FDA Embarks on Major Hiring Initiative for its Public Health Mission

"Agency will fill more than 1,300 positions within the next several monthsBiologists, chemists, medical officers, mathematical statisticians and investigators are among the experts in demand as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration begins a multi-year hiring initiative.The...

PM plans sent to student's phone

"A security review has been launched after one of Gordon Brown's bodyguards sent details of the Prime Minister's movements to a student's mobile phone. Tom Dyer, 19, from Pembrokeshire, told the Sun newspaper that he received four voicemail messages and a text revealing Mr...

Kansas City Chemical Plant Explodes

The most remarkable aspect of this story so far is the lack of injuries or fatalities."Several explosions engulfed a chemical plant in flames Wednesday, forcing a broad evacuation as the fire spread to nearby houses and spewed a toxic, sticky substance that residents were...

Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton wins first England call-up

"Joey Barton,Manchester City midfielder , has won his first England squad call-up for the friendly against Spain at Old Trafford on Wednesday.England Squad"

CIA Blows It, Again

"Rarely has any CIA plot backfired so comprehensively. The White House horns in again Hamilton Spectator By Gwynne Dyer. Not so, there was also the leak of nuclear bomb designs to the Iranians. Which is how the US knows that Iran can build nukes."

Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...