News Digest:
Tuesday, December 4, 2007 10:57 AM PST
IDAHO — Escaped wolf shot by authorities in SW Idaho
MURPHY (AP) — A 180-pound escaped domesticated wolf has been killed in remote southwestern Idaho, ending the weeklong search for the animal that killed at least one sheep and injured two others.
The wolf had an injured leg, and Idaho Department of Fish and Game officers who had hoped to tranquilize the animal decided their only option was to euthanize it instead.
Idaho has about 800 wild wolves, all protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.
THE NATION
ACLU official alleges he was victim of racial
profiling, challenges screening technique
BOSTON (AP) — The top official in charge of fighting racial profiling for the American Civil Liberties Union says he was the victim of profiling at the Boston airport, and he has gone to federal court to challenge a screening technique that relies on suspicious behavior to identify potential terrorists.
King Downing said he was stopped and questioned by state police in October 2003 after arriving on a flight to attend a meeting on racial profiling.
Downing sued the Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates the airport, and Massachusetts State Police, alleging they violated his constitutional right against unreasonable search.
A trial in the case began Monday in U.S. District Court.
Astronauts arrive at Cape Canaveral for Thursday launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Seven astronauts arrived for the start of countdown to Thursday’s space shuttle launch as NASA wrapped up repairs on Atlantis’ fuel tank.
Damage was discovered Friday to the insulating foam on the shuttle’s 15-story external tank. NASA doesn’t know how or when the gouges to the foam occurred, but the damage is considered minor.
New patches of foam have been applied.
It will take 16 hours for the foam to harden properly, in plenty of time for liftoff late Thursday.
