Space Photos This Week: Moon Mash-up, Saturn Aurora, More

Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Pagani (Observatoire de Paris/CNRS)
Starlight bounces off a normally dark, interstellar core cloud (center) inside a larger cloud called L183 in a short-infrared-wavelength Spitzer Space Telescopeimage released on September 24.

Space Photos This Week: Moon Mash-up, Saturn Aurora, More

 

Image courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Leicester/University of ArizonaHundreds of miles tall, curtains of aurorae undulate above Saturn's south polar clouds in a composite of near-infrared images released Friday by NASA's Cassini orbiter. (See pictures of earthly auroras generated by a September solar storm.)

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SALT LAKE CITY — Mormon church president Thomas S. Monson on Saturday announced plans to build five new temples in the United States and abroad.

The plans call for the temples to be built in Hartford, Connecticut; Indianapolis; Tijuana, Mexico; Urdaneta, Philippines; and Lisbon, Portugal.

The Canadian Press: At Utah conference, Mormon church president announces plans to build 5 new temples worldwide

SALT LAKE CITY — Mormon church president Thomas S. Monson on Saturday announced plans to build five new temples in the United States and abroad.

The plans call for the temples to be built in Hartford, Connecticut; Indianapolis; Tijuana, Mexico; Urdaneta, Philippines; and Lisbon, Portugal.

Miss Polynesia flies to China for Miss World

Mihilani Teixeira, who was crowned Miss Polynesia last week, left Tahiti Friday. read more...

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Norfolk Island becomes first nation to hoist flag at Village

New Delhi: Norfolk Island, a small nation in the Pacific Ocean, on Monday became the first Commonwealth country to hoist its flag at the Games Village.
Making its presence felt, the 33-member delegation, which is a part of Commonwealth of Australia, clapped and swayed to the tunes of bhangra and fusion music played by the students of a city school in their honour.

Students celebrate Gandhi Day

A nation under one umbrella, one of the major themes shown by students of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial School during the Mahatma Fiji Day celebrations held at the school in Nabua yesterday. Picture: JONE LUVENITOGA

Obama delays CNMI wage hike for 2011

President Barack Obama has signed into law a measure that delays the scheduled 50-cent minimum wage increase in the CNMI in 2011, a proposal that two of the largest business organizations in the Commonwealth have been asking for.

Legislature almost back to square one on budget bill, CNMI

On the second day of the CNMI government's partial shutdown, the 17th Legislature is almost back to square one on the $132 million budget bill for Fiscal Year 2011.
The House of Representatives passed Saturday night a new budget bill that the Senate amended once again about an hour later because of the same contentious issue of work hour cuts and unpaid holidays, among other things.
Lawmakers who requested anonymity said there was already a “compromise” reached among senators and House members to pass an eight-hour cut as of Friday afternoon.