Once-Habitable Lake Found on Mars
• Space.com-Jeremy Hsu-Staff Writer-NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured the images that suggest the debris-strewn Holden Crater once held a calm body of water that could have harbored life.
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Giant telescope opens both eyes
• BBC NewsAstronomers at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) in Arizona have released the first images taken using its two giant 8m diameter mirrors.
Sensor Necklace Records When Pill Is Swallowed
• Science DailyWhy not call it what it is, a "leash" around the neck? I wonder if it will eventually have a built-in taser to punish non-compliance... Mommy always makes sure her kids take their medicine.....!!
Real ID to Meet International Standard
• CHANGE ArizonaWAKE UP ARIZONA! Write your representatives in the house and senate. Let them know about this and that you're not happy about it. Find your them at: http://azleg.state.az.us/
International Film About Christine Smith
• Paid for by Christine Smith for PresidentAn international production company has contacted Christine Smith, Libertarian candidate for president, proposing to create a documentary film about her and her LP campaign for the presidency.
Venezuela: Colombia trade 'Coming down'
• ReutersTrade between Colombia and Venezuela was limited to bare necessities with Venezuela only allowing in perishable goods as tensions remained high in the Andean region's worst diplomatic crisis in years. Venezuela sent tanks to the Colombian border
Homeowner Equity Is Lowest Since 1945
• APAmericans' percentage of equity in their homes fell below 50 percent for the first time on record since 1945, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.
Actual Court Transcripts: They Said What?
• RidesAPaleHorseMaybe it's the pressure of being in court, but here's the funniest 18 things RAPH found that people actually said under oath. It's all in the transcripts.
National Dragnet Is a Click Away
• Washington PostAuthorities to Gain Fast and Expansive Access to Records
"They also underscore how the use of new data -- and data surveillance -- technology to fight crime and terrorism is evolving faster than the public's understanding or the laws in
$25000 a Day Fine: Garbage Disposals Grind to a Halt in NC
• GinnThe city of Raleigh, NC doesn't want any garbage disposals in their town. They want citizens to phase them out. If they don't, eventually it's a $25,000 a day fine.
Denver Officials Ignore Marijuana Voters
• The New York TimesDespite Denver voters electing to decriminalize certain amounts of the posession of Marijuana in 2005, the amount of arrests for pot-related offenses in the city have increased dramatically since the law passed.
Soaring Food Prices Caused by Biofuel Production Putting U.S. Emergency Aid in Peril
• Washington PostUSAID officials said that a 41 percent surge in prices for wheat, corn, rice and other cereals over the past six months has generated a $120 million budget shortfall that will force the agency to reduce emergency operations. That deficit is projected
Families Flock to Foreclosure Fairs in California
• Biz.Yahoo.com"You're talking 10 percent of an entire city becoming homeless," Cardoza said. "I don't know how much worse things can get."
Carlyle Capital misses margin call on $21.7 billion
• CalculatedRisk.blogspot.comThe company leverages its $670 million equity 32 times to finance a $21.7 billion portfolio of residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. housing agencies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
Chicago May Ban Little Baggies
• Sun Times / Fran SpielmanAld. Robert Fioretti persuaded the Health Committee to ban possession of "self-sealing plastic bags under two inches in either height or width," after picking up 15 bags on a recent stroll through a park. [$1,500 fine!]
Department of Pre-Crime
• MotherjonesWhen Attorney General Alberto Gonzales held a press conference in the summer of 2006 on the arrests of 7 young men for plotting to bomb Chicago's Sears Tower, he sounded defensive, his voice lingering a beat on each thing the men allegedly did.
Snag in deal by U.S and Canada's "Prince of Pot"
• ReutersThe United States wants to extradite Marc Emery -- who founded a political party and campaigned across Canada to legalize pot -- on charges he illegally sold marijuana seeds from his Vancouver store to American buyers.
Marathon hopeful, 101-year-old, training hard
• ReutersAlready Britain's oldest employee, 101-year-old Buster Martin now aims to become the world's oldest marathon runner by completing the London Marathon and celebrating with a pint of beer and a cigarette. Sprightly and bearded, he completed
Troop depression on rise in Afghanistan
• APU.S. troop morale improved in Iraq last year, but soldiers fighting in Afghanistan suffered more depression as violence there worsened, an Army mental health report says.
U.K. sets timetable for I.D. cards
• The Times OnlineBritain's Home Secretary announced the usage of biometric I.D. cards to be implemented this year. The cards would be required for foreign nationals, employees in a variety of employment sectors and college students.
Blast Damages Times Square Recruiting Station
• New York TimesA small, manmade device exploded at a military recruting station in Times Square, New York City last night at 4 a.m. No injuries were reported and police are investigating.
Peak Oil - True or False
Stephen LendmanBoth sides of the argument on peak oil.
Social Security Surveillance Act Enters House (H.R. 5405)
• 4409RTR Libertyville, IL - Under the guise of protecting seniors and our national security, Congressman Mark Kirk of Illinois 10th District and Peter Roskam of the 6th District are setting the wheels in motion for another crack at a national ID card.
Bush Officials: Congress irrelevant on Iraq
• ArmyTimes.com"We have the authorization to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq," Satterfield replied. The situation in Iraq continues to be a threat to the United States.
Real ID to Meet International Standard
• Arizona CHANGEOur leaders swear up and down that they have no intention to subject Americans to a one world government. Then they turn around and pass legislation that seems to be building up to exactly that.
Sovereign wealth funds not harmful: U.S. officials
• ReutersSome of America's biggest banks, including Citigroup and Merrill Lynch, have been forced to seek billions of dollars in fresh capital from foreign investors after suffering huge losses tied to risky subprime mortgages. Raised concerns that foreig
Gates no longer world's richest, or even second place
• ReutersWarren Buffett, the famed U.S. investor who heads Berkshire Hathaway Inc, replaced his friend and Microsoft Corp founder Bill Gates as the richest man in the world, Forbes magazine said. The magazine estimated Buffett's worth at $62 billion in it
Retiree couple needs $225K for medical
• APA couple retiring this year will need about $225,000 in savings to cover medical costs in retirement, according to a study released by Fidelity Investments. And it is similar to other projections for health care costs in retirement _ daunting figures
McCain wins Bush's White House embrace
• APJohn McCain got a White House embrace from President Bush, along with the party perks that go with sewing up the Republican nomination. The endorsement reminding voters of the drawn-out Iraq war and the nation's economic woes under an unpopular G
More screening set for private planes
• APThe Homeland Security Department will soon require advance information on private flights to the United States to prevent a terrorist from smuggling a nuclear bomb into the country.
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