National Briefing | Washington: Security Breach at Military Hospital
June 3, 2008
Sensitive information on about 1,000 patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other military hospitals was exposed in a security breach.
National Briefing | Washington: Guilty Plea by Ex-Congressional Aide
June 3, 2008
A top aide to a former Republican congressman from Oklahoma has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to defraud the House as part of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.
National Briefing | Washington: FEMA May Use Trailers Again
June 3, 2008
The government may house disaster victims in trailers this hurricane season as a last resort, despite promises never to use them again.
National Briefing | Science and Technology: Shuttle Docks With Space Station
June 3, 2008
The crews of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station got together while orbiting over the South Pacific.
NASA Office Is Criticized on Climate Reports
June 3, 2008
NASA’s inspector general concluded that there has been distortion and suppression of climate science, mostly by the agency’s press office.
Obama, Awaiting a New Title, Carefully Hones His Partisan Image
June 3, 2008
Barack Obama is gingerly fitting himself with the cloth of a partisan Democrat despite having long proclaimed himself above such politics.
Senate Opens Debate on Politically Risky Bill Addressing Global Warming
June 3, 2008
Some of those who voted to allow the debate to proceed are sure to argue against it on the floor of the Senate.
Medal of Honor Is Awarded to Soldier Who Saved Others
June 3, 2008
President Bush awarded the military’s highest honor posthumously to a 19-year-old soldier who was killed in Iraq after falling on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers.