Ethanol: A Tragedy in 3 Acts

Seeded on Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:41 AM EDT (Business Week)

Amid the current panic about gas prices many people are embracing ethanol. But that's not such a good idea

technology, petroleum, ethanol, e85, high-gas-prices, ed-wallace

San Francisco's HOV lanes increase traffic congestion

Seeded on Wed Apr 5, 2006 9:30 AM EDT (autoblog.com)

A new study of San Francisco's high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes has revealed something disturbing: more congestion.

san-francisco, traffic, us-news, roads, hov-lane, cal-state-university, uc-berkley

Sticks, carrots and fences

Seeded on Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:45 PM EST (The Economist)

America is in the midst of a great debate about immigration. The House of Representatives has passed a punitive bill that would make living in the country illegally a federal felony, while a Senate committee has approved a softer version that would grant immigrants citizenship.

bush, mexico, congress, senate, immigration, united-states, us-news

Call for Brazil corruption action

Seeded on Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:38 PM EST (BBC News)

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing.

brazil, corruption, postal-service, world-news, brasil, lula, luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva

Brazilian astronaut ready for hero's role

Seeded on Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:24 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Brazil's first astronaut is ready for his voyage into space next month despite the challenges of the Russian language, the Moscow winter and hungry Siberian bears

brazil, space, rocket, international-space-station, world-news, moscow, brasil, marcos-pontes, star-city

Senate takes up divisive issue of illegal workers

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:54 PM EST (ap.onlineathens.com)

Senators writing an immigration bill broke from the House's get-tough approach by refusing Monday to make criminals of humanitarian groups or individuals who help illegal immigrants with more than emergency assistance.

us, mexico, washington, senate, immigration, politics, dick-durbin, illegal-aliens, house-bill, john-cornyn

Germany 'breaks Iran supply ring'

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:21 PM EST (BBC News)

German customs agents have raided the offices of 41 companies suspected of links to Iran's nuclear programme. Prosecutors said specialised equipment worth several million euros that could have been used for a nuclear programme had been shipped to Iran via Russia.

germany, russia, iran, united-nations, world-news, nuclear-programme

It may be possible to destroy much of the world's long-lived radioactive waste

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:36 AM EST (The Economist)

TRANSMUTATION of the elements was the goal of the medieval alchemists. They dreamed of the riches to be won by the man who could find the philosopher's stone—a substance that, among other wonderful properties, would convert base metals such as lead into gold.

japan, plutonium, science, disposal, radioactive-waste, transmutation, nuclear-fission, kumatori-accelerator-driven-reactor-test-facility, kyoto-university

Brazil's presidential election

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:30 AM EST (The Economist)

FOR the moment, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a still undeclared candidate for a second term as Brazil's president next October, is running unopposed, campaigning across the country and rising in the polls. Over the next few days that is set to change.

brazil, president, world-news, brasil, lula, s-o-paulo, pt, jos-serra, luiz-in-cio-lula-da-silva, geraldo-alckmin

Barnes is 'relentless'

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:12 AM EST (The Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Stu Barnes has worn a lot of hats with the Stars this season. He's been a scorer, a setup man, a center, a wing, and a third- and fourth-liner.

nhl, sports, hockey, stars, dallas, dallas-stars, stu-barnes

The Stone Face of Zarqawi

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:58 AM EST (OpinionJournal.com)

In February 2004, our Kurdish comrades in northern Iraq intercepted a courier who was bearing a long message from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to his religious guru Osama bin Laden.

bush, iraq, israel, sunnis, civil-war, insurgency, osama-bin-laden, world-news, abu-musab-al-zarqawi

Bush administration may raise car, truck fuel standard

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:53 AM EST (autoblog.com)

Automakers will be more closely watching the federal government over the next few months as environmental groups continue to report that President George Bush is considering raising Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards on all vehicles sold in the U.S.

bush, politics, vehicles, cars, automakers, cafe, federal-government, fuel-efficiency, corporate-average-fuel-economy

Arnott playing up to his ability, and it's worth it

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:53 AM EST (The Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Arnott scored the winning goal for the Stars in their 3-2 victory over Calgary on Sunday. The goal gave Arnott 68 points for the season, tying his career high.

texas, sports, hockey, dallas, dallas-stars, jason-arnott

Jerry Stackhouse Fined, Dallas Morning News, Basketball: Mavericks

Seeded on Sat Mar 4, 2006 9:13 PM EST (The Dallas Morning News)

Jerry Stackhouse paid the price for venting on veteran referee Dick Bavetta. But it wasn't near the penalty that San Antonio's Robert Horry paid for baring his teeth.

nba, sports, mavericks, dallas, san-antonio, dallas-mavericks, stackhouse, horry

Apathy, the Downside of Everything, Ed Wallace

Seeded on Thu Mar 2, 2006 10:46 PM EST (The Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Today the nation seems paralyzed at coming up with ways to resolve issues facing our society. It's as if solutions to whatever problems we face neither exist nor can be agreed on by the public at large.

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