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CARLSBAD >> A change in the type of "kitty litter" that's mixed with transuranic waste may be to blame for February's radiation leak at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. A scientist who worked at WIPP until 2010 says he believes a change from non-organic kitty litter to organic litter caused a chemical reaction insi...
America Radioactive Leak At U.S. Waste Dump Was Preventable, Report Says i itoggle caption Anonymous/AP Anonymous/AP A February accident at a nuclear waste dump that resulted in the contamination of 21 workers resulted in part from "poor management, ineffective maintenance and a lack of proper training and ...
Chelsea Clinton is leaving NBC after three years as a special correspondent for the network, citing her desire to focus on the Clinton Foundation and her pregnancy, she told People magazine on Friday. In a statement, the former first daughter said she was leaving the network "to continue focusing on my work at the ...
Chelsea Clinton is saying goodbye to her NBC News gig — and eye-popping $600,000 paycheck. The 34-year-old mom-to-be revealed Friday she’s giving up her cushy special correspondent gig “to continue focusing on my work at the Clinton Foundation and as (my husband) Marc and I look forward to welcoming our first child...
Chelsea Clinton made her journalism debut on NBC's "Making A Difference" series Monday night by telling the story of poverty, hardship and hope in her home state of Arkansas. Annette Dove, who runs Targeting Our People’s Priorities With Service (TOPPS) in Pine Bluff, Ark., provides tutoring, mentoring, meals and mo...
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In business, perception is everything: A single bad experience can burn a brand name and ruin a company's reputation. So it's no surprise that well-known tech companies including Comcast, Facebook, Dish, Sprint, and Charter Communications landed on a list of America's most hated businesses. Financial news site ...
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When the first new hundred-dollar bills are issued to the public on Oct. 8, the new “100” in the lower right-hand corners will shine in iridescent gold—a flashy touch to foil counterfeiters and lend the new notes some style. But for a handful of those bills, the real value will be determined by another number: the ...
Yahoo admitted to the world—on a news day dominated by a guy called Trump—that some of its employees were aware that it had suffered a breach shortly after a "state-sponsored actor" hacked into the ailing Web firm's systems in 2014. In a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, Yahoo said t...
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Story highlights The bill limits the authorization to 60 days, with an option for an additional 30 days It makes clear there would be no U.S. armed forces on the ground Kerry says Syria intelligence has been "scrubbed and re-scrubbed" U.N. chief urges countries to "avoid further militarization of the confli...
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor today released the following statement on Syria and the regional conflict following his meeting with President Obama at the White House: "I intend to vote to provide the President of the United States the option to use military force in Syria. While the authorizing language will li...
CLOSE President Obama says he is confident he'll be able to work with Congress to pass a resolution authorizing military intervention in Syria.(Sept. 3) AP U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-OH, looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama meets with members of Congress in the cabinet room of the White House. (Photo: De...
During a hearing on a possible military strike in Syria, John Kerry said it was important to consider different points of view.e the Senate (The Washington Post) During a hearing on a possible military strike in Syria, John Kerry said it was important to consider different points of view.e the Senate (The Washingto...
Cities can be dense without being overpopulated. But in the world’s most crowded city, the drains can’t cope – creating a grim new job After decades cleaning the sewers of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s crowded capital, Sujon Lal Routh has seen plenty of misery. But the tragedy of 2008 was the worst. After a day of heavy rain...
Lady Gaga has revealed details of her marijuana addiction, explaining that at one point, she was smoking 15 to 20 marijuana cigarettes a day, according to news reports. "I have been addicted to it and it's ultimately related to anxiety coping and it's a form of self-medication," Gaga said on the Z100 Morning Show, ...
Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic Look at Me! Lady Gaga attends artRave: Lady Gaga's 'Artpop' official album release party in New York City on Sunday. Believe it or not, Lady Gaga has some problems with fame — and she's seeing a shrink to deal with them. The "Applause" singer, who doesn't shy away from the spotlight, s...
NEW YORK — Wall Street has one simple task as Facebook Inc. shares begin trading: Don't mess it up.Major stock exchanges, brokerage firms and mutual fund companies have been gearing up for one of the biggest initial public offerings on record. And, with all the hype surrounding the social-media giant, any snafus would ...
