Archive for March, 2007

Man burned in small chemical explosion at Logan research plant

March 31st, 2007

LOGAN — A man was burned Friday when a glass beaker containing a chemical used in pharmaceutical research exploded at the Frontier Scientific plant here, the fire chief said.
The 35-year-old man, whose name was not released, was taken to Logan Regional Hospital, where he was in fair condition Friday night, Fire Chief Mark Meaker said. […]

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AP: Gen. tried to warn Bush on Tillman

March 30th, 2007

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Just seven days after Pat Tillman’s death, a top general warned there were strong indications that it was friendly fire and
President Bush might embarrass himself if he said the NFL star-turned-soldier died in an ambush, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
It was not until a month afterward that […]

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The Impact Of Nuclear Attacks On U.S. Cities

March 30th, 2007

Researchers from the Center for Mass Destruction Defense (CMADD) at the University of Georgia have created a detailed simulation of the catastrophic impact a nuclear attack would have on American cities. They’ve looked at the detailed consequences that such attacks would have on four cities, Atlanta, Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C., and concluded that […]

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Kremlin Critic Quizzed in Spy Death Case”

March 30th, 2007

A self-exiled Russian billionaire and Kremlin opponent said Friday he had been questioned on behalf of a Russian prosecutor investigating the poisoning death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
Tycoon Boris Berezovsky said a Metropolitan Police officer put questions to him on behalf of the Russian state prosecutor at a central London police station, with […]

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