Even after forty-five years of experience, traveling to and living in space is a risky proposition. Both of the world's major spacefaring nations, the United States and Russia, have had close calls and catastrophes. On the American side, an...

In an extreme emergency all things are common....

An emergency is a situation which poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or environment.[1] Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation, although in some situations, mitigation may not be possible and...

BOB GROVES, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 03-19-1995 EMERGENCY -- THEY HAVE TO KNOW A BIT OF EVERYTHING By BOB GROVES, Staff Writer Date: 03-19-1995, Sunday Section: SPECIAL SECTIONS Edition: All Editions -- Sunday Americans make more than 92 million...

In hurried pursuit of hope and Charity The following day's newspaper will show that Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004, is a run-of-the-raill day for mayhem in Now Orleans. A shooting here, a car aceident there - in a city infamous for violence, nothing out...

A federal government plan for responding to emergencies will not be ready in time for the approaching hurricane season, officials have told Congress.The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which bore the brunt of criticism following the 2005 season when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf...

It's been hard to go wrong investing in emerging markets in recent years. Chris Alderson, lead manager of T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Stock (symbol PRMSX), a Kiplinger 25 member, has made the most of this bull run.His fund returned a sizzling 62% in the...