Friday, March 23, 2018

In the news, Wednesday, March 7, 2018


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from The Hill
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, newspaper in Washington, D.C.

Navy, Marine Corps leaders warn that China is 'weaponizing capital'
Top Navy and Marine Corps officials on Wednesday expressed concern over China’s expanding global reach and said the superpower was rapidly buying up foreign land to “win without fighting.” “When it comes to China, the bottom line there is the checkbook,” Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer told lawmakers during a House Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing. “Not only in the dollars and cents that they are writing to support their military expansion and their technological work, but what they’re doing around the globe ... weaponizing capital.”

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from New York Times
Newspaper in New York

Rome’s Subway Project Keeps Digging Up Archaeological Marvels
For archaeologists, the excavation of Rome’s newest subway line has been the gift that keeps on giving. Two years after a second-century military barracks was found during the excavation of the Amba Aradam station, archaeologists last week presented the remains of a richly decorated domus, or house, that they believe belonged to the commander of the military post.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Behemoth Snowstorm Watched by Satellites As It Hits US Northeast
A powerful nor'easter is expected to dump more than a foot of snow in some regions of the U.S. Northeast today (March 7), and satellites are tracking the snowstorm from space.

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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