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NEWS
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2006
Treasures of Arabia
Lisa Lipovac/KANSAN
Abdullah Aldughayliibi, a student from Saudi Arabia, talks about the Arabic items on display in the Kansas Union during an African and African-American Studies informational session for the summer study abroad program with the Arabic Summer Institute. The department of African and African-American Studies provides opportunities for Arabic studies, including courses at the University of Kansas.
Evidence of ice, water found on Saturn moon
SCIENCE
BY ALICIA CHANG
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — The orbiting Cassini spacecraft has spotted what appears to be water geysers on one of Saturn's icy moons, raising the tantalizing possibility that the celestial object harbors life.
Scientists generally agree that several ingredients are needed for life to emerge, including water in liquid form and a stable
The surprising images from the moon Enceladus represent some of the most dramatic evidence yet that water in liquid form may be present beyond the Earth.
Excited by the discovery, some scientists said Enceladus should be added to the short list of places within the solar system most likely to have extraterrestrial life.
heat source. But so far, the evidence of any large amounts of water in liquid form on celestial objects beyond Earth is circumstantial and indirect, based on scientists' analysis of rocks and other data.
Cassini recently snapped high-resolution images showing geyser-like eruptions of ice particles and water vapor at Enceladus's south pole, scientists said. The pictures do not actually show any water in liquid form, but scientists believe the ice and vapor must be coming from underground reservoirs of water close to the surface.
"We have the smoking gun" that proves the existence of water, said Carolyn Porco, a Cassini imaging scientist from the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. If Enceladus does harbor life, it probably consists of microbes.
DUBAI DEAL
U.S. company to control ports
BY DAVID ESPO
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Relieved Republicans in Congress said the firm had pledged full divestiture, a decision that one senator said had been approved personally by the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates.
WASHINGTON — Bowing to ferocious opposition in Congress, a Dubai-owned company signaled surrender Thursday in its quest to take over operations of U.S. ports.
"The devil is in the details," said Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, reflecting
"DP World will transfer fully the U.S. operations ... to a United States entity," the firm's top executive, H. Edward Bilkey, said in an announcement that capped weeks of controversy.
a sentiment expressed by numerous critics of the deal.
The announcement appeared to indicate an end to a politically tinged controversy that brought President Bush and Republicans in Congress to the brink of an election-year veto battle on a terrorism-related issue. The White House expressed satisfaction with the outcome.
A leading congressional critic of the ports deal, Rep. Peter King, applauded the decision
"We have a strong relationship with the UAE and a good partnership in the global war on terrorism and I think their decision reflects the importance of our broader relationship," he said.
"It does provide a way forward and resolve the matter," presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said.
but said he and others would wait to see the details. "It would have to be an American company with no links to DP World, and that would be a tremendous victory and very gratifying," said the New York Republican, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
"This should make the issue go away," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. The Tennessee Republican was one of several GOP leaders to tell President Bush earlier in the day that Congress was ready to ignore his veto threat and scuttle the deal.
Several Republican officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Frist and Sen. John Warner, R-Va., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, had been privately urging the firm to give up its plans.
Millionaire
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The two friends had class at 10 and noon, and they decided to kill the hour in between by auditioning for the college edition of the show.
There was a 40-question multiple-choice test and a short interview.
"They said they would let us know if we made it either way in two to three weeks," he said. "We heard nothing, and I completely forgot about it."
He forgot about it until exactly one year later in October 2005 when he got a call from one of the show's producers. He then flew out to New York City in November to film the episode.
"I was very surprised when they called me," he said. "Luckily I didn't change my cell phone number."
His friend Broderick wasn't too
The two friends had class at 10 and noon, and they decided to kill the hour in between by auditioning for the college edition of the show.
excited. Andris said he was the first person he called about the show, but he was not happy about it.
"I guess I'm kind of jealous," Broderick said. "But it is a great opportunity for him. Since we tried out together, I wish I had the same opportunity, but I'm happy it worked for him."
Andris isn't allowed to say how he did on the show, but he said that he went into the show thinking that if he won, he would pay back $40 to one of his friends, get a new stereo, new TV, fly his friends to the Kentucky Derby and pay for law school.
Edited by John Jordan
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