A
new report tries to put a price tag on the cost of the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, and it’s a big one -- nearly $4 trillion. That includes at
least half a trillion dollars of lifetime health care costs for
American veterans injured in the conflict. The report says a
quarter-million people have died, and half of those casualties were
Iraqis. Source Link
The
first named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season is moving
through in the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical Storm Arlene is expected to make
landfall in northeastern Mexico early today. The storm could bring
flash floods and mudslides to Mexico and some rain to extreme South
Texas. Source Link
You’ve
heard of bringing your own shopping bags to the grocery store, but what
about a store where you brought all your own packaging for the food you
buy? That’s the idea behind a new venture in Austin Texas that will be
the nation’s first zero-packaging grocery store. Shoppers will bring
their own bags and containers to take home food products in what the
owners call “pre-cycling.” Source Link
