By Tad Walch Deseret News PROVO -- Forecasters trying to predict the bruising path of Hurricane Ike used data developed and supported by a team at Brigham Young University.

By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald Feb. 13--Times are tough and budget pressures are intense, but the Bush administration is requesting millions of additional dollars for hurricane research -- part of a new effort to improve forecasts and warnings, a federal official said Tuesday.

MIAMI _ Times are tough and budget pressures are intense, but the Bush administration is requesting millions of additional dollars for hurricane research _ part of a new effort to improve forecasts and warnings, a federal official said Tuesday.

By The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Jul. 19--What if, before interpreting the results of your recent physical exam, your doctor had to check with Manatee County commissioners for the correct political spin to include in his report? Outrageous, to be sure.

Aging equipment, cost overruns and delays in producing new satellites threaten the future ability of forecasters to predict the path and intensity of hurricanes, a panel of experts and officials told lawmakers Wednesday.