Felix Baumgartner, the adventurer planning to skydive from an altitude of 120,000 feet (36.7 km) this summer, has spoken about the prospect of reaching the speed of sound while falling.

Originally posted here:
VIDEO: Record jumpers on leap into unknown

Wedding photos (if not the marriage) are forever, so brides are increasingly going on crash diets, cowed by the prospect of wearing a revealing and expensive gown.

More:
Field Notes: Losing Weight in Time for the Wedding

Red Bull’s Mark Webber expresses some misgivings about the prospect of racing in Bahrain.

View original post here:
Webber expresses Bahrain concerns

An independent Scotland could face the prospect of checks at its border with England, Home Secretary Theresa May warns.

Continued here:
Scottish ‘border checks’ warning

Shortly after being introduced as Maryland’s head basketball coach , Mark Turgeon was asked about the prospect of facing his mentor, Roy Williams, once ACC play began. Full of pluck that afternoon in May, Turgeon replied, “The only place I fear Coach Williams is on the golf course.” Read full article > >

Read the rest here:
Maryland basketball vs. North Carolina: Mark Turgeon finally matches up with mentor Roy Williams

As the Pentagon confronts the prospect of cutting its budget about 10 percent over the next decade, some are warning that the potential impact on scientific innovation is being overlooked.

More:
The Next War: A Hidden Cost of Military Cuts Could Be Invention and Its Industries

NEW YORK — A woman burned to death in the elevator of her Brooklyn apartment building Saturday after a man ambushed her, sprayed her with liquid and set her afire with a Molotov cocktail, police said. The unidentified man was waiting for 64-year-old Doris Gillespie, when the elevator doors opened to her floor of the Prospect Heights building. The man sprayed her with an accelerant and set her on fire, New York City police spokesman Paul Browne said. Read full article > >

Link:
Woman burns to death after being set on fire in elevator of her NYC apartment building

KABUL — President Hamid Karzai set the conditions for his country’s strategic partnership with the United States, saying on Wednesday that Afghanistan would allow long-term American bases here as long as American troops stopped conducting operations at night, searching homes or detaining Afghans. Karzai’s comments came at the opening of a large assembly, known as a loya jirga, which convened more than 2,000 delegates from around the country to discuss Afghanistan’s future relationship with the United States, as well as the prospect of negotiating with the Taliban. Read full article > >

More:
Karzai calls for partnership with America but with conditions

Every weekday, nurse Jill Ross telephones some of her sickest patients. On this particular morning, she is asking breast cancer patient Renita Mock when her double mastectomy is scheduled. The conversation quickly veers to Mock’s stress over the operation. As someone with diabetes , hypertension and a host of other illnesses, Mock, 52, is considered too high-risk for reconstructive surgery, and she’s struggling with the prospect of losing her breasts. She asks for help in finding a therapist. Read full article > >

Read more here:
New Maryland health program promotes care for the whole patient

Plans being considered by the industry regulator could undermine the prospect of new UK nuclear power plants.

See the original post here:
Study ‘undermines’ nuclear case

Chancellor George Osborne claims that the prospect of an independence referendum is damaging the Scottish economy.

See the original post:
Osborne: Referendum causing harm

For administration officials, the prospect of failure by a special Congressional committee on debt reduction reinforces the decision for President Obama to keep his distance.

Read the original post:
Deficit Reduction Panel at Impasse, but Obama Sees No Reason to Step In

The owners “lied to you,” Derek Fisher said, moments after the players union president walked out of fruitless labor talks in Manhattan on Thursday night . And with that the mutual distrust and name-calling began anew. Now the NBA is again facing the prospect of a bye year . Soon, it won’t be about money. Soon, the Rev. Jesse Jackson worries, it will be personal and irreconcilable and no longer about the color green. Read full article > >

More here:
NBA lockout: Negotiations could be hijacked by racial perceptions

This is the true story of seven strangers experimenting with the definition of theater. Following instructions left via postcards by an anonymous source at the Capital Fringe Festival last July, they started the One-Year Theatre DC1, which, as the name implies, will disband exactly one year after its inception. Though the cryptic person behind the postcards has neither been revealed nor provided any funds, the group is fueled by the prospect of establishing a theater company from scratch. All the members are theater enthusiasts — mostly actors, with a dramaturg and playwright thrown in: Charlene Smith, Elizabeth Hansen, Peter Orvetti, Brett Ableman, Grace Overbeke, Mikhel Wirtanen and Jon Jon Johnson. Read full article > >

Go here to see the original:
Backstage: One-Year Theatre DC1 looking for a venue for its debut

European markets rebounded, at least for now, after France said it had no plans to nationalize its biggest banks and the prospect of euro bonds resurfaced.

Read more here:
France Stands Behind Banks After Moody’s Downgrade