AP - With oil and gas drilling heating up as an issue in the presidential race, environmentalists and the governor reiterated their opposition to tapping reserves off the state's coast, saying it would endanger the environment and the tourism industry on which New Jersey is so dependent.
AP - The Pentagon has approved plans to buy and launch two commercial-class imagery satellites to complement its classified constellation of spy craft. -- read full article
AP - Officials urged patience Wednesday on the part of Midwesterners waiting for power to be restored as crews worked feverishly to clean up the soggy mess left by the deadly remnants of Hurricane Ike over the weekend.
LiveScience.com - More than 100 species of sharks and rays have been classified and
named as new species, including some that had been discovered as far
back as the early 1990s. -- read full article
AP - The Bush administration on Wednesday released $100 million in disaster relief to West Coast salmon fishermen, $70 million less than the amount Congress approved to help those hurt by the sudden collapse of the Pacific Coast salmon fishing industry. -- read full article
AP - The October launch date of NASA's shuttle flight to the Hubble Space Telescope is in jeopardy because of a problem with insulation on the replacement batteries for the telescope.
Reuters - The Australian government has issued its
first license allowing scientists to create cloned human
embryos to try and obtain embryonic stem cells.
U.S. News & World Report - The
House of Representatives took a small step last night toward expanding
domestic offshore oil drilling, and so far most of the rhetoric coming
out of the fractious chamber has focused on whether the move goes far
enough in the face of high gas prices. -- read full article
AP - It was bare skin for bearskin on Wednesday, as animal rights protesters took Britain to task for dressing Buckingham Palace guards in ceremonial bearskin hats. -- read full article
SPACE.com - Nuclear power could make a comeback beyond Earth if NASA
goes forward with a proposed a fission reactor in its future moon base. -- read full article
AP - Tens of thousands across the Midwest snapped up batteries, generators and coolers as they waited Wednesday for crews to restore power amid the soggy mess left behind by Hurricane Ike. -- read full article
LiveScience.com - Adam Hammond, a former U.S. Army parachutist, had logged more than
1,000 jumps. But his most recent jump, and perhaps his last, was just
for fun. Unfortunately the chute malfunctioned, and Hammond slammed
into the ground at 45 mph. -- read full article
