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Giant plumes of methane bubbling to surface of Arctic Ocean
Wed,14 Dec 2011 08:38 AM PST
The Sideshow - Russian scientists have discovered hundreds of plumes of methane gas, some 1,000 meters in diameter, bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean. Scientists are concerned that as the Arctic Shelf recedes, the unprecedented levels of gas released could greatly accelerate global climate change. Igor Semiletov of the Russian Academy of Sciences tells the UK's [...] Full Story | Top |
Controversial Air Force casket photo prompts investigation
Thu,15 Dec 2011 10:47 AM PST
The Sideshow - The Air Force has launched an investigation into a controversial photo that shows several non-commissioned officers posing with an open casket, in which a fellow airman poses with a noose around his neck and chains over his body. The Air Force Times received a copy of the photo over email, which includes the caption, "Da [...] Full Story | Top |
Military marks end to nearly nine bloody years in Iraq
Thu,15 Dec 2011 02:41 PM PST
Reuters -  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces formally ended almost nine years of war in Iraq on Thursday with a modest flag-lowering ceremony in Baghdad, while to the north flickering violence highlighted ethnic and sectarian strains threatening the country in years ahead. "After a lot of blood spilled by Iraqis and Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern and secure itself has become real," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said at the ceremony at Baghdad's still heavily-fortified airport. Almost 4,500 U.S. ...
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APNewsBreak: Feds say Arpaio violated civil rights
Thu,15 Dec 2011 10:48 AM PST
AP -  The federal government issued a scathing report Thursday that outlines how Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office has committed a wide range of civil rights violations against Latinos, including a pattern of racial profiling and discrimination and carrying out heavy-handed immigration patrols based on racially charged citizen complaints.
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Six Waltons Have More Wealth Than the Bottom 30 % of Americans
Wed,14 Dec 2011 10:28 AM PST
Forbes - Different people will take this different ways, but Jeffrey Goldberg tells us that six members of the Walton family (the original owners of WalMart) have more wealth than the bottom 30 % of Americans. Here's where he says it: In 2007, according to the labor economist Sylvia Allegretto, the [...] Full Story | Top |
New billboard depicts Virgin Mary holding a pregnancy test
Wed,14 Dec 2011 07:06 AM PST
The Sideshow - A controversial new billboard shows the Virgin Mary holding a pregnancy test with a "positive" reading. The billboard, called "Mary is in the pink," was purchased by the St. Matthews-in-the-City Church in Auckland, New Zealand. The church says the billboard featuring the revered religious figure aimed to "avoid the sentimental [and] trite" and "spark thought [...] Full Story | Top |
U.S. lowers flag, marking official end to Iraq war
Thu,15 Dec 2011 07:18 AM PST
The Envoy - The United States lowered its flag in Baghdad as the American military mission in Iraq was officially declared over Thursday. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the top U.S. military commander in Iraq Gen. Lloyd Austin (pictured above) presided over a low-key ceremony at Baghdad International airport Thursday, to mark the end of the almost nine [...] Full Story | Top |
Thousands of birds make crash landing in Utah
Wed,14 Dec 2011 01:16 PM PST
AP -  Thousands of migratory birds died on impact after apparently mistaking a Wal-Mart parking lot and other areas of southern Utah for bodies of water and plummeting to the ground in what one wildlife expert called the worst downing she's ever seen.
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Another company pulls advertising from TLC's 'All-American Muslim'
Wed,14 Dec 2011 10:19 AM PST
The Cutline - On the heels of a controversial decision by Lowe's Home Improvement to pull its advertising from TLC's "All-American Muslim" following protests from a conservative group, another company has decided to do the same--though it claims it was not because of the backlash. In a letter of apology to customers, an executive at Kayak.com, the online [...] Full Story | Top |
Unexplained shower of apples falls from sky over town
Thu,15 Dec 2011 02:19 PM PST
The Sideshow - More than 100 apples mysteriously rained down upon a small British town on Monday night. The still-unexplained apple shower left 20 yards of city streets and car windshields covered in the cascading fruit just after the daily rush hour. The news immediately brought up comparisons to biblical tales of raining frogs and whether such reported [...] Full Story | Top |
Armed gang steals millions from Dubai royal family
Wed,14 Dec 2011 06:33 AM PST
The Sideshow - Members of an armed gang are on trial after they've been charged with stealing millions from the Dubai royal family. The £2million heist ($3,099,000) was the royal family's "holiday spending money" set aside for its visit to London on June 24. Royal aide Abdullah Shakeri, who testified from behind a protective screen, said he thought [...] Full Story | Top |
The World's Fastest Camera
Thu,15 Dec 2011 07:30 AM PST
This Could Be Big - It's difficult to imagine how a camera could possibly capture a trillion frames per second. The idea that anything can happen a trillion times in the space of a second is difficult to rationalize, but at the MIT Media Lab they have built a camera that can, and in doing so have redefined slow motion [...] Full Story | Top |
A 'cheap hawk': What would Gingrich's foreign policy look like?
