Time’s up: Millions of Americans are about to lose Social Security...
April 11, 2016
April is turning out to be cruelest month in more ways than one. Not only do we have to deal with all things tax day, but some boomers face another costly deadline on April 29: they could lose many thousands of dollars in Social Security benefits.
The US is dropping bombs quicker than it can make them
April 11, 2016
Ongoing air wars in Middle East have caused an unexpected dip in the Pentagon’s stockpile of air-to-ground munitions — and Washington has been slow to address the supply problem.
The Pentagon has had months to deal with it.
Britain’s royal couple enthralls Mumbai crowd with its ‘cricket’ skills
April 10, 2016
Mumbai: On a sultry afternoon at Mumbai's famous Oval ground, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar bowled what was probably his slowest delivery. At the other end was Prince William, who began his visit to India on Sunday accompanied by his wife Kate. And the royal couple lost no time in charming its hosts with its warmth and graciousness.
Strong earthquake shakes buildings across South Asia
April 10, 2016
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck South Asia on Sunday, shaking buildings in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, witnesses and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, and injuring several people in at least one Pakistani city.
Sanders, losing in delegates to Clinton, claims ‘path to victory’
April 10, 2016
NEW YORK – Bernie Sanders — who is winning delegate contests against Hillary Clinton but not catching up much in terms of actual delegates — insists he has a path to the Democratic presidential nomination, starting with primaries in New York and Pennsylvania.
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft enters emergency mode 75 million miles from Earth
April 10, 2016
NASA engineers have declared a mission emergency for the agency's planet-hunting spacecraft Kepler, which has somehow switched into emergency mode.
NASA just found out about the anomaly a day and a half ago, right before the agency tried to maneuver the spacecraft to point at the center of the Milky Way for a new observation campaign.
2016 IPL T20 Cricket: Pune punch leaves Mumbai bloodied in IPL...
April 9, 2016
Brief Scorecard: Rising Pune Supergiants 126 for 1 (Rahane 66*, du Plessis 34) beat Mumbai Indians 121 for 8 (Harbhajan 45*, Marsh 2-21) by nine wickets
Ajinkya Rahane's unbeaten 66 gave Rising Pune Supergiants a nine-wicket win, chasing 122 against Mumbai Indians in the IPL opener in Mumbai
Obama says he’s ‘got no patience’ for Democrats who are ‘not...
April 9, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO – President Obama spent Friday fundraising on behalf of Democrats in Los Angeles and San Francisco, working to bolster his party’s chances in the November elections even as he expressed concerned that some Democrats have become “complacent” after his two terms in office.
Wait, what? Star spotted with a red rectangle around it
April 8, 2016
The supermassive black hole was yesterday's news. On Friday, NASA released an image of a star surrounded by a curious, rare red rectangle.
The star HD 44179 is surrounded by an extraordinary structure known as the red rectangle. It acquired its name because of its shape and its apparent color when seen in early images from Earth. – ESA/Hubble and NASA
Bridge to link Saudi Arabia and Egypt
April 8, 2016
Saudi Arabia's king has announced that a bridge linking the country to Egypt will be built over the Red Sea.
Map of Red Sea © BBC
King Salman said in a statement that the bridge would boost commerce between the two allies.
He made the announcement during the second day of his visit to the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
