• OzzModz is no longer taking registrations. All registrations are being redirected to Snog's Site
    All addons and support is available there now.

Flint's dirty little water secret

Luke Skywalker

Super Moderator
{vb:raw ozzmodz_postquote}:
Get the news
Log In or Subscribe to skip

[h=6]Share This Story![/h]Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about

635888165875027651-shortie-119-composite.jpg
[h=4]Flint's dirty little water secret[/h]Out of the loop today? We've got what you missed.

{# #}
[h=4]Sent![/h]A link has been sent to your friend's email address.



[h=4]Posted![/h]A link has been posted to your Facebook feed.



[h=6]Join the Nation's Conversation[/h]To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs






Out of the loop today? We've got what you missed.(Photo: Regina H. Boone, Detroit Free Press)


[h=2]<span style="color: Red;">*</span>[/h][h=2]To cut costs in Flint, they poisoned the water[/h]There's a crisis in Flint, Mich.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A crisis so bad that the Rev. Jesse Jackson called the city a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"crime scene."<span style="color: Red;">*</span>So bad that President Obama<span style="color: Red;">*</span>called a state of emergency. So bad that Hillary Clinton said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"every single American should be outraged."<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Why? Because an entire community has been drinking poisoned water, and it took years for anyone to do something about it. Explain:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Flint's drinking water became<span style="color: Red;">*</span>contaminated with lead<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in 2014 after the city switched its water supply to cut costs and then didn't treat it with the right chemicals. People complained the water looked bad, smelled bad and tasted bad, but the state ignored them. Flint is a predominantly African American, low-income community, which has some asking if this would have happened if the city had been a little richer, and a little whiter. Now, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder admits<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the response was a "disaster." Here<span style="color: Red;">*</span>are five things you need to know<span style="color: Red;">*</span>about how the water was contaminated, who's been exposed and how people are finally trying to fix it.
29906170001_4699011245001_thumb-756448ef024c44028d0f6a706700ab4a.jpg
[h=2]UP NEXT[/h][h=2]03[/h]


Deputies from the Genesee County Sheriff's Department began the door-to-door water delivery initiative across Flint on Monday morning, helping residents cope with the ongoing water crisis. (Jan. 11) AP


[h=2]Palin endorses Trump, and everyone wonders when the reality show is coming[/h]It's official: Sarah Palin<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is endorsing Donald Trump for president.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Palin is "proud." Trump is "honored."<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Palin, seen as a conservative heavyweight, was the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and former Alaska governor.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The endorsement comes less than two weeks before the critical lead-off Iowa caucuses, where Trump is locked in a dead heat with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Even before the announcement was official, a Cruz adviser started<span style="color: Red;">*</span>slamming Palin on the potential endorsement. Then Bristol Palin got involved to defend her mom.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>And you know what happens when Bristol gets involved.<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>
635888017434761237-trumppalin.jpg
Donald Trump and Sarah Palin<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: AP)

[h=2]Supreme Court to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>drop immigration bomb smack in the middle of 2016 race[/h]You might call this President Obama's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>final shot<span style="color: Red;">*</span>at implementing his plan to shield more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation through executive action.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Supreme Court<span style="color: Red;">*</span>justices agreed Tuesday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to hear the case, which is<span style="color: Red;">*</span>huge.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>1) The immigration debate is nothing but heated. 2) Republican governors are still mad at Obama over the issue (hence the lawsuit). 3) It's so political in a presidential election year.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The court's decision will land right before the summer political conventions. 4) America's next president decides what happens beyond 2016.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Need more politics? Check our GOP Power Rankings.
USA TODAY
USA TODAY's 2015 Supreme Court Decision Tracker




[h=2]Get ready for your house to shop for you[/h]Imagine it. You're running low on laundry<span style="color: Red;">*</span>detergent, and instead of using your brain to write down, "buy laundry<span style="color: Red;">*</span>detergent," or even using your brain to hit a button that will buy laundry<span style="color: Red;">*</span>detergent<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(see, Amazon Dash), your house actually knows when you need<span style="color: Red;">*</span>laundry<span style="color: Red;">*</span>detergent, and so it buys it<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for you, without you ever having <span style="color: Red;">*</span>to think about it.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>It’s Amazon’s new “replenishment” service that automatically orders more supplies when they’re close to running out. Now<span style="color: Red;">*</span>what are we going to do with all that extra brain power?
[h=2]Study finds we're still terrible with passwords[/h]Breaking news: We still do a really bad job of creating secure passwords.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>According to SplashData's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>fifth annual list of the worst passwords, the top two are "123456" and "password." To show how little has changed with password-making: Those two choices have been the top two most popular since SplashData started the list in 2011. C'mon, people. Time to step up your game, because nobody in your address book wants you to get hacked.
Stories you're clicking on:
Yum or yuck? McDonald’s Japan to sell chocolate covered fries
Millennials spurn driver's licenses, study finds
Woman freezes to death after trying to rescue husband in wheelchair
'American Pie' singer Don McLean arrested, charged with assault
David Bowie's son reveals poignant letter from doctor
Extra bites:
It's getting colder, grumble grumble. But these nifty<span style="color: Red;">*</span>frozen tricks could make it a little more bearable —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>if not more humorous.
29906170001_4712055806001_video-still-for-video-4712031388001.jpg
[h=2]UP NEXT[/h][h=2]03[/h]


Nathan Zielgler, upper school principal at Hope Academy in Minneapolis, demonstrates three winter weather experiments kids of all ages can enjoy.

This is today's most tragic story.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>An elderly Georgia woman died from hypothermia after trying to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>rescue her<span style="color: Red;">*</span>husband in a wheelchair outside their home. So very sad.
Take It Easy,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Tequila Sunrise,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>New Kid in Town,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Heartache Tonight,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Already Gone, Lyin' Eyes<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Peaceful Easy Feeling. Eagles' songs all anchored by the smooth vocals of Glenn Frey, one of the bands' founding members. Frey died Monday at 67 of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>RIP.
Calling MTV Cribs! If that show is still on. Jordan Spieth is the proud new owner of a mansion with a 12-car garage. The world’s No. 1 golfer purchased a 10,000-square-foot-plus house<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in the upscale Dallas neighborhood of Preston Hollow for $7.1 million last month. It was previously owned by fellow pro golfer Hunter Mahan, and was listed at $8.495 million,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>according to the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Dallas Morning News,
Want the Short List newsletter in your inbox every night?<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Sign up here.
This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY.
0) { %> 0) { %>
0) { %>




Powered By WizardRSS.com | Full Text RSS Feed
 
Back
Top