AP - A Russian rocket
blasted off from a
cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
lighting up the frigid
Central Asian steppe
Monday, shuttling an
American, a Russian and a
Japanese to the
International Space
Station.
Reuters - Cuban President
Raul Castro slammed the
Obama administration on
Sunday for maintaining
hostile policies toward
the communist-run island
by sending a contractor
to distribute illegal
satellite equipment.
Jabbering
I was talking to a friend
this weekend about some
issue that he was trying
think through. As
we were exchanging ideas
and I was saying
something, his right
eyebrow sudden went up
and I laughed and said
"what"....
AFP - Three astronauts
from Japan, Russia and
the United States blasted
off Monday for a
Christmas voyage to the
International Space
Station, an AFP
correspondent reported.
AFP - World leaders
defended Sunday the
much-criticised climate
deal they struck at a UN
summit as a key step in
the fight against global
warming despite its lack
of targets to curb
emissions.
AP - An unlikely source
of energy has emerged to
meet international
demands that the United
States do more to fight
global warming: It's
cleaner than coal,
cheaper than oil and a
90-year supply is under
our feet.
AFP - After a lifetime
struggling to make money
from the land, New York
farmer Bill Graby has
discovered he's sitting
on treasure -- possibly
the biggest natural gas
deposit in America.
AP - A fierce weekend
storm that dropped record
snowfall and stranded
travelers up the coast
from Virginia to New
England turned out not to
be as naughty as many had
feared by Sunday —
and its nicest
accomplishment may simply
be leaving many wi...
LiveScience.com -
Differences in cell phone
habits
can be seen in children
as young as 11, with boys
more likely to use
their mobiles for
checking email and
playing video games than
girls,
a new study finds.