Workers briefly evacuate stricken nuclear plant

Wednesday March 16th, 2011FUKUSHIMA, Japan — Workers at a quake-smashed atomic power plant briefly suspended operations and evacuated Wednesday after a rush in radiation made it too perilous to remain here, dealing a setback to Japan’s frantic efforts to stem a nuclear crisis. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said work on dousing the overheated reactors with water was for the [...]

Zhang, Chiu and Qu Lead Bay Area Go Monthly

Wednesday March 16th, 2011Two dozen players ranging from 19 kyu to 7 dan met up in Palo Alto, CA on February 12 for a relaxed but serious ratings tournament. Continuous pairing is used in the Bay Area Go monthly tournaments so that players can play as many or as few games as they want, without having to wait around [...]

USS San Francisco Runs Aground off Guam

Wednesday March 16th, 2011January 8, 2005 ( From U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs) PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) — The Los Angeles-class submarine USS San Francisco (SSN 711) ran aground while conducting submerged operations approximately 350 miles south of the island of Guam today. The incident occurred at approximately 4 p.m., Jan. 7, Hawaii Standard Time (12 noon, Jan. [...]