The Hanford Site in SoutheastWashington (located on the Columbia River) is considered the dirtiest place on earth. 177 Underground storage tanks hold over 50 million gallons of radioactive and toxic waste. And they are leaking.
posted to MetaFilter by mrzarquon at 7:20 AM on March 25, 2008 (47 comments)

Garry Kasparov, chess grandmaster, and presidential opponent to Putin, has just been detained on charges of organizing a protest and resisting arrest.
posted to MetaFilter by mrzarquon at 10:20 AM on November 24, 2007 (63 comments)