Monthly Archives: April 2011

CHICAGO – The meeting between the 7-year-old boy and the 31-year-old man began awkwardly, as meetings of strangers often do. But then young Jacob Kowalik sized up the adult, and began to drop his guard. They played tic-tac-toe. They talked … Continue reading →

Currently the space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to launch on Monday on the STS-134 mission, the last of the newest space shuttle in the fleet. The history of Endeavour is one of great accomplishment in space flight. Endeavour was first … Continue reading →

OMAHA, Neb. – Berkshire Hathaway shareholders reject a measure that would have required the company’s utilities to set goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. At the company’s annual meeting on Saturday several people spoke in favor of the measure, saying … Continue reading →

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Engineers should know Sunday whether Endeavour’s six-man crew and their families — including wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — need to stick around for a Monday launch attempt or come back sometime around Mother’s Day. Technicians spent … Continue reading →

SALT LAKE CITY – Researchers at Brigham Young University are trying to unlock some of the mysteries surrounding the virus that causes AIDS with a trio of studies addressing unusual cases involving a set of twins, a failed vaccine and … Continue reading →