After bin Laden was killed, the military sent a message back to the White House: “Geronimo EKIA” — enemy killed in action. The top staffer for the Senate Indian Affairs Committee is objecting to the U.S. military’s use of the code name “Geronimo” for Osama bin Laden during the raid that killed the al-Qaida...
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The White House on Wednesday morning released the president’s long form birth certificate in an attempt to put “birther” questions to rest. “The President believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn’t good for the country. It may have been good politics and good T.V., but it was bad for the American people and...
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DC Comics has announced that award-winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire will provide artwork for Jonah Hex. The Sweet Tooth creator is to serve as illustrator on issue #69 of the supernatural Western. Jonah Hex #69 arrives in stores in July. A roster of high-profile artists, including Darwyn Cooke, J.H. Williams III, Eduardo Risso, Fiona Staples...
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Japan should not expect a repeat of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster after an explosion blew the roof off one of its nuclear power plants that had been shaken in a huge earthquake, experts said on Saturday. Japan’s Daiichi 1 reactor north of the capital Tokyo began leaking radiation after the 8.9-magnitude earthquake triggered a...
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A small earthquake hit Hawaii earlier today, According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake’s magnitude was 3.6 and it struck at 2:12pm on Thursday, February 24, 2011. The temblor was centered 22 miles east-southeast of Honolulu, 11.8 miles deep. Initial reports put the quake at a 3.3 magnitude about 80 miles southeast of...
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