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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Herald Globe.com http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/10/id/89d96798a39564bd/ en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:12:36 -0400 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:12:36 -0400 30 Plant gene tweak would make toxic soil hospitable for crops Washington, Oct 6 : By tweaking a single gene in plants, scientists would now be able to use a large portion of Earth's now-inhospitable soil to grow crops, alleviating one of the most pressing problems facing the planet's rapidly growing population. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/415151/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:54 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/415151/cs/1/ All seems well in the Brangelina household New York, Oct 6 : Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie looked the happiest couple on Earth as they walked the red carpet at the New York premiere of her new film, 'The Changeling.' http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/415144/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:32 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/415144/cs/1/ Palin Defends Terrorist Comment About Obama Posted on: Monday, 6 October 2008, 09:00 CDT By Jim Kuhnhenn Associated Press BURLINGAME, Calif. -- Sarah Palin defended her claim that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists," saying the Democr... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398126/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:40:02 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398126/ Wachovia Pushing for Wells Deal Posted on: Monday, 6 October 2008, 09:00 CDT By Sara Lepro Associated Press NEW YORK -- Wachovia Corp., at the center of a fight between Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. over who will buy the b... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398124/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:40:08 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398124/ Real estate firm falls to earth Heaven Investments Holding Corp. , a Sacramento company that promised its investors strong returns with fractional investments into real estate, is seeking bankruptcy court protection while it reorgan... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18394514/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:24:35 -0400 Business Journal http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18394514/ Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Three Posted on: Monday, 6 October 2008, 09:00 CDT The 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine was shared by three people for discoveries of viruses causing HIV and cervical cancer, the Swedish organization said. H... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18394837/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:40:11 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18394837/ Spacecraft zooms by Mercury for second time This enhanced-color picture of Mercury was produced using data gathered by NASA's Messenger probe as it receded from the planet, after making its closest approach on Jan. 14. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398128/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:37:09 -0400 MSNBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398128/ Who Should Win the Nobel for Physics Harald zur Hausen -- are eminently worthy. Congratulations to them, and also to the invisible army of research assistants, postdocs, lab techs, lab workers, administrative helpers and everybody else w... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398129/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:05:54 -0400 Wired News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398129/ This Trial, No Hoopla and No Fans for Simpson Few Cared As Court Finds Him Guilty Posted on: Monday, 6 October 2008, 09:00 CDT By Steve Friess By the time O.J. Simpson stood up in court to hear the spray of guilty verdicts on robbery and kidnapping charges that may send him to p... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398125/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:40:05 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398125/ Dozens Still Missing in Texas After Ike Hit Image Caption: Pararescueman Staff Sgt. Lopaka Mounts receives a hug from a resident after Hurricane Ike, Sept. 13, 2008. Sergeant Mounts is assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group on Randolph A... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18396385/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:40:12 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18396385/ Wall Street Tumbles Amid Global Sell-off NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street tumbled again Monday, joining a sell-off around the world as fears grew that the financial crisis will cascade through economies globally despite bailout efforts by the U.... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398130/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:05:53 -0400 Wired News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398130/ Better Than Expected, Still Not Great Clone Wars " TV series, but while it's in no danger of making its way onto anyone's list of great sci-fi shows, it's not so bad. I haven't seen the movie the series extends, but read fellow GeekD... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398131/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:05:51 -0400 Wired News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398131/ Sega Getting Back into the Hardware Game According to the Register, Sega is planning to launch a new handheld console next year, and it won't just play games. The new console, called the http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398133/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:05:48 -0400 Wired News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18398133/ India to launch lunar mission at Oct. 22 NEW DELHI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- India's first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 is likely to lift off in the early hours of Oct 22 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, about 90km from Chennai, South India, In... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18395672/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:59:32 -0400 Eview Week http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18395672/ Habitat Shrinking For The Venus Flytrap Posted on: Monday, 6 October 2008, 07:35 CDT These days, the venus flytrap is more vulnerable than ever and despite its popularity, the people who could protect it seem focused on other problems.On... