Fed Govt refuses to rescue Auspine. The bickering between the Tasmanian and federal governments over how to help Auspine has taken another turn, with federal Forestry Minister Eric Abetz saying financial help for the Scottsdale sawmiller is a matter for the state. [ABC News: Business Stories]

Chrysler Eliminating 13,000 Jobs . DaimlerChrysler AG will eliminate 13,000 U.S. workers, idle one truck factory and cut shifts at two others as part of a recovery plan announced today for the Detroit-based Chrysler division. Company officials refused to rule out a merger, sale or spin-off of the division. By Sholnn Freeman. [washingtonpost.com - Business News From The Washington Post]

Report on Government Services 2007: Education. The focus of the education section of this report is on performance information - equity, effectiveness and efficiency - for government funded education school and Vocational Education and Training in Australia. A Children's services report is available in Part F. The review provides information on the effectiveness and efficiency of Commonwealth, State and Territory…

New Search Capability for Google Earth Just Released. Google has just released a capability to perform searches for relevant Google Earth content based on your current view inside GE. You don't have to download a new version of GE - it works automagically with GE 4. This new search capability adds powerful capabilities and gives even greater credibility to the…

Report on Government Services 2007: Education. The focus of the education section of this report is on performance information - equity, effectiveness and efficiency - for government funded education school and Vocational Education and Training in Australia. A Children's services report is available in Part F. The review provides information on the effectiveness and efficiency of Commonwealth, State and Territory…

Observations of wild hunting behavior and bioluminescence of a large deep-sea, eight-armed squid. The scientists' newly developed underwater video camera system took the first live images of the deep-sea large squid, Taningia danae. By press@royalsoc.ac.uk. [The Royal Society Press Releases]

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