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Mother said Josh Powell threatened her
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Radar problems were to blame for the failure of a U.S. missile defense test, military officials say.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency said it conducted a Sunday flight test of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System. It reported that after a successful launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., a missile defense interceptor missed its target because "sea-based X-band radar did not perform as expected."
CNN reported the X-band radar installation is perched atop a modified floating oil platform and is designed to provide information about incoming missiles so interceptors can be launched.
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TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The mother of Josh Powell, who killed himself and his sons in a fire in Washington state, said in divorce papers he exhibited disturbing behavior as a teenager.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Macaulay Culkin is in "perfectly good health," his publicist said after the former child star was photographed looking gaunt and disheveled in New York.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The Israeli government plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas terminal with a sea-based defense radar system off its Mediterranean coast while forming a naval force to protect its rich offshore gas fields against terrorist attack.
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XINXIANG CITY, China, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
A set of parents in China said they expected a large baby, but they were shocked when their son came out weighing a potentially record-setting 15 1/2 pounds.
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