Fire danger already here in parched NW forests

Remnants of the state’s reasonably wet winter are evaporating as the region transitions to a potentially combustible summer. Even in damp Western Washington, a long rainless stretch in June has helped set wildfire conditions not normally seen until summer’s end.

Items gone from Nat’l Archives; Irreplaceable historical documents, computerized records lost or stolen.

National Archives visitors know they’ll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building’s magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won’t find the patent file for the Wright Brothers‘ Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory.

The Bigger Story Behind Michael Scheur’s Wish for an Attack on America

People aren’t putting this in context. In fact, many Neocons have also stated a desperate yearning for another attack on America (and see this).

Rising Debt Might Be Next Crisis

The country first got into debt to help pay for the Revolutionary War. Growing ever since, the debt stands today at a staggering $11.4 trillion – equivalent to about $37,000 for each and every American. And it’s expanding by over $1 trillion a year.

Items gone from Nat’l Archives; Irreplaceable historical documents, computerized records lost or stolen.

National Archives visitors know they’ll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building’s magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won’t find the patent file for the Wright Brothers‘ Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory.

Georgia freemasons at loggerheads over admission of black man to lodge

There is much about Freemasonry that remains shrouded in mystery to the outside world. But a group of members in the US state of Georgia appear to have clarified one thing – the supreme being in which all Masons are required to believe is not likely to be black.

Sun expected to appear again

Temperatures will warm up this weekend, but forecasters see more rain next week.

Lynch not anticipating Ayotte Senate run

An aide says the governor understood the attorney general would keep her post for the entire four-year term.
►New Hampshire Union Leader State House Bureau Chief Tom Fahey and City Hall reporter Scott Brooks will discuss the state budget and Manchester mayor’s race Sunday on WMUR’s "Close Up" at 10 a.m.

American Revolution fueled by defiant NH

PORTSMOUTH – Paul Revere’s warning of British intentions to seize gunpowder in Portsmouth in 1774 spurred a key act of rebellion.

North Korea Test Fires Short Range Missiles

Scud tests take place as US begins to celebrate its Independence Day holiday