Two volcanoes in Alaska are at risk of exploding with little to no warning. After lava flowed from the two volcanoes on Tuesday, authorities placed both locations on the second-highest alert levels.

The two volcanoes are named Pavlof and Cleveland. Both stratovolcanoes are located in the Aleutian island range, which is southwest of mainland Alaska. While both are active, though, Pavlof Volcano has been far more active than Cleveland. Since 1980, it's had eruptions recorded every few years and possesses a threat score of 95 for future eruptions.

These lava flows aren't necessarily worrisome. What does have officials concerned, though, is the possibility of explosive behavior. Cleveland in particular is at risk for sending massive clouds of ash swirling into the air about 20,000 feet above sea level. This could potentially cause air traffic delays.

Meanwhile, 40 miles southeast of Mexico City, Officials are preparing evacuation routes and shelters for thousands of people who live in the shadow of another volcano, Popocatepetl.

Popo, as the volcano is known, has displayed a "notable increase in activity levels" in the last few days, including tremors and explosive eruptions. The 17,887-foot volcano has been disgorging large towers of steam and ash since mid-April, but officials have become more concerned in recent days as activity has intensified.

Webcams have shown large chunks of molten rock spewing from the crater, and ash has rained down on the nearby city of Puebla. On Sunday, the National Center for Disaster Prevention elevated its warning level to Yellow Phase 3, the fifth stage of a seven-stage warning scale.

http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/6870/20130515/two-alaska-volcanoes-risk-exploding-lava-flows-cause-concern.htm

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico-volcano-20130514,0,1994956.story

Anthony Weiner’s bid to rise from the political dead is ready to begin in earnest — the disgraced former congressman will announce he is running for mayor as early as next week, according to sources.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/weiner_definitely_running_for_mayor_bJB6K4MP3klu7QSCZNiRWJ

More than 25 wildfires that have broken out around the state in recent days due to the hot, dry weather, including two large fires that burned a combined 5,500 acres about 35 miles west and 45 miles northwest of Red Lake.

On Wednesday, firefighters were getting the upper hand on a wildfire that destroyed several structures as it scorched about 7,100 acres in northwestern Minnesota.  Officials raised the size estimate of the fires to 7,100 acres from an initial 3,000 to 4,000 acres. 

Cooler, less windy weather Wednesday gave firefighters a break but s ome new wildfires were reported Wednesday and aircraft were called in to fight one that threatened some structures near Sandstone in east-central Minnesota.

http://www.twincities.com/minnesota/ci_23247788/menhaga-wildfire-destroys-homes-buildings

A message early Thursday on the multistate lottery's website said the jackpot has soared to $475 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers in Wednesday night's drawing. A jackpot of $475 million ranks as the second largest for Powerball and third biggest overall.

The next drawing will be held Saturday.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/16/no-powerball-winner-for-475-million-jackpot/

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has a massive new report out arguing that we should all have more insects in our diet.

What’s more, edible insects are environmentally friendly — farmers don’t need to clear acres of forest to raise them, and the bugs produce fewer planet-warming greenhouse-gas emissions than, say, cows. It could be a sustainable way to help feed a growing world whose demand for protein is soaring.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/13/should-we-eat-more-insects-the-u-n-thinks-so/

The doctor who discovered a new SARS-like virus says it will probably trigger an epidemic at some point, but not necessarily in its current virulent form.

The new strain of coronavirus (nCoV) that Ali Mohamed Zaki found last year, related to one that caused the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, has killed at least 18 people in the Middle East and Europe.

On Sunday, the World Health Organization said it seemed likely the new virus, which can cause coughing, fever and pneumonia, could be passed between humans, but only after prolonged, close contact.
Zaki, an Egyptian virologist who identified the new virus last June in a patient at the hospital where he was working in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, noted in a telephone interview on Monday that no one else at that hospital had been infected at the time.

More recently, there has been a cluster of cases in a hospital in Hofuf in Saudi Arabia's Eastern province, as well as a case of transmission between two patients sharing a hospital room in France.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/13/us-coronavirus-egypt-idUSBRE94C0MH20130513

In a report presented yesterday, Detroit’s Emergency Financial Manager Kevyn Orr, said:

"The City of Detroit continues to incur expenditures in excess of revenues despite cost reductions and proceeds from long-term debt issuances.  In other words, Detroit spends more than it takes in—it is clearly insolvent on a cash flow basis."

Operating expenditures have exceeded revenues by about $100 million a year since 2008, Orr's report found. The city had an accumulated $326.6 million unrestricted deficit. Detroit is projected to add an additional $60 million to the accumulated deficit by the time the current fiscal year ends June 30.

Payments of Detroit's long-term debt are eating up nearly 20 percent of Detroit's budget, and Orr is looking for ways to renegotiate or possibly restructure Detroit's $8.65 billion in long-term debt.
The city also has $5.7 billion in unfunded retiree benefit obligations, more than previous estimates, the report found. To catch up on pension and health benefits to retirees, the city would need to spend $339 million, about a third of its fiscal 2013 revenues, Orr estimated.

All told, Detroit has liabilities totaling $9.4 billion in debts from special revenue bonds, revolving loans, pension obligations and other financial instruments.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100732776

In a report presented yesterday, Detroit’s Emergency Financial Manager Kevyn Orr, said:

"The City of Detroit continues to incur expenditures in excess of revenues despite cost reductions and proceeds from long-term debt issuances.  In other words, Detroit spends more than it takes in—it is clearly insolvent on a cash flow basis."

Operating expenditures have exceeded revenues by about $100 million a year since 2008, Orr's report found. The city had an accumulated $326.6 million unrestricted deficit. Detroit is projected to add an additional $60 million to the accumulated deficit by the time the current fiscal year ends June 30.

Payments of Detroit's long-term debt are eating up nearly 20 percent of Detroit's budget, and Orr is looking for ways to renegotiate or possibly restructure Detroit's $8.65 billion in long-term debt.
The city also has $5.7 billion in unfunded retiree benefit obligations, more than previous estimates, the report found. To catch up on pension and health benefits to retirees, the city would need to spend $339 million, about a third of its fiscal 2013 revenues, Orr estimated.

All told, Detroit has liabilities totaling $9.4 billion in debts from special revenue bonds, revolving loans, pension obligations and other financial instruments.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100732776