TIME’s office gourmand surveys the threat of Sandy and runs into the harsh culinary economics of a city preparing for catastrophe.
Airport Worker Charged with Stealing from $96 Million Federal Reserve Shipment
An airport baggage handler allegedly pilfered a tiny fraction of the $96 million shipment of cash being hauled to New Jersey, but it wasn’t difficult to see that $20,000 was missing from the meticulously-controlled transport.
Shifting Defense Expenditures in East Asia
One doesn’t need Superman’s X-ray vision or have to look far to see various tensions building in the Asia-Pacific region, aside from those long-standing ones between North and South Korea, or China and Taiwan.
Recent …
AP-GfK Poll: Romney Erases Obama Advantage Among Women
Florida’s ‘Mystery Monkey’ Finally Caught After Three Years on the Run
See monkey run, see monkey get caught. A 40-pound rhesus macaque dubbed the “Mystery Monkey” was finally caught Wednesday inTampa Bay, Fla. after three years on the loose.
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Combat: When Do You Go Back?
The military psychiatrist serves both the service member and the military. The classic decision for a military psychiatrist in the theater of war is how to balance the needs of the individual against those of the organization …
Paraplegic Man Survives After Being Abandoned for Three Days in the New Mexico Desert
When Ricky Gilmore recovered, he realized he had been flung out of a truck by a couple whom he had wanted to invite home for steaks.
Bang-Bang
Marines work on their shooting skills at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, on Oct. 17.
NBA Commissioner David Stern to Step Down
During the NBA’s annual season tip-off conference call with the media on Thursday, David Stern just wouldn’t mention it.
Affording the “Pacific Pivot”
Former governor Mitt Romney’s drumbeat for $2 trillion in additional defense spending, together with President Obama’s Pacific pivot – the reallocation of American military resources to contain China – turned out to be a …
Police Officer Arrested for Allegedly Plotting to Kill, Cook, Eat Women
A New York City police officer has been arrested and charged after his plans to kidnap, rape, kill, cook and eat several women came to light.
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