So in Anchorage, Alaska, biologists are planning an unprovoked attack on Rat Island, named that way because it’s an island full of rats — and, also because “Australia” was already taken. Apparently, these rats have wiped out the seabirds, by eating the eggs belonging to Puffins, auklets and storm petrels. …

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Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Suspicion of Kidnapping In January, a German court ordered the arrest of 13 alleged CIA agents on suspicion of kidnapping German national Khaled el-Masri in 2003. El-Masri says he was picked up in Macedonia and flown to Afghanistan where he allegedly was …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: “Modest Means” Former President Clinton came into office in 1992 as a man of modest means and left office in 1996 with huge debts of about $12 million in the aftermath of his legal battles over the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals. …

Electrically charged specks of interstellar dust organize into DNA-like double helixes and display properties normally attributed to living systems, such as evolving and reproducing, new computer simulations show. But scientists are hesitant to call the dancing dust particles “alive,” and instead say they are just another example of how difficult …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Loyalties Exposed? A newscaster for Dubai-based Al-Sharqiya TV — owned by a former chief of radio and television for Saddam and known to some critics as “al-Baathiya” for its sympathies to the former regime — may have been less than neutral in …

The world’s smallest “country” is going on the chopping block. The self-proclaimed sovereign principality of Sealand, built atop a World War II artillery platform in the North Sea, is for sale for the whopping price tag of $977 million. Its price tag and remote accessibility would make it perfect for …

A-List Ladies | Warner’s Edgar Bronfman | New Year Thanks Hollywood’s A-List Ladies: Pregnant Pause We end the year on this note: According to all the tabloids and blogs, at least three big-name celebs are pregnant. Or they might be pregnant, based on careful examination of long telescope pictures taken …

Our exclusive guest this week is Gen. David Petraeus. Plus, Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church, joins us. This week the Pentagon issued its quarterly report on Iraq: “Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq.” It shows violence over the last six months is down and security has improved. There are …

Live Earth | ‘Sicko’ | CBS Radio Backstage at Live Earth The Live Earth show at Giants Stadium was notable almost more for the number of iPhones being shown off by celebrities than the number of celebrities themselves. Director Darren Aronofsky, whose significant other, actress Rachel Weisz, was one of …