Past Articles by Wright Bryan
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Saturday Mail Delivery: Safe For Now? There's disagreement in Washington, D.C., this week on whether the USPS has the freedom to end Saturday mail delivery in August, as planned. The passage of a bill funding the federal government through September re-ignited the debate. |
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Saturday Mail Delivery: Safe For Now? There's disagreement in Washington, D.C., this week on whether the USPS has the freedom to end Saturday mail delivery in August, as planned. The passage of a bill funding the federal government through September re-ignited the debate. |
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Saturday Mail Delivery: Safe For Now? There's disagreement in Washington, D.C., this week on whether the USPS has the freedom to end Saturday mail delivery in August, as planned. The passage of a bill funding the federal government through September re-ignited the debate. |
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FAA Announces Tower Closures Coming In April The FAA has trimmed the number of towers it plans to close as it shrinks its budget in response to sequestration. Officials spared 40 airport towers it had previously planned to shutter. |
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FAA Announces Tower Closures Coming In April The FAA has trimmed the number of towers it plans to close as it shrinks its budget in response to sequestration. Officials spared 40 airport towers it had previously planned to shutter. |
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Legalized Marijuana Forcing Old Dogs To Learn New Tricks Law enforcement agencies in Washington state are having to make lots of adjustments as the state implements a ballot initiative that legalized the use of marijuana. One surprise change has been the need to re-train dogs used for sniffing out illegal drugs. |
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Legalized Marijuana Forcing Old Dogs To Learn New Tricks Law enforcement agencies in Washington state are having to make lots of adjustments as the state implements a ballot initiative that legalized the use of marijuana. One surprise change has been the need to re-train dogs used for sniffing out illegal drugs. |
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Man Freed after Two Decades In New York Prison; Doubt Cast On Murder Conviction An fresh investigation into the 1990 murder of a New York rabbi has resulted in the freedom of the man convicted of the crime. Prosecutors supported David Ranta's release, saying serious doubt had been cast on his guilt. |
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Man Freed after Two Decades In New York Prison; Doubt Cast On Murder Conviction An fresh investigation into the 1990 murder of a New York rabbi has resulted in the freedom of the man convicted of the crime. Prosecutors supported David Ranta's release, saying serious doubt had been cast on his guilt. |
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Italian Marines Accused Of Killing Fishermen Headed Back To India For Trial The Italian government has reversed itself for a second time and will send two marines to India to face charges relating to the deaths of two fishermen last year. |
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Italian Marines Accused Of Killing Fishermen Headed Back To India For Trial The Italian government has reversed itself for a second time and will send two marines to India to face charges relating to the deaths of two fishermen last year. |
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Italian Marines Accused Of Killing Fishermen Headed Back To India For Trial The Italian government has reversed itself for a second time and will send two marines to India to face charges relating to the deaths of two fishermen last year. |
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House OKs Bill To Keep Government Funded Through September A government shutdown has been averted, with the house passing a spending bill that keeps things open through the end of September. |
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House OKs Bill To Keep Government Funded Through September A government shutdown has been averted, with the house passing a spending bill that keeps things open through the end of September. |
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House OKs Bill To Keep Government Funded Through September A government shutdown has been averted, with the house passing a spending bill that keeps things open through the end of September. |
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'Tonight Show' Reportedly Moving To New York In 2014 With Fallon As Host Jimmy Fallon is on track to replace Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show on NBC in 2014, according to reports in The New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter. |
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'Tonight Show' Reportedly Moving To New York In 2014 With Fallon As Host Jimmy Fallon is on track to replace Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show on NBC in 2014, according to reports in The New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter. |
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VIDEO: 'Dead' Deer Makes Unexpected Getaway It was surprise all around when a Kalamazoo, Mich., police officer checked on a suspicious car early Tuesday morning. A video camera mounted in the patrol car captured the moment when the cargo under inspection escaped. |
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We Have Liftoff: Apollo Rocket Engines Reportedly Pulled From Ocean Floor   Some of the most powerful U.S. rocket engines ever built have been raised from the depths off Florida. The Apollo-era motors are to be restored and put on display. Meanwhile, NASA has pulled unused copies of the same engine out of storage and fired them up as part of its program to build new heavy lift rockets. |
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We Have Liftoff: Apollo Rocket Engines Reportedly Pulled From Ocean Floor Some of the most powerful U.S. rocket engines ever built have been raised from the depths off Florida. The Apollo-era motors are to be restored and put on display. Meanwhile, NASA has pulled unused copies of the same engine out of storage and fired them up as part of its program to build new heavy lift rockets. |
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We Have Liftoff: Apollo Rocket Engines Pulled From Ocean Floor Some of the most powerful U.S. rocket engines ever built have been raised from the depths off Florida. The Apollo-era motors are to be restored and put on display. Meanwhile, NASA has pulled unused copies of the same engine out of storage and fired them up as part of its program to build new heavy lift rockets. |
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We Have Liftoff: Apollo Rocket Engines Pulled From Ocean Floor Some of the most powerful U.S. rocket engines ever built have been raised from the depths off Florida. The Apollo-era motors are to be restored and put on display. Meanwhile, NASA has pulled unused copies of the same engine out of storage and fired them up as part of its program to build new heavy lift rockets. |
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Confusion has surrounded the actions and motives of the young man said to be behind the deadly attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Slowly, a picture is beginning to emerge, but much is still not known. |
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Austin Hosts The World With The Return Of F1 Racing The world's most-watched motorsport series races in America for the first time in five years at a new track in Texas. In an exciting race, Lewis Hamilton passes championship leader Sebastian Vettel to win. Ferrari's championship contender Fernando Alsonso finishes third, sending the title fight to the final race in Brazil. |
