It is impractical for nuclear power plant operators to try to stop terrorists from crashing an airliner into a reactor, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission concluded Monday. Plant operators instead should focus on limiting radioactive release from any such airborne attack, the agency said.
Sara Lee Corp. will lay off nearly 1,700 employees as part of a reorganization plan to increase business performance. About 1,200 workers will be laid off when the company closes its pork-processing and FlavoTech spice-production plants in West Point, Miss., on March 30.
Palestinian suicide bomber attacked a bakery in Eilat, Israel, killing three people and himself Monday. It was the first suicide bombing in Israel in nine months and the first ever to hit Eilat. Separated from Israel's largest cities by hundreds of miles of desert, Eilat has been largely immune from Israeli-Palestinian fighting and is a popular getaway for Israelis.
Scientists from around the world gathered Monday in Paris to finalize a long-awaited, authoritative report on climate change, expected to give a grim warning of rising temperatures and sea levels worldwide. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to unveil its latest assessment of the environmental threat posed by global warming on Friday.
