James C Gammage

Opinion: Students Told To Call 9-11 Hijackers ‘Freedom Fighters

COMMENTARY | This story is still developing, and, as such, there are still many moving pieces. In an advanced placement geography class at Lumberton High School, Lumberton, Texas a day ago, the teacher did a block of instruction covering Islam and the Middle East. During that lesson, according to several students, she made the comment […]

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astronomy

Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope Online This Fall

The Gemini Planet Imager, an exoplanet-hunting telescope, is set to go online this fall. The Gemini Planet Imager is heralded as being far more advanced than the current array of telescopes tasked to search for planets orbiting distant suns. The technology which makes this new telescope a step above the current technology in use is […]

11y ago

Gun Control

Westford, MA Residents Applaud ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Withdrawal

Westford, MA – At a meeting of the town council on Wednesday night, over 400 residents of the Massachusetts town of Westford packed into an auditorium to listen to one of the town’s selectmen discuss a proposed restriction to ‘assault weapons’ in the township. Vice Chairman of the Board of Selectmen Robert Jeffries said, “This […]

11y ago

NATO And Afghan Forces Kill 25 Insurgents And Commanders

Kabul, Afghanistan – NATO and Afghan forces killed 25 Insurgents and at least three of their commanders in separate incidents around the country according to Coalition leadership on Wednesday. According to the Associated Press, an Afghan security operation on Tuesday in Mehterlam, the capital city of eastern Laghman province, killed 15 insurgents. According to this […]

11y ago

star wars

Mark Hamill Confirms Star Wars Talks

In a move sure to please die-hard original Star Wars fans, Mark Hamill confirmed Star Wars talks with George Lucas. Director J.J. Abrams is set to head up the next three films in the Star Wars universe with a tentative release date set for 2015, and, if the job he did with the Star Trek […]

11y ago

US 89 Collapses South Of Page, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona – US 89 collapsed south of Page, Arizona on Wednesday leaving the road in a condition often seen in post-apocalyptic survival games and movies. The collapse occurred approximately two and a half miles north of mile 526, north of the intersection with U.S. 89A, approximately 25 miles south of Page. At this point […]

11y ago