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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 06:16 UTC

High-profile corruption cases fall apart in Mexico

In just one week, some of Mexico's most high-profile corruption cases have unraveled on thin or made-up evidence, reinforcing long-held notions that the Attorney General's Office is more focused on political vendettas or favors than justice.

USD  National Autonomous University of Mexico  Institutional Revolutionary Party  Attorney General's Office  Enrique Pena Nieto's government  Calderon administration  +24 more

CNN Top Stories, 24.04.13 00:23 UTC

We need to fund bombing prevention

Editor's note: Robert P. Liscouski is a director of Implant Sciences Corporation, which makes explosive trace detection equipment. He is former assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at ...

Department of Defense  office of Bombing Prevention  Robert P. Liscouski  Michael Barbero  Department of Homeland Security  U.S. House  +18 more

Reuters - Top News, 23.04.13 22:26 UTC

White House says open to legislation to halt FAA furloughs

WASHINGTON | Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:12pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it would be open to legislation to put air traffic controllers back to work full-time as key U.S. ...

Reuters  Administrator   head   chairman   USD  U.S. Senate Commerce Committee  +17 more

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 21:48 UTC

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,071

As of Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at least 2,071 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

U.S. military  Department of Defense  United States  Afghanistan  The Associated Press GmbH 

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 21:11 UTC

GOP report faults State Dept. on Libya security

An interim report by House Republicans faults the State Department and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for security deficiencies at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, prior to last September's deadly terrorist attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

U.S. intelligence  State Department  White House  Senate  Republican Party  Obama administration  +22 more

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 18:56 UTC

Army warns of steeper reductions in troop numbers

Senior Army officials warned Tuesday they may have to cut more than 100,000 additional soldiers over the next decade unless automatic spending reductions forcing the military services to slash their budgets are stopped.

John McHugh  North Korea  United States  South Korea  National Guard  Senate Armed Services Committee  +10 more

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 06:59 UTC

AP IMPACT: Congress slows military efforts to save

Parked around the airstrip at Lackland Air Force Base are more than a dozen massive C-5A Galaxy transport planes. There is no money to fly them, repair them or put pilots in the cockpits, but Congress rejected the Air Force's bid to retire them.

Martinsburg  Middle East  West Virginia  Florida  Virginia  Texas  +25 more

Wired, 22.04.13 22:18 UTC

This Is the Million-Dollar Design for Darpa's Crowdsourced Swimming Tank

A three-person design team just won $1 million for designing this drive train for the Pentagon’s mad scientists. Image: Darpa The Pentagon’s blue-sky researchers have awarded $1 million to a team ...

California  Texas  Ohio  Amphibious Combat Vehicle  \x9cTeam Ground Systems  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency  +5 more

Daily Mail, 20.04.13 23:24 UTC

How virtual reality bars and crack houses could help addicts learn how to stay free of drink or drugs

PUBLISHED: 19:36 GMT, 20 April 2013 | UPDATED: 19:47 GMT, 20 April 2013 A new collection of virtual reality worlds designed to recreate the environment of an addict could help people develop coping ...

Zach Rosenthal  North Carolina  assistant professor   Virtual reality  National Institute  National Institute on Drug Abuse  +2 more

Seattle Times, 19.04.13 17:09 UTC

US finalizing arms sales to Israel, Arab nations

The Defense Department is working out final details of $10 billion in sales of warplanes, transport aircraft and advanced missiles to Israel and two Arab nations amid concerns about the growing threat from Iran and its disputed nuclear weapons program, Pentagon and congressional officials said Friday.

USD  Israel's military  Pentagon  Department of Defense  Chuck Hagel  Middle East  +9 more
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