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Saturn's Hurricane Is a Super Storm on Steroids, Even for the Solar System
April 30, 2013 Now that we've got our first good look at it, let's put the mega storm on top of the sixth rock from the sun into some perspective: According to NASA, the eye of Saturn's massive hurricane is about 1,250 miles wide — approximately the distance between Los Angeles and Oklahoma ...
America's Allies Are Pushing Obama to a Red Line on Syrian Chemical Weapons
April 23, 2013 Last month at a meeting in Israel, President Obama defined his "game changer" on American involvement in the Syrian civil war as Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons against his people. Today in Israel, a major Israeli military intelligence official said that Assad had done just that. With British and French ...
China Thinks Its Bird Flu Might Be Spreading from Human to Human
April 18, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Since the first cases of the deadly H7N9 bird flu strain appeared in Shanghai earlier this month, Chinese health officials told the world not to panic because they couldn't find solid evidence of human-to-human transmission in any of what have grown into 82 reported infections. They maintained that until, well, ...
Police Confirm Two Explosions and Casualties at Boston Marathon
April 15, 2013 Multiple outlets and law enforcement officials are reporting what a horrific looking scene makes clear, even as a frenzy searching for more potential explosive devices and survivors continues: The headquarters at the Boston Marathon have been locked down after at least two bombs went off near the downtown finish line ...
Sasha and Malia's Spring Break Will Not Ruin the Republic
March 29, 2013 Sasha and Malia's trip to the Bahamas or Idaho or wherever they are is expensive, lavish, and depending on who you ask perhaps a bit wasteful—just like Bush daughters' trip to Argentina and the Carters, Fords, and Eisenhowers' trips to Europe, or any other First Family member moves with a ...
Analysis: The U.S. Flew B-2 Bombers Over Korea Because It Can
March 28, 2013 So we know North Korea has a habit of puffing its chest and it feels like Kim Jong-Un's country declares the annihilation of its enemies seemingly every other day now. But with the U.S. announcing that they're practicing stealth bombing runs over the Korean peninsula, it's a sign that the ...
Who's Using Chemical Weapons in Syria Now?
March 19, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Opposition forces and the Syrian regime agree that there was an attack in the dangerous Aleppo province that killed at least 16 people and wounded around 86 on Tuesday. And both are claiming, to some extent, that there were chemical weapons involved. The one thing they can't agree on is ...
The Army Doesn't Want You to See the Results of Its Shady PTSD Probe
February 28, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
This past fall, the Army found out the results of a probe meant to determine if psychiatrists were reversing soldiers' PTSD diagnoses to save the government money by denying them medical retirements. Months later, they still don't want anyone knowing what's in those files. The Army has refused to release ...
China Says U.S. Is on Offense in Hacking Attacks on Defense Ministry
February 28, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Ten days to the day that cyber security firm Mandiant released a blistering report on China's state-sponsored sustained hacking of the United States's vital infrastructure and top companies, the Chinese Ministry of Defense has its own report about the U.S. hacking two vital military sites. "According to the IP addresses, ...
China Says the U.S. Is Actually the Hacker You Should Be Worried About
February 20, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Days after cybersecurity firm Mandiant published an eye-popping report of state-sponsored cyber espionage by the China's People’s Liberation Army, the Chinese have fired back. They're not only denying that they are behind the attack, they also say that they're actually the victim and that the United States of America is ...
