NATIONAL & WORLD DIGEST - July 28, 2008

**IF YOU CAN'T ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE, CONTACT US AT rays.list@comcast.net Iand we'll be happy to send the full article.

=
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:

-Mars lander having trouble getting soil sample in oven
A sample of icy soil collected by the robotic arm of NASA's Phoenix Marslander is apparently stuck in its scoop, foiling efforts to analyze it. Thearm picked up 3 cubic centimeters of material Friday night and lifted itover an oven designed to heat samples for analysis, mission officials saidSaturday. The arm tilted its scoop, ran a tool motor to try to sprinkle thesample into the oven, and finally inverted the scoop directly over theoven's open doors.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/sfl-727marslander,0,2227380.story


=
Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:

-McCain Backs Ban on Affirmative Action in Arizona
http://www.newsweek.com/id/1491

-Obama Competitive in Red States
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080728/D926IJ9O0.html

-Why Obama seized the faith-based mantle
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/07/why-obama-seize.html?csp=34

-BIG OIL 'GUSHES' FOR McCAIN
Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rosedramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made ahigh-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to thefederal ban on offshore drilling.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601891.html?nav=rss_politics

-Obama Looks For VP Who Says More Than 'Yes, Sir'
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/27/ap/politics/main4297992.shtml

-OBAMA POLLS AWAY SURGES TO 9-POINT LEAD
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07282008/news/nationalnews/obama_polls_away_121870.htm

=

[Send your comments about articles to Rays.List@Comcast.net]
#####