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Learn moreThousands of people were evacuating their homes in Louisiana last night as a massive operation got under way to save the cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge from a flooding catastrophe. Engineers were ...
A punishment in which an Iranian man was to be blinded by having acid dropped into his eyes has been postponed after international condemnation. Majid Movahedi was convicted and sentenced for pouring a bu...
The new police inquiry into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann was yesterday described as a ‘ludicrous’ waste of money by a senior member of the body which governs Scotland Yard. Jenny Jones said the ...
Nigel Calder has pointed out the following interview in Physics World about CERN's CLOUD experiment: In that interview, CLOUD's boss Jasper Kirkby answers lots questions - like what are the cosmic ray...
One of the terror suspects arrested for allegedly planning to attack New York synagogues dressed as a Hasidic Jew has pleaded his innocence in a tearful interview. 20-year-old Mohamed Mamdouh, who was cau...
President Barack Obama is directing his administration to ramp up U.S. oil production in the face of continued public unhappiness over gas prices. The President has ordered his administration to extend exi...
A mother of two children has been told by a judge that she must give custody to her ex-husband partly because she has breast cancer. Life was already tough for Alaina Giordano as the mother of two young ...
A father has killed his two young children, their mother and her sister before turning the gun on himself. Gaylin Leirmoe shot his estranged partner, 22-year-old Michelle Kern, their three-year-old son Ja...
*Yes, YOU!* *COTO Report* By Steve Scheetz Have you stopped to wonder why it is that many government programs seem to have been set in place in order to stop job growth, stop the economy and essential...
It's always something when you live in Texas.
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Millions of non-queer people support full LGBT equality, just as millions of white people supported the civil rights movement, and millions of men support feminism. But straight men who embrace anti-bullyi...
*VERDI: Don Carlos (in Italian): Act V, Aria, Élisabeth de Valois, "Tu che le vanità"* *Scene: The monastery of San Yuste* ÉLISABETH *enters slowly, lost in thought. She approaches the tomb of Charles V a...
Matt Smith won over Mayor Landrum. Argyle has elected one of their own and has rejected uncontrolled gas drilling and corruption.Wayne Holt is out too! That is a clear mandate against dirty, backroom deals a...
We in the West, especially the American people, live in a culture of big lies and mass political deception, a culture that is largely shaped by the mass media and government propaganda but made worse by se...
ENTERTAINMENT/TECHNOLOGY - Flatscreen TVs are getting thinner and thinner and lighter and lighter... So lightweight companies like Samsung, Sony, LG, Logitech are pushing the idea that they're super easy ...
Lawrence O'Donnell did such a spectacular job on this Friday evening that there's not even anything to add. Last year-- and more than once-- we warnedKentucky voters that in electing a deranged misfit lik...
In one of the most dizzying half-hours in stock market history, the Dow plunged nearly 1,000 points on Thursday, May 6th before bouncing back to close down 347.80 points. This represented the biggest intra...
Since when does the stock market take its cues from the market for silver, oil and pork bellies? When it's really the dollar that's driving the action. The stock market rally, which began in August, relied...
As 2010 drew to a close, the mayor of Newark, N.J., was staring into a budget abyss so deep that he sold 16 city buildings to pay the bills. They included the architecturally significant Newark Symphony Ha...
The United States could plunge back into recession if inaction in Washington forced a debt default, according to a new analysis that arrives as the country reaches the legal limits of its borrowing autho...
A stash of pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden by the U.S. commandos who killed him, current and former U.S. officials said on Friday. The pornography recovered in bin Laden's compoun...
At 2:00 in the afternoon on May 13, Dallas reported its thirteenth murder of the month. A sudden five-percent spike in killings comes after years of declines. In fact, Dallas hit a 50-year low in 2010. ...
Medicare, the U.S. health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, and the Social Security trust for the disabled and retirees are running out of money sooner than the government had projected. Wh...
A record number of big-game animals perished this winter in parts of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming from a harsh season of unusually heavy snows and sustained cold in the Northern Rockies, state wildlife manag...
