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Even a decade later, US not prepared for 9/11-like disaster
Nearly 10 years after the World Trade Center terrorist attacks in New York City, the US is still unprepared to handle significant national security threats, according to a Bipartisan Policy Center report released on Wednesday. The report was authored by the members of the former 9/11 Commission, which now operates as #9/11 #NewsTracker #Terrorism
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Ahead of anniversary of 9/11 attacks, Obama looks to heal
From speeches heralding a “9/11 generation” to internal memos outlining the proper way for US officials to address the historic event, the White House is gearing up for the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. US President Barack Obama began to set the stage on Saturday, when he used #9/11 #Barack Obama #Islam #White House
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Still the war-monger, Cheney settles scores in new memoir
Former US Vice President Dick Cheney’s memoir, In My Time, hits US bookshelves Tuesday and in his typical pugnacious fashion, the author has promised that “here are gonna be heads exploding all over Washington" because of the revelations that will emerge from the work. Billed as a “personal and political” #BuzzPatrol #Colin Powell #Dick Cheney #George W. Bush #White House
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All things buzzy and viral: The World Wide Web gets its own newspaper
The world wide web now has its own “hometown newspaper.” That is what the Daily Dot, which launched this week, claims as its brief. Since word got out earlier this year about its debut, the Daily Dot has befuddled and intrigued. How would the site go about covering the #Daily Dot #GigaOM #MediaCrit #Newspaper #social media platforms #Technology/Internet
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Irene spares New York City, but was it all just hype?
As Irene barreled toward the US Eastern Seaboard on Saturday, residents braced themselves for what was billed as a potentially catastrophic event. Numerous precautions had been taken. New York and Boston temporarily shut down their subway systems. East Coast-bound trains and plains had stopped running, and millions were asked to #Hurricane Irene #Natural Disaster #New York City
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The rise and fall of Suzy Singh, Master Chef’s last Asian contestant
As the last Asian contestant standing in the recently concluded US version of Master Chef, Gordon Ramsay’s cooking competition TV show for amateur cooks, I was ready to pull out my pom-poms to root for Suzy Singh. A 27-year-old neural engineer from a suburb of Chicago, Singh appeared cheery #Asian stereotypes #CultureDecoder #Master Chef #Suzy Singh
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The Dominique Strauss-Kahn outcome: When the justice system works
New York prosecutors dropped the criminal rape case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn Tuesday after it was discovered that Nafissatou Diallo, the Sofitel hotel maid who brought the charges in May, had lied repeatedly under oath. It's an unexpected ending to a dramatic case that has captivated an #American Legal system #Dominique Strauss-Kahn #DSK #HowThisWorks
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Grim poll numbers for a vacationing Obama
US President Barack Obama can revel all he wants in what appears to be a well-played strategy in Libya, but a Gallup poll released Monday shows that he’s not faring too well against the top Republican presidential candidates. The poll, taken last week, matched the president up against GOP #Barack Obama #Libya #NumberCrunching #President #Republican National Committee #White House
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US hikers in Iran become political pawns in Mideast tensions
The tense relationship between US and Iran continues to simmer after two Americans were handed eight-year sentences on Saturday for allegedly spying on behalf of the US government. An Iranian court had earlier found Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal guilty of espionage and illegally crossing into Iran in 2009. The #Espionage #Iran #Iran hikers #Middle East #PoliticsDecoder #Syria
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Desi claims to be FBI informant, deported over cough medicine
In a saga that sounds straight out of a TV crime show, an alleged FBI informant and convenience store clerk named Arvinder Singh sits in an Iowa jail awaiting imminent deportation to India over the sale of cold medicine. Singh had originally immigrated to the US on a business visa, but #Arvinder Singh #Deportation #DHS #FBI #IndiansAbroad #United States #USImmigration #WhatAStory