Hotshot sniper in one-and-a-half mile double kill
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7113916.ece
A BRITISH Army sniper has set a new sharpshooting distance record by killing two Taliban machinegunners in Afghanistan from more than a mile away.
Craig Harrison, a...
On this day in 1886, workers were killed by police in Chicago for striking to get an 8 hour day. International Workers' Day is a holiday to commemorate this occasion..a holiday celebrated worldwide...EXCEPT in the United States
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/04/cuban-health-lessons/
What Cuba Can Teach Us About Health Care
Just a morning’s boat ride from the tip of Florida is a place where medical costs are low and doctors plentiful. It’s Cuba, and Stanford University physician Paul Drain says it’s time for...
So long, nerds! Syfy doesn’t need you
Network’s programming shakeups deliver the ‘SmackDown’ to sci-fi fans
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36698985/ns/today-entertainment/
By Ree Hines
TODAYshow.com contributor
updated 6:26 p.m. CT, Tues., April 27, 2010
Presumably fulfilling its...
These are a few pictures from my trip to Thailand, not the best or the worst, just a random sample. Obviously I've already taken the pictures so there isn't anything I can do about the subject or composition, but I was wondering if there was anything I could do now that they've been taken to...
We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html
A PowerPoint diagram meant to portray the complexity of American strategy in Afghanistan certainly succeeded in that aim.
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
Published: April 26, 2010
WASHINGTON — Gen...
Full Text of Human Rights Record of the United States in 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-03/12/c_13208219.htm
Below is a summary of the report:
From: Chinese report documents human rights disaster in the United States
19 March 2010 by Patrick Martin...
How Do Movie Theaters Decide Which Trailers To Show?
By stereotyping their audiences.
By Hillary BusisUpdated Thursday, April 15, 2010, at 10:14 AM ET
Before seeing Clash of the Titans in 3-D, filmgoers at AMC theaters must sit through previews for the Nightmare on Elm Street remake, Salt...
US warms to strike on Iran
By Victor Kotsev
"With sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could probably develop and test an intercontinental ballistic missile [ICBM] capable of reaching the United States by 2015," claimed a Pentagon report that was declassified on Monday. The almost simultaneous...
Listed by picture quality, this is a good reference for those who are looking to show off their HD setup.
Movies are rated by how incredible they look, not by how good the actual movie is. That being said, apply your normal scrutiny when selecting which Blu-Ray to pick.
Here is the audio...
Philippine reds export armed struggle
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/LD22Ae01.html
By Al Labita
MANILA - The communist-led New People's Army (NPA) in the Philippines, considered a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union, is not only active at home but...
Why More U.S. Expatriates Are Turning in Their Passports
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1983238,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
Chicago native Ben loves his country and is proud to be an American. Yet, the longtime resident of Melbourne, Australia, has just relinquished his U.S...