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18393048/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:28:48 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18393048/ NASA To Launch Spacecraft To Fly By Mercury NASA is set to take a closer look at the smallest planet in our solar system.The space agency will send a spacecraft on a flyby of Mercury to take pictures and collect data.The spacecraft will take m... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18392291/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:17:00 -0400 News 13 http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18392291/ Galaxy Diversity Reveals Clues to Cosmic Evolution The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury (ANGST) program zeroed in on 14 million stars in 69 nearby galaxies. Such galaxies sit close enough so that Hubble's sharp eyes could single out the http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18393076/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:08:09 -0400 Yahoo http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18393076/ European Defence Agency Has Growing Interest in Military Space The European Defence Agency (EDA) is quietly moving toward involvement in the military-space sector by providing Europe's civil space authorities with a list of military requirements for future civ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18393069/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:30:08 -0400 Space.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18393069/ Cool Earth Solar bets on new, money-saving technology Cool Earth Solar is building a small prototype solar plant near its Livermore headquarters that it says will prove the viability of its new technology to generate electricity from the sun. But this f... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18390061/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:13:42 -0400 Business Journal http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18390061/ Simpson Jury Held Strong Views on Past Posted on: Monday, 6 October 2008, 06:00 CDT By William M. Welch LAS VEGAS -- The jurors who convicted O.J. Simpson of armed robbery and kidnapping in a casino hotel had strong opinions about Simps... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18393072/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:28:39 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18393072/ Science minister backs astronauts for UK Dr Paul Drayson, minister of science Photograph: Richard Luscombe Britain should launch an astronaut programme to inspire young people to take up science, the newly appointed science minister has to... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18389266/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:21:09 -0400 The Guardian http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18389266/ European, Asian Markets Plunge on Crisis Fear LONDON (AP) -- Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economi... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18393080/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:59:29 -0400 Wired News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18393080/ Misty May-Treanor injured while Misty May-Treanor was injured on Friday and might not be able to remain a contestant on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” Usmagazine.com reports. “Misty May-Treanor sustained an ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18391563/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:55:20 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18391563/ Venus flytraps hungry for survival Insect-gobbling plants found only in a small portion of North and South Carolina Building boom along coast, fire-fighting techniques endanger rare plants Poachers also target the plant, a big seller i... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18386451/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:17:15 -0400 CNN http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18386451/ Satellite galaxies cling onto their haloes SATELLITE galaxies have a hard time of it, as their bigger neighbours brutally rip away their ability to make stars. However, it seems the process is not quite as violent as was thought, which would e... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18388183/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:10:36 -0400 New Scientist http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18388183/ NASA girds for a 5-year gap in flights STAR CITY, Russia — This place was once no place, a secret military base northeast of Moscow that did not show up on maps. The Soviet Union trained its astronauts here to fight on the highest bat... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18384994/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:29:21 -0400 Deseret News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18384994/ Little Bang Triggered Solar System Formation "This is the first time a detailed model for a supernova triggering the formation of our solar system has been shown to work," said Alan Boss. "We started with a Little Bang 9 billion years after the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381883/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:21:09 -0400 Space Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381883/ ISS Orbit Adjusted By Russian Progress Ship The International Space Station was successfully moved to a higher orbit Saturday in an operation put off Thursday due to a threat from space debris, a Mission Control spokesman said. "The engine of ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18379942/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:21:08 -0400 Space Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18379942/ Computer failure hobbles NASA NASA to postpone this month's space shuttle Atlantis mission, which was set to do scheduled repairs on the observatory. John Shannon, shuttle program manager at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, sa... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381885/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:10:36 -0400 Computerworld http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381885/ Bringing law to the Internet The non-profit association that oversees Internet addresses says it will effectively close down two major domain registrars unless they fix flaws in their system for investigating shady Web sites. Th... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381654/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:21:06 -0400 Space Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381654/ Google postpones Yahoo online ad deal Google said Friday it is postponing a planned online advertising tie-up with Yahoo to allow more time for US anti-trust regulators to consider the ramifications of the deal. "When we announced our ad... