Unmanned Air Force space plane to return to Earth
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. An unmanned Air Force space plane that spent seven months in orbit is set to return to Earth. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is scheduled to land at Vandenberg Air...
View ArticleAt California School, Parents Force an Overhaul
By Marlene Romeros count, her son has had just one effective teacher in his five years at McKinley Elementary School here. Most of the time, she said, he has merely shuffled through classrooms,...
View ArticleCan Congress Make You Buy Broccoli? (So much for the 1970s mantra of "My...
Is it constitutional for Congress make you buy broccoli for your own good, ask three professors of health law at Boston University in the New England Journal of Medicine for December 22nd. The ringing...
View ArticleEgypt's Military Uses Force
After joyously toppling a dictator, protesters trusted the army to hold power until electionsbut a vicious show of force this week has soured their faith. Ursula Lindsey reports from Cairo. The warm...
View ArticleDeadly force bill gaining traction in Minnesota Legislature
The top prosecutor in Dakota County doesn't like it. Neither do St. Paul police or Minnesota police organizations. Not to mention gun-control groups. But Republicans, backed by gun-rights groups,...
View ArticleAnother Demolition: This Time Ga'on Yarden
Israeli Border Police and Civil Administration authorities Thursday demolished the nascent Ga'on Yarden settlement in the Binyamin region of Samaria, saying several of the buildings were built without...
View ArticleExperiments Show Gravity Is Not an Emergent Phenomenon
The way gravity effects quantum particles proves that it cannot be an emergent phenomenon, says physicist. One of the most exciting ideas in modern physics is that gravity is not a traditional force,...
View ArticleOrange County DA Announces Charges (Brutal beating death of man by Fullerton...
Fullerton police officers charged in death of Kelly Thomas have made their first court appearance. Cpl. Jay Cicinelli pleaded not guilty today to charges of involuntary manslaughter and use of...
View ArticleObamacare Fees Force Company to Cut 5% of Workforce
Stryker, the Kalamazoo-based maker of artificial hips and knees, will cut 5% of its global workforce by the end of next year to reduce costs in the face of new fees on device makers required by the...
View ArticleROTC cadet driven to become military pilot despite loss of leg
Matt Pirrello wasnt about to let a simple drill get the better of him. So what if he had lost a leg?He had been doing about-faces pivoting clockwise 180 degrees while standing at attention since...
View ArticleAir Force Will Lose Hundreds of Planes in New Pentagon Plan
The Air Force is preparing to trim hundreds of aircraft from its aging fleet in order to meet an Obama administration austerity order. The move will strike many Air Force supporters as ironic. Because...
View ArticlePentagon announces Europe force cuts, relocations
WASHINGTON A senior defense official announced a planned series of changes to U.S. force posture in Europe on Thursday that would reduce the number of U.S. troops on the continent by more than 11,000...
View ArticleDemocrats Vote to ‘Force’ Unionization of Daycare Providers in CT
Under the guise of granting higher wages and healthcare benefits to daycare providers and personal care attendants, Connecticuts Democratic-led state House has passed a bill that will force these...
View ArticleWhy the Job Numbers Are So Bad(Recovery Unemployment: 4/5 is a Drop in Labor...
The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent because another 522,000 adults quit looking for work and are no longer counted. In the weakest recovery since the Great Depression more than four-fifths of the...
View ArticleDelta Force: Army’s ‘quiet professionals’- Operate in shadows...
As Navy SEALs bask in the limelight for daring missions, some in the Army are wondering whether the other half of the nations counter-terrorism covert warriors - Delta Force - is being upstaged and...
View ArticleBon Jovi hitches Air Force One ride to NYC fundraiser with Obama
Rocker Jon Bon Jovi hitched a ride aboard Air Force One on Monday, zipping up to New York City to perform at a gala fundraiser for President Barack Obama one of three campaign events to scoop up cash...
View ArticleThe General is Right. Terrorists will Flee when Facing Overwhelming Force
...they also asked a retired Army general for comment.He said all these terrorists know is to fear power and force. The best was to control them, he offered, was to tell the country in no uncertain...
View Article*The REAL Miss America*
Vanessa Dobos is a gunner on board a USAF AC-130 gunship. The blue-eyed blonde has seen action in Iraq and Afganistan, and enjoys long walks on the beach, men who aren't afraid to cry, and puppies....
View ArticleLetter to the Principal (Headmaster)
Dear Principal or Headmaster, I am sure you are as grieved and upset as I am over recent events. I would like to know (I am writing to all of my children's schools): Do you have a policy regarding the...
View ArticleMissouri Dems: Let’s Just Force Gun Owners to Surrender, Destroy Their...
Why wait for the supply to dry up over time when you could just force gun owners to surrender or destroy their weapons immediately? Missouri Democrats think its a good idea: Democrats in the state...
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