In Brief - May 7, 2008
Around the Northwest
- Port of Seattle Commissioners approved six construction projects last month despite the projects being over budget.
- The city of Seattle has settled on four possible locations for a new jail.
- Areva will be building a uranium enrichment plant near Idaho Falls, to produce fuel for nuclear power plants.
- The rising use of energy drinks by students has some Oregon educators concerned.
- In a familiar refrain from the Bush Administration with regard to consumer protection, the EPA may decide not to set a limit on how much of the toxin, perchlorate, is allowed in drinking water.
- 75 San Diego State University students have been arrested in a year-long DEA investigation into a sophisticated drug dealing operation on campus.
- The economy is hitting single mothers hard.
- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has named former President Vladimir Putin as his new prime minister.
- Humanitarian aid is starting to get into Myanmar (Burma) in the aftermath of a deadly cyclone that ravaged the country.
- England is ramping up its war on drugs by increasing penalties for marijuana possession.
- 1824 - Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony makes its world premiere.
- 1915 - The Lusitania is sunk, turning American public opinion against Germany in World War I.
- 1992 - Maiden voyage of Space Shuttle Endeavour, which was built to replace Challenger.
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