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Category Archives: U.S. and World
Some ‘splaining to do!
Whoops. A Boeing 747 Dreamlifter cargo plane may be stuck at a minor airport in Kansas for some time after it apparently landed there by mistake. The giant cargo jet was heading for McConnell air force base in Wichita but … Continue reading
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Be Prepared
Typhoon Haiyan is only the latest reminder of what we all should have known already (from Fukushima and Katrina, at the very least) — when a natural catastrophe is large enough, when you survive you are on your own. No … Continue reading
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Would Have Been Classic
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They’re shocked, shocked
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has summoned the US ambassador over newspaper claims that the US spied on millions of phone calls in France. France has labelled such activity between allies as “unacceptable”. BBC What are the best foods to … Continue reading
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Airpocalypse v. Sharknado
Which is scarier? School was canceled, traffic was nearly paralyzed and the airport was shut down in the northeast Chinese city of Harbin on Monday as off-the-charts pollution dropped visibility to less than 10 meters in parts of the provincial … Continue reading
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Ready To Fly
Well, I think so anyway, I’m 14 months out of practice dealing with Homeland Insecurity and the Terribly Slow Administration. But it’s off to Iceland this afternoon, 2 nights in Reykjavik, then continue to Amsterdam on Friday (early) morning for … Continue reading
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Sure thing, Sheikh
Women who drive risk damaging their ovaries and producing children with clinical problems, according to a conservative Saudi cleric. The comment, made by Sheikh Saleh al-Lohaidan, came as activists step up their campaign for women in Saudi Arabia to be … Continue reading
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Bad Luck of the Irish
Killed by a coal fire and a potato chip bag … An Irish family was killed when a crisp packet blocked a chimney and deadly fumes filled their lounge, an inquest has heard. Trevor Wallwork, 50, and his children Kimberley, … Continue reading
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Thanks for the warning, but …
The US state department has issued a worldwide warning of “terrorist actions and violence” against Americans by al-Qaeda and other militant groups. The department cautioned US citizens around the world to “maintain a high level of vigilance”. It warned al-Qaeda … Continue reading
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Close Call, 1961
A four-megaton nuclear bomb was one switch away from exploding over the US in 1961, a newly declassified US document confirms. Two bombs were on board a B-52 plane that went into an uncontrolled spin over North Carolina – both … Continue reading
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