davidl on January 3rd, 2014

A Ship of Fools, From the BBC:

The Chinese ice-breaker that helped rescue passengers stranded on the Akademik Shokalskiy vessel in Antarctica may now itself be stuck.

An Australian ice-breaker carrying the rescued passengers has been placed on standby

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davidl on January 3rd, 2014

The United States Marine Corps is not what it used to be, by Pauline Jelinek:

WASHINGTON (AP) – More than half of female Marines in boot camp can’t do three pullups, the minimum standard that was supposed to

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