STAMP HIKE: The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents Monday, the latest in what are expected to be annual price adjustments.
PELICAN SMASH: A swimmer is recovering after a pelican apparently diving for fish slammed into her face off Florida. Debbie Shoemaker of Toledo, Ohio, was in the water Thursday near St. Petersburg when the pelican’s beak opened a gash in her face. She needed 20 stitches; the bird died.
SPACEPORT SCHEDULE: New Mexico’s effort to build the world’s first commercial spaceport is nearly on schedule to open in late 2010. Its intended prime tenant, Virgin Galactic, says the startup will also be ready for business by then, with more than 275 customers who have already paid $35 million total to book seats to fly to the edge of space.
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