Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz) Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were......more...Sea Launch boosts relay satellite for DISH Network (Spaceflight Now) A powerful new broadcaster for the DISH Network satellite television system was successfully shot into space today aboard a multi-national Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket....more... Today on the presidential campaign trail (Boston Globe) IN THE HEADLINES Obama fuels speculation on running mate search with unannounced stop, flight with Clinton ... On Viagra and birth control, McCain's "Straight Talk Express" veers to the shoulder ... Obama -- momentarily -- forgets to urge donors to help Clinton retire campaign debt...more... Has global warming stopped? (The New Statesman) 'The fact is that the global temperature of 2007 is statistically the same as 2006 and every year since 2001'. Plus read Mark Lynas's response...more... Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz) Will the Real Theory of Evolution Please Stand Up?...more... Keith Winsten: Birds of summer present spectacular sights over Brevard (Florida Today) June 21 was a great day for finding swallow-tailed kites. That morning was the first time I ever spotted a kite over the Brevard Zoo. Upon seeing it, I gave a silent prayer that it might take a liking to the pine trees at the zoo as a nesting site....more... Prince praised for role in £40m drugs seizure (icWales) PRINCE William helped carry out a £40m cocaine seizure on the high seas, it was revealed yesterday....more... Fuel Prices Important Issue to Americans (R News) It's a record commuters do not want to hear. Oil prices have reached $143 a barrel for the first time. Gas prices in Rochester are averaging $4.24 a gallon. According to a new Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll, two-thirds of those responding consider gas prices an extremely important issue....more... Amid Policy Disputes, Qaeda Grows in Pakistan (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune) American accommodation to Pakistan’s government and a shift away from counterterrorism efforts to preparations for the war in Iraq in 2002 helped make Pakistan a haven for Al Qaeda....more... |