On the eve of the largest technology IPO in American history, the company at the center of all the hoopla is celebrating in a geeky-chic style emblematic of its eight-year history. Friday morning at 6:30 a.m. Pacific, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will ring the opening bell in a remote ceremony held at the social ne...
Four people, all international students at North Seattle College, died and 12 were seriously injured in a collision between a Ride the Ducks tour vehicle and a charter bus on the Aurora Bridge. Update at 3:40 p.m.: The youngest victim of the crash has been identified by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office as ...
Questions eclipse shock after fatal bridge crash 1 still in critical condition Saturday as others upgraded Seattle Police officers look under a "Ride the Ducks" tourist vehicle as a tire and wheel from the bus sits nearby before the bus is loaded onto a flatbed tow truck Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, after it was invol...
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TSA baggage screeners: not all bad! Sure, it was really creepy when one found Jill Filiopvic's vibrator and left a note saying "get your freak on girl." But wasn't he (or she) just encouraging Filipovic to take care of herself? And listen to this testimonial from rapper Freddie Gibbs, who was cautioned against overindu...
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin speak at the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) (Associated Press) Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and Russia's President Vladimir ...
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ESPN's Take Gerhart's consistency a cut above the rest By Ivan Maisel ESPN.com Editor's note: Each week this season, ESPN.com will ask one of its Heisman Watch voters to explain his or her picks. 1. Toby Gerhart, Stanford: The senior is second in the nation in rushing (1,736 yards) and first in scor...
Over the last 12 years, I've correctly projected the winner of the Heisman Trophy here at Stiff Arm Trophy every single time. Through the landslides and the close calls, with the help of thousands of fans and several hundred brave Heisman voters, we got it right again and again. But after a dozen years, it's time t...
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2009 Heisman Finalists Breakdown | More The five finalists for the 2009 Heisman Trophy have been announced, and while a few deserving names were left out, there's big-time star power, two great running backs, and a pure defensive player with a real, live shot at pulling out the win. Pete Fiutak breaks down ...
Military officials applaud together with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, during the Unhasu concert in Pyongyang, in this picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency April 16, 2013. SEOUL | SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has moved two short-range missile launchers to its east coast, apparently indicating ...
Military officials applaud together with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, during the Unhasu concert in Pyongyang, in this picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency April 16, 2013. SEOUL | SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea reiterated on Saturday that it would not give up its nuclear weapons, rejecting a U.S...
On Thursday, Chief of National Security Kim Jang-soo told lawmakers that North Korea has shown no signs of preparing or is not even capable of conducting a full-scale war on the Korean Peninsula. But he said the communist nation can still carry out localized provocations at any time, including launches of shorter-range...
Things got downright personal at the Feb. 25 GOP debate. Here are a few of the most stinging barbs thrown by Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post) Things got downright personal at the Feb. 25 GOP debate. Here are a few of the most stinging barbs thrown by Donald Trump, Ted Cr...
Donald Trump has gotten very used to winning recently, after racking up three straight primary and caucus wins. He’s even promised to win so much that Americans will get sick of winning. But he didn’t get a victory in Houston on Thursday. It was Trump’s worst debate of the campaign, and the defeat came largely ...
Republican presidential candidates fought over immigration reform, health care and peace in the Middle East during the CNN/Telemundo debate in Houston on Feb. 25. (Sarah Parnass/The Washington Post) The 10th Republican presidential debate is in the books. I watched, tweeted and took some notes. My best and worst fr...
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Todd Graham is director of debate at Southern Illinois University. His teams have won national championships for three years, and he's been recognized twice as the national debate coach of the year. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. (CNN) Debaters should adapt to the latest circumstances, and those...
Senator Marco Rubio, alarmed by Donald J. Trump’s ascendancy and worried that his presidential chances were slipping away, unleashed a barrage of attacks on the real estate mogul’s business ethics, hiring practices and financial achievements in Thursday’s debate, forcefully delivering the onslaught that Republican lead...
(CNN) -- A representative for Natalee Holloway's mother who paid $25,000 for information on the whereabouts of her remains last month was an undercover FBI agent, a federal law enforcement official told CNN. However, the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office in Birmingham, Alabama, said Wednesday that the FBI did not ...
The FBI denied today suggestions that it moved too slowly after monitoring alleged extortion payments to murder suspect Joran van der Sloot, allowing him to travel to Peru where he admits he killed a woman he met in a casino. The Dutch playboy has confessed to the May 30 murder of Stephany Flores Ramirez. The a...