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381658/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:21:07 -0400 Space Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381658/ China space launch raises fears The release of a satellite into orbit during China's recent space mission has policy experts buzzing about the implications for U.S.-China space relations. The launch of this small "companion satelli... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18380284/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:21:13 -0400 Space Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18380284/ New Robotic Repair System Will Fix Ailing Satellites Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Michael Greenspan (right) and graduate student Limin Shang demonstrate a new robotic tracking system that will be used to enable repairs of orbiting satel... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381878/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:21:12 -0400 Space Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381878/ Cassel, Moss Help Pats Top Niners Posted on: Sunday, 5 October 2008, 21:00 CDT San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - Randy Moss caught five passes for 111 yards and scored one touchdown to lead the New England Patriots to a 30-21 vi... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381884/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:19:43 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381884/ Top 10 Wired.com Fall Photos, Decided by You fantastic fall photos with those of us who are seasonally challenged. These are the top 10 photos, according to your votes. Javier Echaiz takes home the gold with his photo "Gate to the fall" at left.... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381887/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:52:05 -0400 Wired News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381887/ CERN starts up computing grid to crunch atom-smasher data The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Friday unveiled a massive computing grid aimed at analysing millions of gigabytes of data set to be generated by the world's largest atom-smash... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381882/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:21:06 -0400 Space Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381882/ Seeing The Universe From Hawaii I was fortunate to be able to visit the Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea during a recent short holiday in Hawaii. It is an inspiring place. Thanks to the fantastic advances in adaptive optics technology,... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381358/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:21:11 -0400 Space Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381358/ Rare Herbal Plants Aboard Shenzhou-7 Spacecraft Studied Several rare herbal plants aboard the recent Shenzhou-7 space mission have now been transferred to a Chinese nanobiotechnology lab for study. The plants, including rauwolfia and salvia miltiorrhiza (... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381880/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:21:10 -0400 Space Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381880/ MESSENGER Beams Back First Approach Images Of Mercury It's been over eight months since MESSENGER last imaged Mercury on January 15, 2008. Now, the spacecraft is preparing for its second Mercury flyby. On October 6, 2008, MESSENGER will pass a mere 200 k... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381879/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:21:12 -0400 Space Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381879/ Keck Telescope Finds Cloudy Weather On Failed Stars A team of University of Hawaii, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and MIT astronomers using one of the Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea has found evidence for cloudy weather on failed stars. T... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381881/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:21:09 -0400 Space Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381881/ Sabin Polio Vaccine Ready to Test Dr. Albert Sabin announces that his live-virus, oral polio vaccine is ready for mass testing. It will soon supplant the Salk vaccine. Poliomyelitis is an infectious disease caused by viruses. Its... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381889/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:52:03 -0400 Wired News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381889/ Convert Your Car to a Plug-in Hybrid So you want a plug-in, but don't want to wait for the automakers to build one? No problem, you can build one yourself -- if you're willing to roll up your sleeves or write a big check. Several comp... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381888/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:52:02 -0400 Wired News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18381888/ Sensors Advance Lunar Landing Project — NASA is developing technologies that will allow lunar landers to automatically identify and navigate to the location of a safe landing site while detecting landing hazards during the final desc... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18378388/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:57:46 -0400 Science Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18378388/ Sun Is Not A Perfect Sphere, NASA Spacecraft Finds — Scientists using NASA’s RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision. They find that it is not a perfect sphere. During years of high solar activi... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18378387/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:57:47 -0400 Science Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18378387/ Burrell Blasts Phillies into NLCS Posted on: Sunday, 5 October 2008, 18:00 CDT Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - Pat Burrell belted two of Philadelphia's four home runs, as the Phillies earned a trip to the National League Champions... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18377658/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:33:12 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18377658/ Accompanying satellite begins orbiting Shenzhou-7 spaceship on Sunday Chinese scientists on Sunday successfully directed the accompanying satellite BX-1 to begin circling the Shenzhou-7 spaceship, on an elliptical track of 4 kilometers multiplying 8 kilometers. It is th... