(STARKE, Fla.) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday night blocked the scheduled execution of a mass killer convicted of eight slayings that jolted South Florida in the 1970s. Florida officials immediately …
Romney Agrees with Obama, Says Give Peace a Chance
Romney didn’t draw a clear policy contrast but sounded like a plausible Commander in Chief. And he avoided the Dick Cheney Halloween mask that Obama wants to pull over his face
Company Responsible for Meningitis Outbreak Had History of Problems
New state documents detail problems found in 2006 by an outside firm hired to do an assessment at the company at the center of a deadly meningitis outbreak.
Vital Farms: Raising the Ultra-Organic Egg
Matt O’Hayer puts it simply: “The most tortured farm animal in the world is the laying hen.” Most conventional egg-laying hens are kept in tiny battery cages that can give each hen less space than you’d get with a …
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Sky King
Retired Air Force lieutenant colonel Dan Hampton flew nearly 4,000 hours – including 726 in combat – in an F-16 during his 20 years in the Air Force. (Battleland has flown about, um, one, including none in combat. Final brave …
Grownups In Costumes: Have Adults Ruined Halloween?
American adults now spend significantly more money on their own Halloween costumes than on their children’s.
War Birds
A Marine UH-1 Venom utility helicopter and an AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter fly over Helmand province on Oct. 17.
Why Climate Change Has Become the Missing Issue in the Presidential Campaign
We’re in the final few months of what’s shaping up to be the hottest year on record. In September, Arctic sea ice melted to its smallest extent in satellite records, while the Midwest was rocked by a once-in-a-generation …
Treating PTSD and TBI…Ethically
This is the first in a series of posts on the ethical issues associated with treating post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
These are the two so-called “signature wounds” of our post 9/11 wars. Unlike …
Ex-CIA Official Likely to Plead Guilty in Leak Case
(WASHINGTON) — A former CIA officer accused of leaking the names of covert operatives to journalists is expected to enter a guilty plea as part of a plea deal.
Court Blocks Ind. Defunding of Planned Parenthood
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indiana stepped between women and their physicians when it enacted a law that blocked Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood just because the organization provides abortions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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Rope-a-Dope Debate
The final debate Monday night between President Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney saw both men stick close to their corners. Neither wanted to make an unforced error, neither did. There was scant that was new.
Is the U.S. Waging a War on Savers?
A recent consumer survey found that 41% of respondents had less than $500 in savings available on short notice.
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50 Years Later: The Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Hard to believe for those of us who lived through it – or even if you merely witnessed it by watching 2000′s Thirteen Days – but the Cuban Missile Crisis turned 50 last week. That was the one time when the point of one …