Don't put your snow shovels away just yet.The latest weather forecast is predicting 3 inches of snow at lake level in the Tahoe basin this weekend."It's going to be a dramatic change from today," said Plac...
Fears are growing that a summer of drought lies ahead despite rain being forecast for some places over the weekend. Last month was the hottest April on record and one of the driest, with the UK receiving...
RELATED READING (BOOKS):"Disciplined Minds" by Jeff Schmidt"But Is It True?" by Aaron Wildavsky (and several undergraduate co-authors)"No Ivory Tower" by Ellen W. SchreckerRELATED POSTS:Why we must despise u...
[image: A worker at the northwest side of the first floor, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 1, 9 May 2011. TEPCO] By Kamome Fujimori, Tatsuyuki Kobori and Yo Noguchi 14 May 2011 Tokyo Electr...
[image: A sediment core from a South American lake revealed a steady, sharp drop in crucial monsoon rainfall since 1900, leading to the driest conditions in 1,000 years as of 2007 and threatening tropica...
[image: Aerial view of the Asarco-Mission Complex, a large open pit copper mine in Pima County, southern Arizona. Jim Letourneau / jimletourneau.com] UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (AFP) — Global consumption of ...
Americans view fascism through the horrific prism of Hitler's extermination camps, particularly in terms of the extermination for European Jews. But fascism itself is a political-economic system and there...
*or 1714, depending on how Mr Illig counts integers* A major Czech internet news server, idnes.cz, just promoted a cute, mysterious, thrilling conspiracy theory known as Phantom time hypothesis (Wikipedia...
Globalist-funded Prachatai the recipient of Globalist-funded prize. by Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand May 14, 2011 - As true evidence that the power and legitimacy behind the global corporate-financier...
1- A cat gave birth to four kittens in my office a few days ago. My colleagues and I had to feed them a few times that day until the mom showed up and took them. A few of my co-workers thought it was fun...
The U.S. plans to open a floodgate to prevent the swollen Mississippi River from flooding major cities.
If the final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour goes ahead as planned next week, it will be carrying an unusual cargo: baby squid. This is not because the astronauts want a change in their menu: the sq...
Why did a Houston newspaper run a piece titled "The 10 Hottest Women on the Texas Sex Offender Registry"?
This week the DCCC spent a quarter million dollars on media in the Buffalo suburbs to advance the candidacy of conservative Democrat Kathy Hochul. Hochul is certainly "better" than her opponent, GOP hack...
A civil rights controversy is brewing at an elementary school in the Town of Orange, and it all surrounds an11 year-old's drawing of the American Flag. The family of Frankie Girard is claiming that their...
[Reposted due to the Great Blogger Disaster of May 11th.] A report from the Japanese Nuclear Safety Commission Ex-Secretariat, Dr. Saji, credits the current status of the accident to "luck". Gundersen ...
[image: The radiation monitoring team members work with local fishermen collect Ulva pertusa weed from Tsurushihama port, Shinchi, Fukushima, to test for radiation contamination. We are working with loca...
[image: Water flows into a pit near the intake canal of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station No.3 reactor, 12 May 2011. TEPCO / allvoices.com] By Hidenori Tsuboya a...
Passengers on-board an easyJet plane had to overpower a man who tried to open a cabin door mid-flight at 35,000ft The British man, believed to be in his 40s, worried fellow passengers when he became agita...
Four people were killed in violent clashes between protesters and security forces in several Syrian cities on Friday, a human rights advocate said. According to Ammar Qurabi, chairman of the National Org...
Pakistan's parliament threatened Saturday to cut off access to a facility used by NATO forces to ferry troops into Afghanistan, signaling a growing rift that began when U.S. commandos killed Osama bin Lade...
Army engineers prepared Saturday to slowly open the gates of an emergency spillway along the rising Mississippi River, diverting floodwaters from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, yet inundating homes and farms...
The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei began his second month of detention this week, and still the Chinese government has given an increasingly outraged and anxious world no satisfactory answers to questions about ...
*The American Dream is now to get out of debt* — David Rosenberg, Chief Economist & Strategist, Gluskin Sheff A new report has surfaced called The American Middle Class Under Stress(pdf). In a set of easy ...
