Inside Hitler's Bunker: Rare Images

Inside Hitler's Bunker: Rare Images

Military testing laser weapons

"Advances in the technology have made it possible for military testers to shoot down incoming mortar rounds with land-based lasers, and military commanders are on the verge of being able to fire laser blasts from the air that could be aimed at tanks or mines."  Or, of course, at volcanoes.

FinReg bill: Violating privacy one bank account at a time

The bill goes on to mandate that customer addresses be geocoded for the collection of data on the census tracts of the residences or business locations of customers. The government is mandating that every cent any individual deposits will be linked to the census-based personal address of each customer and to their deposit at the corresponding financial institution. The bureau is permitted to share this data with whomever they wish.

Trading firms put their money on poker experts

A new breed of Wall Street recruit gets ahead not through connections or business experience, but through demonstrating a head for numbers, quick thinking and risk-taking – skills from the card table.

Rahm: We “screwed up the messaging” on Israel

More than just the messaging, pal.

USSR planned nuclear attack on China in 1969

Hard to tell if there's anything to this:  Report: Nixon blocked Soviet nuclear attack on China in 1969.