U.S. President Barack Obama has told supporters in the “battleground state” of Colorado that Americans unify during times of crisis, referencing the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy earlier this week and wildfires and a mass shooting that took place in Colorado earlier this year. Having resumed campaigning after several days off to deal with storm recovery, […]
US Presidential Race Back at Full Speed After Superstorm
Posted November 1st, 2012 at 11:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Spacewalkers Bypass Space Station Coolant Leak
Posted November 1st, 2012 at 9:05 pm (UTC-5)
Two spacewalking astronauts made repairs to a leaky radiator system outside the International Space Station Thursday, a short while after maneuvering the station to avoid a menacing piece of space debris. In a six-hour procedure, space station commander Sunita Wiliams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide successfully reconfigured ammonia coolant lines to bypass the suspect radiator, […]
Spacewalkers Bypass Space Station Coolant Leak
Posted November 1st, 2012 at 7:05 pm (UTC-5)
Two spacewalking astronauts made repairs to a leaky radiator system outside the International Space Station Thursday, a short while after maneuvering the station to avoid a menacing piece of space debris. In a six-hour procedure, space station commander Sunita Wiliams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide successfully reconfigured ammonia coolant lines to bypass the suspect radiator, […]
US Presidential Race Back at Full Speed After Superstorm
Posted November 1st, 2012 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is back to campaigning for reelection after spending most of the week heading Washington’s response to Superstorm Sandy. The incumbent Democrat was in Wisconsin, Nevada and Colorado Thursday — three so-called “battleground states” that could determine whether he or Republican Mitt Romney wins next Tuesday’s presidential election. Mr. Romney was in […]
US Presidential Race Back at Full Speed After Superstorm
Posted November 1st, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is back to campaigning for reelection after spending most of the week heading Washington’s response to Superstorm Sandy. The incumbent Democrat was in Wisconsin, Nevada and Colorado Thursday — three so-called “battleground states” that could determine whether he or Republican Mitt Romney wins next Tuesday’s presidential election. Mr. Romney was in […]
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko Refuses to End Hunger Strike
Posted November 1st, 2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
Ukraine’s jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is refusing to end a hunger strike she began this week to protest alleged widespread vote irregularities in Sunday’s parliamentary polls, which have been described by U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as “a step backward” for the nation’s democracy. Ms. Tymoshenko — in custody at a […]
US Man Gets 17 Year Sentence for Plot to Bomb Pentagon and Capitol
Posted November 1st, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. judge has sentenced a Massachusetts man to 17 years in prison for plotting to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol. Rezwan Ferdaus read a statement to the court in Boston on Thursday. Ferdaus did not apologize for his actions, but said he accepts his fate […]
Syrian Opposition Says Rebels Kill 28 Soldiers
Posted November 1st, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
The Syrian opposition says rebel forces have killed 28 government soldiers during attacks on three army checkpoints as the violence in Syria escalates. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that the attacks occurred Thursday in the northern province of Idlib, near the Turkish border. It said five rebels were killed in the skirmishes. […]
US Presidential Race Back at Full Speed after Superstorm
Posted November 1st, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is making a three-state campaign swing on Thursday, after spending several days heading the federal government’s response to the massive Atlantic storm named Sandy. Mr. Obama is campaigning in Wisconsin, Nevada and Colorado, so-called “battleground states” that could determine whether he or Republican challenger Mitt Romney wins the 270 electoral votes […]
Spacewalkers Try To Bypass Space Station Coolant Leak
Posted November 1st, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Two astronauts are working outside the orbiting International Space Station to try to bypass a leak in a cooling system. Engineers suspect the radiator was hit by a micrometeoroid or a piece of space debris, which created a tiny hole that has allowed ammonia to escape. The radiators dissipate heat from the station’s equipment. Station […]
