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...sense of what resources lie below the newly accessible sea. But there is something paradoxical about seeking in the Arctic the very carbon fuels that are melting the northern ice. "The rush to exploit Arctic resources can only perpetuate the vicious cycle of human-induced climate change," says Mike Townsley of Greenpeace International...
...astonishing 5,000 miles (8,000 km) from the distance between Asia and Europe through the Panama Canal, shipping traffic could explode. "The idea of Liberian-registered tankers chugging through the Northwest Passage or oil spills that can't be cleaned up - that's what terrifies me," says Mike Beedell, an Arctic adventurer who sailed a small sailboat through the passage 20 years...
Easily the mismatch of the week. The Bulldogs, the Ivies’ preseason favorite, have the best running back in the league in Mike McLeod and the Hoyas surrendered a stunning 349 yards on the ground in a loss to Stony Brook. The overrated Elis will storm Washington like the Brits in 1812 and live another week without being exposed...
...Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, cited the case earlier this week before a Senate committee hearing as an example of why the U.S. needs to stick with a controversial new law, scheduled to expire in five months, that sharply increases the power of the government to spy on suspects. The law authorizes warrantless wiretaps of people believed to be outside of the United States or where a "foreign" connection is suspected. Critics have said the law could be used to spy on American citizens without judicial oversight. A previous interpretation of the law required investigators to obtain warrants...
...injuries are much rarer now since high schools and colleges prohibited head-first tackles in 1976. [This article consists of a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] Football injuries resulting in quadriplegia- high school, college and professional ? '76 -- 34 ? '84 -- 5 ? '91 -- 1 (Mike Utley, Detroit Lions...