![A 3-Year Old Boy Armed With a Blowtorch Burnt Down His Neighborhood [Children]](http://betacache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/05/small_blowtorch3yo.jpg)
Yesterday, a 3-year-old boy and his dog decided to go for a morning stroll through the neighborhood. Only this walk involved a blowtorch and some ,000 in property damage. Kids today really know how to have fun. More » Gizmodo
Lawmakers debate U.S.-Pakistan ties after bin Laden’s death
Washington (CNN) – The fact that Osama bin Laden was found in Pakistan continued to be a hot topic on Capital Hill on Thursday among lawmakers from both chambers and both sides of the aisle. At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that was planned before the death of bin Laden, Committee Chairman John...
China Pledges to Keep Birthrate Low
President Jinttao said China will continue strict family planning policy. U.S. News – Politics & Policy
NBA: Derrick Rose Named MVP & Blake Griffin Named Rookie of the Year
Derrick Rose was named the 2011 NBA MVP on Tuesday in a landslide vote. Rose got 113 of 120 first-place votes to win the MVP, the league announced. At the age of 22, Rose becomes the youngest player to ever win the MVP award. The previous youngest winner was Wes Unseld, who won the...
Renewable energy in Afghanistan
MCB QUANTICO, Va. (April 19, 2011) — A project officer assigned to the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab discussed some of the latest Expeditionary Forward Operating Base developments at an April 6 display of renewable technology at the Quantico’s Gray Research Center. Read more… (http://www.centcom.mil/news/renewable-energy-in-afghanistan) Recent US CENTCOM Articles
U.S. Court Ruled in Favor of Embryo Research
The Obama administration can chalk another victory as the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit blocks a lower court decision that made embryo research illegal using public funds. That means the government can continue financing the human embryonic cell research. The stem cells are taken from donated human embryos...