U.S. - Los Angeles Times - 2010-09-03 06:52:03.
Animal rights groups face off with scientists over fate of chimps
Almost 200 have had a long break from testing that dates to NASA's early days, but that could end.
Ever since the first of their number arrived in New Mexico half a century ago as test subjects in the fledgling U.S. space program, nearly 200 government-owned chimpanzees were routinely injected with viruses and used to test everything from experimental vaccines to insecticides.
U.S. - Los Angeles Times - 2010-09-03 06:52:03.
Platform owner involved in previous offshore accidents, regulators say
Houston-based Mariner Energy paid $55,000 in fines this summer after inspectors found safety violations. Four of the company's accidents resulted in worker injuries, records show.
Mariner Energy, which owns the platform that erupted in flames Thursday, has been involved in more than a dozen offshore accidents in the Gulf of Mexico in the last four years, including at least four fires and a well blowout, according to federal regulators.
World - Los Angeles Times.
An image of border harmony
Old family photo memorializes a time of vibrant connection
Not long ago, my wife put up a black-and-white photograph in our living room. It shows her grandparents, very young — supposedly on a street in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
U.S. - SFGate.
Cars hit 2 S.F. pedestrians - 1 dies, 1 hurt
Two elderly women crossing streets in San Francisco were struck - one fatally - by motorists in two unrelated accidents hours apart, police said Thursday. In the first incident, Joyce Lau, 70, was hit as she crossed Cole Street at Waller Street at 7:58 a.m....
Death - Near death experience - San Francisco - Police - United States
U.S. - Mercury News.
Proposal to curb offshore drilling imperils payouts, BP says
Law would hurt ability to pay spill damages, it says
Opinion - Washington Post.
Unfulfilled promises to black farmers and Native Americans
JOHN BOYD JR. has had it. Mr. Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, has worked for the past quarter-century to win some semblance of justice for African American farmers, who for decades were denied government loans because of the color of their skin. Yet something goes wrong...
