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Religion does not have access to absolute proof of its beliefs but, on careful analysis, neither does science... more»  

 

Taking a closer look at the Sun's contribution to global warming ... [more]

 

 

Krakatau's baby roars into life ... [more]

 

 

Debate continues on the solar system's missing planet ... [more]

 

 

Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything
'It is one of the most compelling unification models I've seen in many, many years'
--London Telegraph

 

U.S. economic turmoil has bright side
Huge chunk of population has benefited from this year's market drop
--International Herald Tribune

 

District ends valedictorian honor
Class rankings previously abolished to reduce 'unhealthy competition'
--Associated Press

 

 

Shades of gray in fiction

By Maria L. La Ganga

As the target audience ages, protagonists are dealing with the same unsettling issues as baby boomers -- IN LARGER PRINT.

 

 

Airport tests reveal major security flaws

By Nicole Gaouette

Investigators smuggled parts for liquid bombs past screeners at 19 locations. Changes at TSA are expected.

 

 

Evangelical flocks on their own at the polls

By Stephanie Simon and Mark Z. Barabak

Conservative Christian leaders are increasingly reluctant to get political, leaving a key Republican voting bloc divided. The trend may help Giuliani but hurt the GOP in the long term.

 

 

LAPD's Muslim mapping plan killed

By Richard Winton and Teresa Watanabe

The LAPD on Wednesday abruptly scrapped a program to map the city's Muslim population, a major retreat for a department that said the system was needed to identify potential hotbeds of extremism.

 

 

Prosecuting private security contractors for shooting Iraqi civilians might be impossible.

By Jeremy Scahill

Prosecuting private security contractors for shooting Iraqi civilians might be impossible.

 

 

Blackwater turret gunner: Why I opened fire in Baghdad
Says he feared for his life: 'I engaged the driver and stopped the threat'
--ABC News

 

 

FBI interrogator: Saddam cried like baby at last meeting
Dictator feared Iran, wanted Tehran to believe he possessed nuclear, biological weapons
--Fox News

 

 

More military deaths in some years of peace than war
Report: Getting killed on battlefield not main way people in service wind up dying
--Fox News

 

 * Colossus cracks codes once more
Code-cracking is once again being carried out at Bletchley to mark the end of the Colossus re-build project.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/technology/7094881.stm

 

 

  Sony makes most of Wii shortages
Sony takes advantage of Nintendo Wii shortages and a recent price cut of PS3 to double weekly sales in the US.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/technology/7095976.stm

 

 

  UK military spacecraft launched
An Ariane rocket launches Skynet 5B - the latest spacecraft in the UK's sophisticated new military communications system.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7095344.stm

 

 

  Some pupils 'should leave at 14' *
Ministers should consider allowing some pupils to leave school at 14, a former welfare minister says.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/uk_politics/7095584.stm

 

 

Butlers: A Jeeves of my very own
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
The individual in question is, of course, PG Wodehouse's Jeeves – but I never imagined, when reading those books, that I would one day become the ...