♦ Hubble Captures Magnetic Monster

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found an answer to a long-standing puzzle by resolving giant but delicate filaments shaped by a strong magnetic field around the active galaxy NGC 1275.	1 vote

♦ 14 Tons of Frozen Scaly Anteaters Seized in Indonesia

Last week Indonesian police seized 14 tons of frozen Malayan pangolinsa kind of scaly anteaterbound for China and arrested more than a dozen suspected smugglers, conservationists announced Tuesday. The July 30 warehouse raid in Palembang on the island of Sumatra is the latest sign of China's skyrocketing demand for pangolin meat, blood, and scales. (Watch a video of a pangolin in the wild.	1 vote

♦ City Delays Plan to Use Landfill Methane for Energy

By MATTHEW THOMPSON Charleston City Council has delayed action on a plan to turn methane gas from the city's landfill into usable energy. Council had planned to vote on the measure during a meeting Monday.	1 vote

♦ Bank of America subpoenaed over sale of securities

NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America (BAC) revealed Thursday that it has received subpoenas and requests for information from various state and federal regulators regarding its sale of auction-rate securities. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission...	1 vote

♦ EDITORIAL: Let's Hear It for the Bugs

By Greeley Tribune, Colo. Aug. 5--It's not often that we find ourselves rooting for bugs, but we are. The Diorhabda elongata, for example, deserves a huge pat on the back. The thistle gall fly is also worthy of our support. And let's all do the wave for the aphthona flea beetle.	1 vote

♦ Yahoo CEO Yang sees one direction: Forward

Yahoo's Jerry Yang, here at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, took over as CEO last year to try to turn the tech giant around. June 18, 2007:Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang replaces Terry Semel as CEO. Jan. 31, 2008: Roy Bostock named Yahoo chairman. Feb. 1:After two years of talks and speculation, Microsoft makes unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo for $31 a share, or $44.6 billion.	1 vote

♦ Navy Blasts Not Big Threat to Fish, Orcas, Feds Decide

By Warren Cornwall, Seattle Times Jul. 30--The U.S. Navy can keep setting off underwater explosions in Puget Sound without posing a serious threat to protected salmon, steelhead and orcas, a federal wildlife agency has concluded.	1 vote

♦ Report: Extinction threatens half world's primates

A rhesus macaque monkey walks on Cayo Santiago, known as Monkey Island off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico, Tuesday, July 29, 2008. EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Nearly half of the world's 634 types of primates are in danger of becoming extinct because of human activity, according to a scientific review released Tuesday.	1 vote

♦ Fire Complicates Efforts to Rescue Crash Victims

Fire raging through rugged, dense terrain complicated efforts Thursday to recover victims and evidence from a remote forested area in northern California where a firefighting helicopter crashed. Nine people were presumed dead, but four others were rescued.	1 vote

♦ Rosetta Tracking Asteroid Steins

Private space firm SpaceX is trying to determine why its Falcon 1 rocket failed to reach orbit for the third time. The vehicle was carrying three space satellites, including a NASA space sail.	1 vote

♦ A Greener Party

Five grassroots activists approached me after the May convention to see if we could do something more to get the New Hampshire Democratic Party to improve its practices, so I called on the chairman to appoint a green committee.	1 vote

♦ Caption Only: Bush Legacy on Wheels

Wataru Oki and Sue McPherson, both of Murray, walk through the Bush Legacy Bus, a museum that chronicle's the president's "shortcomings." The bus, which started its tour in Washington on June 24, was in Salt Lake City on Tuesday and will travel to several other states before ending in Dallas on Oct.	1 vote

♦ Water Stress is Perilous for Trees

By Booker T Leigh Trees are an important part of your landscape. However, given our weather, keeping them alive is sometimes hard to do. Water is very important for their survival and growth. Drought conditions can lead to tree decline, pest problems and diseases.	1 vote

♦ Harrison County Supervisors Hear Nearly All Budget Needs

By Melissa M. Scallan, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Aug. 1--GULFPORT -The Harrison County Board of Supervisors on Thursday wrapped up three days of budget workshops and heard from nearly all department heads about their money needs for the next fiscal year.	1 vote

♦ Pot Portal - Marijuana discussion forum.

Pot Portal is a Marijuana Discussion forum with topics ranging from recreational , medicinal use, growing and cultivating.Pot Portal is a Marijuana Discussion forum with topics ranging from recreational , medicinal use, growing and cultivating.	1 vote

♦ Number of Firefighters on Hand is Reduced

By RYAN HUTCHINS By Ryan Hutchins The Virginian-Pilot The fire that raged through more than 40,000 acres of North Carolina forest and farm land and sent smoke into Hampton Roads appears to be nearly extinguished.	1 vote

♦ NASA to Broadcast Historical Highlights in High Definition

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -NASA Television will broadcast a special high definition (HDTV) feed of two hours of highlights from America's human spaceflight history as the agency celebrates its 50th anniversary. The NASA HD highlights will be broadcast on Friday, Aug.	1 vote

♦ Cash-strapped states quicker to seize unused accounts

Cash all checks for dividends, wages and insurance settlements without delay. Respond to requests for confirmation of account balances and stockholder proxies. If you have a safe deposit box, record its number, bank name and address, and give the extra key to a trusted person. Prepare and file a will, detailing the disposition of your assets.	1 vote

♦ KKR to go public on NYSE via fund takeover

NEW YORK — Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, which gained fame by taking RJ Reynolds private two decades ago, will go public on the New York Stock Exchange through a takeover of its Amsterdam-listed investment fund KKR Private Equity Investors.	1 vote

♦ Ask an Expert: Don't fall into the buggy-whip mentality

A: There is no doubt everyone is feeling the pinch of the economic downturn these days and woe to the business that doesn't react in accordance with the times. Back at the turn of the 20th century, the automobile was a newfangled contraption. But even so, it was apparent almost immediately that it was also a revolutionary item that was here to stay. That is one reason why...	1 vote