Week of June 1, 2007
The U.S. military announces the deaths of 14 soldiers in the last three days in
Iraq.
Rep. William Jefferson (D-la.) is indicted on charges that he used his
congressional office to enrich himself and his family through a pervasive pattern
of fraud, bribery and corruption that spanned five years and two continents.
Federal investigators say they have disrupted a plot by Islamic extremists to blow
up buildings, fuel tanks and pipelines at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Authorities arrested a U.S. citizen from Guyana and two alleged accomplices.
Former vice presidential aide I. Lewis “scooter” Libby faces the prospect of going
to prison - the first high-level government official to do so since Watergate. A
federal judge has indicated he would order Libby to prison even while his
conviction was appealed.
GOP presidential contender John McCain challenged his campaign rivals go
either get behind the pending Senate immigration bill or come up with an
alternative.
Jack Kevorkian
- the suicide doctor - is paroled
after serving eight years behind bars.
A videotape of journalist Alan Johnston survives
the fist signs of life of the BBC reporter since he
was abducted in the Gaza strip 2 ½ months ago.
Medical stem cell update
- Scientists have
reprogrammed ordinary cells from the tips of
mouse tails and rewinding their developmental
clocks so they are virtually indistinguishable from
embryonic stem cells.
Defying royal wishes - Channel 4 in London says
that it will show photos taken immediately after the
car crash that killed princess Diana nearly 10
years ago. Diana’s sons, prince William and
Prince Harry had protested that showing the images in a documentary scheduled
to air would be a ‘gross disrespect to their mother’s memory” and “deeply
distressing” to them.
Hyundai leads in four categories with five models in the annual vehicle quality
study released this week.
