Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock plans to release the results of a year-long investigation into allegations that author Greg Mortenson mismanaged the Central Asia Institute on Thursday at 11 A.M. MST, according to a press release from the Attorney General's office. In April, 2011, author and former Outside contributor John Krakauer published an article for Byliner suggesting that Mortenson improperly used CIA funds to purchase copies of his book, Three Cups of Tea, and travel on a privat... Read More
An Australian company plans to mine for minerals on the ocean floor near Papua New Guinea next year. Nautilus Minerals obtained a license for a in 30-month pilot project to mine a 23-acre section of seafloor for copper, gold, zinc, and silver deposits left behind by an undersea hot spring. The company will use remotely operated vehicles to break up rock, which will then be sucked up to a mining vessel by a riser pipe. Scientists are split on the project, which will disturb undersea vents. "The... Read More
Controversial real-estate buyer Tom Chapman has reclaimed a dozen parcels of Colorado land that were slated for protection from development, according to a press release from his company, TDX. In 2006, Chapman sold a collection of properties in Colorado wilderness areas to developer Mark Young for $1 million. Young agreed to finance the sale with tax breaks collected by protectecting the properties from development. He later defaulted on two payments to Chapman, who sued and offered to resell ... Read More
On Wednesday, teams from Great Britain and Germany set new world records in the first two finals of the track cycling world championships in Melbourne, Australia. The British pursuit team of Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke, and Geraint Thomas broke a record they set at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, raising expectations for Olympic gold in London this summer. "We're in the ballpark now and we're on the right path to London which is the big one," Clancy said. Germany's Miriam Welte and K... Read More
A suicide bomber killed two high-ranking Somali sports on Wednesday during a ceremony in Mogadishu. At least 10 people are reported dead and dozens of others wounded. Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was delivering a speech when the bomb detonated but escaped unharmed. The officials killed included the president of Somalia's Olympic Committee and the head of the national soccer federation. The International Olympic Committee said it was shocked by the incident. "Both men were engaged... Read More
