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...can’t put a glass dome over our country. We can’t guarantee there won’t be another attack,” Napolitano said. “But making a habit out of preparedness, making it a part of our culture, will ultimately draw on the innovation and civic spirit of the American people...
Friday night’s contest against the Raiders brought less drama, as Rutgers-Newark wrapped up its division title in a 3-0 sweep at the Golden Dome...
...stark ghost city is Kangbashi, in Inner Mongolia. Built in just five years, Kangbashi was designed to be the showcase urban center of Ordos City, a relatively wealthy coal-mining hub that's home to 1.5 million people. A public-works project worthy of Kubla Khan's "stately pleasure-dome," Kangbashi is filled with office towers, administrative centers, government buildings, museums, theaters and sports fields - not to mention acre on acre of subdivisions overflowing with middle-class duplexes and bungalows. The only problem: the district was originally designed to house, support and entertain 1 million people, yet hardly anyone lives...
...Palestinian Islamist parties, in turn, have been raising the temperature by calling on young men to turn out in force to "protect" the Muslim sites, claiming that the Israelis are trying to take control of the iconic al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of the Rock. Such gatherings have often turned into riots, with mobs throwing stones at nearby Israelis and tourists. The city's police, invariably, have been caught in the middle, trying to prevent flare-ups and casualties that could spark new rounds of violence. To do so, the police block access to prayers at the Muslim holy sites...
...good experience for us to play in the dome on a major league field for the weekend,” junior captain Tyler Albright said. “And it was good for us to get out of there with a win and get some momentum going into the week...