Harvard's most famous dropout (okay, maybe second) is going to be giving the commencement speech at the prestigious college's upcoming graduation. Harvard University announced on Tuesday that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be the featured speaker at the institution's 366th commencement on May 25, 2017. He wo...
General Lori Robinson, Pacific Air Forces commander, addresses U.S. and Singapore Airmen in front of an F-22A Raptor during the Singapore International Airshow, at Changi International Airport, Singapore, in this file photo taken February 17, 2016. Robinson has been selected as the next head of the U.S. military's Nort...
PLAYBOOK LIVE Obama to pick first female four-star commander President Barack Obama plans to nominate Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson to be the head of U.S. Northern Command — which would make her the first woman to be named combatant commander, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Friday. Robinson is now the he...
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Gen. Lori J. Robinson, Commander, currently the head of the Pacific Air Force. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says President Barack Obama will nominate the first woman to head a major U.S. military combatant command. If confirmed by the Senate,... (Associated Press)...
Former US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has died at the age of 82, his family said Saturday. Armstrong underwent a heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his birthday on August 5, to relieve blocked coronary arteries. As commander of the Apollo 11 mission...
Neil Armstrong was a NASA astronaut most famous for being the first person to walk on the moon, on July 20, 1969. An accomplished test pilot, Armstrong also flew on the Gemini 8 mission in 1966. He retired from NASA in 1971 and remained active in the aerospace community, although he chose to keep mostly out of the publ...
Neil Armstrong was a quiet, self-described "nerdy" engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved U.S. pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with the first step on the moon. The modest man who entranced and awed people on Earth has died. He was 82. FILE - In this May 12 ,2012 file photo, former astr...
Neil Armstrong, the astronaut who marked an epochal achievement in exploration with “one small step” from the Apollo 11 lunar module on July 20, 1969, becoming the first person to walk on the moon, died Aug. 25 in the Cincinnati area. He was 82. His family announced the death in a statement and attributed it to “co...
Neil Armstrong, 1st man on the moon, dies Photo: Cliff Owen, Associated Press Image 1 of / 19 Caption Close Image 1 of 19 | American Hero Dies In this May 12 ,2012 file photo, ...
From the White House: "Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Neil Armstrong. "Neil was among the greatest of American heroes - not just of his time, but of all time. When he and his fellow crew members lifted off aboard Apollo 11 in 1969, they carried with them the aspirations of an entir...
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Comprehensive study finds 238 genes that affect aging in yeast cells. October 5, 2015/Novato, California Following an exhaustive, ten-year effort, scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and the University of Washington have identified 238 genes that, when removed, increase the replicative lifespan o...
As my colleagues Kareem Fahim and Mayy El Sheikh reported, the Egyptian military made the unlikely announcement last week that after 22 years of secret research it had found a cure to not just one global public health scourge, but two: hepatitis C and H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. The claim was made by an arm...
Story highlights Army official says the device cures the ailments in as little as 16 hours Scathing criticism erupts shortly after the declaration Scientists say the announcement will further damage the nation's image Egypt's army claims it has invented a cure for AIDS and hepatitis C, prompting an outcry f...
In an unexpected development, Presidential Adviser for Scientific Affairs Dr. Essam Heggy called the military’s claims to have found a cure for HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C “unrealistic” and “lacking clear scientific basis,” privately owned newspaper Al-Watan reported. In an official press conference on February 23, an...
During a press conference held Sunday noon at the Defence Ministry’s engineering department, Egypt’s Armed Forces revealed details of its recently developed device that its inventors say can diagnose both the HIV and Hepatitis C viruses and provide a cure for them within 20 hours. The detection can be done ...
Independent experts were skeptical about the inventions and treatments. In recent days, as news of the discovery spread, it seemed easy to dismiss as the latest embarrassment imposed on Egyptians by their leadership, like the episode a few months ago, when the authorities opened an investigation into a puppet accused o...
Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email A hero pilot and former lover of Britney Spears , who helped her quit booze, has been killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. John Sundahl, 44, was shot down flying a helicopter from ...
