Several prominent New Jersey Republicans are organizing a June fundraiser to support the expected 2016 presidential candidacy of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, another hint that Garden State Gov. Chris Christie has been effectively cut out of the race.Republican source Christie has…
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Dawn spacecraft heading toward the dwarf planet Ceres
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft entered into its first science orbit on Thursday, April 23, as scheduled. Following a delay in communicating a command sequence, the spacecraft briefly entered into safe mode and awaited further instructions, which were sent by mission controllers.…
Celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope
In its quarter-century in orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope has transformed the way we understand the Universe, helped us find our place among the stars, and paved the way to incredible advancements in science and technology. The Hubble story…
Telecom monopoly crashed on federal consumer protection rules
by Leticia Miranda | ProPublica Today, Bloomberg reported that Comcast is likely to walk away from its proposed $45.2 billion merger with Time Warner Cable. Yesterday, Comcast met with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission. The…
The forgotten hero who prevented a nuclear war
Few remember the name Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky, but while April 23 is the day he was born, most of us would not be alive had this brave soul refrained from sharing his knowledge with his country’s avowed enemies at precisely the right…
WikiLeaks publishes Sony documents
WikiLeaks published 30,287 documents from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and 173,132 emails, to and from more than 2,200 SPE email addresses, along with an analysis and search system for the archived files. SPE is a US subsidiary of the Japanese multinational…
NASA’s New Horizons Nears Historic Encounter with Pluto
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is three months from returning to humanity the first-ever close up images and scientific observations of distant Pluto and its system of large and small moons. “Scientific literature is filled with papers on the characteristics of…
Private Emails Reveal Ex-Clinton Aide’s Secret Spy Network
by Jeff Gerth, ProPublica, and Sam Biddle, Gawker This story was co-published with Gawker. Starting weeks before Islamic militants attacked the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, longtime Clinton family confidante Sidney Blumenthal supplied intelligence to then Secretary of State…
Islamic State published kill list identifying 100 US military
WASHINGTON – A group calling itself the Islamic State Hacking Division published what it said were the names and addresses of 100 US military staff and urged IS supporters to kill them, a monitoring group said Sunday. The information about…
Conservatives in Canada hope to copy America’s mistakes
Conservatives in Canada want to approve a so-called anti-terrorism law that would deprive Canadians of liberties without increasing their safety. The Canadian Bar Association has joined a growing chorus of voices raising objections to the overly broad legislation that would…
