I got home from work and checked out the internet for news on Heller and the Supreme Court. Mostly reported fairly. Then I checked the only state-wide distribution newspaper's website. These were the only headlines. Maybe the 2nd amendment isn't all that important to a lot of folks.
NEWS online print edition
Warming threatens Calif. flora
Two-thirds of California's unique plants, about 2,300 species that grow nowhere else in the world, could be wiped out across much of their current geographic ranges by the end of the century because of rising temperatures and changing rainfall, a new study says.
Wind-turbine design inspired by flippers of humpback whale
A West Chester University professor has developed a wind turbine that draws inspiration from a blubbery source: the flippers of a humpback whale.
Levee slides, seepages confound flood fighters
Crews laboring to strengthen fortifications along the swollen Mississippi tackled new dirt slides and seepages on a fragile earthen levee Wednesday, as forecasters said more heavy rain could cause a second round of big crests.
McCain tries to balance energy solutions, Nevada voters
After fending off ocean-drilling critics in California, Republican John McCain on Wednesday stiff-armed opponents of a Nevada nuclear-waste repository as he outlined ways to resolve the nation's energy crisis while seeking votes in another swing state.
Supreme Court slices Exxon oil-spill penalty
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ended the 19-year legal battle over the Exxon Valdez oil spill by sharply reducing the punitive damages to be paid by the oil giant.
Death penalty for child rape is rejected by Supreme Court
A divided Supreme Court Wednesday effectively slammed the door on the prospect of expanding capital punishment in America, holding that the death penalty for violent crimes that do not end in a death is unconstitutional regardless of the victim's age.
Minimum-tax limit OK'd in House; Senate still wary of proposal
The House on Wednesday approved a plan to protect more than 20 million families from an expensive levy called the alternative minimum tax while raising taxes on hedge-fund managers and oil companies. But the measure has little hope of Senate passage, Senate leaders said.
Climate change may threaten national security, analysis says
Global warming probably will mean more illegal immigration and humanitarian disasters, undermining shaky governments and possibly expanding the terrorism threat against the U.S., intelligence agencies say.
White House tried to stop EPA proposal, sources say
White House officials last December sought to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from submitting a proposed rule that would limit greenhouse-gas emissions from new vehicles, agency sources said Wednesday. And upon learning that EPA had hit the ''send'' button just minutes earlier, the White House called again to demand that the e-mail be recalled.
Tehran warns West, hints at nuclear-weapon potential
The speaker of Iran's parliament on Wednesday warned that the West could face a ''done deal'' if it provokes Iran, a rare hint by an Iranian official that Tehran could build nuclear weapons.
Bombings in Iraq kill 4 soldiers, interpreter
Four American soldiers died in roadside bombings Tuesday and Wednesday, the U.S. military said, bringing to 10 the number killed in Iraq since Monday.
Officer charged in club panic
The police commander who led a botched raid on a Mexico City nightclub will be charged with 12 counts of homicide, one for each person who died in the crush at the bar's entrance, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Worldwide rebuke of Zimbabwe leader grows
President Robert Mugabe faced deeper international isolation Wednesday, with African states demanding that a discredited runoff election be postponed and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela rebuking the Zimbabwe leader for the first time.
CDC: Health insurance lags most in Southwest
The Southwest has the lowest rate of health-insurance coverage in the country, with 30 percent of non-elderly adults and 18 percent of children uninsured, according to a new government study.
Oven snags continue to plague Mars Lander
Scientists are still trying to resolve glitches with the scientific oven aboard the Phoenix Mars Lander, which is a month into its mission.
Ky. worker kills 5 at factory, himself
A 25-year-old press operator shot and killed five co-workers and himself at a plastics plant in rural western Kentucky just hours after quarreling with his supervisor about his not wearing safety goggles and using his cellphone while on the assembly line, police said Wednesday.
British man who fled U.S. guilty of killing wife, baby
A British man who fled the U.S. after his wife and baby were shot to death was convicted of murder Wednesday by a jury that rejected defense claims that the mother killed her daughter and herself as they snuggled in bed.
California scrambles to fight wildfires
Hundreds of homes in the scenic community of Big Sur were threatened by a wildfire that already had burned 16 residences and was just 3 percent contained Wednesday.
