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FBI and Homeland Security officials sent a bulletin late Thursday to U.S. law enforcement agencies citing Islamist Web sites as saying Al Qaeda had claimed responsibility for the attack and that the group's No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, had planned it. .
Self-healing rubber bounces back
Snap this stretchy piece of rubber in two, and it will heal itself back into a stretchy piece of rubber again. The material's eerie ability to 'heal' itself means that it can broken, stuck and stretched time and time again. To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right). Comments Reader comments are usually moderated after posting. If you find something offensive or inappropriate, you can speed this process by clicking 'Report this comment' (or, if that doesn't work for you, email redesign@nature.com). For more controversial topics, we reserve the right to moderate before comments are published. This article is somewhat misleading in that it implies that other self-healing materials require heat or pressure to achieve healing.
Highway closed in Florida after Victorian cyclist dies
Australian tourist Elsise Hoath was apparently looking in the wrong direction for oncoming traffic when she was hit at 12.20pm Sunday US time.She died at the scene. Mrs Hoath and her husband were cycling near the town of Marathon, near Key West in the Florida Keys when the accident happened. The 23-year-old driver of the car that hit her is unlikely to be charged. Lieutenant Pat Santangelo from the Florida Highway Patrol said the pair were attempting to walk their bicycles across the road. They successfully crossed the northbound lanes of the US 1 highway but tragedy struck on the southbound lanes. "Evidently, because the traffic comes from the opposite direction in Australia, apparently she looked at where she expected traffic to be coming from and didn't see anybody coming and walked into the roadway but there was a vehicle coming from her right,'' he said.
Viewer Comments On Snowmobiling Safety
I think that the same laws for drunk driving in a registered vehicle for road use should be the same for a snowmobile/ATV's/Jet skis, any of the "toys". I feel that ANYTHING operated by a motor, one of the above mentioned or even a ride on lawn mower, should have the same regulations as the vehicles used on the road ways(have you seen "cops"?). For goodness sake, you can be fined and ticketed for operating a boat impaired. Why? Is it just because it needs to be registered and licensed with the state like road use vehicles. Well if that's the case, then any motor driven "vehicle" should have the same regulations. It should be regulatory, as with motorcycles, to wear helmets on snowmobiles. Even though having one alcoholic drink doesn't put most people over the legal limit, it does impair you.
Caucus: Still entering data
Marty Neilson, chair of the Boulder County Republican Party, said Thursday that she didn't have accurate records of turnout for past caucuses handy, but said she was very confident that the county GOP set a record in 2008."It was excellent - the energy was high and there were so many people getting involved," said Neilson. "Even though many of them didn't understand the process, and some would like it changed, I think it got them excited about becoming involved in the party and in the process."Anecdotal testimony after local Democratic and Republican caucuses has suggested that some people would have preferred a Presidential primary to a caucus. Crowds were incredibly large at some locations - about 19,000 Democrats and 3,500 Republicans caucused in Boulder County alone - and some witnesses have suggested that a certain number of people attended for the Presidential preference poll and left afterwards.
On Native Ground
DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- If these were normal times, the thought that President George W. Bush would launch a war to preserve his party's grip on power would be dismissed as lunacy. Unfortunately, these are not normal times and the current occupant of the White House is not a rational man. We know that, barring an October Surprise, the Republican Party could lose its control of Congress after the Nov. 7 election. We also know that the GOP's political strategy is all about fear and endless war, so the possibility that the Bush Administration will launch an attack on Iran's nuclear research facilities in late October suddenly doesn't seem that far-fetched. The Bush Administration has painted Iran as a grave threat to national security because of its nuclear ambitions and its support of international terrorism.
New Delhi, February 26
The West District Police has solved the murder case of Razia Khatun, 19, who was found with a slit throat on the night of February 19 in the Bindapur police station area. Four persons Mushraf Hussain, Shamshad Alam, Mohammad Sabir and Mohammad Jawed have been arrested. 95 kg of opium seized
New Delhi, February 26
A team of officers of Special Cell led by Inspector Badrish Dutt and Inspector V.N. Jha has busted a gang of interstate drug traffickers and arrested its two members, Bashir Ahmed, 33, from J&K and Ravinder, alias Ravi, 22, of Darbhanga, Bihar. About 95.5 kg poppy straw (opium) and one Maruti car have been recovered from their possession. 2 held for supplying underweight cylinders
New Delhi, February 26
With the arrest of two persons Sukhmal Chand, 58 and Ajay Kumar, 26, the East District Police has busted a gang involved in supplying underweight LPG cylinders to consumers.
Liquor sales create a stir on MacArthur Boulevard
Package liquor sales and outdoor merchandise are the immediate concerns, but C.J. Dart also wonders about long-term prospects in the Springfield neighborhood where she has lived for 60 years. Dart is among residents planning to attend a meeting tonight sponsored by the MacArthur Boulevard Business Association on the proposed $1 million redevelopment of a Mobil Super Pantry at MacArthur and Ash Street. .
Lack of action highlights local fishing spots
The Chetco is fishing slightly better though, with scores of two-to-four fish per boat made up of a mixture of fresh fish and spawners. He said both rivers could use some more water to move fish and increase flow, even though we just had a storm roll through. Harrison Ibach, of Mad River Outfitters (707-826-7201), reports that things have slowed way down on the Mad River. He says that January is the best month for fishing the Mad, with February a close second. But by this time of year, things can really start to tail off. Not to mention that the water clarity went way down after the last storm. Yet intrepid anglers using the long leader technique continue to pick up fish, just not as many as a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, I'm sorry to report, the Smith and Chetco may be the best things we have going right now.
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