| Corrections and clarifications
A list in the Sports section Thursday of the National Football League's AFC and NFC statistical leaders was based on games played through Dec. 17, not through last weekend. Corrected statistics appear today. 12/25/07 A review of the movie "The Great Debaters" in Tuesday's Cue section incorrectly says that teen actor Denzel Whitaker is the real-life son of actor Forest Whitaker. 12/20/07 Because of incorrect information provided by a Milwaukee County Zoo spokeswoman, an article Tuesday incorrectly stated that zoo official Bruce Beehler led a research expedition in Indonesia on which a giant rat and a tiny opossum were identified. A different Bruce Beehler led the expedition. 12/19/07 A panel of three pictures that accompanied an article Tuesday about recalled toys and their effect on charity gift drives incorrectly included pictures of two toys that have not been subject to Consumer Product Safety Commission recalls.
Liquid water found flowing on Mars? Not yet
NEW YORK: Researchers claim to have found no trace of liquid water on Mars, casting doubt on an earlier research which indicated presence of bright spots in some Martian gullies.
"It rules out pure liquid water," according to lead researcher Jon D. Pelletier of the University of Arizona.
Pelletier and his colleagues used topographic data derived from images of Mars from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The researchers applied the basic physics of how fluid flows under Martian conditions to determine how a flow of pure liquid water would look on the HiRISE images versus how an avalanche of dry granular debris such as sand would look.
"The dry granular case was the winner.
Cherries: A sweet treat that's good for you
Cherries will always be associated with our first president, George Washington. With President's Day just passed, research shows there are other reasons to celebrate cherries — they can help you lose weight and prevent a host of diseases. Cherries contain a high percentage of water. Increasing water consumption boosts energy levels and increases metabolism to help lose excess weight. Cherries also are high in potassium and low in sodium, which helps control water retention, according to www.weightlossforall.com. Cherries are very low in calories, with about 80 per cup, and contain just a trace of fat. They also are a good source of vitamin A and antioxidants. They also contain 19 times as much beta carotene as blueberries or strawberries. Cherries contain many compounds that are beneficial in fighting some cancers because they remove free radicals.
County awards $72.9M treatment plant contract
The contract for expanding Frederick County's water treatment plant on New Design Road has been awarded to a St. Louis-based firm. Fru-Con Construction was won the $72.9-million deal to expand the plant from 8.8 million gallons a day to 25 million gallons a day. The expansion includes a pre-sedimentation basin, rapid mixers, three flocculation basins, three sedimentation basins, six filters, four filter effluent pumps, an ultraviolet disinfection system and high service pump station. Modifications and upgrades will also be made to the existing sedimentation basins, rapid mix area and filters. A new backup power generation system will be provided. No target date has been set for the project, which was designed by Rummel, Klepper, Kahl of Baltimore, in association with Hazen and Sawyer of New York.
January 2004 - December 2004
Howard Dean's position on abortion, he argues, makes it obvious why Catholics should support someone else
Liars! Liars! Green pants on fire!: Alan Caruba has had it up to here when it comes to the press, some scientists and the environmentalist movement over the issue of global warming and predictions about the future
They say Trevor made a mockery of MLK Day: Every year at Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska a student is picked to win the Distinguished African American Student Award. David M. Huntwork wonders why it's wrong to award a white student who happens to be a native of Africa
Homage to the Count: P. David Hornik has been listening to the great William "Count" Basie for decades but it was only recently that it struck him why the jazzman was one of the greatest ever in his field
Privatize the space program: Rather than spend hundreds of billions of dollars putting humans on Mars, writes Robert Garmong, George W.
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