Washington - The launch of the space shuttle Discovery planned for later Wednesday was abruptly cancelled just hours ahead of blast off.
NASA called off the launch after it discovered a leak in a hydrogen vent line between the shuttle and its external fuel tank. The US space agency made the decision ahead of a planned 9:20 pm (0120 GMT Thursday) launch.
Washington - US President Barack Obama called on legislators to limit the number of pet projects for their own districts that are routinely included in spending bills, but refused to completely oppose the publicly unpopular practice known as earmarks.
A renewed debate over the merits of earmarks has been swirling in Washington over the past few weeks as Congress debated a 410-billion- dollar budget for the remainder of the 2009 fiscal year, which ends in September.
Washington - The launch of the space shuttle Discovery planned for later Wednesday was abruptly cancelled just hours ahead of blast off.
NASA called off the launch after it discovered a leak in a hydrogen vent line between the shuttle and its external fuel tank. The US space agency made the decision ahead of a planned 9:20 pm (0120 GMT Thursday) launch.
Technicians had been filling the tank with fuel and would now have to completely drain it. A new launch time was set for 8:54 pm Thursday (0054 GMT Friday).
Washington - The world's largest economies must do more to halt a global economic slide, and more government stimulus will be a top US priority at an international financial summit next month, President Barack Obama said Wednesday.
Ahead of April's Group of 20 (G20) gathering of the world's leading economies, Obama warned against protectionist moves and acknowledged that developing countries were being "hard hit" by the fallout from an economic crisis that largely began in the United States.
Washington - The White House on Wednesday named the chief of the Seattle, Washington police force to head US drug control policy as concern has grown about drug-related violence in neighbouring Mexico.
Gil Kerlikowske, a 36-year police veteran who has led the Seattle force for nine years, will serve as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, coordinating international and domestic anti-drug efforts across the government.
Washington - The launch of the space shuttle Discovery planned for later Wednesday was abruptly cancelled just hours ahead of blast off.
Washington - US President Barack Obama called on legislators to limit the number of pet projects for their own districts that are routinely included in spending bills, but refused to completely oppose the publicly unpopular practice known as earmarks.
Washington - The launch of the space shuttle Discovery planned for later Wednesday was abruptly cancelled just hours ahead of blast off.
Washington - The world's largest economies must do more to halt a global economic slide, and more government stimulus will be a top US priority at an international financial summit next month, President Barack Obama said Wednesday.
Washington - The launch of the space shuttle Discovery planned for 
Washington - The White House on Wednesday named the chief of the Seattle, Washington police force to head US drug control policy as concern has grown about drug-related violence in neighbouring Mexico.
