Remembering the important, costly Battle of Iwo Jima
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Japan nuke holdout resolved to stay
TOMIOKA, Japan - Vines creep across Tomioka's empty streets, its prim gardens overgrown with waist-high weeds and meadow flowers. Dead cows rot where they were left to starve in their pens. Chicken coops writhe with maggots, a sickening stench hanging in the air.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Japan's government criticizes plant operator
SENDAI, Japan - Japan's government revealed a series of missteps by the operator of a radiation-leaking nuclear plant on Saturday, including sending workers in without protective footwear in its faltering efforts to control a monumental crisis. The U.S. Navy, meanwhile, rushed to deliver fresh water to replace corrosive saltwater now …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
180K flee as Japan's nuke-plant crisis intensifies
KORIYAMA, Japan - Japanese officials warned of a possible second explosion at a nuclear plant crippled by the earthquake and tsunami as they raced to stave off multiple reactor meltdowns, but they provided few details about whether they were making progress. More than 180,000 people have evacuated the area, and …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Meltdown likely under way at Japanese reactor
IWAKI, Japan - Cooling systems failed at a second nuclear reactor, where a top government spokesman said a partial meltdown is likely under way on Japan's devastated coast Sunday, hours after an explosion at a nearby unit made leaking radiation, or even outright meltdown, the central threat to the country …
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'Eat Pray Love' star Roberts happy as is
TOKYO - Julia Roberts isn't planning a spiritual journey of her own after making the film based on the hit travel memoir "Eat Pray Love."
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
US aircraft carrier ups pressure on N. Korea
BUSAN, South Korea - A massive nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier readied Saturday for maneuvers with ally South Korea in a potent show of force that North Korea has threatened could lead to "sacred war."
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
