Photogs snap great white orca

Nature: The Assciated Press (via the Anchorage Daily News) reports that a rare white killer whale has been photographed near the Aleutian Islands. “The whale appeared to be a healthy, adult male about 25 to 30 feet long and weighing upward of 10,000 pounds.”

Nation: The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that 200 blank military IDs were stolen from a U.S. Army facility at Fort Snelling. Also stolen during the burglary “were 10 to 12 used ID cards and a laptop computer used to make IDs.”

Science: Want to save energy on lighting your home but you’re concerned about the mercury in fluorescent bulbs? Physorg.com reports that a new technology is emerging called solid state light bulbs, that “use low-cost silicon technology originally developed for fiber optic networks in the early 2000s” but are non-toxic. Scientists hope to have the silicon bulbs ready by 2011 at a cost comparable to fluorescent bulbs.

World: The Jerusalem Post reports that neighbors and family say the terrorist who unleashed a horrific, deadly attack at a yeshiva in the city Thursday had worked for the school as a driver.

Election 2008: The L.A. Times reports that Sen. Barack Obama’s aide Samantha Howard resigned today after candid remarks she made to The Scotsman were published. Howard is quoted as calling Sen. Hillary Clinton “a monster” and “You just look at her and think, ‘Ergh.’ But if you are poor and she is telling you some story about how Obama is going to take your job away, maybe it will be more effective. The amount of deceit she has put forward is really unattractive.”