From the truly weird files… Authorities have evicted a man from a cave on Los Alamos National Laboratory land where they say he apparently lived for years with the comforts of home a wood-burning stove, solar panels connected to car batteries for electricity and a satellite radio. Los Alamos Deputy Fire Chief Doug Tucker said […]
October 2004
“Problems in searching fingerprint databases have left the American military unable to check fully the identities of thousands of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, raising concerns that they might be releasing suspects prematurely, according to Pentagon officials and documents,” the Times reports. The Defense Department, in the field, has used a mobile system that records […]
There are a zillion reasons why New York is the City with a big “C,” and everyone else lives in the land of the lowercase. But right up there at the top of the list is our sprawling subway, the central nervous system of this town. And it turns 100 today. Like every grand project, […]
CNN is reporting that “the Nuclear Regulatory Commission removed its massive public reading room from the Internet Monday after nuclear safety activists and media organizations found several documents on it containing sensitive information they said could help terrorists.“ The information included floor plans for nuclear laboratories at several universities, specifying the types and locations of […]
You’d think it’d be a top priority for the Army, outfitting troops with new body armor, helmets, and communications gear. But the Pentagon can’t seem to find the cash in its $420 billion budget to pay for the equipment. Instead, the Army is relying on a supplemental spending bill — one that’s meant to fund […]