The destructive earthquake in Nepal affected Sophia Bush personally when it was learned that her former boyfriend, 33-year-old Google executive Dan Fredinburg, was killed on Mt. Everest in an avalanche. Upon hearing the devastating news, the 32-year-old actress shared her heartbreak with her 1.5 million Instagram f...
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An aspiring model who died at the home of former Anheuser-Busch chief executive August Busch IV had a rare heart condition, according to her ex-husband. FILE - August A. Busch IV, then president of Anheuser-Busch Inc. St. Louis responds to questions during a news conference in this Feb. 2006 file photo. Authorities...
Kansas GovernotJeff Colyer advance votes on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. at Hilltop Learning Center in Overland Park, Kansas. (John Sleezer/The Kansas City Star via AP) (Associated Press) Kansas GovernotJeff Colyer advance votes on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. at Hilltop Learning Center in Overland Park, Kansas. (John Sleeze...
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have campaigned there in an effort to get Republicans to vote for Balderson and tamp down Democrat Danny O'Connor's momentum. The candidates will square off again in the fall, but a loss for Republicans will serve as a major psychological blow ahead of the critical m...
Story highlights Paul Ryan needs 218 votes Tuesday to remain House speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to be re-elected House minority leader Washington (CNN) Paul Ryan was easily re-elected Speaker of the House of the 115th Congress, following a vote in the chamber Tuesday. Only one Republican member defected...
Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) won re-election as House speaker Tuesday in a 239-189 vote that showed House Republicans to be unified as their party takes the reins of power in Washington. Photo: AP WASHINGTON—Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) won re-election as House speaker Tuesday in a 239-189 vote that showed House Republic...
DENVER (CBS4) – A cellphone may have played a role in a deadly plane crash in Adams County. The National Transportation Safety Board released its report on the May 2014 crash in which two people were killed when the plane went down near the Front Range Airport in Watkins. The NTSB says the plane’s occupants wer...
Mr Jeffrey Charles Price Aerospace Science pricej@msudenver.edu CAMPUS BOX 030 303-556-2982 Personal Biography Statement Professor Jeffrey C. Price is a graduate of the Metropolitan State University of Denver and the lead author of Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threat...
The plane that crashed, killing two people, on Saturday, May 31, 2014. (Photo provided by the Adams County Sheriff's Office via Twitter) "Selfies" likely contributed to a single-engine plane crash east of Denver last May that killed two people, federal investigators said in a report released last week. The Nati...
One of the oldest and most well-known online companies, Yahoo, may be putting its core business up for sale. The WSJ's Rick Carew explains why. Yahoo Inc.’s board is planning a series of meetings this week to consider selling off the company’s flagging Internet businesses and how to make the most of its valuable st...
Yahoo's board is debating selling some of its core assets, CNBC learned Wednesday from sources close to the matter. Shares of Yahoo were up more than 6 percent midmorning Wednesday. The Wall Street Journal originally reported the news on Tuesday regarding the tech company. The board will meet Wednesday to revie...
Washington (CNN) Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens suggested Thursday he believes Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should not sit on the nation's highest court. Stevens said during an event in front of a small crowd that Kavanaugh's performance last week during his testimony in front of the Senat...
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., with actress and comedian Amy Schumer, right, and actress model Emily Ratajkowski, center, speaks at a rally against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at the Supreme... (Associated Press) Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., with actress and comedian Amy Schumer, right, and actress ...
WASHINGTON – More than 24 million voter-registration records in the United States— about one in eight — are inaccurate, out-of-date or duplicates. Nearly 2.8 million people are registered in two or more states, and perhaps 1.8 million registered voters are dead. Those estimates, from a report published today by the...
How can states use data to make government work better? Known as a national leader for his efforts to make state government more efficient, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam shares what he’s learned over two terms about tripling the state’s rainy day fund, creating jobs, reforming the state’s juvenile justice system, and ...
You must enter the characters with black color that stand out from the other characters Message: * A friend wanted you to see this item from WRAL.com: http://wr.al/zSe7 — A Wendell school teacher and her husband were arrested early Friday after authorities said they found a methamphetamine lab in their Johnston...
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Ever been at a party where you recognize everyone’s faces but can’t think of their names? That wouldn’t happen if you were a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). The marine mammals can remember each other’s signature contact whistles—calls that function as names—for more than 20 years, the longest social memory eve...
