The same weather system that left a few inches of snow on parts of the eastern U.S. earlier this week is now over the North Atlantic, and Jason Samenow of The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang says he’s not sure he’s ever “seen a storm this big before.”
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Is It Real? With New Technology Has Activision Crossed The ‘Uncanny Valley?’
You tell us. Is this man real or animated?
U.S. Trumpets Stealth Bomber Training Run Over Korean Peninsula
The U.S. military is making no secret about a training flight by a pair of nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers from a base in the American Midwest to the Korean Peninsula — what’s being described as an “extended deterrence mission.”
‘Arsenal’ Found At Newtown Shooter’s Home; Read The Police Reports
Police found hundreds of rounds of ammunition, guns, three photos of “what appears to be a deceased human covered with plastic” and other evidence when they searched the Newtown, Conn., home of killer Adam Lanza, according to records released Thursday.
In Chicago, Dozens Arrested As They Protest School Closures
Hundreds of demonstrators demanded that City Hall walk back its plan to close 53 elementary schools and one high school in response to a $1 billion budget deficit.
Residents Wait To Return Home After Landslide On Puget Sound Island
Residents evacuated from their homes on Puget Sound’s scenic Whidbey Island are waiting for a green light from geologists and engineers after a large landslide knocked a house off its foundation and threatened to damage several others.
Mosh Pit Math: Physicists Analyze Rowdy Crowd
Grad students/metal heads find science in the mosh pit
A Hot Topic: Climate Change Coming To Classrooms
By the time today’s K-12 students grow up, the challenges posed by climate change are expected to be severe and sweeping. Now, for the first time, new federal science standards due out this month will recommend that U.S. public school students learn about this climatic shift taking place.
DOMA Challenge Tests Federal Definition Of Marriage
After weeks and months of public debate and speculation about the legal fate of same-sex marriage, the second round of arguments takes place at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday.
North Korea Cuts Hotline, Warns Of ‘Simmering Nuclear War’
North Korea on Wednesday cut a hotline with the South and told the United Nations that conditions were ripe for a “simmering nuclear war” on the peninsula.