Two firefighters were shot and killed and two others hospitalized after a gunman targeted them as they responded to a fire he is believed to have set to a home and a car in Webster, N.Y., police said."It does appear that it was a trap that was set for first responders," Police Chief Gerald L. Pickering said.SWAT team officers used an armored personnel carrier to evacuate 33...
New Scientist 2012 holiday quiz
Labels: World Continue reading page |1 |2 THIS was the year we held our breath in almost unbearable anticipation while we waited to see whether physicists at the Large Hadron Collider would finally get a clear view of the Higgs boson, so tantalisingly hinted at last December. Going a bit blue, we held on through March when one of the...
US stocks slide on 'fiscal cliff' concerns
Labels: Technology NEW YORK: US stocks dipped during a shortened Christmas Eve session Monday amid pessimism about prospects for a "fiscal cliff" deal by the end of the year.The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 51.76 points (0.39 percent) at 13,139.08.The broad-market S&P 500 lost 3.49 points (0.24 percent) at 1,426.66, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite shed 8.41 points (0.28 percent) at 3,012.60.The...
Dec
23
NRA leader doubles down: New gun laws won't work
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: NRA's LaPierre: If this idea is crazy, "then call me crazy" NEW: Sen. Lieberman says NRA is willing to deal with every possible cause "except guns"The gun control debate was reignited by the mass shooting at Connecticut elementary schoolHutchinson tells CNN his panel will give educators instructions on placing guards in schools (CNN) -- The National Rifle Association made clear...
Holiday travel collision in Ohio kills 4
Labels: Health CINCINNATI Police say a minivan carrying a family leaving a Christmas party went the wrong way on a southwestern Ohio highway and hit another minivan whose driver and family were going to see grandparents for the holidays. Three adults and a 7-year-old child were killed, said Ohio State Patrol Sgt. Stan Jordan. Two other children were critically injured. Joshua Nkansah, 40, of Fairfield was driving...
NRA Chief LaPierre: 'Call Me Crazy'
Labels: Business National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre fired back at his critics today, defending his proposal to put armed guards in every school in the country as a way to prevent future tragedies like the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that took the lives of 20 children and six adults."If it's crazy to call for armed officers in our schools to protect our children, then call...
Today on New Scientist: 21 December 2012
Labels: World Cadaver stem cells offer new hope of life after death Stem cells can be extracted from bone marrow five days after death to be used in life-saving treatmentsApple's patents under fire at US patent office The tech firm is skating on thin ice with some of the patents that won it a $1 billion settlement against SamsungHimalayan dam-building threatens endemic species The world's highest mountains...
Dec
22
Male model sentenced in NY murder
Labels: LifestyleRenato Seabra was convicted of the 2011 murder of a Portuguese news anchor in New York City. STORY HIGHLIGHTSMale model Renato Seabra killed, mutilated Carlos Antonio De Castro, jury findsBoth men were from Portugal visiting New York City in late 2010, early 2011Castro, 65, a TV journalist, broke off the relationship with Seabra, then 20Castro was found bludgeoned and castrated on the floor of their...
Newtown swamped by charity for victims, families
Labels: Health NEWTOWN, Conn. Peter Leone was busy making deli sandwiches and working the register at his Newtown General Store when he got a phone call from Alaska. It was a woman who wanted to give him her credit card number. "She said, 'I'm paying for the next $500 of food that goes out your door,'" Leone said. "About a half hour later another gentleman called, I think from the West Coast, and he did the same...
'Fiscal Cliff' Leaves Boehner a Wounded Speaker
Labels: Business John Boehner is a bloodied House speaker following the startling setback that his own fractious Republican troops dealt him in their "fiscal cliff" struggle against President Barack Obama.There's plenty of internal grumbling about the Ohio Republican, especially among conservatives, and lots of buzzing about whether his leadership post is in jeopardy. But it's uncertain whether...
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