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Fake "North Korean" missiles have been hurtling over the Pacific toward the U.S. for years, providing test fodder for the Pentagon's missile-defense systems. But next month, the fake enemy missiles flying over the same ocean are going to be "Iranian." The timing of the test, however, has nothing...
Peace Memorial Museum What happened at Nagasaki and Hiroshima is burned onto the world's collective psyche. What's less well known is that 200,000 people, including 100,000 civilians, died during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, the biggest campaign of the Asia-Pacific War. The Okinawa Prefectural...
'Tis the season to buy that Blu-ray. With Christmas just 10 days away, one sector is emerging as the star of the holiday shopping season: consumer electronics. "We're seeing incredible growth, particularly with netbooks and TVs," says Andrew Hargreaves, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities. According to the...
Good riddance. Of course, the retailers risk cannibalizing their 2010 sales by offering such juicy deals at Christmastime. "The question is, Are we sucking the demand out of the first part of next year?" asks Hargreaves, the Pacific Crest Securities analyst. Perhaps. But that's of no concern to the...
The PGR source adds that "it's of the utmost importance that new and specific rules" be adopted in Mexico for witness protection - and Bayardo's murder could prompt that reform. Described by officials as a "collaborating witness," Bayardo was arrested last year for allegedly taking $25,000 a month...