Thu,15 Dec 2011 03:28 PM PST
The Ticket - "I don't do foreign policy," Newt Gingrich, then the Speaker of the House, told the New York Times in 1995, adding that the proportion of time he spends thinking about domestic policy, compared with foreign affairs and defense, is "90/10." The line was meant as a light-footed dodge from the latest rhetorical bomb he had [...] Full Story | Top |
Bargainers reach deal to head off gov't shutdown
Thu,15 Dec 2011 07:55 PM PST
AP -  Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal shutdown. They also worked toward a deal renewing the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for another year but prepared a shorter version as a fallback.
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Bears' Hurd facing drug charges
Thu,15 Dec 2011 10:08 AM PST
AP - Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd was in federal custody Thursday after authorities accused him of trying to set up a drug distribution network in the Chicago area and arrested him after he allegedly agreed to buy a kilogram of cocaine from an undercover agent. Full Story | Top |
Great Gifts for Under $25
Wed,14 Dec 2011 10:35 AM PST
Upgrade Your Life - Tick Tock: The holiday countdown is in full swing. You have just a few days to come up with the perfect gift without breaking the bank. So here are my best bets for under $25. Touchscreen Gloves $19-22 Taking off your gloves to text or dial is a pain. So glove makers have figured out [...] Full Story | Top |
Bootleg liquor kills 143 people in eastern India
Thu,15 Dec 2011 09:40 AM PST
AP -  Bootleg liquor containing toxic methanol killed 143 people and sickened dozens more who drank the cheap, illicit brew bought at small shops in eastern India, officials said Thursday. Police arrested 10 suspected bootleggers.
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Intense daytime fireworks explode with brilliant color
Tue,13 Dec 2011 05:05 PM PST
Technology News Blog - Getting good photos or video of fireworks usually requires special techniques because motion blur and lighting conditions fight against camera sensors. So, why not circumvent that issue entirely by using some daytime fireworks? Admittedly, that's probably not what Chinese artist Cai … Continue reading → Full Story | Top |
Police arrest man accused of light saber assault at Toys R Us
Thu,15 Dec 2011 08:28 AM PST
The Sideshow - Police in Portland, Ore, were alerted to a disturbance in the Force Wednesday night after a man allegedly went on a rampage with a plastic light saber at a local Toys R Us store. After fielding a 9-1-1 call, police officers made their way to the scene, only to find that the attacker had left [...] Full Story | Top |
Alexander Graham Bell recordings played from 1880s
Wed,14 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST
AP -  Alexander Graham Bell foresaw many things, including that people could someday talk over a telephone. Yet the inventor certainly never could have anticipated that his audio-recording experiments in a Washington, D.C., lab could be recovered 130 years later and played for a gathering of scientists, curators and journalists.
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Saddam Hussein's Dinnerware Discovered at NYC Restaurant
Wed,14 Dec 2011 10:53 AM PST
ABC News - Officials in New York have returned to Iraqi diplomats dinnerware once belonging to Saddam Hussein and the family of King Faisal II that was looted, then illegally imported to the United States and sold on eBay. Nineteen dinner and salad plates, some which contained... Full Story | Top |
When Gingrich met Yasser Arafat
Wed,14 Dec 2011 07:09 AM PST
The Envoy - GOP presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich stirred up plenty of controversy last week when he called Palestinians an "invented people" in an interview from the campaign trail. "I think we have an invented Palestinian people who are in fact Arabs and historically part of the Arab community and they had the chance to go many places,' [...] Full Story | Top |
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