Peasant farmer Wang Tao used to grow corn, potatoes and wheat within a stone's throw of a dumping ground for rare earths waste until toxic chemicals leaked into the water supply and poisoned his land. Far...
Fishermen will be paid to catch plastic, rather than fish, under bold new plans from the EU's fisheries chief, aimed at providing fleets with an alternative source of income to reduce pressure on dwindling...
Birthers DEMAND That Obama Birth Certificate Be A Forgery - For The Economic And Political Good Of The Nation!: "Disclosure Of Obama Birth Certificate Puts MILLIONS Out Of Work!! Breadlines Begin To Sprout U...
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I've avoided any mention of the sickening spectacle of the GNOTFOTE thumping its collective chest because it (supposedly) took 10 years to assassinate one middle aged man with failing kidneys. Talk about s...
An infant gorilla born at London Zoo has died after having a fight with his 'surrogate father' - in the third tragedy to hit the gorillas. Two adult males have also died at the world famous site in Regent'...
Hundreds of witchcraft abuse cases are going unreported across the country each year, it has been revealed. Officials believe child protection officers are only tipped off in the most extreme cases when a...
Lawsuit filed over death photos: "A conservative legal watchdog group has filed the first lawsuit seeking public release of video and photographs of the U.S. military raid and aftermath that left al Qaeda le...
Civil Rights Groups Applaud Reintroduction of DREAM Act to Senate: "Civil rights and immigration advocates applaud the reintroduction of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act to...
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Thank you to this Canadian for taking this public stand! Since September, advocates for same-sex marriage in New York have released 30-second videos of celebrities endorsing their cause. More than 30 ha...
Plenty of adults send racy text messages and cell phone pictures, too.
Protein fragments in bee venom, called bombolitins, are used to create ultra-sensitive sensor.
Amidst drone attacks & bombings, Pakistan threatens to strand US forces in Afghanistan by Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand May 14, 2011 - After a double bombing in Pakistan's north that resulted in ove...
Right-wingers in the U.S. and international Catholic hierarchy have done all they could over the years to discomfort pro-Choice Democratic politicians. Remember the hue and cry from the wingers when John ...
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wmtc - 19 hours ago
May 15 is the International Day of Conscientious Objectors, originally organized by War Resisters’ International, and now recognized by anti-war groups around the globe. On May 15, 2011, the War Resisters...
This youtube was posted at the Guardian UK in response to the "I'm a Climate Scientist" rap which is making the rounds. I would call it, "I'm a Fake Farmer" and also can't help but note the irony of the p...
A worker at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant died on Saturday from unknown causes, bringing the number of workers there who have died to three since the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. ...
A highly radioactive substance was detected in ash from an incinerator at a sewage works in Tokyo in late March following the nation's worst nuclear accident in Fukushima, newspapers reported Saturday. T...
An illegal immigrant turned criminal is set for thousands in a taxpayer funded payout after judges ruled he was falsely imprisoned while awaiting deportation. Joseph Mjemer, 28, arrived in the UK as a st...
Pakistan's parliament has demanded an end to American drone strikes and called for an independent inquiry into the US special forces raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The message came after a 10-hour mee...
*Harold Egbert Camping* (born July 19, 1921) is a Christian radio broadcaster and president of Family Radio, a California-based religious broadcasting network that spans more than 150 outlets in the Unit...
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Biased BBC - 21 hours ago
George here, back after a little hiatus and keen to hear your instances of BBC bias. Don't be shy... Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
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Biased BBC - 22 hours ago
This was sent my way and thought it needed sharing; "I dont know if anyone heard this on the Nicky Campbell Show ? The subject was Max Mosley and his privacy case at the EU court. The program is supposed ...
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Broken of Britain - 22 hours ago
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Biased BBC - 22 hours ago
Pleased to see that Biased BBC gets a mention here in the always excellent Newsbusters with regard to the behaviour of a Question Time audience on the topic of Bin Laden's exit of planet Earth; By total c...
