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Astronauts Are Leaving Hidden Messages in Outer Space
September 27, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Graffiti isn't just for troublemakers and wanna-be artists anymore. Astronauts on the International Space Station are now tagging in outer space, and it's just one of many odd interests astronauts have placed in outer space. In the outer space equivalent of carving "I was here" into a park tree, Italian ...
Obama Closes Gun-Buying Loopholes with Executive Action
August 30, 2013 The Obama administration is using executive authority to close two gun-buying loopholes, a narrower version of the post-Newtown gun legislation that fell apart in the Senate four months ago. The new rules — one concerning background checks, the other the reimportation of weapons — could reduce the number of gun ...
How Much Will It Cost to Dispose of 30 Million Defective $100 Bills?
August 13, 2013 The new and improved 100-dollar bill, designed to cut down on counterfeiters, was expected to be released back in 2010, but production snafus delayed that date to 2011, and then again to October 2013. Today, David Wolman of The New Yorker reports that 30 million of the new $100 bills ...
