTS WITHOUT PASSENGERS BUT A WESTERN DIPLOMAT SAYS SEVERAL NATO F-16 FIGHTERS SUFFERED ENGINE DAMAGE AFTER FLYING THROUGH THE ASH.
WHILE EUROPEAN PLANES ARE STAYING GROUDNED, SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY WILL STAY IN ORBIT AN EXTRA DAY BECAUSE OF CLOUDY WEATHER. THEY HAD A CHANCE THIS MORNING WHERE THE SKY CLEARED BUT MISSION CONTROL DID NOT WANT TO RISK ANYTHING. IF THE CLOUDS STICK AROUND FOR TOMORROW AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, THEY WILL TRY TO LAND AT THEIR BACK UP SITE IN CALIFORNIA. DISCOVERY AND ITS SEVEN ASTRONAUTS ARE COMING BACK AFTER A TWO WEEK MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
HUNDRENDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER TODAY AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY FEDERAL BUILDING TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED IN THE BOMBING. TODAY MARKS THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK THAT KILLED 168 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAT 600 MORE. THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO WILL SPEAK AT THE CEREMONY THAT BEGINS JUST BEFORE 9:02 AM, THE TIME THE BOMB WAS DETONATED. THEY WILL ALSO REMEMBER THE 168 PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED WITH 168 SECONDS OF SILENCE.
LAST NIGHT COUNTRY MUSIC BROUGHT THEIR RHINESTONES FROM NASHVILLE TO LAS VEGAS FOR THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. LADY ANTEBELLUM WERE BIG WINNERS TAKING HOME THREE AWARDS, MIRANDA LAMBERT HAD A BIG NIGHT GETTING ALBUM OF THE YEAR, VIDEO OF THE YEAR, AND TOP FEMALE VOCALIST, BRAD PAISLEY IS THE TOP MALE VOCALIST, AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE TO WIN ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR TWICE. ALONG WITH WINNING THEIR FINAL TOP DUO OF THE YEAR, BROOKS AND DUNN GAVE THEIR FINAL ACM PERFOMANCE. THEY WILL BE AIRING A FAREWELL SHOW THAT WILL AIR MAY 23RD OF CBS.
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