North Korea on Wednesday test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles, South Korea said, a defiant challenge to a meeting by the leaders of rivals South Korea, Japan and the United States that focused on the North’s security threat. The launch of what are believed to be Rodong missiles would be a violation of U.N. Security Council […]
An engine snag has delayed the arrival of a Russian spacecraft carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station until Thursday. A rocket carrying Russians Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev and American Steve Swanson to the International Space Station blasted off successfully early Wednesday from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz booster rocket
i i hide captionDemocrats say they’re focused on the Koch brothers because, they allege, Republican candidates are doing the billionaires’ bidding. Republicans say Democrats are desperate. David Koch (above) is chairman of Americans for Prosperity. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Democrats say they’re focused on the Koch brothers because, they allege, Republican candidates are doing the billionaires’
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The National Security Agency may be getting out of the business of sweeping up and storing vast amounts of data on people’s phone calls. The Obama administration this week is expected to propose that Congress overhaul the electronic surveillance program by having phone companies hold onto the call records as they do now, according to
i i hide captionFun fact: The vines that vanilla beans grow on also produce orchids. Malcolm Manners via Flickr Fun fact: The vines that vanilla beans grow on also produce orchids. Malcolm Manners via Flickr Say you know someone, maybe a friend of a friend, who’s perfectly pleasant but just sort of lacks any sort
i i hide captionInmates in a recreation yard at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, Calif. California is trying to address court-ordered reductions in overcrowding with a plan to shift thousands of those convicted of “non-serious” crimes to county jails. Rich Pedroncelli/AP Inmates in a recreation yard at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, Calif.
i i hide captionA barge loaded with marine fuel oil sits partially submerged in the Houston Ship Channel on Saturday. The barge collided with a ship in Galveston Bay on Saturday, leaking an unknown amount of the fuel into the popular bird habitat. PO3 Manda Emery/AP A barge loaded with marine fuel oil sits partially
i i hide captionRooney Mara will play Tiger Lily in the Peter Pan movie Pan, though she is not Native American. Chris Pizzello/AP Rooney Mara will play Tiger Lily in the Peter Pan movie Pan, though she is not Native American. Chris Pizzello/AP No matter how you feel about ethnicity and casting — and how
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Saying that it wants “to allow a more reasoned consideration of the motion to stay,” the U.S. Appeals Court for the Sixth Circuit on Saturday effectively hit the pause button on same-sex marriages in Michigan. Friday, as we reported, a federal judge struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriages. But late Saturday afternoon, the
A Turkish court is trying to ban Twitter, setting off condemnation of the government’s increasingly heavy hand and prompting Turks to find a workaround for the social media site. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2014/03/21/292471018/even-turkeys-president-evades-its-new-twitter-ban?ft=1&f=1001