Washington Post--The battle Sarah Palin has waged over competition in health care has been one of her signature efforts since she became governor in 2007. [Read more]
CNET--John McCain formally accepted the Republican Party's presidential nomination here on Thursday in a speech extolling the virtues of both oil drilling and green energy. [Read more]
Business Week--High energy prices have become a bitterly contested political issue. Republicans are bashing Democrats for standing in the way of drilling for more oil and gas at home. [Read more]
Reuters--Who's best equipped to turn the White House green -- John McCain or Barack Obama? Both have made energy security and environmental stewardship part of their presidential campaigns. [Read more]
A.P.--NASA moved shuttle Atlantis to the launch pad on Thursday for a flight next month to the Hubble Space Telescope after being waylaid by a pair of tropical storms. [Read more]
Washington Post (Editorial)--The words “Florida” and “Internet voting,” taken together, should send a chill down everyone’s spine. Nevertheless, Florida’s Okaloosa County is seeking permission from the state to allow members of the military to vote over the Internet in November. [Read more]
N.Y. Times (Reuters)--Toddlers received the recommended vaccinations against childhood diseases at record levels in 2007, federal health officials said on Thursday, as they urged parents to continue to trust vaccine safety. [Read more]
N.Y. Times--Google applied for incorporation as a business 10 years ago Thursday, according to a timeline supplied by the company. The application was accepted on Sept. 7, which is Sunday.
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N.Y. Times--ESPN, the cable powerhouse that calls itself “Worldwide Leader in Sports,” is looking to extend its domain in virtual worlds by merging video game graphics with real-life sports anchors. [Read more]
A.P.--Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new federal science report released Thursday. [Read more]
A.P.--Sarah Palin is more conservative than John McCain on a range of issues important to the Republican base. However, vice presidential candidates usually defer to the top of the ticket when it comes to policy differences. [Read more]
A.P.--At the National Governors Association conference where she first met John McCain, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had other business: making her case to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne against classifying the polar bear as a threatened species. [Read more]
Grist--Former mayor of New York City and one-time presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani came out swinging tonight on energy policy, praising John McCain's approach and emphasizing the pro-drilling portion. [Read more]
Iowa Independent--Republicans unanimously passed a platform on Monday that calls for the federal government to end a mandate that gasoline contain a set amount of ethanol, but Iowa Republicans say they oppose the proposal. [Read more]
Daily Wildcat--Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona entertained an audience of over 100 students last night, making mention of renewable energy in Arizona, the 2008 elections and keeping American students competitive with other nations. [Read more]
Reuters--The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, famous for its manned missions to the moon, announced the creation of the Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration on Wednesday. [Read more]
Nature--Geologist David Rogers lambasted decision-makers after hurricane Katrina breached New Orleans' defences in 2005. As this year's hurricane season heats up, how much has changed? [Read more]