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Annan to press world on 'horror' of Sudan CNN.com UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- Outgoing U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan will ask Friday how the international community can allow the "horror" in Sudan's Darfur region to continue and say there is more than enough blame to shared all around. Swordsmiths' deep secret: Nanotech USA Today Ancient swordsmiths used nanoparticles to strengthen steel. Ancient chemists used them to dye hair and wool. How did these skilled yet unscientific craftsmen unwittingly learn to use one of the 21st century's most scientifically sophisticated technologies? The answer is being sought by nanotechnology scientists. President Considers How To Handle Iraq Study Group's Report CBS 6 Richmond WHITE HOUSE (AP) - President Bush huddles with congressional leaders this morning as he considers how to respond to the Iraq Study Group's call for a major policy shift. Russia: How Long Can The Fun Last? BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance Consumers are flush. Foreign investment is up. Then there's the government interference -- and corruption How to Make a Gingerbread house The Marietta Times This time of year, what smell is unmistakably both sweet and spicy, warming the heart as well as the belly? It's gingerbread and it has been a holiday tradition for centuries. Male Pregnancy: Genetic Archaeology Offers Clues To Gender-bending Mystery Science Daily A bit of genetic archaeology is giving clues to one of the greatest gender-bending mysteries in the world of fish: How did a family of fish come to embrace male pregnancy? A new gene discovered in the gulf pipefish hints that an old gene busy with kidney and liver function may have learned new tricks in the male womb, said April Harlin-Cognato at Michigan State University in the Proceedings of Courtesy Cop: 'Etiquette is For Everyone' WTOP Radio Network HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - Robin Steele is a bona fide officer of the law -- etiquette law, that is. This well-mannered missus is a certified member of the polite police. A courtesy cop, if you will. Canada to say soon how big trusts can grow Reuters via Yahoo! News Canada hopes to issue guidelines by Christmas on how big existing income trusts may grow during their ition to tax-paying entities, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Thursday. How recycling your computer helps developing countries Independent James Muthoka is a miracle worker. For 27 years he has tended his small farm outside the dusty town of Machakos, a two-hour ride from Nairobi. That anything grows in this parched land is staggering enough, but this year Muthoka has grown four times more maize than his neighbours. How has Muthoka pulled off this agricultural wonder? With nothing more than a computer. Tiverton officials see waste in sewer rebates Newport Daily News Bad policy is how Tiverton Town Administrator W. Glenn Steckman III described the little-known sewer user fee abatement program that some town officials say flies in the face of water conservation measures.
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