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- PUBLIC EYE'S WEEK IN REVIEW
Being Hasty
Before Charlize Theron could pick up her Woman of the Year award, she had to prove she was worthy.
- THE LIST
Leap-year babies
As a leap year, 2008 has 366 days instead of the usual 365. Feb. 29 is the extra day added to the year. It's called an intercalary day or a leap day.
- This day in history: 1996
- When it comes to earmarks, Bush no novice
WASHINGTON – President Bush often denounces the propensity of Congress to earmark money for pet projects. But in his new budget, he has requested funds for thousands of similar projects.
- Installation of science lab at space station is delayed
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis and its astronauts delivered a sparkling new lab to the International Space Station yesterday but had to delay installation for a day because of a crew member's medical problem.
- Teen girls close gap on drugs, drinking
WASHINGTON – A generation of parents and educators has pushed to ensure that girls have the same opportunities as their male counterparts, with notable results. In 2007, for example, it was girls who dominated the national math and science competition sponsored by Siemens. But a growing number of reports show that the message of equality may have a downside.
- A ghost ship emerges from the Oregon dunes
NORTH BEND, Ore. – A massive wooden ship that disappeared on the southern Oregon coast decades ago is emerging from a sand dune eroded by wild winter storms.
- Trial at hand in Wash. state eco-terrorism case
SEATTLE – Briana Waters says she isn't sure where she was early on May 21, 2001, but there is one place she wasn't: crouching in the bushes near a research center at the University of Washington, serving as a lookout for fellow Earth Liberation Front activists as they set firebombs that caused millions of dollars in damage.
- GM boss opposes states on emissions
SAN FRANCISCO – General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner urged a group of auto dealers yesterday to lobby against individual states trying to set their own limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
- REGION UPDATE
Woman run over after argument
BAKERSFIELD – Law enforcement officials say a 25-year-old woman is in critical condition after her boyfriend ran over her head as he drove away after a fight.
- NATION UPDATE
Bush scolds Senate over nominee delays
WASHINGTON – President Bush vented frustration anew yesterday over the Senate's failure to vote on more than 180 of his nominations, including more than two dozen to the federal bench.
- Review of handling of CIA tapes begins
The prosecutor investigating the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes has begun a broad review of whether government officials broke the law by concealing or destroying the tapes or violated court orders requiring the preservation of evidence, according to court papers filed late Friday night.
- Body found in refinery; 3 still missing
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. – Crews found another body yesterday in the remnants of the sugar refinery devastated by an explosion and fire, raising the death toll to five and leaving three others missing, officials said.
- Election-rally bombing kills dozens in Pakistan; Bhutto backers gather
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A suicide bomber blasted a political gathering yesterday in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 25 people, wounding dozens and stoking fears about security surrounding this month's parliamentary election.
- Ban on women's head scarves could be eliminated in Turkey
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkey's parliament took a major step yesterday toward lifting a ban against women's head scarves at universities, setting the stage for a final showdown with the country's secular elite over where Islam fits in the building of an open society.
- WORLD UPDATE
Archbishop causes uproar with comment
LONDON – Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the world's 77 million Anglicans, faced calls to resign yesterday for suggesting that the introduction of some aspects of Islamic law in Britain was unavoidable.
- Baja quake affects power, cell phones
MEXICO CITY – A moderate earthquake rocked Baja California, shutting down factories near the border and leaving 400,000 people without power early yesterday, authorities said.
- The week in Mexico
Nearly 200 families have abandoned the Zapatista rebel movement in Polho, one of its strongholds, turning to the government for aid at a time when the insurgents are complaining about the loss of outside support.
- U.S.-backed Sunni forces upset
BAGHDAD – Conflicts between provincial governments and local Sunni Arab forces allied with the United States intensified yesterday in two provinces.
- Jordan offers haven of healing for Iraqis
AMMAN, Jordan – Five years of war have disfigured the people of Iraq, hobbling and maiming many thousands of them.
- Daily developments
A weeping Army soldier said yesterday at his murder trial that he can't remember firing the gun that killed an Iraqi civilian who had stumbled upon the hiding place where he and five other snipers were sleeping.
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