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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Police and hospital officials say six people have been killed and at least 36 injured in a pair of powerful blasts in downtown Jakarta. Dr. Cahyonod at the Jakarta Hospital said six people were killed in explosions at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels Friday morning. South Jakarta police Col. Firman Bundi earlier [...]

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is considering a plan to add 30,000 soldiers to the Army to bolster a force depleted by a growing number of troops who are wounded, stressed or for other reasons cannot deploy with their units. Struggling to wage wars on two fronts, the Army says it needs a temporary increase in [...]

WASHINGTON — As other countries watch the United States lacerate its intelligence service — for activities already investigated or never undertaken — perhaps they admire America’s commitment to democracy and the rule of law. More likely, I fear, they conclude that we are just plain nuts. The latest “scandals” involving the Central Intelligence Agency are [...]

I guess McDonald’s new “urban” advertising campaign worked. ATLANTA – Nearly 36 percent of black Americans are obese—much more than other major racial or ethnic groups—and that gap exists in most states, a new federal study finds. About 29 percent of Hispanics and 24 percent of whites are obese, the Centers for Disease Control and [...]

Twenty bucks says Sarah Palin kills it single handedly. How do you taxiderm a blob? Anchorage Daily News: Something big and strange is floating through the Chukchi Sea between Wainwright and Barrow. Hunters from Wainwright first started noticing the stuff sometime probably early last week. It’s thick and dark and “gooey” and is drifting for [...]

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – A top aide of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said he was heading back to the country Thursday, while thousands of his supporters blocked roads to demand his return to power. Patricia Rodas, foreign minister of Zelaya’s toppled government, said the deposed president was “on his way” back, but refused to say [...]

I guess Joe Biden was wrong. NEW YORK – U.S. home foreclosure activity galloped to a record in the first half of the year, overwhelming broad efforts to remedy failing loans while job losses escalated. Foreclosure filings jumped to a record 1.9 million on more than 1.5 million properties in the first six months of [...]

Fox News: The lead plaintiff in the New Haven firefighter case central to Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination said Thursday that the federal appellate court judge ruled in his case based on “politics” and “personal feelings” — and not the law. “Americans have the right to go into our federal courts and have their cases [...]

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Electromagnetism leaking through the floor of a Kobe train causes paperclips to dance. The video — shot on the Rokko Liner in Kobe, Japan — shows how paperclips stand on end when the train accelerates and brakes. The magnetism, which is produced by the electric current that drives the motors located under the floor, apparently [...]

Above: Taraneh Mousavi The Huffington Post: The names and stories of the Iranians who have been brutalized or killed in the aftermath of the post-election protests are gradually seeping into a memorial vault of the faces of suffering and endurance in the name of sociopolitical reform. One by one, the faces of protest are providing [...]