...Week, February 23-27 Orchard systems across California-particularly nut orchards in the southern San Joaquin Valley-have seen a significant rise in roof rat activity in recent years.
The Japanese government has finalized a plan to create a National Intelligence Agency, a new command center for intelligence policy, which will centrally collect and analyze information from all government ministries to improve coordination ... .
The herdsman has his own "happy troubles" -- the growing snow leopard population on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the "roof of the world," poses a threat to his over 40 sheep and 200 yaks.
A New Jersey ice rink suffered a partial roof collpase on Feb. 25, likely caused by heavy snow, officials said ... The facility was closed at the time and the rink's owner, who was on site, called 911 and escaped without injury.