San Francisco authorities are investigating a mother who says she gives anti-wrinkle Botox injections to her eight-year-old daughter who appears in beauty contests. California mum Kerry Campbell has co...
It is one of the greatest alien conspiracy theories of all time. But now a new book may have come up with an even more bizarre explanation for the supposed alien crash landing at Roswell in 1947 - it was a...
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Biased BBC - 22 hours ago
For a rabidly pro EUSSR BBC, any suggestion that border controls be rigourously reintroduced between member states is deeply disturbing. Give this debate a listen if you haven't already. I was entertained ...
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Biased BBC - 22 hours ago
Today brings the "Stop the Debt" public rally to the streets of London. Naturally the BBC, a chief cheerleader for racking up the debt in the first place, was never going to be sympathetic towards this eve...
Allegedly, the following are extracts from the diary of Osama bin Laden: *1996 * I am in London as a guest of British intelligence. This gives me a chance to do some serious shopping. I have discussed ou...
(Image) Hundreds of FEMA trailers await evacuees from the spillway opening in Louisiana. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will open the Morganza Spillway today, unleashing 600,000 cubic feet of water per ...
Vandals who chopped down a CCTV camera pole because they were sick of being caught committing crimes were filmed carrying out the attack - by the very camera they were trying to get rid of. The spy camera...
The body of the pretty teenager who went missing on the way to school has been found by police. Sarah Townsend, 18, left her home in Burlington County, New Jersey, on Monday morning to go to Allentown Hig...
A drug-addict mother whose daughter was tortured, raped and murdered is planning to sue social workers for failing to take the girl away from her. Tia Rigg, 12, was lured to the home of her own uncle, John...
Anti-government protesters climbed onto a towering sign in Yemen today as demonstrators gathered across the country today to demand President Ali Abdullah Saleh leave office. But the leader refused to st...
Texas has become the first state to ban intrusive airport security pat downs. The bill, passed late last night, aims to make touching travellers in an 'inappropriate' way during searches a criminal offenc...
It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel - trains that fly through the air. But levitating locomotives are very much a reality thanks to Japanese researchers who have developed a train with...
The huge sea wall and floodgates took 12 years to build and had been widely regarded as a £20million folly. But today one former Japanese mayor is being hailed as a saviour after the grandiose construction...
The European dream of a continent without borders appeared dead last night. A majority of EU countries voted to reimpose passport controls between countries – in response to fears they would be deluged by ...
(Image) Kate and Gerry McCann Leaving the Church Service on the 12th of May 2007, just 9 Days after Madeleine went Missing. David Cameron was yesterday accused of meddling in police operations after he as...
There is increasing evidence that it was Pakistan forces who 'attacked' the compound in Abbottabad, alleged to be hiding Osama bin Laden. *1.* According to a comment at a forum: "Abbotabad is near ......
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Another clip from the movie here.
Do we fill it in nicely to show our solidarity with StatsCan and their important data-gathering, currently under siege by the Cons, or do we fill it in using really big crayons and attached pictures of clu...
It has taken a while for me to write anything regarding Barack Obama's announcement last Sunday night that members of the US Special Operations Forces (JSOC's Navy SEAL Team Six) had shot and killed Osama ...
The homeless Bulgarian who decapitated a British woman in Tenerife yesterday thought he was 'a prophet of god', it emerged today. Local mayor José Reverón said the 28-year-old man was a bizarre individual ...
A helicopter mysteriously landed at the scene of Dr David Kelly’s death shortly after the body was found. The aircraft only remained on the ground for five minutes before leaving, suggesting it either dep...
*A number of sightings of paranormal activity, including UFOs and ghosts, have been investigated by police in the Tayside region, a report has revealed.* Although officers in Dundee, Perthshire and Angus...
In January, I wrote about WolframAlpha iPhone apps for algebra, calculus, and music. There also exist astronomy and multivariable calculus apps. Your humble correspondent could finally test two new "course...
National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE 2011) FACT SHEET National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE 2011) is scheduled for May 2011. The purpose of the exercise is to prepare and coordinate a multiple-jurisdictional i...
