United States Ambassador to Libya Slain on the Anniversary of September 11th
U.S. Ambassador to Libya, John Christopher Stevens was killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday.
Alaska Weather Summary for August 2012
Temperatures in August were colder than normal for six of the nine stations discussed in this summary. Barrow had the highest positive deviation, a substantial 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit above the mean, falling in line with the warming observed in northern Alaska in the past decades.
Author Broke Promise to Country, Panetta Says
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2012 – Military personnel who take part in sensitive operations like the one that took out Osama bin Laden must stand by the promises they made to the United States, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said during an interview broadcast on “CBS This Morning†today.
Reconstructed 1918 Influenza Virus has Yielded Key Insights, Scientists Say
The genetic sequencing and reconstruction of the 1918 influenza virus that killed 50 million people worldwide have advanced scientists' understanding of influenza biology and yielded important information on how to prevent and control future pandemics, according to a new commentary by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the […]