WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted the right to ask the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court to overturn an order extraditing him to Sweden, where he’s being investigated on rape charges.

A High Court said on Monday that it felt “constrained” to say that the case raised “a question of general public importance” beyond Assange’s individual circumstances but decided that Assange may proceed to ask the Supreme Court for permission to appeal his extradition ruling, according to the BBC. However, one of the High Court judges asserted that Assange’s chance of succeeding in the Supreme Court ...

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The Navy just signed deals to buy 450,000 gallons of biofuels — arguably the biggest purchase of its kind in U.S. government history. The purchase is a significant step for Navy Secretary Ray Mabus’ plans to transform the service into an energy-efficient fleet. But at approximately $15 per gallon — nearly four times the price of traditional fuel — the new fuels won’t come cheap.

The $12-million purchase, expected for months, will all be used this summer off the coast of Hawaii. There, supersonic F/A-18 jets will launch from the deck of an aircraft carrier, powered by fuels...