Rants -

Striking workers at the only oil refinery in Scotland have shut down a pipeline that supplies nearly a third of Britain’s North Sea oil.

More than 1,000 homeowners have been forced to evacuate in the wake of a devastating wildfire in Sierra Madre, Calif.

Raves -

A penguin has been fitted with a wet suit by California biologists after going bald (pink), and thus cold when he swam.

Cuban President Raul Castro, brother of Fidel, has lifted restrictions on cell phones, allowing regular citizens to purchase them for the first time. Can you hear me now?