NASA aircraft captures windy details in hurricane's ups and downs (EurekAlert!) Researchers employing some of the world's most sophisticated weather research equipment recently captured details on winds and other conditions in a rapidly intensifying hurricane. This data will help to advance the understanding of these complex storms....more...Our World ? 9 December 2006 (Voice of America) Straight ahead on "Our World" ... Presentation this weekend of the Nobel Prizes; we talk with some of the winners ... water on Mars and men on the moon ... and how climate change is affecting agriculture ......more... GOP hopeful McCain visits Clinton, Giuliani territory (ABC 15 Phoenix) NEW YORK (AP) -- Paying a visit to the home turf of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani, potential rivals in the 2008 presidential race, Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain told a Jewish audience that Israel and the world are threatened by a "possibly deranged and surely dangerous regime" in Iran....more... The GIFT of MUSIC (Bradenton Herald) Don't box me in! This season's fancifully packaged, multi-disc music sets are all over the artistic map, from the hippest of jazz to the heaviest of rockers to the strangest of old-timey folk....more... The Nikitin Expedition: driving off the map in Buddhist Russia (The Hindu) Through Kalmykia, in the heart of the vast, desolate Russian steppe...more... Victims of Anne Arundel plane crash identified (Baltimore Sun) Texas A&M professor and girlfriend were en route to New York Two people killed Saturday evening in the crash of a small airplane near Edgewater were identified yesterday as a man and woman from Texas. ...more... A holiday less ordinary (The Beacon News) I was asked by my editors to come up with a Top Ten List of unique Christmas gift ideas from local merchants and/or businesses. You know, a little David Letterman humor. Being that I love shopping and am always on the look-out for the unusual, it seemed like a no-brainer assignment. ...more... Interview with Nick Denton (Guardian Unlimited) Nick Denton, who made millions from websites, tells James Silver about the insatiable need for gossip and how George Clooney did his advertising for him....more... A positive change: Church hopes new building will help spread the word (The Times-Reporter) Relevant. It?s a word one hears over and over from Rev. Dwight Mason and many among those attending NewPointe Community Church. The former Sugarcreek Free Methodist Church has moved to 3950 Rt. 39 NW, about two miles west of Dover....more... |