6830 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1201pg563/*http%3A//wcco.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_044152734.html(AP) Today is Wednesday, February 22nd, the 53rd day of 2006. There are 312 days left in the year. On February 22nd, 1732, the first president of the United States, George Washington, was born at his parents’ plantation in the Virginia Colony.Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:41:10 GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1201pg563/*http%3A//wcco.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_044152734.html20060222094110http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=121e3vq3i/*http%3A//www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/02/060221084236.htmOn Dec. 16, 1811, residents of New Madrid, Mo., were wrested from sleep by violent shaking and a deafening roar. It was the first of three massive earthquakes that rocked the central United States between December 1811 and February 1812, even changing the course of the Mississippi River in their aftermath. At the 2006 meeting of AAAS, Professor Mark Zoback discussed what is known about the New Wed, 22 Feb 2006 06:09:37 GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=121e3vq3i/*http%3A//www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/02/060221084236.htm20060222070937http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1494eui2f/*http%3A//www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY4ODEzMzImeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A small earthquake gave some northern parts of New Jersey a minor case of the shakes. The quake, with a magnitude of 2.6, hit parts of Sussex County near the New York and Pennsylvania borders at 6:43 p.m. Thursday.Wed, 22 Feb 2006 05:24:31 GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1494eui2f/*http%3A//www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY4ODEzMzImeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk220060222062431http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=125qt3ojk/*http%3A//www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/local/13927317.htmToday is Wednesday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2006. There are 312 days left in the year. On Feb. 22, 1732, the first president of the United States, George Washington, was born at his parents' plantation in the Virginia Colony.Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:08:08 GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=125qt3ojk/*http%3A//www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/local/13927317.htm20060222010808