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18378392/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:32:25 -0400 People's Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18378392/ Indicted Jefferson Advances to La. Run-Off Posted on: Sunday, 5 October 2008, 15:00 CDT U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., has advanced to a primary election run-off despite facing trial on public corruption charges, election returns show.... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18375555/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:55:53 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18375555/ Count the Lies #105: Palin Posted on: Sunday, 5 October 2008, 15:00 CDT To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Damien LaVera, +1-202-863-8148 WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Democratic National Committee today updated the Cou... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18375986/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:55:50 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18375986/ Neptune Society donates niche for tiny victims "Every baby has a story," said Elissa Davey, founder of Garden of Innocence, a San Diego nonprofit that provides dignified burials for abandoned and unidentified infants and fetuses. The organization... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18371304/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:04:04 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18371304/ Forefather of the YouTube Spoof comics, you know I collect 'em / The pens in my pocket, I must protect 'em"). The song was Yankovic's first track to break the Billboard Top 10. But Yankovic isn't just popular. He is also the unlike... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18371788/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:41:29 -0400 Wired News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18371788/ Simpson Guilty Verdict is Emotional for Goldman Family Posted on: Sunday, 5 October 2008, 12:00 CDT By Los Angeles Times LAS VEGAS -- The father and sister of Ronald Goldman greeted O.J. Simpson's conviction here on armed robbery and kidnapping charges... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18371784/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:03:17 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18371784/ Onus on McCain to Turn Race Around -- Under Challenging Circumstances Posted on: Sunday, 5 October 2008, 12:00 CDT By Liz Sidoti Associated Press WASHINGTON -- One month before Election Day, Barack Obama sits atop battleground polls in a shrinking playing field, the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18371785/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:03:16 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18371785/ Rice Says New US Administration to Maintain Good Relations With Kazakhstan Posted on: Sunday, 5 October 2008, 12:00 CDT Text of report by Russian state news agency ITAR-TASS Astana, 5 October: Condoleezza Rice has expressed confidence that the new US administration will a... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18370627/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:03:19 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18370627/ Neptune 91-84 Ulster Elks Neptune managed to claim maximum points with a 91-84 success in their opening clash at home to UU (Ulster Elks). The Cork giants had to prepare for the clash without the services of their two big men... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18371071/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:03:43 -0400 RTE http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18371071/ Next, Housing Prices Must Stabilize Posted on: Sunday, 5 October 2008, 12:00 CDT By Stevenson Jacobs Associated Press NEW YORK -- Washington's financial bailout plan is now law. So the credit spigot will start flowing again, banks wi... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18370409/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:03:16 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18370409/ Turnaround in Home Prices Key to Boost for Economy Posted on: Sunday, 5 October 2008, 09:00 CDT By STEVENSON JACOBS By Stevenson Jacobs The Associated Press NEW YORK Washington's financial bailout plan is now law. So the credit spigot will start fl... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18368496/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:38:19 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18368496/ As humans move in, the falsely ferocious venus flytrap is caught in a shrinking habitat GREEN SWAMP PRESERVE, N.C. - Laura Gadd pauses at the edge of a pristine savanna, delicately lifting her feet to avoid trampling any venus flytraps hidden underfoot.Buried below wisps of wire grass, ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18369906/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:40:21 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18369906/ US Urges Pakistan to Join "Winter Offensive" Against Taleban, Al- Qa Posted on: Sunday, 5 October 2008, 09:00 CDT Text of report headlined "Pakistan urged to join winter offensive: US proposes joint patrols" published by Pakistani newspaper Dawn website on 5 October... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18368964/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:38:17 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18368964/ Simpson Guilty of Armed Robbery in Vegas Posted on: Sunday, 5 October 2008, 09:00 CDT By LINDA DEUTSCH By Linda Deutsch The Associated Press LAS VEGAS In a city where luck means everything, O.J. Simpson's unlucky number in a case full of ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18369476/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:38:19 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18369476/ Surging Crew down struggling Galaxy The Columbus Crew beat Los Angeles 1-0 on Saturday to move to the brink of qualification for next season's CONCACAF Champions League while pushing the Galaxy closer to a third straight failure to make... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18368240/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:03:16 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18368240/ Pryor, Buckeyes Halt Badgers Posted on: Sunday, 5 October 2008, 03:00 CDT Madison, WI (Sports Network) - Terrelle Pryor's rushing touchdown with 1:08 left in the game propelled 14th-ranked Ohio State to a 20-17 win over No. 18... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18366486/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:20:34 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18366486/ Soccer | Galaxy sinks further as Crew earns 1-0 victory COLUMBUS, Ohio — Alejandro Moreno scored his career-best ninth goal of the season and the Columbus Crew beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 in David Beckham's Crew Stadium debut Saturday night. Col... