1. Angry Boeing supporters are vowing revenge
against Presidential candidate John McCain over Chicago-based
Boeing’s loss of a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract
to the parent company of European plane maker Airbus. Boeing
now will miss out on a deal that it says would have supported
44,000 new and existing jobs at the company and suppliers in
40 states. Associated Press
2. Most of the pulp Kimberly-Clark uses for its disposable
tissue products comes from unsustainable sources, including the
ancient Canadian Boreal Forest.
As the biggest tissue manufacturer
on the planet, Kimberly-Clark has the resources to shift toward
sustainability but is refusing to use recycled paper in its products.
Instead, the largest stretch of ancient forest in North America
is being clearcut for disposable paper products. Greenpeace
3. The resignation of the top U.S. military
commander for the
Middle East is setting off alarms that the Bush administration
is intent on using military force to stop Iran’s moves toward gaining
nuclear weapons. In announcing his sudden resignation following
a report on his views in Esquire, Adm. William Fallon didn’t
directly deny that he differs with President Bush over at least
some aspects of the president’s policy on Iran. Reuters
4. The most powerful computer known is
the brain, and now scientists
have designed a machine just a few molecules large that mimics
how the brain works. The device is made of a compound known as
duroquinone. Duroquinone is less than a nanometer, or a billionth
of a meter large. news.yahoo.com
5. A vast array of pharmaceuticals - including
antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones
- have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least
41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.
The head of a group representing major California suppliers said
the public “doesn’t know
how to interpret the information” and "might be unduly
alarmed” Associated
Press
6. A spectacularly preserved ancient harbor
town of the Myceneans,
the civilization on which many ancient Greek legends were based
has been rediscovered. The site, partially underwater, lies along
a rocky, isolated stretch of shoreline. ”It is rare indeed
to locate an entire town built during the Late Bronze Age that
shows this level of preservation.” said Daniel Pullen, an
archaeologist at Florida State University who discovered the site.Google
Earth/ Thomas Tartaron
7. Manchester Chief Constable Michael
Todd, 50, a city police
chief who led an investigation into charges that Britain cooperated
with secret CIA flights to transport terrorism suspects without
formal proceedings was found dead in Snowdonia, about 240 miles
northwest of London, Deputy Chief Constable Dave Whatton said.
He had been missing since going out for a walk Monday during
his day off.
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