Residents in southwest Washington continue the cleanup after a rare tornado touched down in Vancouver Thursday afternoon, downing power lines, destroying homes and businesses, uprooting trees and terrifying residents who crossed its path.

Last time a tornado hit Washington was in 1972. picked by muppet 9 months ago

The Public Commons for Everyone Initiative will ban smoking near buildings in commercial areas, lying on the sidewalk, public urination and defecation, drinking in public, possessing a shopping cart and shouting in public.(Berkeley will never be Berkeley again)
Then there's this madness. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Scientists have figured out a way to trick plants into doing the dirty work of environmental cleanup. Researchers at the University of Washington have genetically altered poplar trees to pull toxins out of contaminated ground water, offering a cost-effective way of cleaning up environmental pollutants. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Iraq is virtually littered with bombs. After two decades of war and fighting, there are more than a million tons of live munitions lying under foot. When it comes time to clean up the country, these are the men who are called to carry away the most dangerous debris.

[don't miss the guy who cracks old warheads open with a sledge hammer!] picked by tcd004 2 years ago

Gallons of inky Alaskan crude oil poured into the shimmering green water, forming a dark cloud on the surface. Seconds later, a chemical was sprayed on the slick.

As 3-foot waves churned the chemical dispersant, the oil began dissolving, and a coffee-colored cloud began drifting below the breakers.

An ecological disaster averted? Not quite. picked by suebe 2 years ago

You can use the Disk Cleanup built in utility to delete the temporary files in Windows XP. Even so this will not clean all the files, because it is set not to delete files that have been accessed in the last seven days. However with a little trick made to the Windows Registry you can get rid of all your temporary files. Here is how picked by whi73rav3n 2 years ago

To run any of these apps go to Start > Run and type the executable name
1) Character Map = charmap.exe (very useful for finding unusual characters)
2) Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe
3) Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of Windows clipboard)
4) Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)
5) DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose picked by dark0823 1 year ago

A find of dioxin at the bottom of the Saginaw River could be the highest level of such contamination ever discovered in the nation's rivers and lakes, according to a federal scientist involved in cleanup efforts downstream from a Dow Chemical Co. plant. picked by pulsisx 11 months ago

Japanese cleaning crew plan to exhibit some of the trash in Japan to raise awareness about the pollution on the mountains.

Photo from another clean up expedition in 2006 picked by suebe 1 year ago

Chicago police say it took cleanup workers more than nine hours to get all the cheese off the Chicago Skyway after a weekend truck accident. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago