Tanzania: 13 bodies, Airbus plane debris found

Tanzanian officials say 13 bodies and a plane seat have washed ashore on their beaches and investigators are trying to figure out if those are linked to the Yemenia Airways plane crash hundreds of miles away.

Mafia Island District Commissioner Manzie Mangochie says the bodies were both African and European and included three women. French investigators were on the scene Wednesday to help with identification.

Tanzanian police spokesman Mohammed Mhina says the bodies were found near a plane seat and a sheet of metal with an "Airbus" inscription on it.

Yemenia Flight 626 crashed June 30 while trying to land in the Comoros Islands with 153 passengers aboard. Only one …

Spending III. tax dollars wisely

Editorial

When members of the Illinois Senate last week tied their own pay raises to the recompense for deceased soldiers, firefighters and police officers, they showed that their priority was lining their pockets and not helping Illinois residents.

The senators and their counterparts in the junior chamber had the opportunity to fund and work toward reducing the killings in Chicago and surrounding suburbs, but opted for larger paychecks for themselves and other state employees.

To get a favorable vote on the raises, the senate tied paying families of deceased soldiers and law enforcement officers to their pay increase bill.

Despite the soldiers' roles in an …

Polyhydroxyalkanoate degradation rates can be controlled.

A number of degradable polymers have been developed that break down in vivo into their respective monomers within weeks or a few months. However, despite the availability of these synthetic polymers, there is still a need to develop degradable polymers which can further extend the range of available properties, particularly mechanical properties, argue USA-based scientists. (See World Patent WO 0056376.)

They propose using biocompatible polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) for which they have developed means of controlling the degradation rates. These are natural, thermoplastic polyesters and can be processed by traditional polymer techniques for use in a variety of …

Wal-Mart upstart.(NEWS)(Live X Auto Exchange )(Brief article)

Live X Auto Exchange is marketing used vehicles at 2 Wal-Marts in Phoenix. Here's how it works.

Dealers, banks, rental firms and private sellers list vehicles.

Customers must …

PROSECUTORS OPPOSE STEWART'S BID FOR NEW TRIAL.(BUSINESS)

Byline: Associated Press

NEW YORK -- The government filed court papers Thursday opposing Martha Stewart's last-ditch bid for a new trial based on perjury allegations against a Secret Service ink expert.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan urged U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum to reject Stewart's request.

The domestic entrepreneur and her former stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, asked for new trials after prosecutors charged ink expert Larry Stewart with lying repeatedly on the witness stand in February.

The government says Larry Stewart, no relation …

TRINIDADIAN FACES ILLEGAL ENTRY COUNTS.(Local)

A Trinidadian national deported from the United States after he was convicted of attempted manslaughter was in jail after his arrest Tuesday on charges he re- entered the country, federal officials said.

David Brown, 36, a native of Trinidad, last resided at 400 Central Ave., U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service officials said in a prepared statement.

INS said he entered the United States in 1988 as a visitor to Detroit. Last month,

Albany police notified INS …

Dalhausser-Rogers win 5th straight Hermosa title

Olympic beach volleyball gold medalists Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers won the AVP Hermosa Beach Open on Sunday for the fifth year in a row.

They're the only team, men's or women's to win five straight.

Jennifer Kessy and April Ross won the womens bracket, securing their fourth straight AVP Tour victory this season.

Dalhausser and Rogers, the …