International Business News - Lake http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif After warning of a possible big wave, or seiche (SAYSH), Park District officials say water levels on Lake Michigan appeared to have swelled about a foot before receding. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/chicago-beaches-under-swim-ban-for-possible-seiche.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:04:12 EDT Developers have tentative approval to start building a luxury resort with golf and skiing on the Idaho side of Bear Lake. The Black Bear Resort plans to start selling the first of thousands of custom building lots by summer 2009, giving the market for high-end developments time to recover. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/bear-lake-resort-in-idaho-gets-tentative-go-ahead.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:10:51 EDT Ricki Lake is firing back at physicians groups that have singled her out for bringing attention to at-home childbirth. The 39-year-old former talk-show host is named in a recent statement by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that says the home is not the safest setting for having a baby. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/lake-fires-back-at-ama-for-childbirth-statement.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:14:35 EDT Ricki Lake is firing back at physicians groups that have singled her out for bringing attention to at-home childbirth. The 39-year-old former talk-show host is named in a recent statement by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that says the home is not the safest setting for having a baby. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/lake-fires-back-at-ama-for-childbirth-statement.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:52:21 EDT Officials say a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter and rescue swimmer saved seven people from a sinking boat on Lake Michigan. The Coast Guard says the 37-foot charter fishing boat started going down about midday Friday during a windy storm two miles east of Waukegan Harbor. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080531/coast-guard-rescues-7-from-boat-on-lake-michigan.htm Sat, 31 May 2008 00:28:56 EDT Indiana's sometimes-stepchild county held the balance late Tuesday in deciding whether Hillary Rodham Clinton would gain a key primary victory. Lake County, the state's second-most populous with nearly 500,000 people, had reported no results as of 11 p.m. EDT. A large number of absentee ballots and a record turnout delayed the tallies, and polls there close an hour later than much of the state because Lake is in the Central time zone. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/indianas-lake-county-has-tradition-of-late-vote-tallies.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 23:39:56 EDT Federal regulators say they're setting aside an application for a hydroelectric project near Bear Lake in Utah. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says the Hook Canyon project appears dead because the state stopped negotiating an easement on public land. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/feds-shelve-permit-for-lake-project-after-utah-drops-out.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 11:54:21 EDT A gust of wind blew a 2-year-old in a stroller into Lake Michigan, where the boy remained submerged for at least 15 minutes before being pulled out unconscious but alive. The child's grandfather, w... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080419/toddler-critical-after-stroller-is-blown-into-lake-michigan.htm Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:58:32 EDT Authorities say a toddler in a stroller nearly died when high winds blew him into the cold water of Chicago's Lake Michigan. The Chicago Fire Department says the 2-year-old boy's grandfather jumpe... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080419/high-winds-blow-toddler-into-lake-michigan-he-survives.htm Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:10:56 EDT Melting ice in southern Chile caused a glacial lake to swell and then empty suddenly, sending a "tsunami" rolling through a river, a scientist said Thursday. No one was injured in the remote region. ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080410/melting-causes-lake-in-chile-to-empty.htm Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:09:49 EDT The drilling frenzy in North Dakota's oil patch has now reached beneath the state's biggest lake. Oil companies have begun tapping crude oil and gas underneath Lake Sakakawea, using advanced horizontal drill techniques. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080317/n-d-oil-rigs-drill-on-big-lake.htm Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:34:34 EDT Federal regulators have accused a Chicago-based hedge fund of misappropriating more than $11 million from hundreds of people who invested at least $300 million with it to trade commodity futures contracts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080220/chicago-hedge-fund-accused-of-fraud.htm Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:54:23 EST Climate change and a growing demand for water could drain two of the nation's largest manmade reservoirs within 13 years, depriving several Southwestern states of key water sources, scientists warn. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080214/study-key-water-sources-could-dry-up.htm Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:06:13 EST Climate change and a growing demand for water could drain two of the nation's largest manmade reservoirs within 13 years, depriving several Southwestern states of key water sources, scientists warn. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080213/study-key-western-reservoirs-in-danger.htm Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:57:44 EST Changes in climate and strong demand for Colorado River water could drain Lake Mead by 2021, triggering severe shortages across the region, scientists warn. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080213/scientists-lake-mead-may-be-dry-by-2021.htm Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:47:41 EST Changes in climate and strong demand for Colorado River water could drain Lake Mead by 2021, triggering severe shortages across the region, scientists warn. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080213/scientists-lake-mead-may-be-dry-by-2012.htm Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:09:26 EST A federal judge has rejected former Westar Energy Inc. executive Douglas Lake's request for attorney records he claims would show his former employer helped prosecutors build a case against him. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080205/former-westar-execs-docs-demand-denied.htm Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:59:44 EST At least 10 bodies have been recovered after a boat capsized on Lake Tanganyika in eastern Congo, an official said Wednesday. The official said the overloaded boat was piloted by a drunken captain. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080130/at-least-10-dead-in-congo-boat-accident.htm Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:29:21 EST Lake Shore Bancorp Inc. said Friday its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 4 cents per share. The community bank holding company said the dividend is payable on Feb. 15 to shareholders of record as of Feb. 4. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080128/lake-shore-bancorp-sets-dividend.htm Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:11:24 EST Silver Lake Partners said Wednesday it sold a minority stake to CalPERS, linking the nation's largest pension fund more closely with the storied Silicon Valley investment firm. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080109/silver-lake-sells-stake-to-calpers.htm Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:09:15 EST