Archive for the ‘Fear’ Category

New Logan searches blasted

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010


TOUCH AND GO: Federal screeners’ new ‘hands-on’ body searches has drawn fire from Logan travelers and the ACLU.

Logan airport security just got more up close and personal as federal screeners launched a more aggressive palms-first, slide-down body search technique that has renewed the debate over privacy vs. safety.

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Abandon Earth or Face Extinction, Stephen Hawking Warns — Again

Friday, August 13th, 2010


Jan. 14: Stephen Hawking speaks via satellite during a Science Channel presentation in Pasadena, Calif.

“It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster on planet Earth in the next hundred years, let alone the next thousand, or million. The human race shouldn’t have all its eggs in one basket, or on one planet,” he said.

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A ‘Romantic’ Now in Trouble Over an Airport Kiss

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

When a man ducked past security at Newark Liberty International Airport last Sunday to kiss his girlfriend goodbye, the breach in security shut down one of the country’s busiest airports, delayed flights through Monday and prompted an intensive manhunt from New Jersey detectives that ended on Friday evening on a street in Piscataway, N.J.

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Chinese Begin Buying Up Gold

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Individual Chinese investors are now rushing to hoard the precious yellow metal, hoping it will retain value if the dollar collapses.

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Congress warns on Detroit shake-up plans

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

US lawmakers are building roadblocks to the rapid restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler, arguing for more scrutiny of plans to shut the carmakers’ dealerships and plants.

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Mexican President Orders Businesses to Close as Flu Panic Rises

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Mexico’s president ordered a partial economic shutdown to slow the spread of the swine flu virus as officials urged increased precautions against an imminent pandemic.

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‘Haniyeh hid in hospital during Gaza op’

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

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Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.
Photo: AP

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh operated a command and control center inside Shifa Hospital in downtown Gaza City throughout Operation Cast Lead in January, the IDF revealed on Wednesday.

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