Emory & Henry students go west on fast-food fuel | How well does this idea scale?

The fuel sources they hope to find along the way? Fast-food restaurants. In a pinch, the bus can run on regular diesel fuel, but the students are confident they will be able to find vegetable oil to refuel.

Obama Plans To Retire Space Shuttle -- InformationWeek

President Barack Obama has proposed a $2 billion increase in NASA funding next year but will retire the nation's venerable space shuttle program.
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The executive budget proposal does contain funds to study greenhouse gases and global warming.