WASHINGTON (AFP) – European researchers have taken the world a step closer to fictional wizard Harry Potter's invisibility cape after they made an object disappear using a three-dimensional "cloak," a study published Thursday in the US-based journal Science showed. Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany and Imperial Colle […]
President Barack Obama offered hope Thursday that the faltering US economy will soon create more jobs, as he signed a multibillion-dollar employment package to aid the fragile recovery. Signing into law a 17.6-billion-dollar measure designed to boost hiring, Obama said the economy was "beginning to move in the right direction," but admitted ordinar […]
In the footnotes of a speech U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke would have given to the House Financial Services Committee on Feb. 10, lies a unique and startling disclosure. Hosted on the Federal Reserve's own servers, the written testimony of the bank's chairman explains in plain text what expanding the Fed's powers will do. […]
European researchers have taken the world a step closer to fictional wizard Harry Potter's invisibility cape after they made an object disappear using a three-dimensional "cloak", a study published Thursday in the US-based journal Science showed. Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany and Imperial College London used the […]
Blogger: Taitz 'seems to have a thing for raising questions about black politicians' eligibility for office' The Republican primary race for California's secretary of state is turning unusual -- to put it mildly. The Orange County registrar has confirmed that Orly Taitz -- the de facto leader of the "birther" movement trying to […]
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- A teacher at a failing Rhode Island school where he and all his colleagues were fired hung an effigy of President Barack Obama in his classroom, apparently in reaction to Obama's support of extreme measures to ensure accountability in schools. The teachers union on Thursday condemned the effigy, discovered Monday in the [...] […]
A retired US general on Thursday said Dutch UN troops defending Srebrenica in the Bosnian war failed to prevent the 1995 genocide partly because their ranks included openly gay soldiers. John Sheehan, a former NATO commander and senior Marine officer, made the remarks at a senate hearing where he argued against plans by President Barack Obama [...] […]
Many in Europe see currency speculation as 'economic terrorism' Germany's finance minister says his government is considering sending spies to London and New York to monitor the activities of currency speculators. Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told the German Parliament on Tuesday that he may have to send spies to the world's two mo […]
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) isn't off the hook for last year's scandal-laden affair with his staffer's wife. In fact, his troubles now look worse than ever. The Nevada television news station KLAS reported on Thursday that the Department of Justice has enhanced its "criminal" investigation of the events surrounding Ensign's actions. […]
Obama exaggerates impact of 2006 Hawaii quake to make a point but Fox implies quake never happened We've heard a lot about climate change deniers -- but Fox News and conservative bloggers may now have become earthquake deniers in an attempt to prove that President Obama is just "making up stuff" to argue for health care [...] […]