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Originally Published September 05, 2008; Updated and Republished September 11, 2008; Updated and Republished October 16, 2008; Updated and Republished November 26, 2008; Updated and Republished April 07, 2009:Congressman Charles B. Rangel should resi… more »

Periodically the stars align; the four stars—both1 Joint Chief Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen, and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Gary Roughead have unequivocally expressed public support for integrating women into our vital, capable, and… more »

Today the controversial federal case of Perry et al. v. Schwarzenegger et al. got underway in the courtroom of Chief Judge Vaughn R Walker, the United States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaJudge Walker has ordered that this imp… more »

Chile Earthquake - Offshore MauleMagnitude: 8.8Date-Time: Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 06:34:14 UTCLocation: 35.846°S, 72.719°W more »

During a plenary session the European Parliament adopts the final report (original pe382246.pdf) on CIA activities in Europe.The report, which deplores the passivity of some Member States in the face of illegal CIA operations, as well as the lack of co… more »

Originally Published February 13, 2009; Updated and Republished February 19, 2009:The United States Navy is in the final days of a public comment period (ends March 01, 20091) for its draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for implementation of… more »

Originally Published January 7, 2007; Updated and Republished June 13, 2008:Pluto, the dwarf planet or asteriod 134340, has the last laugh as the verb "plutoed" enters our official unofficial English lexicon.Plutoed: /plōō΄·t&#3… more »

How about a massive investment in education, retraining, infrastructure, and transition resources instead of massive sunk costs in perpetual conflicts! more »

Leading Philanthropist, Bill Gates, chats with National Public Radio, Talk of the Nation, Neil Conan about the work the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is focusing on this year.BMGF is continuing its core work in agriculture and food produ… more »

After some criticism and last months launch of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) instrument, NASA has made its first Near Earth Objects (NEO)—asteroid 2010 AB78. The asteroid 2010 AB78: has a diameter of .6 miles; is in an elliptic… more »