WASHINGTON — NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the first ever to orbit an object in the main asteroid belt, is spiraling toward its first of four intensive science orbits. That initial orbit of the rocky world Vesta begins Aug. 11, at an altitude of nearly 1,700 miles (2,700 kilometers) and will provide in-depth analysis of the asteroid. […]
WASHINGTON D.C.-President Obama on Tuesday signed the debt limit bill passed by the Senate and the House. He signed it in private in the Oval Office about an hour after receiving it.
WASHINGTON D.C.-Monday, the U.s. House of Representatives passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling with a vote of 269-161. It was sent on to the Senate. Tuesday, at noon, the Senate in turn voted on the bill that would reduce the National Debt by up to $2.5 trillion over the next 10 years. It […]
ALASKA-The Pebble Limited Partnership has filed an emergency petition with Alaska Superior Court asking for an August 15th decision on the "Save our Salmon" initiative. The initiative's aim is to amend the Lake and Peninsula Borough code to preclude granting permits for mining operations of greater than 640 acres that would give rise to a […]