Words to live by, from a warning label on a small tractor: “Danger: Avoid Death.” That warning was selected Wednesday as the winner of the 11th annual “Wacky Warning Label Contest,” sponsored by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch. The contest is part of an effort to show the effects of lawsuits on warning labels.
Archive for December, 2007
Hosts Mike Sargent and Joe Mauceri interview model/actress Joanna Krupa, film composer Marco Beltrami and “I Am Legend” author Richard Matheson.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to sue the federal government over its decision not to allow a California plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he announced Thursday.Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson announced the decision Wednesday, refusing the state’s request for a waiver that would have allowed it to cut emissions faster than a new federal plan the president signed into law Wednesday. View full article »
It’s scary being a little, tasty squirrel, but some species of the rodents have come up with an intimidating camouflage — snake smells. View full article »
ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) — It was an unlucky day for two squirrels and hundreds of Midwestern power customers.
Brian Elwood, a spokesman for Xcel Energy, said a squirrel came in contact with an overhead transformer and knocked out service to 177 customers Monday. Power was fully restored in just under an hour, and repair crews found the remains of the “unfortunate squirrel,” he said. View full article »
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)—More than 200 years ago, rats jumped ship for Rat Island. The muscular Norway rat climbed ashore on the rugged, uninhabited island in far southwestern Alaska in 1780 after a rodent-infested Japanese ship ran aground. It was the first time rats had made it to Alaska. View full article »
