Supreme Court to rule on carbon dioxide as pollutant
The court will decide if the EPA must treat automobile carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act. States argue CO2 from tailpipes fuels global warming and should be curbed, while the Bush administration favors voluntary actions and tech solutions. Arguments this year, ruling by next June. The Sierra Club joins the states in the appeal.
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Bush
EPA
Supreme Court
Tion
Sierra Club
High Court
East Timor crisis bill party offers interim government names
East Timor's prime minister and the Fretilin party grapple with accusations of a hit squad and a national leadership crisis. Mari Alkatiri offered to help form an interim government as President Xanana Gusmao considers resignation and a new administration. In Somalia, radical cleric Hassan Aweys said an Islamic state could guide a future government as his militia controls much of the south, signaling heightened U.S. concerns about extremism.
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East Timor
Tions
Asia
Mari Alkatiri
Fretilin Party
Alkatiri
Xanana Gusmao
Gusmao
Nairobi
Kenya
Somalia
U.S
Hassan Dahir Aweys
al-Qaida
Aweys
Associated Press
Mogadishu
Discovery astronauts face 1 in 100 death odds for spaceflight
NASA officials defend a July 1 launch despite foam-loss risk on the external tank. The seven Discovery crew members arrive at Kennedy Space Center amid debate on true odds, with safety leaders differing on delaying for fixes. The discussion mirrors historical spaceflight dangers and risk analyses.
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Washington
Kennedy Space Center
NASA
Space Agency
Columbia
Agency
Michael Griffin
Griffin
Associated Press
David
Ropeik
Harvard School of Public Health
Discovery
Mike Fossum
Fossum
Stephanie Wilson
Michael Stamatelatos
Challenger
Stamatelatos
Senate vote looming on flag desecration ban amendment
A heated Senate debate on a proposed constitutional ban the desecration of the US flag moves toward a vote possibly as early as Tuesday. Supporters say broad support and state ratifications make passage likely, while opponents urge protection of free speech. Senator Arlen Specter invokes veterans as backing for the flag’s symbolic meaning.
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Senate
Congress
House
Supreme Court
Sen. Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Hazardous devices fatally harm 40 in Iraq markets
At least 40 people die and many more are wounded in two Iraqi city markets as deadly device blasts ripple after reported insurgent truce talks. The incidents strike Baquba and Hillah amid a widening security challenge and shifting militia diplomacy.
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Iraq
Associated Press
al-Qaida
Anbar
Bush
U.S
George W.oon
Baqouba
Ahmed Fouad
Baqouba General Hospital
Hillah
Muthana Khalid
Saddam Hussein
Mahmoud Othman
Nouri al-Maliki
Senior moments may signal early Alzheimer's study finds
A Chicago study autopsied 134 elderly individuals deemed mentally normal aside from minor forgetfulness and found that over one third had waxy protein clumps typical of Alzheimer's. Researchers say this questions whether minor memory lapses are always normal and highlight the need to identify early disease markers.
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Chicago
Carol Lippa
Drexel University
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