Monday, June 17 2013 12:24 PM EDT2013-06-17 16:24:23 GMT
The father of the former NSA contractor who leaked details of the government's massive Internet- and phone-tracking programs made an impassioned plea to his son to stop leaking, telling Fox News that "I hope, I pray" he does not do anything considered treasonous.
The father of the former NSA contractor who leaked details of the government's massive Internet- and phone-tracking programs made an impassioned plea to his son to stop leaking, telling Fox News that "I hope, I pray" he does not do anything considered treasonous.
Friday, June 14 2013 12:29 PM EDT2013-06-14 16:29:16 GMT
D.C. police have been warning bicyclists since March not to ride the Metropolitan Branch Trail alone. And they stepped up patrols on the trail then too. But it didn't stop a group of teenagers from knocking a 37-year-old Silver Spring man off his bike Tuesday and savagely beating him.
D.C. police have been warning bicyclists since March not to ride the Metropolitan Branch Trail alone. And they stepped up patrols on the trail then too. But it didn't stop a group of teenagers from knocking a 37-year-old Silver Spring man off his bike Tuesday and savagely beating him.
Thursday, June 13 2013 12:32 PM EDT2013-06-13 16:32:12 GMT
Homo sapiens have slowly evolved over thousands of millennia, but what happens when modern technology comes into play? Visual artist, Nickolay Lamm of Pittsburgh, Pa., tried to answer that question.
Homo sapiens have slowly evolved over thousands of millennia, but what happens when modern technology comes into play? Visual artist, Nickolay Lamm of Pittsburgh, Pa., tried to answer that question.
Wednesday, June 12 2013 11:23 AM EDT2013-06-12 15:23:57 GMT
Dogged by fear and confusion about sweeping spy programs, intelligence officials sought to convince House lawmakers in an unusual briefing Tuesday that the government's years-long collection of phone records and Internet usage is necessary for protecting Americans -- and does not trample on their privacy rights.But the country's main civil liberties organization wasn't buying it, filing the most significant lawsuit against the massive phone record collection program so far. The American Civil...
Dogged by fear and confusion about sweeping spy programs, intelligence officials sought to convince House lawmakers in an unusual briefing Tuesday that the government's years-long collection of phone records and Internet usage is necessary for protecting Americans -- and does not trample on their privacy rights.But the country's main civil liberties organization wasn't buying it, filing the most significant lawsuit against the massive phone record collection program so far. The American Civil...
Tuesday, June 11 2013 4:17 PM EDT2013-06-11 20:17:12 GMT
After showing that he can now do "explosive sprinting" -- his dreadlocks flowing behind him as he dashed from sideline to sideline in the end zone of the Washington Redskins practice bubble -- Robert Griffin III then held a news conference that referenced LeBron James, Tim Tebow and "Bridezillas."
After showing that he can now do "explosive sprinting" -- his dreadlocks flowing behind him as he dashed from sideline to sideline in the end zone of the Washington Redskins practice bubble -- Robert Griffin III then held a news conference that referenced LeBron James, Tim Tebow and "Bridezillas."
Tuesday, June 11 2013 1:18 PM EDT2013-06-11 17:18:11 GMT
Mayor Ernest Troiano Jr. thinks he's found a way to put one of this Jersey shore resort town's problems behind it. Wildwood is ready to ban overly saggy pants, no ifs, ands or butts. The city is set to pass a law Wednesday regulating how people dress on its boardwalk. It bans going shirtless, as well as walking on the boardwalk with bare feet. But the provision that has gained widespread attention is a prohibition on pants that sag more than 3 inches below the hips, exposing eit...
Mayor Ernest Troiano Jr. thinks he's found a way to put one of this Jersey shore resort town's problems behind it. Wildwood is ready to ban overly saggy pants, no ifs, ands or butts. The city is set to pass a law Wednesday regulating how people dress on its boardwalk. It bans going shirtless, as well as walking on the boardwalk with bare feet. But the provision that has gained widespread attention is a prohibition on pants that sag more than 3 inches below the hips, exposing eit...
Tuesday, June 11 2013 6:37 AM EDT2013-06-11 10:37:21 GMT
Untitled Document A 5-year-old boy whose home was destroyed in the deadly tornado that swept through Moore, Okla. last month was killed in a dog attack Sunday at the Arkansas home where he had been staying. Officials in Jessieville, Ark. tell Fox 16 the boy and his two-year-old sister were staying with a family friend, 50-year-old Lynn Geiling, as their parents worked on rebuilding their home back in Moore. Geiling told investigators the Bullmastiff attacked when the animal sa...
Untitled Document A 5-year-old boy whose home was destroyed in the deadly tornado that swept through Moore, Okla. last month was killed in a dog attack Sunday at the Arkansas home where he had been staying. Officials in Jessieville, Ark. tell Fox 16 the boy and his two-year-old sister were staying with a family friend, 50-year-old Lynn Geiling, as their parents worked on rebuilding their home back in Moore. Geiling told investigators the Bullmastiff attacked when the animal sa...
David Petraeus has landed on his feet with a new gig in "Call of Duty: Black Ops II."
The retired Army general who stepped down as CIA director last week amid a scandal surrounding his extramarital affair pops up in the highly anticipated Activision Blizzard Inc. first-person shooter game released Tuesday.
A character with Petraeus' name and likeness voiced by Jim Meskimen briefly appears as the Secretary of Defense in the year 2025.
The cameo was first reported by the gaming site Kotaku.com.
"Call of Duty" games have often employed virtual renditions of political figures.
"Black Ops II" also features an encounter with Manuel Noriega, a female president resembling current Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, an aircraft carrier named the USS Barack Obama and an appearance by retired Lt. Col. Oliver North.
Guilty or not, these strange mug shots are worth a look. This information was supplied by law enforcement and describes recent arrests and charges. All defendants are presumed innocent.
Guilty or not, these strange mug shots are worth a look. This information was supplied by law enforcement and describes recent arrests and charges. All defendants are presumed innocent.
The 17-year periodical cicadas are predicted to emerge this spring and bring their "melodious" sounds with them. We have what you need to learn about and share the invasion experience.
The 17-year periodical cicadas are predicted to emerge this spring and bring their "melodious" sounds with them. We have what you need to learn about and share the invasion experience.
FILE Maj. Gen. David H. Petraeus, commanding general, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). (Photo by Sgt. Robert Woodward, USA)
