REPORT: Former US Commander David Petraeus May Be Joining A PE Firm
Valleywag's Nitasha Tiku reports former U.S. forces commander David Petraeus has been talking to private equity firms about joining their ranks.From Tiku:He has been making the rounds at a number of...
View ArticleThis Number Reveals The Terrifying Fate That Could Await Women In Afghanistan
As the U.S. military winds down more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan this year, there are growing concerns about what will happen to the fragile progress of women's rights in those...
View ArticleOBAMA: Guantanamo Bay Is Not Necessary To Keep America Safe
President Barack Obama said today that "Guantanamo prison is not necessary to keep America safe" and that he would revisit Congress to see about its closing during a highly publicized press conference...
View ArticleDisturbing Footage Appears To Show Afghan Airport Plane Crash
Shocking new footage has surfaced that appears to show a 747-400 cargo crashing at Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield. The crash reportedly left all seven aboard the plane dead.The Taliban took...
View ArticleSteve Schwarzman Says Blackstone Group Will Hire 50,000 Military Veterans
Billionaire private equity tycoon Steve Schwarzman is doing something really patriotic.Today, he announced that Blackstone Group will hire 50,000 military veterans.These hires will be made within...
View ArticleEnter To Win A Kindle Fire From Business Insider
We're giving you a chance to win a Kindle Fire HD. Become a newsletter subscriber now to enter. If you're the lucky winner you will have a host of features at your fingertips. Entry deadline is May...
View ArticleThe Biggest Korean Nuclear Risk Could Come From The South
While the world fights to rid North Korea of its limited nuclear arsenal, South Korea is pushing for its own nukes."A less obvious, but increasing, possibility is that South Korea might dash hopes of...
View ArticleMeet The 18-Year-Old Syrian Who Says He Helped Hack The AP And Punk The Stock...
Hackers calling themselves the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) are causing serious trouble around the world.The pro-Assad group may have scored its biggest hit last week, after the Associated Press...
View ArticleThe US Spends Millions To Cover Sexual Assault In The Military
The Veterans Affairs department spent almost $872 million in 2010 to deal with the health impacts of sexual assaults on former military personnel.This figure is based on the $10,880 dollars the...
View Article7 Americans Killed In Horrific Afghanistan Plane Crash Identified
US company IDs 7 people killed in Afghanistan cargo plane crash; 6 from Mich., 1 from Ky.DETROIT (AP) — The friend of one of seven Americans killed in a cargo plane crash near an Air Force base in...
View ArticleIstanbul May Day Protests Met With Tear Gas And Water Cannons [PHOTOS]
Clashes erupted in Istanbul after thousands of police were stationed to block access to Taksim Square in the center of Turkey's largest city, Reuters reports.The barricades were set up to prevent a...
View ArticleUpgraded Saudi Fighter Jets Made A Quick Stop In Europe On Their Way Home
Some interesting Saudi Arabian combat planes visited Malta International Airport on their way home last week.On April 23, an RSAF Tornado upgraded under the TSP (Tornado Sustainment Program), made a...
View ArticleHere's Why These Russians Are Carrying Big Portraits Of Joseph Stalin Today
It's May Day, so leftists and laborers are protesting all around the world.One noteworthy feature of the marches is the posters of former dictator Joseph Stalin being carried around in Russia.Stalin...
View ArticleIranian Think Tank: 'Jews Have The Greatest Powers Of Sorcery'
The latest ridiculously anti-Semetic comments out of Iran come from Mehdi Taeb, a friend of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and head of Khamenei's Ammar Base think tank.Here's what he said in a...
View ArticleUnclassified Document Shows How The Guantanamo Hunger Strike Has Grown Worse...
The hunger strike and Guantanamo Bay is getting serious.A unsettling account of how it has grown is seen in the following document released by public affairs office at Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay,...
View ArticleMeet The Badass Navy SEAL Who Could Be The Next Senator From Massachusetts
Gabriel Gomez has zero political experience — which is exactly why he might have a chance at winning the Massachusetts special election to replace John Kerry in the U.S. Senate. Gomez, a 47-year-old...
View ArticleHere's The Sherpas' Side Of The Epic Mount Everest Brawl
An unprecedented brawl recently popped off near the Everest summit, and early reports blamed the Nepalese Sherpas rather than the European climbers.Famed climber Simone Moro wrote on his website: The...
View ArticleBOSTON POLICE: 3 More Suspects Have Been Arrested In Bombing Case
The Boston Police Department's Twitter account today announced the arrest of three more suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.Karen Anderson of CBS affliate WBZ-TV reports that two of the suspects...
View ArticleCongress Keeps Approving Military Spending For Projects The Pentagon Doesn't...
On Monday, noted deficit hawk Rep. Jim Jordan (Oh.) told the Associated Press that in the interest of national security, Congress needed to give the Pentagon $436 million to make improvements to the...
View ArticleHere's What We Know About The Three New Suspects Linked To Alleged Boston...
Boston Police announced that they have arrested three new people connected to suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.All three, roommates of Tsarnaev, will becharged with conspiring to obstruct...
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