♦ Nicholson named Enterprise Rent-A-Car president

ST. LOUIS (AP) — For only the fourth time in its 51-year history, Enterprise Rent-A-Car has a new president. Pamela Nicholson on Monday was named president of the St. Louis-based rental car company. She succeeds Donald Ross, who continues as vice chairman. Enterprise is a privately held company owned by the Taylor family. It has nearly 75...	1 vote

♦ Closure of Steel Bridge Means Longer Commute but a Better Future Ride

By Corey Paul, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Aug. 4--Logan Winborn, 21, of Northwest Portland, uses the weekend to do his chores. But the closure of the Steel Bridge across the Willamette River meant an hourlong trip Sunday in search of new socks.	1 vote

♦ NASA Seeks To Predict Aerosols' Effect On Cloud Cover

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -NASA has selected Brevard Achievement Center Inc., of Rockledge, Fla., to provide custodial services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The new firm-fixed price contract begins on Oct. 1, 2008.	1 vote

♦ Community News Briefs

LONG BEACH Healthy week celebration offers food, activity advice Residents can learn more about the importance of healthy eating and physical activity at Healthy Active Long Beach Week from Monday through Saturday.	1 vote

♦ cosmetic dental treatment in delhi

Beautiful teeth provides info on dental treatment, surgery and clinics which provide these services. I came to know from them diff between diff facilities that doctor have in there clinics.	1 vote

♦ Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac shares plummet again

Freddie Mac over 6 months. WASHINGTON (AP) — Shares of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) continued their plunge Wednesday as investors are increasingly convinced that the stocks will drop to zero if the government bails out the troubled companies. Fannie Mae's chief executive tried to reassure investors that no bailout is imminent.	1 vote

♦ A Voyage Beyond Even His Imagination

By Mark Carreau, Houston Chronicle Jul. 28--AUSTIN -Richard Garriott's Texas-size appetite for big adventure has unleashed some far-flung cravings. There is the dive in a small Russian sub two miles below the murky North Atlantic to explore the shattered deck of the Titanic.	1 vote

♦ Cement Emissions Raise Mercury in Rivers, Groups Say Some in the Industry Say They See New EPA Sta

By STEVE PATTERSON A collection of environmental groups warned Wednesday that airborne mercury released from cement factories poses unrecognized risks in states with mercury-rich rivers, such as Florida. "The American public has a big stake in this. ...	1 vote

♦ Toxic Plastic Toys Could Go the Way of Dinosaurs

By Liz Szabo Children's advocates say they hope a sweeping consumer protection law passed by Congress last week will begin a broad national effort to shield youngsters from dangerous chemicals.	1 vote

♦ Patagonia Pushes Boundary of Business' Role in U.S. Elections

Patagonia, the outdoor apparel company, has formally launched its "Vote The Environment" campaign in advance of the presidential election this November 2008.	1 vote

♦ Spill at YC Packaging Company Leads to Evacuations

By Rob Young, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif. Aug. 2--A toxic chemical spill Friday forced about 20 employees to evacuate a Yuba City packaging firm. Steve Steckbauer, an official at Deluxe Packages, 800 N.	1 vote

♦ Building Project Squeaks By Forest Board

By Russell Lissau rlissau@@dailyherald.com It passed by the narrowest possible margin, but one vote was enough for the Lake County Forest Preserve District board to approve the construction of a new $23 million operations and public safety building.	1 vote

♦ EPA Chief Draws Staff's Criticism

Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson stunned his staff last month when he publicly opposed their proposals for regulating greenhouse gas emissions, four union officials representing EPA staff working on global warming policies said in a letter provided to McClatchy yesterday.	1 vote

♦ NASA safety panel worries about moon ship design

In this artist rendition, Orion orbits the moon with disc-shaped solar arrays tracking the sun to generate electricity. WASHINGTON — NASA is not properly emphasizing safety in its design of a new spaceship and its return-to-the-moon program faces money, morale and leadership problems, an agency safety panel found Monday.	1 vote

♦ Positive-feedback System Ensures That Cells Divide

ScienceDaily (Aug. 11, 2008) In the life of every cell, theres a point of no return. Once it enters the cell cycle and passes a checkpoint known as Start, a cell will follow the steps it needs to divide no matter what changes might occur in its environment.	1 vote

♦ Chrysler to stop leasing vehicles

DETROIT (Reuters) — Chrysler's financial arm said Friday it would stop offering vehicle leases to U.S. consumers, a sharp break in strategy in response to plunging resale prices for gas-guzzling trucks and tighter credit. Porter said the move by the unit of the No. 3 U.S. automaker, which is controlled by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management...	1 vote

♦ Small Talk: Tackle summer to-do list and be ready for fall

NEW YORK — The last few weeks of summer can be a useful time for small business owners whose companies are going through a slow period — they have a chance to tackle some of those tasks they've been putting off. Some owners use summer downtime for big projects like writing an employee handbook, while others cross off more mundane items from their to-do lists...	1 vote

♦ Space Exploration Comes to the Classroom

By Roger Fillion Hoping to spur more youngsters to seek a career in space exploration, Lockheed Martin Corp. is launching an online program for students and teachers to learn about NASA's mission to the moon and Mars. The program, dubbed Orion's Path, is an interactive lesson.	1 vote

♦ Tightrope: Are cellphones safe? Entrepreneurs need to know

When Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Centers, issued an advisory to the faculty and staff about the health risks from use of cellphones, I got worried. Every entrepreneur I know uses a cellphone. In fact most of us have allowed cellphones to become our office away from the office.	1 vote

♦ Cadavers Used to Test New Space Capsule

File this one under "E" for "Ewww factor." NASA has used human cadavers to test the new Orion space capsule that is supposed to take astronauts back to the moon sometime around 2020.	1 vote