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story functions js ISIS today claimed responsibility for the Wednesday massacre at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia that killed 22 people, many of them Western tourists, and the two attackers. In a 3 minute, 10 second audio message disseminated on twitter accounts associated with ISIS, the terror group said that the two dead gunmen, who…
Chris Martino/Flickr Civil liberties advocates are adding another strike to the Obama administration’s record on transparency: on Monday, the White House announced that it is officially ending the Freedom of Information Act obligations of its Office of Administration. That office provides broad administrative support to the White House—including the archiving of emails—and had been subject…
Would you like some bloody gums and broken teeth with your mac and cheese? Kraft Foods has issued a recall of about 242,000 cases of the Original flavor of their Macaroni & Cheese Dinner because they may contain “small pieces of metal.” The company told Fortune in a statement that “a piece of stainless steel…
Beloved fantasy author Terry Pratchett has died at the age of 66, according to a message from his publishers. Best known for the Discworld novels, Pratchett wrote more than 70 books, blending fantasy elements with cutting and human satire. Pratchett was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Alzheimer’s Disease in 2007, and had struggled publicly…
Fantasy author Terry Pratchett has died aged 66 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. “The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds,” said Transworld Publishers’ Larry Finlay. Sir Terry, best known for the Discworld series, wrote more than 70 books over his lengthy career. He was first diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2007,…
New Media Disrupted: GigaOm Web Sites Suddenly Stop Publishing Posted by Tom Foremski – March 9, 2015 Above, at the recent Crunchies Awards, Om Malik (right) is told by Mike Arrington, founder of news site Techcrunch, that there’s far more money in investing in startups than there is in publishing. The management of GigaOm, the…
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed to disrupt Nigeria’s general election in a new video released Tuesday, after two suicide attacks in the northeast blamed on the Islamists killed 38 people. Video provided by AFP Newslook Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau makes a statement at an undisclosed location in this screengrab taken from video on…
The report Monday that Hillary Clinton exclusively used a personal email account to conduct government business as secretary of state raises a number of important questions about government transparency and access to public records. Unsurprisingly, however, the conversation quickly veered from matters of policy into ominous speculation about the political consequences for Mrs. Clinton, the…
Photo David H. Petraeus, left, in Denver in September. A plea deal would spare Mr. Petraeus a high-profile trial where embarrassing details about his affair would have been presented to the jury and made public. Credit Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post, via Associated Press WASHINGTON — David H. Petraeus, the best-known military commander of his generation, has…
Even the most well-defended castle wall can be surmounted if you manage to fool the guards into lowering the gate. Such is the case with HIV and the T-cell. But now we might have a way to hoist the AIDS virus on its own petard. How HIV and the New Would-Be Vaccine Work HIV first…