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.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein delivered a lengthy, impassioned speech Wednesday about the need for this country, other nations and every individual to step up the fight against global warming. Then she drove off in a gas-guzzling Lincoln Town Car. Before she left the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, the California Democrat also showed flashes of impatience with earnest-faced students who asked about her initial support for the Iraq war and refusal to participate in a debate before next month's election. If Feinstein seemed unconcerned about sending unflattering messages late in the campaign, it might be a reflection of...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Tom Daschle says he might consider writing, lecturing or teaching now that his Nov. 2 election loss has cost him his Senate seat and the job of Senate minority leader. "I do want to affiliate in some way professionally with public policy," Daschle said Saturday in a telephone interview from his Washington home, where he was helping baby-sit his two grandchildren. "I'm also looking at the investment world." The three-term senator, who led the Democratic caucus for 10 years, lost the nation's highest-profile Senate race last month by 4,500 votes to former Rep. John Thune...

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Shuttle Inquiry Focusing on Tank Foam 35 minutes ago Add Science - AP to My Yahoo! By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer SPACE CENTER, Houston - Just how the foam insulation was applied to the fuel tanks of NASA (news - web sites)'s space shuttles is getting special attention by the board investigating the Columbia accident, officials said Thursday. AP Photo Space Shuttle Columbia Special Coverage One leading theory is that the insulation or the heavier material beneath may have damaged Columbia during liftoff, enough to trigger a deadly breach as the spaceship hurtled toward a Florida landing 2 1/2...