Whither The Astronauts Without A Shuttle?
On July 8, the final space shuttle will take off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. With it comes the end of a 40-year program that’s put more humans in space than any other. NASA is retiring its fleet of shuttle spacecraft to build something that can take humans past the moon and into deep space. [...]
Political Gridlock Rises, And The Debt Ceiling Doesn’t
The Senate Finance Committee was set to vote this week on new free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. But when the meeting rolled around, Republican senators boycotted, saying they hadn’t been given enough time to examine the agreements. Democrats weren’t happy. “All of a sudden, it’s sort of like a new fever [...]
Shell Game: 2,000 Firms Based In One Simple House
There’s an address in Cheyenne, Wyo. — 2710 Thomes Ave. — where 2,000 companies are based. But it’s not a skyscraper. Or even an office complex. It’s a basic, 1,700-square-foot brick house. And it’s the subject of an investigative report by Reuters called “A Little House of Secrets on the Great Plains.” One of the [...]
Minnesota Shutdown Hits Vulnerable First
Minnesotans are on their second day without a functioning state government as the Democratic governor and Republican lawmakers still cannot agree on how to fill a $5 billion budget hole. Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, wants to raise income taxes on the wealthiest Minnesotans. But Republicans, who control both the House and Senate, say that’s [...]
He Said, She Said: Now It’s Just The Lawyers Talking
The troubles that hit the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn this week may find a place in history books. As presiding judge Michael Obus put it mildly in court Friday, “I understand that the circumstances surrounding this case, from the viewpoint of the parties, have changed substantially.” With full agreement from prosecutors in the [...]
Accuser Lied To Prosecutors, Experts Say
The hotel maid who accused former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault may have inflicted fatal damage on her own case by lying to prosecutors about her life story and what she did in the moments after the suspected attack, legal experts said. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office revealed Friday that the [...]
Maria Shriver Files To Divorce Schwarzenegger
Maria Shriver stood by Arnold Schwarzenegger when he ran for California’s governorship in 2003, even after several women accused him of lecherous behavior. On Friday, 25 years after their fairytale wedding on Cape Cod, she filed for divorce. The former television journalist and Kennedy family heiress cited irreconcilable differences but offered no additional details about [...]
Illinois’ Death Row Shuts Down
After spending years at the center of heated national debate over capital punishment, Illinois’ death row officially died Friday when a state law abolishing the death penalty quietly took effect. The state garnered international attention when then-Republican Gov. George Ryan declared a moratorium in 2000 after several inmates’ death sentences were overturned and he cleared [...]
School Trains The Blind On Life With A Guide Dog
Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael, Calif., has been teaching students how to adapt to life with an animal at their side since World War II. The training process lasts about a month, and recently, about half-dozen blind students were preparing for their second class. Some are here for the first time and [...]
Abortion Wars: Taking It To The States
The nation’s abortion wars, simmering but largely quiet in recent years, have begun boiling again. Nowhere has the battle been more pitched than in Kansas, where the Legislature this session passed four anti-abortion measures and adopted strict new licensing rules that this week came within hours of closing down the state’s last abortion provider. Late [...]
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