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...only immigration reform bill passed by the House of Representatives with the more comprehensive reform bill approved by the Senate. But the battle got even messier this week, as Republicans decided to hold public field hearings. The first, organized by House Republicans, took place Wednesday at a Border Patrol station near San Diego. Meanwhile, Republican Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter held his own hearings Wednesday in Philadelphia...
...NASA is hoping to shave off the last two of its planned 17 upcoming shuttle flights by encouraging private industry to develop a commercial short-hop space vehicle to ferry astronauts and supplies to and from the space station. Then, to replace the shuttle, NASA is planning a new-generation, Apollo-style capsule capable of going on to the moon. Foam should not be an issue on the next-generation space ship because the crew capsule will sit atop the rocket rather than essentially hug the rockets as does the shuttle. If foam insulation is used, any debris will fall...
...Mohammed Qasim, a janitor in Kandahar, ignored the first night letter that appeared at a mosque in his village last month, which warned residents to stop working for the Afghan government. Qasim had lied to his neighbors, telling them that he worked as a tailor--not at a police station 10 miles away. Then the second letter arrived. "Once this government falls, we will be in power. We will have your documents, your résumés, your names and your addresses. We will come and punish you," it read. Now Qasim doubts that he can keep his job, which pays...
...brought into a poorly lit, dirty and disorganized loading bay; now the vehicles move through a bright, gleaming shop floor--with American flags draped from the ceiling--in an assembly-line method, complete with a horn that blares every 23 min. to signal a move to a new station. Workers called waterspiders (named for the bugs that flit across the top of ponds) scurry back and forth to fetch tools and equipment for higher-skilled mechanics, who stay close to the humvees. Evans tracks the slightest delays. When an employee missed work for a family emergency last December and slowed...
...train derailed right under the city's downtown, crashed against the inside walls, and slid outside the tracks for 100 meters before coming to a deadly halt. Inside, 41 people lay dead. According to the train's black box, the convoy entered the curve that leads to the Jesus station at 80 km/h, double the speed limit. The regional transportation minister, Jos? Ram?n Garc?a Ant?n said that "the machinist must have suffered some sort of unconsciousness or problem," adhering to the official line that only human factor was to blame. "Line 1 has all the safety measures established...