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Will the Mexican Wolf Survive the Obama Administration?
Mexican gray wolves are almost extinct, and efforts to reintroduce them have run into trouble. They're acting like wolves. Can the Obama Administration find common ground between cattle ranchers and environmentalists as it tackles the management of federal lands? Also, the Senate Judiciary Committee votes for Sonia Sotomayor, and the promising future of bar codes.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenMexican gray wolves are almost extinct, and efforts to reintroduce them have run into trouble. They're acting like wolves. Can the Obama Administration find common ground between cattle ranchers and environmentalists as it tackles the management of federal lands? Also, the Senate Judiciary Committee approves the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, and researchers have developed tiny bar-coded labels with massive amounts of information that can be read by cell phone cameras 12 feet away.
Banner image of Mexican wolf: Jim Clark/US Fish and Wildlife Service
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3 storiesNo Surprises in Judiciary Committee Vote for Sotomayor
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court. The vote was 13 to 6 with Alabama's Jeff Sessions leading Republican opposition; South Carolina's Lindsey Graham was the only Republican to vote for the nomination. Glenn Thrush is Senior Congressional Reporter for Politico.com .
Read the story8 minWill the Mexican Wolf Survive the Obama Administration?
President Obama is focused on climate change and what it could mean for the future of Planet Earth. What about trade-offs that have to be made right now? A case in point is the Mexican gray wolf. In 1998, the Clinton Administration began a recovery program on 4 million acres of mostly public land in New Mexico and Arizona.
Read the story35 minMIT Develops Replacement for Traditional Barcodes
Barcodes are familiar to every consumer, but the information they contain is only available to the scanner at the checkout counter. How about one you could read with your cell phone camera from 12 feet away?
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