News science 2008-06-23 Andanh.com

NASA warming scientist: 'This is the last chance' Mon, 23 June 2008 23:57:23 EDT
Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist said the situation has gotten so bad that the world's only hope is drastic action.

Scholars set date for Odysseus' bloody homecoming Tue, 24 June 2008 00:09:09 EDT
Using clues from star and sun positions mentioned by the ancient Greek poet Homer, scholars think they have determined the date when King Odysseus returned from the Trojan War and slaughtered a group of suitors who had been pressing his wife to marry one of them.

NASA estimates 3,000 to 4,000 shuttle job losses Mon, 23 June 2008 20:20:45 EDT
NASA told a Senate panel on Monday that it anticipates losing 3,000 to 4,000 jobs at its launching site once the space shuttles stop flying in two more years, about half the cutback initially reported.

Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker Mon, 23 June 2008 08:43:03 EDT
For the last three years, researchers in camouflage and waders have slogged through the east Arkansas woods hoping to spot a rare bird that so far seems unwilling to be seen.

Canadians argue for polar bear hunt Mon, 23 June 2008 22:04:54 EDT
Officials from northern Canada were in Washington on Monday to make an unpopular argument: Let U.S. hunters continue to kill polar bears for sport.

Supreme Court agrees to review Navy sonar case Mon, 23 June 2008 16:49:19 EDT
The Supreme Court on Monday stepped into a dispute over the Navy's use of sonar off the Southern California coast and its potential harm to dolphins and whales.

Can the Martian arctic support extreme life? Sun, 22 June 2008 17:25:18 EDT
Bizarre microbes flourish in the most punishing environments on Earth from the bone-dry Atacama Desert in Chile to the boiling hot springs of Yellowstone National Park to the sunless sea bottom vents in the Pacific.

SF must pay $1.1 million in attorneys' fees in race discrimination suit Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:01:47 PDT
The city of San Francisco lost a U.S. Supreme Court appeal today and must pay $1.1 million in attorneys' fees to a white man who won a race-discrimination suit after he was passed up for a promotion at San Francisco International Airport. A San Mateo County...

Man gets probation for threats against Egyptian consulate workers Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:01:47 PDT
A man was sentenced today to one year of probation for threatening to kill a member of the Egyptian consulate in San Francisco. On Feb. 11, Fredrick Green rattled the gates of the consulate in the city's Marina district and threatened to kill a consulate...

Berkeley slaying victim identified Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:44:04 PDT
A man shot and killed inside his Berkeley home has been identified as 39-year-old Charles Faison, police said. Faison was found shot inside his home at 2022 Emerson St. about 12:15 p.m. Thursday, police said. Police did not release other information,...

ANTIOCH / Suspect's sister also held in fatal shooting Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Police have arrested a second suspect in the shooting death of a woman in Antioch, police said Sunday. Mary Gaines, 53, was arrested after she surrendered at about 11 a.m. Sunday to Indiana State Police in Indianapolis, authorities said. Her brother, Richard...

Texas hate crime sparks racial healing project Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
It's a long way from Jasper, Texas, to San Francisco, and it's been a decade since the small town gained fame for a reason no one wanted: the murder of a black man, who was chained behind a pickup truck by three white supremacists and dragged to a horrific...

9 shot, killed in S.F., Oakland Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
An apparent surge in violence in San Francisco and Oakland this weekend left nine people dead - all shot to death in various incidents. Seven people were fatally shot in Oakland on Saturday and Sunday and two men died in a shooting in San Francisco on Sunday.<...

Shot to death for nothing on the streets of S.F. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
It was a minor traffic annoyance, something that happens every day, everywhere. But in San Francisco on Sunday, it triggered an outburst of road rage that cost the lives of a father of four and his oldest son, and left his youngest son clinging to life....

3 men shot to death at home in unincorporated Redwood City Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Three men were shot to death today at a home in unincorporated Redwood City, authorities said. The men, described as 25 to 30 years old, were shot about 1:20 p.m. on the 500 block of Stanford Avenue in the North Fair Oaks district, authorities said. It's a...

No connection between rash of Oakland slayings, police say Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
There does not appear to be a connection between any of the six killings that happened in Oakland over the weekend, police said Monday as they hunted for suspects in all the slayings. The rash of killings brought to 64 the number of homicides in Oakland so...

Supreme Court to decide on sonar versus whales Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether the military's assertions of national security trump the need to protect endangered species, when the justices decide whether the Navy must limit its use of sonar in training exercises off Southern...

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