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Obama's Weekly Address Receives Belated Romney Response Mitt Romney delivered the official GOP response to President Obama's weekly address on Saturday. Media observers were surprised, however, that the challenger's address was released hours after the president's message. |
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VIDEO: Airborne Launch Sends X-Ray Observatory Into Earth Orbit A 700-pound NASA science satellite roared into orbit Wednesday on a mission to map high-energy features across the universe, including black holes and supernovae. The NuSTAR mission will provide scientists with unprecedented resolution for viewing X-ray objects in space. |
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NASA Struggles With IT Security, Loses Space Station Code NASA's inspector general reports in testimony to Congress that the space agency's IT security efforts need improvement in the areas of network security and the encryption of data on mobile devices. |
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The Story Of HitmanForHire.net The story of Essam Ahmed Eid is a cautionary tale of one man's drive to put more money in his pocket by taking advantage of other people's problems. |
  Researchers at Harvard have come up with a novel manufacturing process for building robotic bees, finding inspiration from the worlds of pop-up books and origami. They hope that within two years their bees will be flying on their own, perhaps in swarms. |
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Early Sound Recordings From Alexander Graham Bell Recovered, Played Again Sound recordings that hadn't been heard since they were first made by Alexander Graham Bell and others in the 1880s were played publicly Tuesday at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. |
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VIDEO: 'World's Slowest Fastest Camera' Captures The Movement Of Light  A camera that captures images at the rate of one trillion exposures per second is a device with amazing potential, according to researchers at MIT. |
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Billionaire Dreamer, Aviation Pioneer Aim For Earth Orbit  Stratolaunch Systems is a new venture from Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen and aviation pioneer Burt Rutan that plans to launch rockets into space from a specially built jet aircraft with a wingspan greater than the length of a football field. |
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Death Toll Rises In Syria, Adding To U.N. Estimate Of 5,000 Killed So Far As many as 28 people reportedly died in clashes with government forces on Tuesday in Syria, adding to the more than 5,000 estimated by the United Nations to have died since uprisings began nine months ago. |
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Canada Exits Kyoto Climate Agreement Canada is withdrawing from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol agreement on climate change, with Environment Minister Peter Kent arguing that the framework doesn't represent the way forward for Canada or the world. |
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U.S. Asks Iran For Spy Drone's Return; Iran Says It's Extracting Secret Data The United States is officially asking Iran for the return of a drone surveillance aircraft lost earlier this month, although officials do not have high hopes that the U.S. will ever see it again. |
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Monkey, Carnivorous Plants Among New Species Found In Mekong River Region Researchers identified 208 new species in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia in 2010, according to a report released by the WWF conservation group Monday. |
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New Jersey Nets' Owner Announces Run For Russian Presidency Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's bid to return to his nation's presidency, an office he held from 2000 to 2008, picked up a surprise challenger Monday when Mikhail Prokhorov publicly declared his intention to run for the office, too. |
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'Occupy' Protesters Disrupt Ports in Oakland And Portland "Occupy" protesters on the West Coast moved Monday to disrupt ports in Los Angeles, San Francisco and elsewhere. The action fizzled in Los Angeles, but gained traction in Portland and Oakland. |
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Former Yankees Pitcher Hideki Irabu Found Dead Hideki Irabu, a Japanese pitcher who debuted for the New York Yankees in 1997, was found dead after an apparent suicide in Los Angeles. |
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Designer Wins Right To Sell 'Star Wars' Stormtrooper Outfits In The U.K. The designer who made the original stormtrooper suits for Star Wars wins a big court case. He's now free to make and sell replicas of the outfits, in Britain at least. |
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Connecticut Firefighters Settle Reverse Discrimination Suit For $2 Million Twenty white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., have settled their 2004 reverse discrimination case with the city for $2 million in back pay, additional pension benefits and interest. |
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My What Big Eyes You Have, Up North A survey of 55 skulls from the 1800s and regions across the globe finds that people who lived in high latitudes had bigger eyes and brains. But it's not what you think. |
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Missing Soldier Arrested In Texas Had Firearms, Explosives An Army soldier who had left his post in Kentucky has been arrested by police in Texas. Fox News is reporting that he was found at a motel near Fort Hood with munitions in his possession. |
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Writer Credited With Breakthrough Charmin 'Don't Squeeze' Slogan Dies  Advertising industry veteran John Chervokas, who is credited with inventing the phrase "Don't squeeze the Charmin," has died at the age of 74. |
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Connecticut Mountain Lion Likely Came From The Black Hills A mountain lion from South Dakota apparently made an epic journey to suburban Connecticut. After traveling more than 1,500 miles, the lean, male cat met an untimely end in a collision with an SUV. |
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Georgia Mother Seeks To Clear Name After Convictions Relating To Son's Death A Georgia woman convicted on charges relating to the death of her son in a hit-and-run accident has opted for a new trial after being offered that option at sentencing. |
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Designer Alexander McQueen's Legacy Favors Charity Designer Alexander McQueen left most of his money to charity after he committed suicide, according to documents released Tuesday. |
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Amy Winehouse Celebrated By Family, Friends At Funeral Ceremony Several hundred people gathered in London for private ceremonies to mark the death of British singer Amy Winehouse. |
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FAA Suspends Airport Construction Projects Nationwide The failure of the Senate and House to agree on a bill re-authorizing the FAA to collect certain taxes has meant an end to construction of infrastructure at airports across the country. |
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See-Through Battery Could Lead to See-Through Phones Transparent batteries are just around the corner, according a report published in the New Scientist. The technology could pave the way for transparent cell phones and new scientific instruments. |
