Blog Heap of Links for the day 12 March 2011
Obamanation
President Barack Obama said Friday that the Pentagon has assured him that the Army private who is believed responsible for the largest leak of classified American documents ever is being held under appropriate conditions.
Transport Tragedy
A bus crash in the Bronx killed at least 14 people on its way back from a casino.
Art of
Bartlesville - prairie frontier town
BARTLESVILLE — The sandstone walls of the building at 113 SW Second have been standing since Bartlesville's oil boomtown days. Considered possibly the oldest building in the historic downtown district, the structure will start a new chapter this week. On Sunday, Keller Williams Realty and Auctions By Mary are selling the building to the highest bidder.
Earth Shakes
A municipal official of the town of Futaba in Fukushima prefecture said: ''More than 90% of the houses in three coastal communities have been washed away by tsunami. Looking from the fourth floor of the town hall, I see no houses standing.'' In one of the worst-hit areas of Fukushima prefecture, people buried under rubble could be heard calling out for help, the Kyodo news agency reported. Four trains running in a coastal area of Miyagi and Iwate prefectures are still unaccounted for. In Ibaraki prefecture, north-east of Tokyo, many homes are still without power and there are queues at the few petrol stations that are open, says the BBC's Chris Hogg.