Image caption Kai was one of the dolphins in the study, he was 16 years old when this picture was taken Forget about elephants - scientists say that dolphins have the longest memories yet found in a non-human species. Researchers in the US say that even after 20 years of separation, dolphins could recall the wh...
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The pilots of the Southwest Airlines jet that suffered a midair engine explosion had to use hand signals to communicate because of the deafening roar, they said in a new interview. The explosion, which happened near Philadelphia on a Dallas-bound flight from LaGuardia Airport, led to part of the engine shattering a...
The pilots behind the controls of a Southwest flight that turned deadly in April when an engine failed midair, talked to ABC News recently about the moment they knew there was a problem aboard the plane. Interested in Airlines? Add Airlines as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Airlines news, video, and a...
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News > Save E-mail Print Most Popular RSS Reprints Lane Bryant Says Fox, ABC Censored Spot - Steve McClellan Lane Bryant is up in arms that two networks -- Fox and ABC -- have resisted airing a sexy lingerie ad from the company in time periods where the networks have broadcast other racy fare. In a post...
Buying an Apple charger on Amazon? Watch out. Up to 90 percent of "genuine" Apple chargers sold on Amazon could be counterfeit, Apple has alleged in a new lawsuit against a manufacturer of the products. Apple filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Mobile Star LLC on Monday. The company makes Apple charg...
FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2016, file photo, Lisa Gao, from Chicago, compares a new jet black iPhone 7, right, with her iPhone 6 at an Apple Store in Chicago. Apple said in a lawsuit filed Monday, Oct.... (Associated Press) FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2016, file photo, Lisa Gao, from Chicago, compares a new jet black iP...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese educational services provider RYB Education Inc said it had removed the head of one of its kindergarten, as allegations of child abuse at the Beijing nursery rocked the country’s booming childcare industry. A security camera is pictured at the kindergarten run by pre-school operator RYB ...
Beijing (CNN) Police in Beijing have detained a teacher as they investigate allegations that children were drugged and molested at a kindergarten. A 22-year-old female teacher surnamed Liu at RYB Xintiandi, a private kindergarten in Beijing, was taken into custody Saturday for allegedly abusing students, Beijing po...
North Korea on Friday announced the execution of Kim Jong Un's uncle, calling the leader's former mentor a traitor and "worse than a dog." The announcement came only days after Pyongyang announced through state media that Jang Song Thaek _ long considered the country's No. 2 power _ had been removed from all his po...
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption State media announced the execution of Chang Song-thaek The once-powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been executed after being purged for "acts of treachery", state media say. Chang Song-thaek was dramatically removed from a special pa...
In his memoir 'A Journey' Mr Blair describes being at a friend's house where the two had met to discuss who would take over as Labour leader following the sudden death of John Smith in 1994. The old house was being renovated, Mr Blair explains. During the meeting Nick Ryden, the owner of the house, left the leaders...
Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP Copies of A Journey, the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, are on display at a bookstore in London on Sept. 1, 2010 History, it seems, is no longer written by the victors but by those who get their memoirs onto the bookshelves first. And Britain's most electorally success...
Mr Blair insisted that he was not an ''excessively excessive'' drinker and always believed he was ''in control'' of his alcohol intake. But in his memoir, A Journey, he confessed that he was never sure whether his drinking was good or bad for him, adding: ''You have to be honest: it's a drug, there's no getting awa...
In one of the most intriguing parts of his memoir, he discusses the impulses that might prompt politicians to cheat on their wives, as he describes the way in which his leadership was shaken by his colleagues having affairs, including John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, and Robin Cook, the Foreign Secretary. ...
Diana, Princess of Wales was down to earth, charming and intelligent, but also stubborn and prone to be over-emotional, says Mr Blair. He recalls meeting the Princess at Chequers in July 1997, the month before she died, saying he felt an uneasiness about her relationship with Dodi Fayed but could not put his finger...
The latest views of the dwarf planet Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveal hints of craters — and a relatively bright spot that's been a mystery for more than a decade. The black-and-white snapshots were taken on Jan. 13 from a distance of 238,000 miles (383,000 kilometers) and released on Monday. It's still a fuzzy...
It is small. It is round. It was once a planet, but is now cast off as too diminutive. In March, a NASA spacecraft will arrive there to begin the first close-up examination of a dwarf planet. It is not Pluto. It is instead Ceres, 600 miles wide, the largest of the asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. “We...