Firefighters 'had their hands full' dealing with Gardner blaze (Sentinel & Enterprise)

GARDNER -- Firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire at an elderly housing complex at 72 Lake St. Monday evening.

Low Temperature System (Rubber World)

For rubber materials, there are said to be three important standardized test methods for low temperatures, including the Gehman test (relative stiffness), the TR test (temperature retraction) and the brittleness test. The company's instrument can combine all three methods.

Intimations of a galactic disaster loom ahead (The Hindu)

Milky Way heading for a crash, but it may take 7 billion years

I can take only so many graphic reports of genocide, murder and rape at 7.34am (Times Online)

If, like me, you are one of the six million-plus people who wake up to Radio 4's Today programme, then you will know the routine. 0810: John Humphrys savages government minister. 0827: presenters mock reliability of the racing tipster. 0838: Sarah Montague is patronised by male colleagues.

No payoff for Baby P boss (Evening Standard)

WHEN Sharon Shoesmith was ordered out of her job as head of children's services in the borough where Baby P died, the Children's Secretary Ed Balls said: "This kind of failure should not be rewarded with compensation or payoffs."