Challenger's enduring lessons

January 29, 2015 - Daily News Briefing

The sorrow of the space shuttle accident 29 years ago was redeemed, at least in part, by an unflinching investigation and a poignant speech.

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A Libyan affiliate of the extremist Islamic State group claimed responsibility Wednesday for an attack on a Tripoli luxury hotel that killed 10 people, including an American and four Europeans. The group, calling itself "Islamic State in Tripoli Province," said it launched the attack Tuesday to avenge the death of Abu Anas al-Libi, who was snatched off a Tripoli street by US special forces in 2013 and died in US custody earlier this month due to complications from liver surgery. Al-Libi had been indicted in US federal court over his alleged role in the 1998 Al Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has confirmed he will attend celebrations in Russia in May marking the Soviet victory over Germany in World War II, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Wednesday, citing a Kremlin spokesman. The trip would be Kim's first foreign visit since taking power in the reclusive state in 2011, succeeding his father Kim Jong-il, and is likely to come before he visits China, the North's main ally.

The convictions of nine South Carolina black men who integrated a whites-only lunch counter during the height of the civil rights movement were tossed out Wednesday during an emotional hearing before a packed courtroom. "We cannot rewrite history, but we can right history," Judge Mark Hayes said as he made the ruling for the men known as the Friendship 9, and those in court clapped and cheered. Prosecutor Kevin Brackett apologized to the men – eight of whom were in court.

A fugitive treasure hunter embroiled in a legal fight over what's been described as the greatest lost treasure in American history has been arrested in Florida after more than two years on the lam, authorities said Wednesday. The US Marshals Service tracked Tommy Thompson to a hotel in Palm Beach County and arrested him Tuesday, said Brian Babtist, a senior inspector in the agency's office in Columbus, Ohio, where a federal civil arrest warrant was issued for him in 2012 for failing to show up to a key court hearing. Thompson made history in 1988 when he found the sunken S.S. Central America, from which Thompson and his crew brought up thousands of gold bars and coins from the shipwreck. Much of that was later sold to a gold marketing group in 2000 for about $50 million.

Apple CEO Tim Cook says consumer demand for new iPhones has been "staggering" and "hard to comprehend." That helped the company report record-smashing earnings for its latest quarter and primed its stock for a rally Wednesday. But after selling a record 74.5 million iPhones in three months that ended in December, what can Apple do next? Some analysts worry that Apple depends too much on the iPhone, leaving the company vulnerable if some other gadget comes along to replace it in popularity. Cook and Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri, however, say they're optimistic about other Apple products.

Nissan is recalling nearly 768,000 SUVs worldwide to fix faulty hood latches and electrical shorts that could cause fires. The largest recall covers more than 552,000 Rogue small SUVs worldwide from 2008 to 2014. Snow and salty water can seep through the driver's side carpet to a wiring harness, causing electrical shorts. Nissan says there were reports of shorts but no fires or injuries. Dealers will inspect the wiring and replace or seal it.

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The Daily News Briefing is published Monday through Friday by The Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, Massachusetts.

To send a comment to the Editor, email editor@csmonitor.com.

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