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...Anderson is notorious for rocking the boat in this conservative, primarily Mormon state, which happens to have the highest Bush approval rating in the U.S., and where three-fourths of their state legislators are Republicans. And though his latest antics are making many Utah residents seasick, the mayor has garnered a loyal following that includes a diverse and liberal group of people that reside primarily in Salt Lake City...
...former Lockheed Martin contractor, De Kort became frustrated when he couldn't get attention for his complaints about alleged security flaws in the Coast Guard patrol boats - he insisted that they created blind spots for the boat's security cameras. So he took his case to YouTube. And even though his testimony has only netted thus far a modest 8,000-plus viewers, he did generate media coverage and - finally - a response from the government: The Coast Guard says it will investigate De Kort's claims, while Lockheed insists they are baseless. "Anybody with a webcam and something...
...Blowing the Whistle on YouTube The latest hot homemade video claims that Coast Guard patrol boat security cameras have blind spots. But in the YouTube age, viewers should be wary of their...
...estimate that this year nearly 10,000 aspiring immigrants have reached Lampedusa, a rocky 9.6 sq. mi. island that sits between Sicily and North Africa. At least 11 died in July near the island of Malta, before the latest two incidents. On Sunday, 10 bodies were recovered after a boat with more than 30 immigrants overturned south of Lampedusa. That came a day after a vessel with as many as 120 sank. Some 70 immigrants were saved, while 10 bodies, four of them women, were recovered as Coast Guard patrols continued to search for signs of the missing. Law enforcement...
...Osvaldo Lemus, coordinator of one of the emergency response teams mounted by the Spanish Red Cross, says the immigrants "come dehydrated, hungry, thirsty and often suffering from deep cold; many have splinters in their extremities and bruises from the contact and rubbing on the boat." One bright spot is the cooperation and solidarity he finds from anonymous volunteers, who are increasingly flying down to the Canaries to help, and even the impromptu aid of local vacationers. Lemus recalled when one recent boat washed ashore near a popular beach, several locals rushed over to help the immigrants, "warming them up with...