New York Times
MORE OF BUSH'S COERSION. He chronically 'cries' "Give me someone I can work with." Then he turns right around and doesn't work with anyone at all but only to serve as their "Image" to the public while 'turning loose' the incompetents that should never have made it that far to begin with. Bush is a manipulator of his Party by permission to achieve public fervor and continued abuse of the USA Treasury. Bush is the power player no one else is willing to be and to that tune has the undying loyalty of every crony, Repuglican or not. If there is a 'money scheme' somewhere Bush will back you up !! This method of coersion is pandering to their base and is a gross example of "The Tail Wagging The Dog of Bush." The Moderates need to stand their ground and take back the esteem of the Republican Party as well as advance the needs of the American People.
Republican Moderates in Senate Sense Intensifying Pressures
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: May 13, 2005
WASHINGTON, May 12 - The unusual pact that permitted the nomination of John R. Bolton to go forward on Thursday without the support of a crucial Republican senator has exposed, in a very raw and public way, the extreme pressures facing Republican moderates in a Senate that is increasingly dominated by conservatives.
President Bush called the dissenting Republican, Senator George V. Voinovich of Ohio, on Wednesday, the day before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on which Mr. Voinovich serves, was to take up the nomination, the White House spokesman, Scott McClellan, said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/politics/13assess.html?hp&ex=1116043200&en=550ce22ec279af13&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Study Finds Benefit in Some Surgery for Prostate Cancer
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 12, 2005
By The Associated Press
A Scandinavian study of an agonizing decision faced by men who have early prostate cancer - whether to have surgery or wait to see if the disease spreads - found that for those under 65, operating clearly saved lives, cutting the death rate by more than half.
For men over 65, on the other hand, who account for a vast majority of prostate cancer patients, the jury is still out.
Because of the new findings, being reported today in The New England Journal of Medicine, younger men "are much less likely to be encouraged to watch and wait," said Dr. Durado Brooks, director of prostate cancer at the American Cancer Society.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/health/12prostate.html
Pataki Moves to Revive the Rebuilding of Lower Manhattan
Published: May 12, 2005
Gov. George E. Pataki announced today that he had named his chief of staff, John P. Cahill, to take control of the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan and construction of the Sept 11. memorial, saying a fresh commitment of energy and money was needed to achieve the "solemn obligation" of reviving the World Trade Center site.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/nyregion/12cnd-pataki.html?hp&ex=1115956800&en=73954bf8155f43c8&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Retaining Wall Collapses in Upper Manhattan, Closing Highway
NEW YORK (AP) -- A retaining wall along the Henry Hudson Parkway in upper Manhattan collapsed on Thursday afternoon, burying parked cars under a massive mound of dirt, trees and debris.
There were no immediate reports of injuries, fire department spokeswoman Maria Lamberti said.
Fire department personnel were called to the area near Riverside Drive and 181st Street at 4 p.m. Swarms of firefighters removed debris from the parkway's northbound lanes.
The six-lane parkway, Route 9A, was closed in the area in both directions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/nyregion/12wire-collapse.html?hp=&pagewanted=print
G.E. Chief Urges U.S. to Adopt Clearer Energy Policy
By FELICITY BARRINGER and MATTHEW L. WALD
Published: May 10, 2005
WASHINGTON, May 9 - The chief executive of the General Electric Company, Jeffrey R. Immelt, pushed the company squarely into the global warming debate on Monday, asking the government for a clear energy policy and saying later in an interview that he expected Washington to eventually impose controls on carbon emissions.
"If you look to the future, there is going to be a day when we have standards of some kind pertaining to carbon," he said. "I think most business people are planning for that implicitly, even without anything that's overt." The Bush administration has opposed such controls.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/business/10green.html
Washington Post
Mystery Illness Killing Racing Greyhounds
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
The Associated Press
Thursday, May 12, 2005; 2:00 PM
REVERE, Mass. -- A mysterious respiratory disease is sweeping greyhound tracks across the country, killing dozens of dogs and forcing owners to halt racing as researchers hunt for a vaccine to control the outbreak.
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The New Zealand Herald
UN critical of slow pace of tsunami rebuilding
13.05.05 1.00pm
WASHINGTON - Rebuilding from last December's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami has been too slow and frustration is growing among displaced people, a senior UN official says.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125373
Asian states hampering bird flu checks, says UN
13.05.05 10.20am
ROME - A top UN agency official accused Asian nations of blocking proper monitoring of the deadly bird flu virus by giving too few samples to scientists, but denied a charge that his own agency was failing to share specimens.
The head of the Animal Health Service of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said countries were failing to export samples of the H5N1 bird flu virus that has killed more than 50 people in Asia since 2003.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125338
Girl 'witch' to be thrown into river, court told
13.05.05 1.00pm
LONDON - A schoolgirl told a British court on Thursday she was put into a laundry bag and was going to be thrown from a third-floor apartment window into a river by her mother and aunt who thought she was a witch.
Prosecutors say the girl, brought to London from Angola by a woman claiming to be her mother, had been regularly abused by members of her family after they had become convinced she was putting curses on members of her family.
The court has heard the abuse culminated in a plan by her 38-year-old "mother" and another woman, Sita Kisanga, 35, who says she is the girl's aunt, to kill her.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125376
More cash pledged to make Chernobyl safe
13.05.05 1.00pm
By Madeline Chambers
LONDON - Leading nations pledged about $200 million on Thursday towards a cover to encase the Chernobyl power plant's fourth reactor which exploded nearly two decades ago in the world's worst civil nuclear accident.
The latest contributions, which bring the total raised by 28 donor governments to about $800 million, mean work can start on a permanent shelter for the reactor to stop radioactive leaks.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125377
Peacekeepers wounded in Congo ambush
13.05.05 9.20am
KINSHASA - Seven United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh were wounded when a militia group ambushed their convoy on Thursday in the Ituri district of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The attack happened in a lawless region where the world body has taken a more aggressive stance against militia fighters since nine peacekeepers were killed there in February. However, much of the district is still ruled by warlords.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125317
New rodent emerges
13.05.05
A long-whiskered rodent with stubby legs and a tail covered with dense hair has turned out be a previously unknown species so unique it represents an entire new family of wildlife, says the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Based on morphological differences in the bone structure, coupled with DNA analysis, scientists believe the animal diverged from other rodents millions of years ago.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10125271
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Cloudy
-13.0°
Updated Friday 13 May 8:59AM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
50 °F / 10 °C
Overcast
Windchill:
48 °F / 9 °C
Humidity:
89%
Dew Point:
47 °F / 8 °C
Wind:
5 mph / 7 km/h from the WNW
Pressure:
29.89 in / 1012 hPa (Falling)
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Overcast 5500 ft / 1676 m
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