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Cargill donating $250K to Second Harvest Japan

WAYZATA, Minn. (AP) — Cargill Inc. is donating $250,000 to Second Harvest Japan, a Tokyo-based food bank delivering food and supplies to survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan.

By Associated Press , March 23, 2011

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Concern in Tokyo over radiation in tap water

TOKYO (AP) — A spike in radiation levels in Tokyo tap water spurred new fears about food safety Wednesday as rising black smoke forced another evacuation of workers trying to stabilize Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear plant.

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and SHINO YUASA,Associated Press , March 23, 2011

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Film legend Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor has died in Los Angeles. She was 79.

By Associated Press , March 23, 2011

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State TV: New airstrikes in Libyan capital

ZWITINA, Libya (AP) — Libyan TV says the capital Tripoli has come under a new attack by international airstrikes, now in their third night.

By HADEEL AL-SHALCHI and RYAN LUCAS, Associated Press , March 21, 2011

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AT&T: T-Mobile 3G phones will need to be replaced

NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T Inc. said Monday that if its deal to buy T-Mobile USA goes through, T-Mobile subscribers with "3G" phones will need to replace those to keep their wireless broadband service working. But there will be plenty of time to do that.

By PETER SVENSSON,AP Technology Writer , March 21, 2011

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Officials: No radiation danger to US, territories

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Thursday that radiation leaking from the crippled Japanese nuclear complex does not present a danger to the western United States or its Pacific territories at this time. Officials also defended a proposed 50-mile evacuation zone for American troops and citizens in Japan.

By Associated Press , March 17, 2011

Man trying to get family to Minnesota from Japan

A Detroit Lakes native teaching English in Japan is in survival mode, trying to get his family out of the devastated country after it was rocked by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, tsunami, and now three nuclear plant explosions.

March 16, 2011

Japan's jolt hits here too

When news broke about the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last Friday, it struck fear in the hearts of those with friends or loved ones living there.

March 16, 2011

Japan prepares to restart work at nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Surging radiation levels forced Japan to order emergency workers to temporarily withdraw from its crippled nuclear plant Wednesday, losing time in a desperate operation to cool the overheating reactors — the most urgent crisis from last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

By ERIC TALMADGE and SHINO YUASA,Associated Press , March 16, 2011

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Blog: Putting Japan's radiation issues in perspective

The images of the destruction in Japan from last week’s major earthquake and tsunami have been horrifying. But as wrenching as they are, at least we can see them. Not so with radiation that may be leaking from a quake-damaged nuclear power reactor.

March 15, 2011

Xcel reassures public about Prairie Island safety

Officials at Xcel Energy and Prairie Island nuclear plant are closely monitoring developments in Japan regarding several nuclear plants affected by Friday's earthquake and tsunami.

March 14, 2011

Meltdown threat rises at Japanese nuclear plant

SOMA, Japan — Water levels dropped precipitously today inside a Japanese nuclear reactor, twice leaving the uranium fuel rods completely exposed and raising the threat of a meltdown, hours after a hydrogen explosion tore through the building housing a different reactor.

March 14, 2011

Tide of 1,000 bodies overwhelms quake-hit Japan

TAKAJO, Japan (AP) — A tide of bodies washed up along Japan's coastline, crematoriums were overwhelmed and rescue workers ran out of body bags as the nation faced the grim reality of a mounting humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis Monday after a calamitous tsunami.

By JAY ALABASTER and TODD PITMAN,Associated Press , March 14, 2011

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Japan begins to dig for dead amid nuclear crisis

TAKAJO, Japan (AP) — Rescue workers used chain saws and hand picks Monday to dig out bodies in Japan's devastated coastal towns, as Asia's richest nation faced a mounting humanitarian, nuclear and economic crisis in the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed thousands.

By JAY ALABASTER and TODD PITMAN,Associated Press , March 14, 2011

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Second explosion at stricken Japan nuke plant

SOMA, Japan (AP) — The second hydrogen explosion in three days rocked Japan's stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant Monday, sending a massive column of smoke into the air and wounding 6 workers. The plant's operator said radiation levels at the reactor were still within legal limits.

By ERIC TALMADGE and SHINO YUASA,Associated Press , March 14, 2011

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