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...sovereignty over the Arctic. We either use it or lose it. And make no mistake, this government intends to use it.' STEPHEN HARPER, Canadian Prime Minister, on his administration's decision to raise the country's military presence in the Arctic to better display Canada's authority over the Northwest Passage...
...south on the national Automatic Number Plate Recognition System, a network of hi-tech cameras across the country established to counter terrorism. Meanwhile a nationwide manhunt is gathering pace. On Sunday morning, officers raided several addresses in Scotland, including several homes in Houston, a quiet commuter village six miles northwest of Paisley. Two men were also arrested on the M6 motorway in northern England yesterday and one in Liverpool, bringing the total in custody to five, including the two being held in Glasgow. Security officials have not ruled out the possibility that seven terror suspects may be involved; British authorities...
...living in Texas, it is beginning to feel like Old Testament times. For the last few weeks a stalled low pressure system, trapped by two ridges of high pressure, has hung over Texas producing day after day of rain, as much as 11 inches in three hours just northwest of Austin...
...Scherschel the right man for the job? The archdiocese says yes - for his parish, in the mostly white neighborhood on the northwest side. Just as important, perhaps, is his age, over 40. The average age for making commitments in general has risen dramatically, matching changes in society, with people getting married and making other life decisions later and later. Baima says, "A full 10 years has been added to making these lifelong decisions. This is as much about a social change as it is about religion, really...
...costs, they're using hardier grasses like fescue in the Pacific Northwest and paspalum in Hawaii, Florida and Majorca. These drought- tolerant varieties don't require as much water for irrigation. And designers are working with what the land has to offer--the days of creating a pine forest out of a desert, à la Steven Wynn in Las Vegas, are numbered. "I take advantage of Mother Nature," says designer John Robinson. "At Blue Heron in Medina [Ohio], I had ravine after ravine, so I positioned the course to hit over those, like a steeplechase...