Can this G-20 summit prove to be anything more than group therapy for a bunch of fingernail-gnawing, troubled individuals? The prospects are not good
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Rescue launched after helicopter ditches with 16 onboard
A helicopter believed to have 16 people aboard ditched Wednesday in the North Sea, 35 miles off the northeastern coast of Scotland, the Maritime & Coastguard Agency said. The announcement came after Obama and Medvedev met in London ahead of Thursday’s G-20 summit. The statement said the two leaders agreed that the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms — which expires in December — “has completely fulfilled its intended purpose and that the maximum levels for strategic offensive arms recorded in the treaty were reached long ago.” “They have therefore decided to move further along the path of reducing and limiting strategic offensive arms in accordance with U.S.
U.S., Russia announce nuke talks; Obama plans to visit China
U.S. President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced Wednesday that their countries will soon begin negotiations on reducing their nuclear arsenals, according to a joint statement from the two leaders
Dumping on Dubai: Have Hard Times Hit the Emirates?
Over the last few months, Dubai’s glittering skyscrapers have been diminished by the alarms about the emirate’s economic woes. The news has not been easy to take for the showpiece city-state, the most populous among the seven sheikdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates
Orion space capsule previewed on National Mall
It looked as if a spaceship had landed on the National Mall on Monday as NASA showed off a mockup of its new Orion crew module. Before the next U.S. astronauts go to the moon — and maybe eventually to Mars — NASA scientists want to make sure they can return safely
That Was Then … and This Is Now
Don’t pretend we didn’t see this coming for a long, long time. In the early 1980s, around the time Ronald Reagan became President and Wall Street’s great modern bull market began, we started gambling and thinking magically.
Monsters vs Aliens: A 3-D Doozy
On her wedding day, perky Susan Murphy is pacing outside the chapel when, darn the luck, she’s assaulted by a meteor. She stumbles into the ceremony, where she quickly expands to an unsuitable size — 49 ft.
It’s ‘True’: Spandau Ballet to reform
"Why do I find it hard to write the next line?" If you recognize the lyric then brace yourself for some good news.
Bus driver delivers free home-cooked meals
Every day, unemployed men gather under the elevated 7 train in Jackson Heights, Queens. Many of them are homeless. All of them are hungry
Can EveryBlock go everywhere?
Some interesting "hyperlocal" Web sites have emerged in the past few years, the idea behind them being to provide news at an extremely local level.