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Thirty years ago, as the nation mourned the loss of seven astronauts on the space shuttle Challenger, Bob Ebeling was steeped in his own deep

Liberals Turn to Cities to Pass Laws and Spread Ideas – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/upshot/liberals-turn-to-cities-to-pass-laws-and-spread-ideas.html If Congress won’t focus on a new policy idea, and if state

Air Force officials say human error to blame for damaged nuclear missile | Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/23/air-force-officials-say-human-error-to-blame-for-damaged-nuclear-missile.html WASHINGTON –  Errors by three airmen troubleshooting a nuclear

Some 700 American troops on a long-running deployment could be in danger of an attack by extremists affiliated with the Islamic State, the Pentagon worries,

http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8129-9576-3 Kevin Bales, Author DETAILS Some of the developed world’s conveniences and pleasures will seem less enjoyable after reading this exposé of the global economy’s

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3280003-the-dark-sideby Jane Mayer The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals 4.17  ·  Rating

Chinese Stocks Jump as Industrials Surge Amid State-Buying Bets – Bloomberg Business http://www.bloomberg.com/ Chinese stocks jumped the most in two months as industrial companies surged

Water contamination in Flint, Mich., — where the city decided to switch water sources, causing pipe corrosion and ultimately filling the city’s water supply with

Nuclear sanctions lifted as Iran, U.S. agree on prisoner swap | Reuters http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0UU0C7 By Lesley Wroughton and Yeganeh Torbati VIENNA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran emerged from