First lady’s plane too close to jet

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s next-to-last space shuttle flight is set to
begin late next week. Spaceflight managers gathered Tuesday at Kennedy Space
Center in Florida and set April 29 as theCheap Rosetta Stone
launch date for Endeavour’s final
voyage. Endeavour, NASA’s youngest shuttle, will fly to the International
Space Station. The crew of six will deliver a $2 billion particle physics
experiment.

Gun fires at school, injuring 3
HOUSTON — A kindergartner who brought a loaded gun to his Houston school
Tuesday was among three students injured when the gun fired after falling from
his pocket, officials said. The children were in stable condition after the
shooting, said Dr. David deLemos at Texas Children’s Hospital, where the
students were treated. Houston police spokesman Victor Senties said it is too
early in the investigation to tell if any charges will be filed.

CIA declassifies WWI documents
WASHINGTON — The CIA is declassifying secrets for Cheap Rosetta Stone English
writing with invisible ink
and even opening sealed letters without detection: state-of-the-art spying
techniques from World War I. CIA Director Leon Panetta says it’s possible to
reveal these secrets now because the old methods have been far outpaced by
recent advances.

Plant begins pumping water out
TOKYO — The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant began pumping highly
radioactive water from the basement of one of its buildings to a makeshift
storage area Tuesday in a crucial step toward easing the nuclear crisis.
Removing about 6.6 million gallons of contaminated water that has collected in
a basement of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant will help allowLearn French
access for workers
trying to restore vital cooling systems that were knocked out in the March 11
tsunami.