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Russian meteor gets meme-ified

It didn't take long for Friday's Chelyabinsk meteor explosion to turn into a meme. Russians pounced on the opportunity, and jokes about the event began appearing on the Internet nearly as soon as the news broke this morning. Of course, there's...

Published Fri, Feb 15 2013 1:50 PM by FP Passport

How does the U.S. minimum wage compare to those around the world?

In his State of the Union address last night, President Barack Obama announced that he would seek to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour, a measure that would form the centerpiece of an agenda aimed at reducing incoming inequality in the United...

Published Wed, Feb 13 2013 11:39 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Syrian troops bombard rebel strongholds in Damascus

Syrian troops bombard rebel strongholds in Damascus Top news: Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad intensified their bombardment of Sunni Muslim districts in and around Damascus Wednesday in an attempt to reverse recent rebel gains. Syrian...

Published Thu, Feb 14 2013 5:41 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Army Accuses Morsi of Murder Ahead of Protests

Army Accuses Morsi of Murder Ahead of Protests Top news: Egypt's state news agency is reporting that ousted President Mohamed Morsy is being held on suspicion of murder, kidnapping, and conspiring with Hamas. The accusations relate to Morsy's...

Published Fri, Jul 26 2013 5:19 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Who is mysterious trader no. 588?

The camera just loves certain people -- especially when it comes to unnamed New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Trader No. 588, who has become both a fixture on Getty Images and a weathervane for those tracking the financial winds. Photo editors the world...

Published Wed, Mar 06 2013 12:00 PM by FP Passport

Meet the lawyer defending Osama bin Laden's son-in-law

It's never an easy thing to defend a terror suspect, but this is not Philip Weinstein's first time around the block. Known for his " aggressive " courtroom presence, Weinstein, an attorney at Federal Defenders of New York, entered a...

Published Fri, Mar 08 2013 11:20 AM by FP Passport

Shocking photo: Train hits and kills elephant in India

Today a high-speed train traveling through West Bengal crushed and killed an elephant that was crossing the tracks. A Forest Department official said that the Indian railway is looking into the cause of the accident, though the "cause" seems...

Published Tue, Mar 05 2013 3:52 PM by FP Passport

Haiti's "pact with the devil"

File under "brutally tactless." Here's Pat Robertson arguing that Haiti's earthquake is somehow the Haitians' own fault, due to a pact they made with the devil to get them out from under the thumb of the French colonialists. Video...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 12:18 PM by FP Passport

Why did Chuck Hagel snub New Zealand?

Sam Roggeveen of Australia's Lowy Institute noticed some odd phrasing in Chuck Hagel's remarks on Saturday at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. When the secretary of defense was going through a list of America's partners in the Pacific...

Published Mon, Jun 03 2013 10:00 AM by FP Passport

Is Edward Snowden Any Good at Spycraft?

Sure, Edward Snowden's non-flight to Cuba , whereabouts in Russia , and request for asylum in Ecuador are getting most of the attention today. But amid all the hubbub, Monday's news also brought us this small but intriguing detail from a New York...

Published Mon, Jun 24 2013 3:50 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, Security, Intelligence

Meet the Seven Men Obama Considers Enemies of the State

Late Friday, the Washington Post revealed that federal prosecutors have charged Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor behind a series of revelations about the agency's intelligence-gathering operations, with espionage.[[BREAK...

Published Sat, Jun 22 2013 1:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Obama Administration, Intelligence, National Security

Yar'Adua: back, but not in action

If there's one thing I'm sure of this morning it's this: the reason I was never a better reporter in Nigeria is because I slept "normal" hours. In Nigeria, big news always happens after midnight. That's what happened last night...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 10:44 AM by FP Passport

Does Rick Perry really want to send U.S. troops to Mexico?

It's been superseded in the national media discussion by the controversy over the name of his old hunting spot , but Rick Perry also generated some controversy over the weekend with comments over how he would respond to Mexico's drug violence...

Published Mon, Oct 03 2011 9:10 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: More Questions about Would-Be Bomber of Flight 253

More Questions about Would-Be Bomber of Flight 253 Top Story: More details emerged in the story of a 23-year-old Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who attempted to set off an explosive during Northwest Airlines Flight 253, from Amsterdam to Detroit...

Published Mon, Dec 28 2009 5:27 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

FP's new ebook goes inside Mali

There are major developments in Mali's civil war today after Islamist fighters reportedly took the central town of Konna. The BBC calls it the most serious fighting the country has seen since government forces were routed from Northern Mali in April...

Published Thu, Jan 10 2013 1:54 PM by FP Passport

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Russian meteor gets meme-ified

How does the U.S. minimum wage compare to those around the world?

Morning Brief: Syrian troops bombard rebel strongholds in Damascus

Morning Brief: Army Accuses Morsi of Murder Ahead of Protests

Who is mysterious trader no. 588?

Meet the lawyer defending Osama bin Laden's son-in-law

Shocking photo: Train hits and kills elephant in India

Haiti's "pact with the devil"

Why did Chuck Hagel snub New Zealand?

Is Edward Snowden Any Good at Spycraft?

Meet the Seven Men Obama Considers Enemies of the State

Yar'Adua: back, but not in action

Does Rick Perry really want to send U.S. troops to Mexico?

Morning Brief: More Questions about Would-Be Bomber of Flight 253

FP's new ebook goes inside Mali