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18366487/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:06:02 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18366487/ Columbus shuts out guest Galaxy COLUMBUS, Ohio - Alejandro Moreno scored his career-best ninth goal of the season and the Columbus Crew beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 in David Beckham's Crew Stadium debut Saturday night. Columbus... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18366323/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:04:09 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18366323/ Israel astronaut diary on display Pages from the diary of Ilan Ramon, the Israeli astronaut killed when the space shuttle Columbia burnt up in 2003, are going on display in Jerusalem. Thirty-seven pages of Ramon's fragile diary survi... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18362791/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:33:24 -0400 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18362791/ Was Life on Mars Extinguished Prematurely by a Huge Impact Mars with the key objective to search for past or present life. But what if a huge impact early in the Red Planet's history hindered any future possibility for life to thrive? http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18364455/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:27:38 -0400 Universe Today http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18364455/ Saturn’s Radio Broadcasters Mapped In 3D For First Time — Observations from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have been used to build, for the first time, a 3D picture of the sources of intense radio emissions in Saturn’s magnetic field, known as ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18362484/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:16:32 -0400 Science Daily http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18362484/ Jankovic edges out Venus in thriller STUTTGART, Germany: Jelena Jankovic needed two pain-killing injections and nearly three hours to beat Venus Williams as last night's semi-final of Stuttgart's WTA event turned into a battle royal. Ja... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18362042/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:14:44 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18362042/ GM launches production of crossover vehicle at former Saturn site SPRING HILL, Tenn. - General Motors Corp. has officially launched full-scale production of its new Chevrolet Traverse at its overhauled former Saturn plant on the outskirts of Nashville. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18362043/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:04:37 -0400 Knox News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18362043/ Supremes Mull Whether Bad Databases Make for Illegal Searches If a false entry in a database leads to a unconstitutional police search that reveals illegal drugs, does the government get to hold it against you? That's the question the Supreme Court will tackle ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18362044/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:58:16 -0400 Wired News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18362044/ Coffee Helps Alabama Hold Off Kentucky Posted on: Saturday, 4 October 2008, 21:00 CDT Tuscaloosa, AL (Sports Network) - Glen Coffee ran for a career-high 218 yards and Alabama's only offensive touchdown, as the second-ranked Crimson Tid... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18359291/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:51:34 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18359291/ Meteorites Could Preserve Evidence of Alien Life In an effort to understand how organic chemicals might survive after a period in the vacuum of space and then violent re-entry through the atmosphere, scientists have uncovered some interesting result... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18359878/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:25:57 -0400 Universe Today http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18359878/ Iraqi Dies in U.S. Helicopter Collision Posted on: Saturday, 4 October 2008, 18:00 CDT An Iraqi soldier died Saturday evening when two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters collided while landing in Baghdad. Lt. Patrick Evans, a spokesman for the U... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18357270/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:22:44 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18357270/ Howard Stern Marries Longtime Girlfriend Posted on: Saturday, 4 October 2008, 18:00 CDT Radio shock jock Howard Stern and his longtime girlfriend, Beth Ostrosky, have tied the knot at a New York restaurant. The couple married Friday night... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18358088/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:22:43 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18358088/ Oklahoma 49, Baylor 17 Posted on: Saturday, 4 October 2008, 18:00 CDT Sam Bradford led top-ranked Oklahoma to a 28-0 first-quarter lead Saturday on the way to an easy 49-17 victory against Big 12 Conference foe Baylor. H... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18357699/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:22:43 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18357699/ Guilty Oj May Be Jailed For Life ; Verdict On 12 Charges Posted on: Saturday, 4 October 2008, 18:00 CDT By WESLEY JOHNSON OJ Simpson faces spending the rest of his life behind bars today after being found guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery. An all-wh... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18358090/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:22:42 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18358090/ Epic missions were flops, claims Nasa The Apollo missions achieved their initial goals but failed to fulfil Nasa's long-term hopes. Photograph: Corbis A British study, commissioned by Nasa, has concluded that many of the world's greates... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18358086/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:16:53 -0400 The Guardian http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18358086/ Scream queen Jankovic beats pain barrier and Venus to reach WTA final in Sunday's final after her impressive 6-7 (8/10), 7-5, 6-2 semi-final win over sixth seed Williams. The 23-year-old Serb needed injections to numb the pain from a toe-nail she split in Friday&... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18356243/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:58:57 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/18356243/