NASA to smash Galileo probe into Jupiter for fear of contaminating its moon\nPASADENA, Calif. -- NASA plans to crash its $1.5 billion Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter next weekend to make sure it doesn't accidentally contaminate the planet's ice-covered moon Europa with bacteria from Earth.\nAfter Galileo's orbit carries it behind Jupiter at 12:49 p.m. PDT Sunday, the aging probe will plunge into the planet's stormy atmosphere at a speed of nearly 108,000 mph.\nThe heat generated as it streaks through the atmosphere will vaporize the nearly 3,000-pound Galileo and any microbes that may have been stowaways on the spacecraft since its 1989 launch.\nThe crash will ensure Galileo doesn't hit Europa and spill bacteria onto the ice that caps its enormous oceans.
Passengers duct-tape troublesome passengers on Hawaii-to-LA Flight\nLOS ANGELES -- Airplane passengers subdued and then duct-taped a man who was pacing the aisle and reading loudly from the Bible during a flight from Hawaii, police and witnesses said.\nNo one was injured, and the man was handed over to authorities after the plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport early Sunday, said Sgt. Carl Sansbury of the airport police.\nBrian Eager, 36, of Austin, Texas, was held for 72 hours to undergo a psychological examination, FBI Special Agent Matt McLaughlin said.\nSansbury said he didn't know what prompted the outburst on the United Airlines flight from Honolulu. He said the FBI was investigating.
Former President Clinton rallies Democrats against California recall\nLOS ANGELES -- Former President Clinton railed against the gubernatorial recall campaign Sunday in an effort to energize California Democrats, who are increasingly hopeful they can defeat the attempt to oust Gov. Gray Davis.\nClinton, still a highly popular and polarizing figure nearly three years after leaving office, mixed Scripture with politics in his 40-minute address during a midmorning service at the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, the city's oldest black congregation.\nHe repeated Democrats' theme that the Oct. 7 recall election is part of a right-wing power grab, and said removing Davis could scare future officeholders away from making difficult choices.
