NASA urges space junk clean up2011-09-02 The Hindu The amount of junk in space is rising exponentially, with continuous collisions between abandoned equipment, spent rockets and other debris creating ever growing clouds of dangerous fragments, an influential report warned on Thursday. The report, commissioned by NASA, says the quantity of hazardous material circling the Earth has reached a...
Many US homes still without power after Irene2011-09-02 Al Jazeera Residents of several states in the northeast US approached the Labour Day holiday weekend mired in mud and stuck in the dark nearly a week after Hurricane Irene swallowed parts of the region with flooding. About one million homes and businesses on the East Coast were still without electricity on Thursday, following outages for almost...
Gaddafi asks loyalists to 'resist aggression'2011-09-01 Al Jazeera Muammar Gaddafi has urged his supporters to keep up their resistance to the uprising in Libya that has forced him into hiding, the Syria-based Al-Rai television channel said. The toppled leader asked his...
US counterterror chief: Al-Qaida now on the ropes2011-09-01 Denver Post WASHINGTON—On a steady slide. On the ropes. Taking shots to the body and head. That's how White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan described al-Qaida on Wednesday as he offered the first on-record confirmation that al-Qaida's latest second-in-command was killed last week in Pakistan—roughly four months after Navy SEALs killed...
Pakistan claims Indian troops kill three on Kashmir border2011-09-01 m&c; Islamabad/New Delhi - The Pakistan Army said Thursday that Indian forces fired at a border post in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing three of its troops. India said one of its officers was killed. The incident occurred Tuesday night in the Neelam Valley at the Line...
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY2011-09-03 Sporting Life THE GUARDIAN: There was an efficiency to England's work and a dismayed home support would eventually disgrace itself with monkey chants aimed at Ashley Young. Also: Goals from Steve Morison and Aaron Ramsey gave Wales their first points of the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign as a much-improved display lifted some of the gloom around Gary Speed's...
Rugby Heaven2011-09-03 Sydney Morning Herald Week 1 Feb 24 - Blues (NZL) v Crusaders (NZL) Feb 24 - Brumbies (AUS) v Force (AUS) Feb 24 - Bulls (RSA) v Sharks (RSA) Feb 25 - Chiefs (NZL) v Highlanders (NZL) Feb 25 - Waratahs (AUS) v Reds (AUS) Feb 25 - Stormers (RSA) v Hurricanes (NZL) Feb 25 - Lions (RSA) v Cheetahs (RSA) Rebels (AUS) bye Week 2 Advertisement: Story continues below March 2 -...
U.S. enlists Georgia, other nations in thwarting dirty-bomb threat2011-09-03 Philadelphia Daily News By John Shiffman INQUIRER STAFF WRITER TBILISI, Georgia - The rattling olive Audi A4 with two middle-aged smugglers attracted little attention as it slithered through this former Soviet republic one morning in February, speeding toward the Turkish border. In the trunk, the smugglers carried a silver case filled with iridium-192. They nurtured vague...
Bucks County woman tired of being angry over husbands 9/11 death2011-09-03 Philadelphia Daily News By Tom Infield INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Nearly a decade after 9/11, Tara Bane DellaCorte thought she was getting over the death of her husband, Michael, in New York's WorldTrade Center. Which is why she was so surprised at her emotional reaction when she learned that U.S. commandos on the night of May 1 had shot and killed Osama bin Laden. Her...
Ohio State sideline getting crowded2011-09-03 Philadelphia Daily News By Joe Juliano Inquirer Staff Writer 1. Scrutinized Buckeyes Just as Ohio State felt its opening game against Akron would get fans' minds off its scandal-tainted offseason, the Buckeyes suspended three more players, including two projected starters, for receiving impermissible benefits at a local charity event. Those three will be on the sidelines...
Pierce gives Temple a boost in big win over Villanova2011-09-03 Philadelphia Daily News By Mike Jensen Inquirer Staff Writer Even the best players need mental reinforcement to keep their confidence from cracking. Temple star tailback Bernard Pierce sees his knockout performance Thursday night against Villanova that way. MICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer Temple's Bernard Pierce (30) eludes Villanova's James Pitts as he heads for his...
Widener set to unleash 'three-headed monster'2011-09-03 Philadelphia Daily News By Matt Breen Inquirer Staff Writer Isaac Collins has a crowded backfield. It'll be full of more talent than experience. But the second-year Widener head coach seems to be all right with that. Couve LaFate, Terrant Morrison, and Dante Pergolese make up what Collins refers to as Widener's three-headed monster, and each back brings his own dynamic...
Deadline for a precarious NFL dream2011-09-03 The News & Observer Three to watch Northwestern at Boston College 12 p.m., Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, ESPNU The Eagles are the only ACC team facing a major conference opponent today. Without injured running back Montel Harris, they will have their hands full facing Northwestern quarterback Dan Persa. Appalachian State at No. 13 Virginia Tech...
No. 14 TCU rallies, then falls 50-48 to Baylor2011-09-03 The News & Observer WACO, Texas -- This is not the same TCU team that was a BCS buster the last two seasons. Certainly not the same defense. Despite new starting quarterback Casey Pachall leading a big fourth-quarter comeback that gave the 14th-ranked Horned Frogs a brief lead, their BCS-best streak of 25 consecutive regular-season wins ended in a season-opening 50-48...
