NASA Recycles Old Spacecraft for New Missions
Tariq Malik
Staff Writer
SPACE.com Wed Jul 4, 1:00 AM ET
Two NASA probes well past their prime have a fresh lease on life and new missions ahead, the space agency announced Tuesday.
The motherships for NASA’s completed Deep Impact and Stardust missions - which smacked one comet and returned samples from another […]
Body Count In Baghdad Up in June
By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, July 5, 2007; Page A01
BAGHDAD, July 4 — Nearly five months into a security strategy that involves thousands of additional U.S. and Iraqi troops patrolling Baghdad, the number of unidentified bodies found on the streets of the capital was 41 percent higher in […]
Pakistani cleric captured under burqa
By MUNIR AHMED, Associated Press Writer2 hours, 31 minutes ago
Security forces besieging a radical mosque in the Pakistani capital captured its top cleric Wednesday as he tried to sneak out of the complex in a woman’s burqa, and more than 1,000 of his followers surrendered.
But heavy gunfire raged into the night, […]
Britain’s new prime minister wins praise
By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer
Tue Jul 3, 1:08 PM ET
Gordon Brown doesn’t do charisma.
In contrast to Tony Blair, the new British leader has offered no emotive sound bites, no promises of tough new laws and no talk of a “war on terror” since the failed attacks in London and […]
Was campaigning against voter fraud a Republican ploy?
By Greg Gordon | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Sun, July 1, 2007
WASHINGTON - A New Mexico lawyer who pressed to oust U.S. Attorney David Iglesias was an officer of a nonprofit group that aided Republican candidates in 2006 by pressing for tougher voter identification laws.
Iglesias, who was one […]
Obstruction of Justice, Continued
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Tuesday, July 3, 2007; 3:22 PM
During the course of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s trial for obstruction of justice and perjury, we learned a lot about his bosses.
Incremental discoveries that didn’t garner major headlines nevertheless added to what we know — and can reasonably surmise — about Vice President […]
This cheese carving is monumental–The Associated Press
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Why in heaven’s name did they want the tribute in life-size?
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The Post-Crescent, Michael P. King
Completing a commission from Cheez-It brand crackers, Troy Landwehr puts the finishing touches on a sculpture of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, carved from a block of cheddar cheese weighing more than 6500 tons, […]