A new industrial plant producing a key nuclear weapons ingredient, enriched uranium, opened in China last year, near the Sichuan city of Hanzhong. Other such plants opened last year in France and Japan.
Fissile materials remain poorly protected
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Casino mogul’s $5 million check to pro-Gingrich group a harbinger of GOP help to come
Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich asks his staff, "what's next" during a N.H. campaign stop.
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A battlefield internet?
An Army strategist, John Arquilla, who in the early ’90s worked at the California think tank RAND, was one of the first to imagine a “cyberwar” force that would feature widely-spread, small groups of soldiers equipped with the latest sensors and communications technology.This “highly networked” army would be capable of instantly reacting to an enemy and hitting him where he’s weakest.
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After the quake, praise becomes resentment in Haiti
Graffiti on the streets of Haiti’s capital city Port-au-Prince echoes negative views many Haitians now have of relief organizations praised as heroes immediately after the Jan. 12, 2010 quake.
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Haitian firms few and far between on reconstruction rosters
After two years of frustratingly slow reconstruction of their earthquake-battered country, Haitians and Haitian-Americans contend they’ve been shunted aside as American firms soak up most of the work and money dedicated for the nation’s rebuilding effort.Audits and analysis over the last two years — two by the inspector general of the U.S.
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ANALYSIS: President Santorum would be insurers' best buddy
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at a campaign town hall in Northfield, N.H.
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Georgia's "bootstrapping" detention of kids for indiscretions
Criminal-justice experts in Georgia say that locking up kids for indiscretions like repeat truancy, running away, even underage smoking, could end up costing that state millions in federal aid if these policies aren’t halted. Read about this detention philosophy, called “bootstrapping,” in a story posted by the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange in Georgia.The JJIE story cites an expert report commissioned by the Governor’s Office for Children and Families, which you can read 
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FACT CHECK: Gingrich’s ‘baloney’-filled attacks on Romney
Newt Gingrich is out with two new attacks on Mitt Romney: an ad airing in South Carolina that tries to brand Romney as a “pro-abortion” governor, and a nearly three-minute Web video that gauges Romney statements on a “Baloney-O-Meter.” We found a bit of baloney in both.The ad airing in South Carolina misleadingly says that Romney “expanded access to abortion pills.” The law in question concerned emergency contraception, or “the morning-after pill” (now available over the counter), not the contro
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FACT CHECK: Gingrich makes a French connection
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States slow to act against New England polluters
Jill Callela has complained about air pollution from Old Town Fuel & Fiber, a paper mill across the Penobscot River from her home in Maine.
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Fatal Texas shooting highlights struggle to regulate replica guns
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck shows that a real Beretta handgun looks very similar to a BB gun manufactured to look like the real thing. Here, both guns sit on a Los Angeles Police Department gun box.
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Rules against coordination between super PACs, candidates, tough to enforce
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and adviser Eric Fehrnstrom, left, as they stepped off his campaign charter plane in South Carolina.
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FACT CHECK: Facts Strained in ‘King of Bain’
Mitt Romney, GOP presidential candidate
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‘Outsider’ candidate Santorum collected millions in corporate PAC money
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a town hall meeting in South Carolina.
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ANALYSIS: Mitt's Romney's dream world
Mitt Romney greets voters
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FACT CHECK: Mitt the Ripper?
Screen shot of 'Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow' attack ad against Mitt Romney
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Wyoming billionaire pledges a half-million-dollar matching contribution to Santorum 'super PAC'
Foster Friess speaking at the Tea Party Patriots American Policy Summit in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Una epidemia de expulciones
Teresa Arredondo stands with her son in front of his elementary school in Bakersfield, Calif.
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FACT CHECK: Few errors in Myrtle Beach GOP debate
Republican presidential candidates, from left to right: Texas Gov. Rick Perry; former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich; and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, participate in the South Carolina Republican presidential candidate debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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Romney's small tax bill could be a big problem
Mitt Romney, who made millions buying and selling companies for a private equity firm, pays an effective tax rate that is lower than a family earning less than $70,000.“It's probably closer to the 15 percent rate than anything,” Romney told reporters in South Carolina Tuesday, when asked about his taxes.The Bain Capital founder and current GOP presidential front-runner has been under pressure to release his tax returns. Romney is estimated to be worth as much as $264 million.
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