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Ranger Set to Compete in Ironman Triathlon Sep 06, 2013 Army.mil/News| by Aniesa Holmes FORT BENNING, Ga. -- A little more than two years since he completed his first triathlon, Josh Horsager is already taking a shot at one of the world's most grueling races. Horsager, a Ranger from the 75th...

Sep 05, 2013 Military.com| by Matthew Cox It has been outlawed since 1993, but the recent conflict in Syria has put sarin back on the list of deadly weapons purportedly used by regimes in the Middle East. A Senate panel voted Wednesday to give President Obama the authorization to launch a...

Dear Ms.Vicki, My husband deployed last year. Every time we could talk, it was hell for me. There wasn't one day where I wouldn't be yelled at or called names when all I did was ask him how his day was or what he ate and that we missed him. When he came back to his duty station, he continued...

A gunman took two hostages and killed six people in an apartment complex in South Florida before he was shot dead by a SWAT team. HIALEAH, Fla. — A man living with his mother in a South Florida apartment complex set their unit on fire and went on a shooting rampage throughout the building...

Report: Harrison Ford will appear in 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Actor said to be reprising iconic role of Han Solo LucasFilm According to a report posted today (February 15), Harrison Ford is very close to returning as Han Solo in "Star Wars: Episode VII." Bing: More about Harrison Ford |...

How to Prepare for a North Korean Invasion By Ben Makuch Out of all the totalitarian countries threatening to fire off a nuke, North Korea is easily the biggest wild card. In the past we’ve done a pretty thorough job reporting on the regime’s endless abuse of their people, ****ty amusement...

In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, bystanders watch as a woman accused of witchcraft is burned alive in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea. The 20-year-old mother of one, Kepari Leniata was stripped naked by several assailants, tortured with a hot...

Because driving a half mile to the nearest kiosk wasn't easy enough Crazy, right? Without the internet, we would be forced to shop at germ-infested stores, communicate with people in person, and... *gulp*... leave the house to rent a movie. The Xbox 360 is adding a big name app to its library...

Tonik, the Dog with the Human Face, Is Up for Adoption By Samantha GrossmanFeb. 07, 2013 Most animal lovers would agree that dogs have certain human-like qualities — as in, they have distinct personalities and are capable of feeling human emotions like joy, fear and even empathy. Rarely...

Among the discoveries are pyramids with a circle built inside them, cross-braces connecting the circle to the corners of the pyramid. Outside of Sedeinga only one pyramid is known to have been built in this way. This aerial photo shows a series of pyramids and graves that a team of...

Burger King finds horsemeat in patties: A Whopper at a restaurant in Basildon, UK. The fast-food giant admits horsemeat was found in some hamburger patties but says that the tainted burgers never reached Burger King restaurants. LONDON – Fast-food chain Burger King said traces of horse DNA...

Chris Kyle, an ex-Navy SEAL who wrote the best-selling book American Sniper about his service in Iraq, was shot and killed at a gun range in Texas, multiple outlets reported Saturday night. A second man was also killed. According to local TV station KHOU, officials said that Kyle was shot at...

Jan 29, 2013 FORWARD OPERATING BASE APACHE, Afghanistan - Deployed Soldiers endure long days, short nights of sleep and months of separation from friends and loved ones. But for one Soldier stationed here, home is just one building away. For Spc. Kyle Kinsman, an intelligence analyst assigned...

Atari has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US and France, setting the stage for a sale of some of the most famous names from the early days of video games in the 1970s. The company behind Pong said that its US business expected to sell or restructure all its assets in the next 120 days...

Surgery Negligence Allegedly Results In 16 Items In Body According to several news outlets, a German lawyer, Annette Corinth, claims that her now-deceased client was the victim of surgery negligence. Her claim is that after prostate cancer surgery in 2009, her elderly client’s wounds wouldn’t...

Posted by Beth Owens on Jan 17th, 2013 // No Comment Doomsday Clock stays at Five Minutes to Midnight For the year 2013 the Doomsday Clock will keep its time at five minutes to midnight refelcting the threat to the world as we know it of nuclear terrorism and global warming. The clock...

Jan 11, 2013 Military.com| by Richard Sisk President Obama announced Friday he will award the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest decoration for valor, to an Army staff sergeant who fought off a Taliban attempt to overrun his combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan. Former Staff Sgt. Clinton...

Jan 14, 2013 A deaf man in North Carolina, communicating to a friend via sign language, was stabbed multiple times after he was mistaken for flashing gang signs, police said. Terrance Ervin Daniels, 45, was brutally attacked "in the upper body" with a kitchen knife on Jan. 9 in Burlington...

A team of amateurs has discovered evidence for 42 alien planets, including a Jupiter-size world that could potentially be habitable, by sifting through data from a NASA spacecraft. Forty volunteers with the crowd-sourcing Planet Hunters project discovered the new planet candidates, which...

Jan 01, 2013 Military.com| by Richard Sisk A 20-year-old private first class from north Florida on his first deployment was identified Monday as possibly the last U.S. servicemember to be killed in 2012 in the 11-year-old war in Afghanistan. Army Pfc. Markie T. Sims, 20, of Citra, Fla., was...