By Alex Parker Article Reprint CHICAGO — Illinois residents hoping to use their food stamp benefits were stymied much of Saturday after a power outage temporarily knocked the system down. The problem was resolved Saturday
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All-time polling lows for both political parties – third party whispered in 2016
By: Dwight L. Schwab Jr Article Reprint The public’s outrage with Washington, the president and Congress has hit an all-time low among Americans. Could it signal the emergence of a credible third party in the
Read moreStarbucks asks customers to sign petition to end shutdown
The petition will be available at all Starbucks’ 11,000 U.S. locations to sign beginning Friday. By MAE ANDERSON Article Reprint NEW YORK — Starbucks, the world’s biggest coffee chain, said Thursday that it will ask
Read moreIn Crackdown Response, U.S. Temporarily Freezes Some Military Aid to Egypt
By MICHAEL R. GORDON and MARK LANDLER Article Reprint WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a modest and temporary freeze on military assistance to Egypt, even as American officials emphasized their desire to
Read moreCould ‘Iron Man’ Suits Be Heading To The Military?
www.inquisitr.com Article Reprint Iron Man suits could be heading to the military for wartime use. The video above shows how the suit would supposedly fit, and the practical application of such a thing.
Read moreHiggs boson work leads to one Nobel Prize. Could there be another?
Two physicists won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for their theories 50 years ago on the Brout-Englert-Higgs field and its particle, the Higgs boson, which scientists reported discovering last year. By Pete Spotts Article
Read moreDefying government shutdown, national park visitors play ‘catch me if you can’
Some Americans are challenging government shutdown national park closures by leaping over barricades or tossing cones aside in acts they call civil disobedience, but which some authorities call just breaking the law. By Patrik
Read moreWhy North Korean tweets are off-limits in the South
Under the National Security Act, South Koreans can be sentenced for everything from re-tweeting North Korea’s official Twitter account to reading northern propaganda. By Peter Ford Article Reprint ,(Seoul, Korea) On the 28th floor of
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