Female Sharks Fertilize Own Eggs
• APFemale sharks can fertilize their own eggs and give birth without sperm from males, according to a new study of the asexual reproduction of a hammerhead in a U.S. zoo.
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NASA analysis of asteroid risk deeply flawed, critics say
• newscientist.comA NASA working document on ways to find and deflect celestial objects that might threaten Earth is deeply flawed in ways that exaggerate the cost and difficulty of the programme, critics say.
(Video) Lions and Buffalo and Alligators Oh My
• youtubeWe don't get much in the way of nature programming at Freedoms Phoenix, but this is why I love Youtube. Fascinating... watch it through to the end.
By Any Other Name, Amnesty Bill Still Stinks!
Chuck BaldwinOne of Shakespeare's most oft-quoted phrases comes from Romeo and Juliet, where Juliet asks Romeo: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Execution 1st in Ariz. in years
• Arizona RepublicWhen Robert Comer is laid on a gurney in Florence today, he will be the first person executed in nearly seven years - and only because he went to court to earn the right to die. Why have there been so few executions this decade and what takes so l
Iraq to spend 1.5 billion on weapons
• AFPIraq's defence ministry will buy new weapons worth more than 1.5 billion dollars(1.11 billion euros), including helicopters and US rifles, the minister announced on Monday. The purchase will be made possible by a 26 percent increase
Dubai ruler sets up $10 billion Arab education fund
• Daily Times(Pakistan)Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum launched on Saturday a $10-billion fund to promote human development and education in the Arab world. He said the fund will provide
Do we need a "government"?
• Liberty for All"To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded by creatures who have neither the right
Tony the Nanny
• ReasonIn a teary-eyed press conference, more becoming of an emotionally incontinent Hollywood starlet who has won an Oscar than a prime minister who has been in power for 10 years, Tony Blair announced last week that he will pack his bags and leave
'Crude' comment shielded, court says
• Morning Call(Penn)The state Superior Court has overturned the harassment conviction of a South Whitehall Township man who frequently participated in anti-abortion protests at an Allentown clinic. Phillip T. Pongracz was "crude and childish"
White wedding, red tape
• JD TuccileUnder the bill, couples eager to marry who attend a state-approved premarital counseling course will have the state's marriage license fee -- which would double from $30 to $60 -- waived. Couples who receive counseling will also dodge
Contractors deaths in Iraq soar
• New York TimesCasualties among private contractors in Iraq have soared to record levels this year, setting a pace that seems certain to turn 2007 into the bloodiest year yet for the civilians who work alongside the American military in the war zone
US missile data leaked in Japan
• APClassified information about a US developed missile defense system was leaked from Japan's navy to students at a naval academy, a news report said Tuesday, as officials investigated security gaps in military information shared between the allies.
Litvinenko murderer charged
• Sky NewsA Moscow-based man is to be charged in connection with the murder of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, if he can be extradited from Russia. The Crown Prosecution Service has said it will ask for former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi
Iran's secret plan for summer offensive
• GuardianIran is secretly forging ties with al-Qaida elements and Sunni Arab militias in Iraq in preparation for a summer showdown with coalition forces intended to tip a wavering US Congress into voting for full military withdrawal, US officials say.
US media job cuts up 88 percent
• UPIUS media job cuts surged 88 percent in 2006 from the previous year, a downsizing trend expected to continue this year, a survey said Thursday. The media industry slashed 17,809 jobs last year, a nearly two-fold increase from the 9,453 cuts in 2005
Baghdad bracing for US pullout
• Washington TimesIraq's military is drawing up plans on how to cope if US-led forces leave the country quickly, the defense minister said yesterday. The statement by Defense Minister Abdul-Qader al-Obeidi marked the first time a senior Iraqi official has spoken
Cato Institute says immigration reform won't burden economy
• USNewswireThis afternoon, the Senate begins debate on the immigration deal reached last week, expected to last several weeks. In the Free Trade Bullentin released today, "The Fiscal Impact of Immigration Reform: The Real Story,"
Overthrow, America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
• News LinkThe recent of Saddam Hussein may have turned "regime change" into a contemporary buzzword, but it's been a tactic of American foreign policy for more than 110 years. Beginning with the ouster of Hawaii's monarchy in 1893, Kinzer runs through the fore
Ron Paul...a Man
• News LinkIt is easy to get caught up in Dr. Paul's remarkable journey. He is putting together the coalition that famous free-market economist Murray Rothbard attempted to put together back in the anti-war 1960s between left wing folks and libertarians (both l
Friends Reunited: Back to Bipartisan Business on the Slaughter in Iraq
• AntiWarA huge sigh of relief from Democratic leaders, glad that they can now drop all the political posturing about ending the war in Iraq and get back on board with the imperial program. With the crushing defeat yesterday of what was purported to be a bill
US in Iraq Decades From Now
• NPRhe White House and Pentagon are under increasing pressure from Congress and the public to end U.S. military involvement in Iraq. But the Pentagon is considering maintaining a core group of forces in Iraq, possibly for decades.
Wolfowitz still running the show
• AntiWarThe World Bank has just appointed a new manager for Iraq despite security and corruption concerns. The news emerged just days after outgoing World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz promised not make any major new appointments at the institution.
BANK PUTS $QUEEZE ON ID VICTIM
• nypost.comAfter identity thieves wiped out a Bronx mom's life savings, her neighborhood bank sprung into action - by slapping her with a lawsuit.
Another Police Rampage in DC
• Bovard BlogMobs of cops were in Washington, DC last week for National Police Week. Their behavior was so bad that the DC police chief formally notified them that their public drunkenness would not be tolerated.
Dems to kill 1,500 more servicemen for minimum wage
• APIn grudging concessions to President Bush, Democrats intend to draft an Iraq war-funding bill without a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The legislation would include the first federal minimum wage increase in more than a decade, a top pri
Decentralization: Iraq's Only Hope
• AntiWarU.S. forces have been training Iraqis for years, but the Bush administration elected to spearhead the surge into Baghdad with U.S. forces because Iraqi units were unreliable. Like the Vietnam War, where the substitution of U.S.-trained South Vietname
Congress Must Do Its Duty by Rep. Ron Paul
• AntiWarI was highly critical of the resolution at the time, because I don't think the United States should ever go to war to enforce United Nations resolutions. I was also skeptical of the claim that Iraq posed a "continuing threat" to the Uni
Decline and fall of the neocons
• London TimesAs Tony Blair was bidding farewell to President George W Bush in the Rose Garden on Thursday, the World Bank was preparing to kick out Paul Wolfowitz as president. Allies to the left and right in the Iraq war were falling by the wayside that day.
Another theater for US-Iran fallout: the South Caucasus
• Christian Science MonitorAs tensions between Iran and the West approach a boiling point, Armenia is finding it increasingly difficult to negotiate the often conflicting alliances in its complicated neighborhood. Its precarious position illustrates the potentially destabilizi
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