NASA’s mission statement was altered to square it with President Bush’s goal of pursuing manned spaceflights to the Moon and Mars, said a spokesman for the NASA.
Gastric bypass surgery may be the best surgical option for extremely obese patients, according to a recent study by George S. Ferzli and a team of researchers from the State University of New York, Health Science Center of Brooklyn and Lutheran Medical Center. They found that the popular procedure, which connects an apricot-size portion of the upper stomach to a lower portion of the small intestine, bypassing the upper portion and thus limiting food absorption, is "superior" to adjustable gastric bands. The band procedure is a less popular alternative that places a snug, saline-filled silicone ring around the stomach to limit food intake.
The FBI is allowing crime labs to use DNA databases to locate family members of suspects who appear to have left DNA evidence at crime scenes but for whom a complete genetic match cannot be made, a controversial practice that alarms privacy advocates.
Ohio Republican Sen. Mike DeWine is sticking with the political advertising firm that doctored images of the World Trade Center to make it appear as though the footage came from the September 11 attacks. The video was used in a 30-second campaign spot that has aired throughout Ohio since last Friday, accusing his opponent, Democratic Rep. Sherrod Brown, of being weak on national security. An investigation by U.S. News revealed that the images, which show the south tower ablaze and the north tower untouched – contradicting the chronology of the day's events – were bogus.
AP - Israel massed tanks and troops on the border, called up reserves and warned civilians to flee Hezbollah-controlled southern Lebanon as it prepared Friday for a likely ground invasion.
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice rejected the "false promise" of an immediate cease-fire in the spreading war between Israel and Hezbollah on Friday and said she would seek long-term peace during a trip to the Mideast beginning Sunday.
AP - Anxious Americans hauled bulging suitcases down a rocky Lebanese beach and into the waiting hold of a U.S. Navy landing craft Friday as the accelerating U.S. evacuation moved thousands away from unrelenting Israeli airstrikes.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told CNN Friday he fears a "major humanitarian disaster" if there is no cessation of violence in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict and innocent Lebanese people continue to be killed or displaced.
The Esseily family from California escaped the horrors of Israel's campaign in Lebanon on board the USS Nashville. Now, as they try to get home from Cyprus, they can't help but think of those left behind.