9 May 2008
9 May 2008
9 May 2008
Records show Sharpton owes overdue taxes, other penalties (AP)
AP - Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek his endorsement. He has influential friends in Congress and the governor's mansion. The Rev. Al Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as perhaps the nation's most prominent civil rights leader, a status that was demonstrated again this week when he led protests against police brutality that briefly shut down six of Manhattan's major bridges and tunnels.
9 May 2008
9 May 2008
9 May 2008
Aid on the way to devastated Myanmar but so is heavy rain (AP)
AP - More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country. Myanmar gave the green light after confiscating other shipments, prompting the U.N. to order a temporary freeze in shipments.
9 May 2008
9 May 2008
9 May 2008
U.S. senators urge Bush to visit Tibet during Games (Reuters)
9 May 2008
9 May 2008
9 May 2008
9 May 2008
U.S. sees record world food crops easing crisis (Reuters)
9 May 2008
Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident (AP)
AP - Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.










