News from category: U.S.

Mitt Romney to address GOP state party chairs at RNC meeting

U.S. | atlantis-tour | 17.04.2012 , 11:30:15

Stepping closer to becoming the Republican Party’s standard bearer, Mitt Romney will address GOP state party chairmen Friday at a meeting of the Republican National Committee in Arizona. Romney, now t

Physicist Hunts Lost da Vinci Mural

U.S. | stoil | 15.04.2012 , 16:00:43

Argonne National Laboratory Senior Physicist Robert Smither has irons in many different fires."I get into astrophysics, I get into biology, I’ve actually worked with America’s Cup tea

Report: NASA’s Viking robots may have found life on Mars in 1976

U.S. | zlatina | 14.04.2012 , 13:30:50

EDITORS’ NOTE: An earlier version of this report made inappropriate, extensive use of an original report by Discovery News and also failed to credit that news organization as the primary source for t

On TV, legions of ‘strategists.’ A few probably really are.

U.S. | malenkia | 14.04.2012 , 08:30:15

On TV, just about everyone with a political opinion seems to be a “strategist.” Even when they’re not. The label is bipartisan and multi-network. CNN fills its air with people identified on-screen as

GSA scandals shows watchdogs needed

U.S. | kyshta-za-pochivka-v-elenskiq-balkan | 14.04.2012 , 02:30:24

The recent GSA scandals over clowns and such at a Las Vegas conference reminds us, among other things, of the importance of having an in place in all federal agencies. But the noted this week that, wi

Thomas Jefferson's Role as Slave Owner Explored

U.S. | grija-za-jivot-licenzirani-bolnogledachi- | 13.04.2012 , 20:00:31

Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, is one of the most revered figures in U.S. history.  As the principal author of the Declaration of Independence - which annou

Voting body is leaderless

U.S. | nada | 13.04.2012 , 07:00:21

Wait, isn’t this an election year? The kind that will see voters stepping into booths and casting ballots, pulling levers and punching buttons? Bad timing then for the , created in the wake of the 200

Shell deploys vessel to investigate oil sheen in Gulf of Mexico

U.S. | venyma | 12.04.2012 , 23:30:16

A one-by-10-mile oil sheen has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico, and Shell Oil, one of several companies operating in the area, said it has “activated” a vessel with skimming and boom capabilities. Shel

Gawker’s Fox News mole is outed and ousted

U.S. | diddoo_-abv-bg | 12.04.2012 , 21:01:03

America knows Fox News as the country’s highest-rated cable news network. It regularly trounces not-really-rivals CNN and MSNBC in the ratings. But Fox News employees know Fox News as a clampdown oper

Mitt Romney stumbles over ‘war on women’

U.S. | kiu-ei-si-ood | 12.04.2012 , 07:00:21

“I don’t attack people on their weaknesses. That usually doesn’t get the job done,” Karl Rove once . “Voters already perceive weaknesses. You’ve got to go after the other guy’s strengths.” That’s what

New York Battles Against Illegal Guns

U.S. | s-line-hai-tek-studio-za-krasota | 12.04.2012 , 02:30:28

Most of the guns used to commit crime in New York City are illegal weapons, brought in from other states. In recent months, such weapons have been used to shoot eight local police off

Narzia Ahmad: 'This should not have taken eight years of incarceration without charge'

U.S. | marinkovi | 11.04.2012 , 07:30:19

Narzia Ahmad, 27, younger sister of Babar Ahmad, was 18 when her brother was taken away to prison. He has been there ever since. Now, having just turned 27, she is still yet to see him charged with an

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