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Boston Bombers Didn't Use Cellphones Detonators -- but Could Have
April 25, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
The Associated Press reported Wednesday afternoon that bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhr Tsarnaev used a remote control of some sort to detonate their two homemade pressure cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon last Monday. The type of detonator the two men used remains unclear, but the Justice Department complaint outlining ...
The Bird Flu Has Spread Beyond China, and It's 'One of the Most Lethal' Ever
April 24, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
The new strain of bird flu infecting and killing people in China is on the move. All of the reported cases had been contained to a relative few hotspots, but the first reported case of a human infection outside mainland China arrived Wednesday, and that's got the world's top scientists ...
Google Fiber Is Coming to Provo, Utah — Because It Already Had Fancy Internet
April 18, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Last Tuesday, Google announced another reason to be jealous of Austin, Texas — the city became the second place in the U.S. where Google would offer its super fast, affordable fiber Internet service. Well, this week you can be jealous of Provo, Utah. Yes, a little place called Provo (population: ...
Botched Attack Kills State Department Employee in Afghanistan
April 8, 2013 An assassination attempt in Afghanistan on Sunday resulted in the first death of a State Department employee since the war there began. Anne Smedinghoff, a 25-year-old State Department official, was killed when a Taliban bomb targeting Zabul province Governor Ashraf Nasari went off as the State Department's transportation convoy intersected ...
Obama's Big Bucks to Get Inside Our BRAIN
April 2, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
President Obama is tired of turning left at Albuquerque when following the current brain map, so he proposed a new $100 million, long-term investment initiative Tuesday: the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies, or BRAIN for short, so scientists may better understand our noggin'. The New York Times had the ...
Caroline Kennedy Headed to Japan as New Ambassador
April 1, 2013 The Obama administration is sending Caroline Kennedy, the only living child of former President John F. Kennedy to Tokyo as Japan's new U.S. ambassador. The Washington Post reports the move has been "firmed up," and Kennedy should be off to Tokyo shortly. Kennedy was a very important donor for the ...
Can a Female Leader Put an End to the Secret Service's Boys Club?
March 26, 2013 Following an awful scandal in which a bunch of Secret Service agents were busted for drinking and partying with hookers in Columbia, the President is moving towards a "culture change" by appointing the first woman ever to run his security detail. The Washington Post's Scott Wilson reports Obama will name ...
The Case of the Missing Deadly Virus Is Only a Problem If You Own Rats
March 25, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
OK, this sounds worse than it is: A vial containing a potentially deadly virus has gone missing from a Texas laboratory. But you really shouldn't freak out because everything is going to be fine and it won't affect you, unless you have some very strange pets. CBS News reports University ...
John Kerry's Surprise Tour Takes Him to Afghanistan to Smooth Things Over
March 25, 2013 Secretary of State John Kerry made another unannounced visit to a country in the Middle East on Monday morning. This time he's in Afghanistan to try and make nice with President Hamid Karzai, whose relationship with the U.S. has been contentious of late — and that's putting it nicely. The ...
Accident During Live-Fire Exercise Kills Seven Marines
March 19, 2013 A military training exercise in Nevada took a disastrous turn Monday evening when a mortar apparently exploded during a live-fire exercise and killed at least seven U.S. Marines and injured several others. Read more at TheAtlanticWire.com.
