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Greek researchers said they had discovered a well-preserved skull of 5 million-year-old primate. The remains of the Mesopithecus pentelicus—a monkey-like animal, a little more than 3 feet long—were found in the northern Halkidiki peninsula, ou
[Shades of Probability Broach.] 2 genes enable cells to respond to electrical signals in the body to heal wounds. By applying an electrical field to a wound they could change the movement of cells and speed up the healing process.
A new bomber scheduled for operation as early as 2018 will enhance America's long-range strike capabilities, according to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley in a recent Armed Services Committee speech. In a step to develop
The triangular shark fin that sends frightened swimmers scrambling to shore is made using the same genes that help form the arms and legs of humans. Researchers found that about a dozen genes that help give rise to a shark's median fins—those tha
A new technology allows researchers to write on water. The AMOEBA (Advanced Multiple Organized Experimental Basin), a circular tank created by Mitsui Engineering at their Akishima laboratory, is able form letters with standing waves.
An extensive survey designed to find black holes has come up surprisingly short, leaving astronomers to wonder if their theories about these cosmic gravity wells are correct. Many large galaxies are thought to be anchored by supermassive black holes.
The multibillion-dollar surge in federal contracting to bolster the nation's domestic defenses in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has been marred by extensive waste and misspent funds, according to a new bipartisan congressional report.
US requests to send two more planes carrying bombs and missiles to Israel via Britain in the next fortnight are likely to be approved, newspapers reported. The reports follow criticism by British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett of alleged stopo
The Bush administration's decision to move thousands of U.S. soldiers into Baghdad to quell sectarian warfare before it explodes into outright civil war underscores a problem that's hindered the American effort to rebuild Iraq from the beginn
An obscure law approved by a Republican-controlled Congress a decade ago has made the Bush administration nervous that officials and troops involved in handling detainee matters might be accused of committing war crimes, and prosecuted at some point
For more than a month after the killings, Sgt. Lemuel Lemus stuck to his story. “Proper escalation of force was used,” he told an investigator, describing how members of his unit shot and killed three Iraqi prisoners who had lashed out at their c
As part of the next rotation to Iraq, 25,000 stateside troops have been tapped to deploy, and 3,500 members of an Army brigade already there have been extended by up to 120 days, the Defense Department announced Thursday.
"They threatened to charge me with conspiracy, impeding an investigation, obstruction of a investigation. … They said, 'You were impeding this investigation...by taking a picture of the police officers with a camera phone,'"
Charles Goyette and most of the callers are critical of the founder of the Future of Freedom Foundation for 90 minutes while he defends Open Borders (Great Radio)
Special Action CV-06-0252-SA filed July 25th by Ernest Hancock to force compliance with a manual validation of 2006 election law just passed. Ernest warns there is no intention to comply.
The securtiy cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, decided Thursday morning against expanding the Isreal Defense Forces operation in southern Lebanon, Isreal Radio reports. The discussion came a day after 9 IDF troops were killed
After months of fevered lobbying and bitter debate, the Chicago City Council passed a groundbreaking ordianance yesterday requiring "big box" stores, like Wal-Mart and Home Depot, to pay a minimum wage of $10/hr by 2010, along with at least
The US funded and supported war on Lebanon and Syria - Are Iran and Syria Next? - Part II
Even before the bombs fell on Baghdad, a group of senior Pentagon officials were plotting to invade another country. Their covert campaign once again relied on false intelligence and shady allies. But this time, the target was Iran.
"Think of what you hate most about your job. Then think of doing what you hate most for 5 straight hours, every single day, sometimes twice a day, in 120-degree heat," he said. "Then ask how morale is." Frustrated? "You ha
The UN said that its top officials in New York and its officers on the ground in Lebanon made numerous calls to the Israeli mission and the Israeli military to protest repeated firing on its outpost in Lebanon where 4 unarmed observers ended up being
Senior Justice Department and intelligence officials urged Congress yesterday to approve new laws to accommodate the government's controversial warrantless eavesdropping program. Arguing that the 1978 law governing surveillance of terrorists i
An estimated 800,000 people have been affected in Lebanon by the current crisis, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, according to the Lebanese Higher Relief Council established by the Lebanese government to deal with the crisis.
[A certain poetic justice.] An animal-rights activist awaiting sentencing on convictions related to disruption of a mountain-lion hunt has been charged with possessing the feathers of a golden eagle and other protected birds.
The officer, who had broad experience in the Middle East while at the CIA, noted that NATO and European countries, including England, have made clear that they are either unwilling or extremely reluctant to participate in an international force.
[KBR] Lawmakers say that since the Homeland Security Department's formation in 2003, an explosion of no-bid deals and a critical shortage of trained government contract managers have created a system prone to abuse. Based on a comprehensive surve
"I am already president. I won the presidential election. I am president of Mexico by the will of the majority of Mexicans," said Lopez Obrador. The leftist, whose fraud allegations are being examined by Mexico's electoral court, has to
Israel launched a heavy air and artillery bombardment of south Lebanon after 9 Israeli soldiers were killed in the Jewish state's worst 24 hours for casualties in a 16-day-old conflict against Hizbollah. "I reckon (the offensive) will contin
The US military, faced with unrelenting violence in Baghdad, is expected to delay the departure of about 4,000 troops due to leave Iraq in the coming days in order to boost the size of the U.S. force, officials said. Any significant cut in US force i
Teams of Homeland Security officers will eventually be assigned to all of the nation's 38 "fusion" centers, where law enforcement agents investigate tips, tighten security and handle disasters, said Charles Allen, the department's c
