China conducts Test of New Anti-Satellite Missile
China’s military on Monday conducted the first test of a new ground-launched anti-satellite missile that was fired into space and disguised as a space-exploration rocket.
View ArticlePower of Moore Tornado Dwarfs Hiroshima Bomb
Scientists know the key ingredients that go into a devastating tornado. But they are struggling to figure out why they develop in some big storms and not others.
View ArticleMangled Facts, secrecy brew confusion about NSA
Adding to the confusion and suspicion, those defending the programs - from President Barack Obama to the nation's spy chief to lawmakers - have sometimes mangled the facts.
View ArticleNSA Director says Plot against Wall Street Foiled
The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy.
View ArticleNSA broke into YAHOO, Google Data Centers
The Washington Post is reporting that the National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world.
View ArticleObama’s Health Law finally hits Real for America
Now is when Americans start figuring out that President Barack Obama's health care law goes beyond political talk, and really does affect them and people they know.
View Article‘Killing Kennedy’ Gets Big Tune-In for Network
The "Killing Kennedy" film with Rob Lowe portraying the former president was watched by 3.4 million people Sunday night.
View ArticleConn. Gunman’s Motive still a Mystery
Why Adam Lanza went on his murderous shooting rampage at a Newtown elementary school is still a mystery and may never be known with certainty, prosecutors said Monday in a report that closed out their...
View ArticleAmazon’s Delivery Drones: an Idea that may not Fly
The Amazon CEO is working on a way to use the small aircraft to get parcels to customers in 30 minutes or less.
View ArticleIce Storm shuts down North Texas
Freezing rain and stinging winds slammed the Southwest Friday and made a strangely blank landscape out of normally sun-drenched North Texas.
View ArticleRising Riches: 1 in 5 Americans reaches Affluence
Fully 20 percent of U.S. adults become rich for parts of their lives, wielding outsize influence on America's economy and politics.
View ArticlePrinceton starts Mass Meningitis B Vaccinations
Seven students and one prospective student who was visiting campus have been stricken by potentially life-threatening type B meningococcal disease since March.
View ArticleNASA: Ancient Mars Lake may have supported Life
The watering hole near the Martian equator existed about 3.5 billion years ago around the time when life evolved on Earth.
View ArticleChicago’s Future at Risk
More teachers losing their jobs, thousands fewer police and firefighters on duty, less frequent trash collection and miles of potholed roads going unrepaired - all as property taxes soar.
View ArticleNSA Phone Record Collection ruled Unconstitutional
A federal judge ruled Monday that the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records violates the Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches.
View ArticleTimberlake, Beyonce have Year’s Top iTunes Albums
Apple announced Tuesday that the diva's self-titled album is only behind Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience."
View ArticleWhy do Lottery Players think they can Defy Odds?
It's the ultimate fantasy: Walk into a store, plunk down a dollar, and with nothing but luck - really extraordinary luck - you win a giant lottery.
View ArticleA Look at Food Companies that removed Ingredients
Food and beverage companies are under increasing pressure to remove unfamiliar ingredients from their products as consumers go online to criticize the formulations of some products.
View ArticleGoogle Search and Destroy Robots: A Must See
The computer search giant has completed the purchase of Boston Dynamics, the maker of a cutting-edge menagerie of walking and crawling robots including Big Dog, which counts America’s Department of...
View ArticleFeds announce Drone Test Sites
Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia will host the drone research sites.
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