Bizarre Planetary Systems Confound Astronomers
UC Berkeley researchers report two strange planetary systems around distant stars. One star, HD168443, hosts a body about 17 times Jupiter’s mass, possibly a brown dwarf. Another star Gliese 876 hosts two planets in a 2 to 1 resonant orbit, 30 and 60 day periods.
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German health minister and agriculture chief resign over mad cow crisis
Andrea Fischer of the Green Party announced her resignation as health minister in Berlin on Tuesday along with Agriculture Minister Karl-Heinz Funke amid accusations of mishandling Germanys mad cow crisis. The country had long claimed its herds were free of BSE as cases rose to ten after a German cow tested positive in November.
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Supreme Court narrows Clean Water Act reach in landfill case
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority limits federal oversight of a Chicago area landfill planned over abandoned gravel pits. The ruling says the 1972 act does not cover ponds used by migratory birds, though critics warn it paves the way for more projects without federal clearance.
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Widow seeks halt to Israeli assassinations
Siham Thabet, widow of Palestinian official Thabet Thabet, petitions the Israeli Supreme Court to order caretaker Prime Minister Ehud Barak to stop the army's policy of assassinating alleged Palestinian fighters. She argues her husband could have been arrested rather than killed in the New Year’s Eve incident.
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Americans anxious about economy: poll findings
The AP poll shows rising worry over the economy as Bush takes office. Faith in the stock market as a safe investment has fallen with only about a third expecting better family finances in a year. Confidence in Bush’s economic management varies by party and race, with half of Black Americans lacking confidence.
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