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...Invasive plants are one of the greatest ecological problems we are facing right now," says W. Gary Smith, a landscape architect based in Austin. "My public enemy number one is the Norway maple." Popular for providing shade in yards across the Northeast, the Norway maple grows up to 30 ft. high in 23 U.S. states. New Hampshire classifies it as a noxious weed; selling or transporting it is illegal, and fines for doing so can range from $250 to $500 per plant...
...knew it would face a tough fight-the Upper House members whose seats are in contention were elected in 2001, when an unusually large number of LDP candidates rode the coattails of popular Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi into office. But no one could have predicted the litany of disasters that have beset Abe over the past two months, including the suicide of one minister under a cloud of corruption (Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka), the resignation of another (Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma) for a foolish remark on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, and worst of all, the pension crisis...
...Survival is also an issue for Musharraf, who has been under siege, both at home and abroad, over his inability to tackle al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, his stalling over restoring full democracy to Pakistan, and his drawn-out dispute with the popular Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Now his religious and political opponents are using the Red Mosque siege as fresh ammunition against him. "Our blood," Ghazi said, "will be the first step toward Islamic revolution." Most Pakistanis pray he will be proved wrong...
...variations on iPhone queries tell an interesting story. Of the 1600 searches that contained "iPhone," the most common theme was cost, with five of the top 20 searches looking for pricing information. The 8th most popular (and optimistically naive) query confirms our suspicions from my last column, "free iPhone." The second most popular search mission is for reviews of the new phone. There were also a few disgruntled searchers - "problems with iPhone" was at #6, and "smashing my iPhone" in the #20 position actually led to a YouTube video that has had over 100,000 views since last week...
...clear that the public had found its hero. Smeaton, on a cigarette break at the time of the attack, tackled one of the men who exited the fiery Jeep and helped wrestle him into police control. Smeaton's post-attack interviews with TV journalists have become wildly popular on YouTube, appreciation societies have sprung up on Facebook, and there is even a website set up by an IT project manager in Glasgow: johnsmeaton.com, which has raked in a million views and over $9000 for a "beer fund" for Smeaton...