Pressure is on Glennon2011-09-03 The News & Observer RALEIGH -- According to N.C. State's game notes, Mike Glennon is merely one of 22 quarterbacks who will make their first career starts this weekend. That's about all he has in common with the other 21. None of the others faces anywhere near the scrutiny Glennon will face against Liberty tonight. None of the others replaces a school legend who was...
Getting control of college sports2011-09-03 The News & Observer WASHINGTON -- The world will little note nor long remember the Great Scheduling Kerfuffle. But the episode speaks volumes - none of them attractive - about the current state of political affairs. The squabble began with President Barack Obama looking petty and partisan and ended with House Speaker John Boehner looking churlish and disrespectful. If...
Tropical Storm Lee's outer bands pelt Gulf Coast2011-09-03 Philadelphia Daily News JANET MCCONNAUGHEY The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS - Bands of rain from Tropical Storm Lee were pelting the Gulf Coast on Saturday as the storm's center trudged slowly toward land, where businesses were already beginning to suffer on what would normally be a bustling holiday weekend. The storm could bring as many as 20 inches of rain to some...
Mom: Belak depressed2011-09-03 Philadelphia Daily News DAILY NEWS WIRE REPORTS THE MOTHER of former NHL player Wade Belak said yesterday that her son had suffered from depression before his death. Belak, 35, an enforcer who had played with five NHL teams before retiring in March, was found dead Wednesday in Toronto. According to several reports, he hanged himself. ...
His roots run from Charlotte to Chapel Hill2011-09-03 The News & Observer WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's own job may be on the line as he presents his plan for job creation next week, with the nation's unemployment rate mired at 9.1 percent and his popularity at a record low. The Labor Department's August jobs report, the first to show zero growth in about a year, intensified pressure on Obama as he prepares to...
State aims for quick coastal highway fix2011-09-03 The News & Observer A temporary manufactured bridge will be installed across the largest breach at Hatteras Island, restoring traffic on N.C. 12 within a month, Gov. Bev Perdue announced Friday. Hatteras Island has been cut off from the mainland since Hurricane Irene's storm surge washed out big chunks of the highway a week ago, creating a new inlet at Pea Island...
Two More Monks jailed in Tibet, Rights Groups Condemn Unjust Trial WorldNews.com2011-09-01 Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. Dharamshala: - A local Chinesecourt in Ngaba county of eastern Tibet Tuesday, 30 August, jailed two Tibetan monks of Kirti Monastery after accusing them of "intentional homicide" over Phuntsok's death by self-immolation, according to a latest report. The US and international human rights...
Syrian forces said to be conducting searches for activists The Boston Globe2011-09-01 BEIRUT - Syrian security forces conducted house-to-house raids in the central city of Hama yesterday, hunting for activists involved in the country's uprising, residents and activists said. Several tanks and military buses were parked on the eastern entrance of the city, they said, while hundreds of soldiers searched two...
Obama avoids political showdown, reschedules Congress speech Deccan Herald2011-09-01 Washington, Sept 1 (PTI) Thursday, September 01, 2011 --> US President Barack Obama has avoided a major political showdown with the opposition Republican as he agreed to address the joint session of the Congress on September 8 instead of September 7 after objections from House Speaker John Boehner. Obama, who wanted to outline his much-anticipated...
Drug kingpin Coke pleads guilty to racketeering, assault CNN2011-09-01 New York (CNN) -- Christopher Coke, an international drug kingpin whose arrest and extradition to the United States was preceded by a horrific gun battle in Jamaica that left dozens of civilians dead, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to racketeering and assault charges. Coke, who had pleaded not guilty to the charges after his extradition last year,...
Swollen rivers begin falling across Northeast The Associated Press2011-08-31 KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Swollen rivers began falling Wednesday in much of the Northeast, easing the flooding that paralyzed parts of the region after Hurricane Irene and allowing emergency crews to reach all but one of the Vermont towns that had been cut off by floodwaters. Receding water revealed more damage to homes, farms and businesses across...
East struggles to recover from Irene Breitbart2011-08-31 Meghan Morrow sweeps mud and debris from what is left of the Windham Spa,... Corrinne Levin, left, kisses her daughter Jillianne Davis, who's home was... People try to get a car out of a flooded parking lot in Washingtonville,... NEWFANE, Vt. (AP) - Only one flooded Vermont town remained cut off from the outside world Wednesday, but National Guard...
Police say three bombers behind Chechnya attack Khaleej Times2011-08-31 GROZNY, Russia - Three suicide bombers were responsible for killing at least nine people in the capital of Russia's Chechnya region, a police official in the North Caucasus province said on Wednesday. The attack late on Tuesday near Chechnya's parliament building was one of the deadliest in recent years in Grozny, which has been rebuilt by a...
Panel: Widespread waste and fraud in war spending Denver Post2011-08-31 WASHINGTON—As much as $60 billion in U.S. tax dollars has been lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade due to lax oversight of contractors, poor planning and corruption, according to an independent panel. In its final report to Congress, to be publicly released Wednesday, the Commission on Wartime Contracting said...
