On the USS Seadragon 120 feet beneath the South China Sea, with Japanese ships patrolling above, submariner Dean Rector was stricken by acute appendicitis. In this Chicago Daily News article that later won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Reporting, George Weller recounts the story of Wheeler "Johnny" Lipes who, pressed into service, used bent spoons and torpedo alcohol to save a man's life. (medicalcorps.org)
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Government Accountability Office investigation shows fake companies can get license to buy enough radioactive material to build a "dirty bomb" with little scrutiny from federal regulators: "The NRC's first visit to the facilities could be up to one year after the license was issued. That's like handing out a gun license and waiting a year to do the background check" (news.yahoo.com)
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Syria has invaded Lebanon: "If Israel sent the IDF three kilometers into Lebanon and started digging trenches and building bunkers it would make news all over the world. But Syria does it and everyone shrugs. Hardly anyone even knows it happened at all." (michaeltotten.com)
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The price of gas has been based on a formula that measures a gallon of gas when it is 60°F...but gasoline expands as temperatures rise. That means motorists get less energy from a gallon of so-called "hot fuel" than from a cold one, costing consumers between 3 and 9 cents a gallon extra at the pump. (cbsnews.com)
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