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...Around the world, millions of people use the global positioning system, or GPS, to know where they are and where they're headed. The satellite-based navigation system has become an indispensable tool for everyone from cell-phone manufacturers to oil drillers, which explains why a government report on GPS released this month prompted a tide of concern. The Government Accountability Office warned of "significant challenges" to maintaining the system at full strength beginning as soon as next year, due to technical problems and delays in a $5.8 billion plan to upgrade the system with next-generation satellites. (Watch TIME...
...report does not predict that the GPS system will fail outright; it offers a more mild (and vague) warning, suggesting only that a delay in replacing satellites may impede "the level of GPS service that the U.S. government commits to." But given the world's growing dependence on the space-age compasses, the military scrambled to quell any concerns. "The issue is under control. We are working hard to get out the word," Air Force Col. Dave Buckman wrote to worried questioners on a military Twitter account May 20. "GPS isn't falling...
...when she upheld the NFL's rule that players must be out of high school for three years before becoming eligible for the draft. Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett, who at the time was suspended from college football for accepting improper gifts and filing a false police report, had sued the league, alleging that this rule violated anti-trust law. Sotomayor argued that the age-eligibility rule was exempt from anti-trust law, even though the rule is a "hardship" on players who are not yet members of the players' union. Says Karcher: "Her ruling gave the union...
...traveling with family members from her village in western Farah province to a wedding party in the neighboring province of Herat. Packed into a white Toyota Corolla wagon, they neared the outskirts of the city of Herat when, according to a report compiled by the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, the vehicle was fired on by an Italian patrol convoy. Benafsha was seated in the middle of the backseat wearing a red dress, her relatives say. She was shot in the face and died instantly. Her mother was wounded in the chest. (See pictures of U.S. troops operating in Afghanistan...
...report from a group of Chinese scholars has for the first time challenged China's official explanation that the deadly riots that broke out across Tibet in March, 2008, were inspired by "overseas forces" - namely the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile. (Read "One Year After Protests, an Enforced Silence on Tibet...