Durning gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
(AP)

AP – From World War II hero to dancer and award-winning actor, Charles Durning has lived a storied life. The 85-year-old added to that resume Thursday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next to one for his idol, James Cagney.

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ExxonMobil profit hits record on oil surge
(AFP)

AFP – Surging oil prices helped US energy giant ExxonMobil to a 14 percent jump in quarterly net profit to 11.68 billion dollars in results Thursday short of most forecasts on Wall Street.

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Phoenix lander confirms ice in Martian soil
(AP)

AP – The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time, scientists reported Thursday. By melting icy soil in one of its lab instruments, the robot confirmed the presence of frozen water lurking below the Martian permafrost. Until now, evidence of ice in Mars’ north pole region has been largely circumstantial.

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9 charged in death of disabled Philly teen
(AP)

AP – Four social workers were among nine people charged Thursday in the death of a disabled 14-year-old girl who authorities say wasted away from neglect before dying at 42 pounds.

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Water Ice on Mars Confirmed
(SPACE.com)

SPACE.com – NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has confirmed the
existence of water ice on Mars.

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Merrill CDO sale not as good as it looks: analyst
(Reuters)

Reuters – Merrill Lynch’s agreement to sell
$30.6 billion of toxic securities gives away the bank’s
potential profits on the securities and leaves it on the hook
for most of the risk, strategists at Bank of America wrote on
Wednesday.

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Attacked church focuses on healing children
(AP)

AP – As they started their production of “Annie,” a musical about an orphan’s unwavering hope, the children of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church witnessed a scene that may have rattled theirs.

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Monkey from Mars: A Ga. crime lab’s museum oddity
(AP)

AP – Other museums might have more or flashier items to display. But only the mini-museum of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation can boast of possessing such an other-world oddity as the monkey from Mars.

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Nano-foods: The next consumer scare?
(Reuters)

Reuters – Those consumers already
worried about genetically engineered or cloned food reaching
their tables may soon find something else in their grocery
carts to furrow their brows over — nano-foods.

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Experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows early promise
(AP)

AP – For the first time, an experimental drug shows promise for halting the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by taking a new approach: breaking up the protein tangles that clog victims’ brains.

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