Have you heard the big news? No, not the alert by the Department of Homeland Security over possible chlorine bombs in the US which is the conclusion they drew after someone stole shit load of it. But that another "Earth like" planet has finally been found. It is the first exoplanet that has met the criteria. It's a bit bigger but should have liquid water and similar temps that we experience here.

Sources:
New earth find sugests we are not alone

Chlorine bombs pose new terror risk

Despite how potentially devastating the bombs could be, I am sure that the news will continue to focus on rampaging nutcases or what some celebrity did the other night in public.

It was announced that the very controversial Divine Strake experiment has been canned. Fear about kicking up radioactive dirt and scattering it along the local area was one major concern. Of course once Congress started looking into it... Link {PDF}

The Department of Homeland Security has not been very secure in handling data about everyone.  However, they are falling into line and working on it.  Feel safer yet?  Link

So you think that the .gov would spend more on security and security training, right?  Nope.  Link

TJ Maxx says oops.  Security breach was far worse than originally thought.  hope no one reading this actually used a credit card there.  Thankfully I no longer have any.  Link

Going to another country and sad that your cell phone will not work?  National Geographic might have a solution for you.  Link

If someone was going to have a drill in which they respond to a school shooter, you think they would try to recruit a bunch of students or at least adults pretending to be so, in order to simulate a real life situation.  Not so much.  Link