Up in the sky

The moon enters the earth's shadow and moves to full lunar eclipse (lower, R), as seen over Portland, August 28th.

Photo: REUTERS/Richard Clement

Olympics pass on Vista

Lenovo, the computer supplier to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing declined to add Microsoft's Vista as the operating system in their computers stating the following, "the Olympic Games require mature, stable technologies and it's not a place to try new technologies."

"Vista in your Olympics, sir?"

"Nope, none for me, thanks."

Army suicides highest in 26 years

Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new military report.


The report, obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its scheduled release Thursday, found there were 99 confirmed suicides among active duty soldiers during 2006, up from 88 the previous year and the highest since the 102 suicides in 1991 at the time of the Persian Gulf War.

The suicide rate for the Army has fluctuated over the past 26 years, from last year's high of 17.3 per 100,000 to a low of 9.1 per 100,000 in 2001.

Last year, "Iraq was the most common deployment location for both (suicides) and attempts," the report said.