U.S. astronomers say they have for the first time identified a planet circling two suns. The U.S. space agency NASA Thursday introduced a planet they are calling Kepler-16b, for the Kepler telescope used to sight the celestial body. Kepler-16b is inhospitable and cold — unlikely to be home sweet home for any extraterrestrials. But project […]
US Astronomers Discover Planet With Two Suns
Posted September 15th, 2011 at 5:57 pm (UTC-5)
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House Speaker Boehner Releases Republican Jobs Plan
Posted September 15th, 2011 at 3:15 pm (UTC-5)
Republican House Speak John Boehner says President Barack Obama’s job creation plan is a “poor substitute” for policies needed to boost job growth in the country. In a speech to the Economic Club of Washington Thursday, Boehner said job creation in America is threatened by excessive regulation, the current tax code and government spending. He […]
IMF’s Lagarde: Global Economy in ‘Dangerous Phase’
Posted September 15th, 2011 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
The head of the International Monetary Fund says the global economy has entered a “dangerous phase” in which advanced economies risk slipping into a new recession that also would hurt developing nations. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said weak growth and huge debts are holding back demand, investment and job creation. Lagarde said that if […]
Terror Suspect Pleads Guilty in North Carolina Militant Case
Posted September 15th, 2011 at 12:20 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. Justice Department says a 24-year-old man from North Carolina has admitted to plotting to support overseas militants. Dylan Boyd, also known as “Mohammed,” pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to “aiding and abetting a conspiracy to provide support to terrorists.” Boyd is one of eight men who prosecutors believe were part of a […]
Richardson Back in US Without Jailed Contractor
Posted September 14th, 2011 at 7:40 pm (UTC-5)
Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson is back in the United States after failing to secure the release of an American contractor serving a 15-year prison sentence in Cuba for crimes against the communist state. Richardson returned Wednesday after spending a week on the island trying to get permission at least to see 62-year-old Alan […]
US Supreme Court Justice Slides to Safety in Plane Evacuation
Posted September 14th, 2011 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was among 179 passengers who slid down an airliner evacuation chute Wednesday at Dulles International Airport, near Washington. She was uninjured in the incident, triggered by apparent engine trouble prior to takeoff. The 78-year-old Ginsburg, who has been battling pancreatic cancer, was taking the United Airlines flight to San […]
Obama Visits North Carolina, Urges Passage of Jobs Bill
Posted September 14th, 2011 at 2:07 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama was on the road Wednesday for a second day, urging Americans to tell Congress to pass his $447 billion proposal to create jobs and boost the economy. Mr. Obama spoke at a university in North Carolina Wednesday. He visited Ohio on Tuesday. The president called on Congress to pass the legislation […]
NASA Unveils Plans for New Manned Spacecraft
Posted September 14th, 2011 at 1:07 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. space agency NASA has announced plans for its next line of rockets that will carry astronauts into space now that the space shuttles have been retired. NASA chief Charles Bolden unveiled plans for the $35 billion Space Launch System Wednesday, saying NASA is taking U.S. President Barack Obama’s challenge to “be bold and […]
New Gulf Oil Spill Report Blames BP, Partners for Disaster
Posted September 14th, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
A key federal report has leveled much of the blame on BP for last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the worst offshore spill in U.S. history. The U.S. Coast Guard and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement report , released Wednesday, says the disaster is the result of poor risk management, a […]
Candid Audio Tapes Reveal Private Kennedy Life
Posted September 14th, 2011 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Decades-old audio tapes of former U.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy are providing a rare glimpse of her life, opinions and marriage to the young president John F. Kennedy. The hours-long interviews on the tapes were recorded months after the 1963 assassination of her husband. She talks candidly, saying the time she and her husband were […]
