Howard woman gets 12 years for stealing from employers (Baltimore Sun)

7 August 2008, 10:34 am

She stole $522,000 from her employers from 2003 to 2005, prosecutors said When Jill Marie Moran had a back operation, her friends and employers Stephen and Rachel Rosa took her into their Ellicott City home and nursed her back to health. One year, they nearly doubled her annual salary with a $25,... read more

Sinking Pacific nations face uncertain Games future (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

7 August 2008, 6:00 am

For a handful of South Pacific athletes it may be now or never to take part in the Olympics because rising seas levels are causing their tiny island nations to sink and maybe one day disappear.... read more

www.zacsunderland.com (Soundings)

6 August 2008, 9:21 pm

After 4,500 nautical miles, encountering lightning and squalls along the way, Zac Sunderland arrived at the Marshall Islands Aug. 4 , according to a report in Pacific Magazine.... read more

Back to Court, Decades After Atomic Tests (New York Times)

6 August 2008, 6:48 pm

Residents of the Bikini Islands are seeking the remainder of a $563 million settlement reached in 2001.... read more

SpaceX Traces Third Rocket Failure to Timing Error (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)

6 August 2008, 4:03 pm

A timing error that caused two segments of a privately built Falcon 1 rocket to collide after liftoff doomed the booster's third flight test by the California-based firm SpaceX, company's chief said Wednesday.... read more

Hey, world, meet the Marshall Islands (Austin American-Statesman)

6 August 2008, 5:21 am

Having inspired the international fashion world's name for bikini, the Marshall Islands will now join the international sporting world, competing for the first time in the Olympics. The Pacific nation's entire team of five athletes could fit around the dinner table, which seems somehow apropos, cons... read more

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