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Expert: U.S. Syria strike plans unlikely to work 27 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm
As it seems that U.S. military intervention is on the horizon, experts are reviewing the putative plans to fire cruise missiles at Syrian military installations (plans that were leaked to a number of ...
Robots will make us sexist 27 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm
As technologists frequently remind us, the singularity, a time when the realization of smarter-than-human computers irrevocably alters our future, is nearer every day. Futurists take this prospect ver...
Gabrielle Giffords hero faces anti-gay smear campaign in Arizona 27 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
Daniel Hernandez Jr., the former intern who provided lifesaving first aid to Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot in 2011, has become the target of an anti-gay smear campaign se...
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reportedly asked to return as Golden Globe hosts 27 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Deadline is reporting that Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, the two comedians who restored America's faith in celebrity-hosted awards shows, have been asked to host the Golden Globes for a second year. Befo...
People are starting to sue fracking companies for causing earthquakes 27 Aug 2013 | 06:59 pm
It's become something of a pattern: A quiet town with no history of fault line activity signs a contract with natural gas drillers. Suddenly, it's beset by minor earthquakes. In Youngstown, Ohio, a re...
Republicans would like to keep LGBT people and immigrants out of the civil rights movement 27 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
At Saturday's March on Washington, marking the 50th anniversary of the historic March for Jobs and Freedom, dozens of civil rights leaders called for the inclusion of LGBT and immigrant rights in the ...
UN warns against NSA spying on diplomats 27 Aug 2013 | 06:24 pm
Revelations about the NSA's surveillance programs have shown that, in abrogation Fourth Amendment protectians, U.S. citizens have been swept up and targeted in the government's vast dragnet. It was r...
Must-see morning clip: Ann Curry reports from Syrian refugee camp 27 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm
This morning, "Today's" Ann Curry reported from Syria, a day after Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Syria's use of chemical weapons on its own people was "undeniable." As the U.S. evaluate...
Watch: Flying low over the California Rim Fire 27 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
The California National Air Guard has five aircrafts equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) deployed throughout the Western U.S., aiding the ground crews attempting to contain the...
Syria regime vows to defend itself 27 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syria's foreign minister said Tuesday his country would defend itself using "all means available" in case of a U.S. strike, denying his government was behind an alleged chemica...
