1. On Sept. 13th a remarkable fireball split the skies over New Mexico. Witnesses say it “turned night into day” and reminded them of a full Moon hurtling across the sky. At least two cameras captured the event while one amateur astronomer recorded radio echoes from the fireball’s ionized trail. www.spaceweather.com

2. The Iraqi government is revoking the license of an American security firm accused of involvement in the deaths of eight civilians in a firefight following a car bombing. Iraq said it would prosecute any foreign contractors found to have used excessive force in the shooting. The U.S. firms are widely disliked by Iraqis who resent their speeding motorcades and forceful behavior. AP

3. Congress is moving quickly to put into motion measures that will ensure airport employees are subjected to stricter security checks. Everyone from Restaurant employees to airline mechanics could soon be forced to provide biometric finger and iris scans and may even face the possibility of being implanted with a microchip. Local News Channel KENS 5 San Antonio, TX

4. Results of a study published 12/29/06 in Molecular Vision show that a synthetic version of bear bile, used in Asia for more than 3,000 years to prevent visual disorders, had a yet-unexplored potential to treat retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma. www.molvis.org/molvis

5. Twice this year, in Michigan’s Eastern District Court, a team of U.S. DOJ Attorneys and Judge Nancy G. Edmunds ordered Peter and Doreen Hendrickson to testify against themselves.granting the DOJ summary judgment in a lawsuit filed to force the Hendricksons to change sworn testimony on their tax returns in order to give the federal government a pretext for claiming the couple owed income taxes in 2002 and 2003. www.losthorizons.com

6. The U.S. FDA directed the manufacturers of all (ADHD) drug products to develop Patient Medication Guides to alert to possible cardiovascular risks and risks of adverse psychiatric symptoms associated with the medicines. Use of ADHD products have been linked with sudden death. 2.5 million children now take ADHD drugs, including nearly 10 percent of all 10-year-old boys in the U.S. The New England Journal of Medicine

7. Mercury goes Retrograde October 11 until November 1.