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One of the world’s ‘most feared’ pests found in Chicago

August 25, 2011 No Comment

One of the world’s “most feared” pests was discovered on American soil. The Khapra beetle, in larva stage, was identified by customs officials last week in a 10-pound bag of rice that came from India. In a press release, Customs and Border Protection described the bug as “one of the world’s most tenacious and destructive

FIRST LOOK: Steve Jobs stepping down as Apple chief

August 25, 2011 No Comment

Welcome to First Look, our daily roundup of early-bird news: • The Obama administration is mulling a program to allow millions of homeowners with government-backed mortgages to refinance them at today’s lower interest rates. (The New York Times) • Steve Jobs is stepping down as CEO of the company he founded, Apple, amid ongoing health

Weekly jobless claims climb again

August 25, 2011 No Comment

The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits went up last week, as the job market shows few signs of picking up. Four-hundred and seventeen thousand Americans put in initial claims, the Labor Department said. That’s up by 5,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 412,000. The four-week moving average, which smooths

An oral history of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

August 25, 2011 No Comment

The military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy officially ends on Sept. 20. In response, GQ’s Chris Heath interviewed dozens of gay servicemen past and present about what it was like to hide their sexual orientation for so many years. One WWII vet described the screening process 70 years ago: “I was called in, and there was

12-year-old boy in Canada delivered his baby brother after their mother went into labor

August 25, 2011 No Comment

Gaelan Edwards, a 12-year-old boy from Campell River, British Columbia, delivered his baby brother on Sunday morning when his mother went into labor and couldn’t make it to the hospital. Gaelan was up late, “watching a movie about showgirls on television at about 2 a.m. on Sunday morning,” Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper reports, when

At funeral, dog mourns the death of Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan

August 25, 2011 No Comment

Jon Tumilson, a Navy SEAL, was one of 30 Americans killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 6 when a rocket-propelled grenade took out a U.S. Chinook helicopter. He was mourned at a service in Rockford, Iowa, attended by 1,500 family members, friends–and Hawkeye, Tumilson’s dog. The Labrador retriever was such an important part of Tumilson’s life

As White House mulls expanding a Georgia jobs program, there are doubts about its national impact

August 25, 2011 No Comment

As part of its package of job creation proposals to be released next month, the Obama administration is said to be looking closely at a Georgia program that trains the unemployed for new jobs with potential employers. But based on Georgia’s experience, the effect the program would have on a national level is very much

East Coast braces for Hurricane Irene

August 25, 2011 No Comment

Note: This post has been updated to reflect ongoing developments. New York City–along with much of the East Coast–is bracing for Hurricane Irene. The city is ready to evacuate low-lying areas and will use police boats to rescue stranded residents if necessary, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday. Neighboring New Jersey has declared a state of

95-Year-Old Survives 400 Bee Stings

August 25, 2011 No Comment

An apparently indestructible 95-year-old man is doing well after being stung more than 400 times by a swarm of bees in Redondo Beach, California. Police say the man was walking near his home yesterday when he was attacked by the bees, which had been agitated by a fumigator trying to…

Irene Hurricane

August 25, 2011 No Comment

Birth of a Storm Hurricane Irene 2011 Effects of Irene In Miami beach FeministPsych says: RT @ JimGaffigan : Any truth to the rumor that this Irene Hurricane was organized on twitter? I hope not.

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