Army Contracting Officer Pleads Guilty in Colorado to Bribery Related to Contracts

U.S. Army Major Roderick D. Sanchez, of Pueblo, Colorado, who was deployed overseas at various times in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait as a contracting officer, pled guilty to bribery for accepting money and items of value in return for being influenced...

Carbon Dioxide Controls Earth’s Temperature

Water vapor and clouds are the major contributors to Earth’s greenhouse effect, but a new atmosphere-ocean climate modeling study shows that the planet’s temperature ultimately depends on the atmospheric level of carbon dioxide. Science Brief...

Expanded Public Works Program Creates Gains in South Africa’s Battle Against Unemployment

The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in South Africa has created over 190,000 job opportunities from April to June in 2010, despite the recent global economic crisis.

Major Flooding Exercise to Test Emergency Response in England And Wales

A large-scale emergency flood exercise will take place across England and Wales to test national and regional responses to severe flooding from rivers, the sea, reservoirs, groundwater and surface water.

Iran to Begin Work on Two Major Hydro-electric Stations Along the Armenian Border

Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan said that Iran will start building two major hydro-electric stations on its border with Armenia in the coming weeks.

More Disconnected Dots

It has often observed that one reason why metaphors communicate so effectively is that they have extremely strong staying power. That certainly seems to be the case with the application of the connect-the-dots metaphor to missed opportunities to detect...

U.S. Army Major Charged with Bulk Cash Smuggling And Making False Statements

U.S. Army Major Charles E. Sublett, 46, of Huntsville, Ala., has been arrested on charges of bulk cash smuggling and making false statements to a federal agency. Major Sublett was charged in an indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Memphis,...

Eastern Africa Standby Brigade Begin Military Exercises in Djibouti

The Eastern Africa Standby Brigade (EASBRIG) began its first military exercises in Djibouti on Sunday. In addition to host Djibouti, nine other members of the brigade, such as Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Comoros, Seychelles, Burundi and Rwanda...

Hairy Biker Chefs to Become Reporters for Traffic Radio

Celebrity chefs The Hairy Bikers will enjoy fifteen minutes of fame as presenters of national traffic news on a unique digital radio service. The duo will be helping to promote Traffic Radio during broadcasts from the Good Food Show at the NEC this week.