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...chaos in Gaza is a disaster for a Palestinian population suffering the stress of more than a year of sanctions, but it also bodes badly for Israel. Qassam rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel have become an almost daily routine since March, when Hamas ended its unilateral cease-fire. If the Palestinian government collapses, Israel may soon resume strikes against militant leaders and rocket cells, which in turn will likely escalate the attacks. Israeli security officials have admitted there is no military solution to the rockets, but they may be drawn further into the conflict if Gaza militants begin using...
...could even have a happy ending of sorts. "I'm still married to my crazy husband [and he to his first wife]," says Rodriguez. "That's a miracle of God in itself. I don't know what I'd do without him. He's like Fred Flintstone with a rocket launcher. We'll get the money. Dammit, money or no, I'm going to do this." Never get in the way of a woman who travels with scissors...
...This is organic gardening, not rocket science.' RUSS GEORGE, chief executive of Planktos, a California "ecorestoration" company that plans to plant large fields of carbon dioxide-eating plankton at sea-the first this month near the Galápagos Islands and in the South Pacific-to mitigate global warming. Some scientists question the scheme's efficacy, and believe it may even increase greenhouse gases through the organisms' potential release of methane and nitrous oxide...
...Dick Archbold, a Stockton lawyer, will be joined by Rhonda's son, Dan, in the early morning crowd watching the launch, fingers crossed for a successful mission. Last fall, the first SpaceLoft flight ended moments after it began when the telephone-pole-sized rocket spiraled erratically before plummeting to earth. After reviewing the flight data, the solution was obvious, says Eric Knight, co-founder of UP Aerospace, the Connecticut firm that built the rocket. It needed a fourth tail fin. Many computer simulations confirmed his diagnosis and Saturday's flight went off without a hitch...
...Wende Doohan, widow of "Scotty," launced the rocket and astronaut Cooper's widow, Suzan, was also on hand with her daughters to see her husband become the first U.S. astronaut to return to space in the afterlife. "Obviously, I'll be revisiting some old emotions, but this will be nowhere as emotional as it was watching him go into space when he was alive," she said before the launch...