Walt Tamosaitis thought he was doing the right thing when he blew the whistle on problems with an Energy Department project. He was banished to the basement for his trouble. The Richland, Wash., engineer was working as a federal contractor on the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) project, which he described as “our nation’s most contaminated facility, containing two-thirds of the nation’s high level nuclear waste.” It’s an Energy Department program, run by Bechtel Corp . and URS Corp. as the prime subcontractors. Tamosaitis said the objective “is to put 56 million gallons of hazardous nuclear waste into a stable waste form to eliminate an environmental and safety threat.” Read full article > >

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After complaint, he landed in basement

Leona Helmsley’s dog, Trouble, has died at the age of 12. The dog inherited $12 million when Helmsley passed away in 2007, but a judge later cut the inheritance to $2 million after its caretaker, Carl Lekic, told the court that the dog did not need so…

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Helmsley’s Millionaire Dog Dies

Leona Helmsley’s dog, Trouble, has died at the age of 12. The dog inherited $12 million when Helmsley passed away in 2007, but a judge later cut the inheritance to $2 million after its caretaker, Carl Lekic, told the court that the dog did not need so…

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Helmsley’s Millionaire Dog Dies

Muzzle the leakers — not the press.

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WikiLeaks and the trouble with transparency

How can the U.S. stand still as the ‘cleansing’ of Sudanese escalates?

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Focus on Sudan’s political referendum obscures trouble in Darfur

To hear the police tell it, luck finally ran out for Corey Moore, the Washington street legend long known as the “Teflon Defendant.”

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‘Teflon Defendant’ walks into trouble

It’s no secret that high blood pressure increases your risk of heart disease and stroke. Nor should it come as a surprise that binge drinking isn’t the healthiest habit. But a new study suggests that combining the two may add up to double the trouble — and much more, in some cases.

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If you’re hypertensive, don’t do this