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U.S. paid $30 million in last 3 years to drug informants
WASHINGTON — The United States paid $10 million in each of the past three years to informants in an effort to capture major druglords, a senior government official told lawmakers Thursday. The program, sponsored by the State Department, has paid out $71 million since it was launched in 1986, said…
House passes bipartisan small businesses bill
WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a jobs bill backed by President Barack Obama that Republican leaders said would help small businesses expand and hire new workers. House speaker John Boehner said the measure, which passed by a vote of 390 to 23, would give a…
China cyber warfare skills a risk to U.S. military: report
WASHINGTON — China’s cyber warfare capabilities would pose a danger to US military forces in the event of a conflict over Taiwan, according to a report by a US congressional advisory panel released Thursday. The report by defense contractor Northrop Grumman for the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said…
Two killed, seven hurt at Pittsburgh psychiatric ward shooting
WASHINGTON — Two people including the gunman were killed and seven others were injured Thursday during a shootout at a US psychiatric ward in Pittsburgh, officials said. The Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic confirmed the toll, saying that the seven people hurt in the incident were being treated at UPMC…
Pakistan charges bin Laden wives with illegal entry
Pakistan has charged Osama bin Laden’s three widows with illegal entry, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Thursday, without saying when it had done so or when a trial would begin. Pakistan took the Al-Qaeda terror chief’s wives — two Saudis and a Yemeni — and around 10 of their children…
‘SimCity’ game rebuilt for age of climate change
Climate change is coming to SimCity. A new version of the city-building computer game that factors in real-world consequences of energy choices has won endorsements from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and the director of the Academy Award-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth.” “We are updating SimCity with technology of today and…
Ten arrests in global child porn network
Ten people have been arrested in France, Italy, Portugal and the United States in an Italian-led inquiry into an online child porn network operating in 28 countries, investigators said Thursday. The prosecutor’s office in Florence headed the probe, nicknamed “Operation Nanny”, in coordination with the European Union’s judicial cooperation unit…
Rome’s Colosseum reveals secret history of women
The Colosseum in Rome held a special tour to mark Women’s Day on Thursday, exploring the famous monument’s feminine angle — from female gladiators to noblewomen in love with the arena fighters. “From senators’ wives to humbler women, many were crazy about gladiators. They were like footballers today,” said Lucilla…
Space storm fizzles on arrival
A space weather storm that was forecast to be the strongest in five years has fizzled out and ended up causing no impact to power grids or modern navigation systems, US experts said on Thursday. A series of eruptions on the Sun this week sent radiation and solar plasma hurtling…
State Dept. says Afghanistan made progress in fighting drugs
The Afghan government has made progress in the last year in fighting drugs trafficking and cultivation, although the “gains remain fragile,” a US State Department report said Thursday. “The overall counternarcotics effort this year was positive” in Afghanistan, which grows about 90 percent of the world’s opium, according to the…
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