Oct 02 #shutdown BREAKING: AP source: Obama invites congressional leaders to White House for shutdown meeting— The Associated Press (@AP) October 2, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 02 Ancient city uncovered in Iraq Photo courtesy Cinzia Pappi The ancient city of Idu was uncovered beneath the modern city Satu Qala in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, reports the journal Anatolica this week. Cinzia Pappi, an archaeologist at Universität Leipzig in Germany, said… Continue reading
Oct 02 Author Tom Clancy dead at 66 Photo by Flickr user Gary Wayne Gilbert Bestselling author Tom Clancy, known for his novels in the espionage and military science genres, died at a Baltimore Hospital Tuesday, his publisher confirmed to the New York Times. Continue reading
Oct 02 What we’re watching Wednesday Good morning! It's Day 2 of the government shutdown. Here's what we are watching this morning. Tuesday ended in deadlock when Senate Democrats and the White House dismissed House Republicans' spending bills to fund national parks, veteran's programs and… Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch Feds bust online illegal drug market and its ‘Pirate’ proprietor Federal investigators shut down the high-profile online market for illegal drugs known as Silk Road and arrested the site's alleged mastermind, Ross Ulbricht. Cordelia Lynch of International Television News reports on how easy it was to access illicit substances using… Continue watching
Oct 01 ‘Sneaking’ into the WWII Memorial meant the world to these tourists Veteran Robert Greene and his granddaughter Kasey stroll the World War II Memorial Tuesday. Photos by Cindy Huang WASHINGTON -- Robert Greene traveled a long way to celebrate his 88th birthday. The World War II and Korean War veteran… Continue reading
Oct 01 #shutdown Commissaries, relied upon by U.S. military families for tax-free groceries, to shut down Wednesday: http://t.co/mev6WP4jMK -SS— The Associated Press (@AP) October 1, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 01 NASA visualizes Earth’s possible climate future .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Video by NASA NASA's… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch Marine Corps generals fired for negligence, ‘pattern of failure’ before attack Marine Corps generals fired for negligence, 'pattern of failure' before attack… Continue watching
Oct 01 Time magazine has a solution to panda cam shutdown .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }… Continue reading