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Today's Reuters Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News: High-temperature records fall as western U.S. bakes Petrocaribe leaders agree to focus efforts on boosting trade Obama to unveil broad African electrical power initiative Former police chief Bratton launches a social network for cops Leading light in science, Italy's 'lady of the stars' Hack dies Greek utility shelves plans for price increases Civil War general blindsided at pivotal Gettysburg battle

High-temperature records fall as western U.S. bakes  Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 12:43 AM PDT By Brad Poole TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Dozens of people were treated for heat-related ailments, and cities and towns across the western United States took emergency measures to help residents cool off, as the region sweltered on Saturday in dangerous triple-digit temperatures. At least one heat-related death was reported by authorities in Las Vegas, where a man in his 80s was found dead inside a house that had no air-conditioning. ... Full Story	Top
Petrocaribe leaders agree to focus efforts on boosting trade  Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 10:11 PM PDT By Ivan Castro MANAGUA (Reuters) - Delegations from over a dozen countries that are members of the Venezuelan-led oil alliance Petrocaribe agreed on Saturday to adopt a framework for promoting trade within the block. At the close of the eighth-annual Petrocaribe summit hosted by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega in this Central American capital, leaders agreed to focus efforts on boosting trade in regional transportation, communication, agriculture, tourism and social service projects. "The journey has been very encouraging because in short order ... ... Full Story	Top
Obama to unveil broad African electrical power initiative  Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 09:31 PM PDT By Mark Felsenthal JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Pointing to Africa's crippling lack of electrical power, President Barack Obama is due to announce on Sunday a $7 billion initiative over five years to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa. "We see this as the next phase in our development strategy and a real focal point in the president's agenda going forward," deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters traveling with the president. Obama is midway through a three-country tour of Africa and is due to give what aides bill as his fullest description of his vision for the U.S. ... Full Story	Top
Former police chief Bratton launches a social network for cops  Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 09:01 AM PDT By Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Bratton, the high-profile police commissioner who has run three of America's largest police forces, is preparing to launch the first comprehensive social media network for police officers - a kind of Facebook for cops. The network, known as BlueLine, will be launched globally at the International Association of Police Chiefs annual conference in Philadelphia in October. ... Full Story	Top
Leading light in science, Italy's 'lady of the stars' Hack dies  Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 08:50 AM PDT By Naomi O'Leary ROME (Reuters) - Astrophysicist Margherita Hack, a popular science writer, public intellectual and the first woman to lead an astronomical observatory in Italy, died on Saturday at the age of 91. Known as the "lady of the stars", Hack's research contributed to the spectral classification of many groups of stars, and the asteroid 8558 Hack is named after her. ... Full Story	Top
Greek utility shelves plans for price increases  Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 04:59 AM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's state-controlled utility PPC said on Saturday it had no immediate plans to raise electricity prices for households after their liberalization on July 1. Under the terms of its international bailout, Greece was supposed to raise low-voltage electricity prices in two stages this year, on May 1 and then before their liberalization on July 1, to bring them closer to generation costs. The government, which owns 51 percent of PPC, shelved the May 1 hike, saying it was no longer needed because electricity generation costs were falling. ... Full Story	Top
Civil War general blindsided at pivotal Gettysburg battle  Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 03:13 AM PDT By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) - Confederate General Robert E. Lee was "virtually blind" to the superior positions held by Union troops hidden by rolling hills and valleys, which contributed to his downfall at the pivotal battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War, researchers said on Friday. ... Full Story	Top

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