Red Wings top Blackhawks 2-0, take 3-1 series lead
Red Wings top Blackhawks 2-0, take 3-1 series lead DETROIT (AP) — Jimmy Howard kept Jonathan Toews in his misery, making three saves against the struggling star to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on Thursday night in Game 4 of the second round series to put the NHL’s best team [...]
May 23, 2013
Commercial human ventures planned for the moon: NASA study
Commercial human ventures planned for the moon: NASA study By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Corporate researchers may be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s, a study of future human missions unveiled on Thursday shows. The study by Bigelow Aerospace, commissioned [...]
May 23, 2013
Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral
Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) — Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria’s corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country’s elite came to praise him. Hundreds attended Achebe’s funeral among the rolling hills [...]
May 23, 2013
Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source
Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source For two days John McCain and Ted Cruz have been fighting on the Senate floor over the rules for negotiating a budget, but, like so many fights, it’s also about so much more. Cruz is being annoying about the budget, but worse, he just doesn’t get the Senate.
May 23, 2013
NASA puts shuttle launch pad in Florida up for lease
NASA puts shuttle launch pad in Florida up for lease The whole world witnessed the aftermath of the suspected May 22 terror attack in London. Bystanders filmed and photographed the body of a man, lying in a suburban street, as his apparent killers, not fleeing but seeming to flaunt their work, remained at the scene. [...]
May 23, 2013
Obama, all but declaring V-T (Victory Over Terror) Day, hits reset button on national security with drone and Guantanamo speech
Obama, all but declaring V-T (Victory Over Terror) Day, hits reset button on national security with drone and Guantanamo speech By Walter Shapiro In foreign affairs—unlike domestic policy—a president can reinvent himself in the middle of his time in office without worrying about congressional majorities. Mistaken paths can be abandoned and new approaches tried, often [...]
May 23, 2013