Headlines from April 3, 2007
- President Bush warns Congress that holding up Iraq War funding means problems for troops as soon as mid-April.
- A day after a tsunami hit the Solomon Islands, a humanitarian crisis seems to be impending.
- Remember when we invaded Iraq because they sold uranium to Niger? The Washington Post does.
- New Mexico approves medical marijuana use; Arizona keeps 27-year-old TB patient involuntarily quarantined.
- Italy to scrap reality television next season; U.K. to put Iraq war drama on hold.
- France tries to beat Japanese train speed record, gets real close, celebrates anyway.
- Publicly predict a lot of hurricanes, even if you were wrong last year, and you're AP wire gold.
- Op: American kids are smart to get their Holocaust history from South Park.
- Take your colorblind friend with you next time you go hunting for bugs.
- Barbara Ehrenreich dates the start of western malaise to 1617's missing street fair.
- Jamba Juice majorly confused about their dairy.
- Szmolinsky said he suspected Robert I and his fellow bunnies had been eaten by top officials. Rabbit-breeder vows no more sales to North Korea.
- Exceptional cruelty to peeps documented, exceptional cuteness of Knut, the Berlin Zoo's polar bear cub, too.
- Iran says U.K. sailors will be released after a delegation decides whether or not they entered Iranian waters--if they did, Iran wants an apology.
- Britain turns down the international pressure on Iran; Iran stops broadcasting the sailors' "confessions."
- Op: How bad have the British sailors had it? Well, unlike when we take prisoners, the Iranians haven't duct-taped their mouths, nor kept them from writing letters to their families.
- McCain tours Baghdad market with an entire company of soldiers in armored Humvees, declares new security plan is working.
- In a direct shot at the White House's stance on global warming, the Supreme Court rules the EPA violated the Clean Air Act by not regulating new vehicle emissions.
- The effect the Court's decision will have on U.S. industry, however, is anything but certain.
- Czech president: "Environmentalism is as bad as communism."
- A look at the first hybrid cars, developed almost a century ago.
- BP says butanol kicks ethanol's ass, though when choosing oil giants, it's hard to play favorites.
- Is Greenpeace's vendetta against Apple wholly justified?
- Expect all of Utah to be armed by the end of the year; Montana kills bill that would let "law-abiding people legally... brandish guns to defray potential conflicts."
- Chinese manufacturing: Following pet deaths, the U.S. no longer wants imported wheat gluten; those violinists are sounding awful good, though.
- Couple commits suicide after the death of their dog.
- Mentally ill woman who gave her $1.8 million inheritance to her church and its parishioners says she was exploited.
- Obama campaign says "no thanks" to sculpture of the candidate in robes, wearing a halo.
- The Trans Am from Knight Rider is up for sale, but buyer beware: It can't go 300 mph.