The White House refused to indicate Monday whether President Obama will issue a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson, the African-American boxing champion convicted in 1913 for dating a white woman. The House of Representatives on July 29 unanimously passed a resolution urging Obama to grant a pardon; the Senate passed a similar measure by a voice vote on June 24
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Behind the scenes in Obama’s war council debate
There’s an air of mystery hanging over President Obama’s war council, which meets in secrecy yet again this week to discuss a new strategy for Afghanistan in the highly secure White House Situation Room. But senior officials closely involved in the decision-making process reveal that the president and his team are grappling with one particularly urgent question: Will Gen.
32 planets discovered outside solar system
Thirty-two planets have been discovered outside Earth’s solar system through the use of a high-precision instrument installed at a Chilean telescope, an international team announced Monday. The existence of the so-called exoplanets — planets outside our solar system — was announced at the European Southern Observatory/Center for Astrophysics, University of Porto conference in Porto, Portugal, according to a statement issued by the observatory
Scientist charged with improperly passing on classified information
Facebook, Twitter users beware: Crooks are a mouse click away
No winner in $5 million African leadership prize
World Cup hosts South Africa sack coach Santana
Is this the end for Ratchet & Clank?
Chinese ship hijacked in Indian Ocean
Interning from your sofa becomes virtual reality
Technologies that let employees work remotely have given rise to a growing phenomenon — virtual internships. Businesses are realizing that commonplace Internet technologies like email, instant messaging — which can also enable video chats — and social media can be used to free interns from the confines of the office.