The American Prospect / *By* *David Moberg* Wal-Mart's Shocking Impact on the Lives of Hundreds of Millions of People *Wal-Mart's actions shape our landscape, work, income distribution, consumption...
Restive Mayon Volcano in Albay continued to show renewed activity with at least 12 volcanic quakes and three rockfalls in the last 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs...
Wildlife researchers want to know what's killing thousands of walleye in Lake Erie that have been washing up on beaches along its western shore. It's a big concern for anglers who come from across the Midw...
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 37.6 km (23.4 miles), the quake hit at 23:53:53 p.m. UTC Friday 13th May 2011. The epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) ESE fr...
May 12, 2011 *Tucson Militarizes Public School Board Meeting* Battle over the future of ethnic studies in Arizona rages on More at The Real News *Bio* *Elisa Meza* is a student at the University of Ariz...
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Costa Rica at a depth of 70 km (43.5miles), the quake hit at 22:47:55 p.m. UTC Friday 13th May 2011. The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) WNW from San Jose, Costa Rica No tsu...
*Okay, this isn't exactly Disney's Cinderella we have tonight, but try to imagine Ring's Zelda . . . er, Cinderella with her Fairy Godmother, "a bit of an old dame" who with her magic wand could turn "a ra...
*AMERICAN LABOUR:* *BETTER CONDITIONS FOR US GUESTWORKERS:* **All across the "developed" world temporary workers, often referred to as " guestworkers" are employed usually at much lower wages and longe...
. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 13, 2011 *NAVAJOS TAKE FIGHT TO PROTECT THEIR WATER TO INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS* Photo: Larry King by Shelbie Knox/ENDAUM Press Conference Monday, ...
When in Malaysia she played the piano so well that the sick politicians started to puke over her music. While human lives were being destroyed, she played the piano. What a sick cult she represents and to...
[image: This handout image, released by the Japanese Ministry of Defence, shows a fire engine dousing reactor 3 of the Fukushima nuclear power station, 15 March 2011. AFP / Getty Images / guardian.co.uk]...
Giant polyester covers will soon be placed around the damaged reactor buildings at Japan's Fukushima nuclear complex to help contain the release of radioactive substances into the atmosphere, the plant ope...
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Friday that current spreads in Greek bond yields over those of other euro zone states were not sustainable in a monetary union. "We are in an incomplete...ec...
"With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to health care, you have realize what that implies. It's not an abstraction. I’m a physician. That means you have a right to come to my house and cons...
Texas Representative Ron Paul announced Friday that he will run for the GOP nomination for president in 2012, the third attempt for the man known on Capitol Hill as "Dr. No" for his enthusiasm for bashing ...
The Fermi space telescope has yielded the most detailed gamma ray map of the sky - representing the Universe's most violent and extreme processes. The telescope's newest results, as well as the map, were ...
*"Over his long and checkered career, Newt has said some wild and crazy things -- most are deeply offensive, while some are outright bizarre."* *-- George Zornick, introducing his Nation bloglist of* "The ...
[image: Demolished reactor building of Unit 3 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 10 April 2011. TEPCO] By arevamirpal::laprimavera The water gauges for the Reactors 2 and 3 are not to be trust...
How do scientists operate? How do they attempt to influence each other? How do they protect their intellectual interests? Do they use intimidation? Paternalism? Do they mob challenges from outside their chos...
ENVIRONMENT - When you were little were you ever locked in a hot car while your parents' went into a store to run an errand? Chances are likely you've been in that situation. Its an old mentality. Its not...
Gundersen says Fukushima's gaseous and liquid releases continue unabated. With a meltdown at Unit 1, Unit 4 leaning and facing possible collapse, several units contaminating ground water, and area scho...
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Emphasis mine, in more ways than one. The federal Information Commissioner and other access-to-information experts say a Supreme Court ruling denying the release of ministerial documents marks a significa...
[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Although hunted and in hiding, *Osama bin Laden* remained the driving force behind each recent *al-Qaida* terror plot, U.S. officials say, citing his private j...
[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] *Americans* are growing more positive about the U.S. economy, a sentiment that is benefit President *Barack Obama* in spite of public disillusionment with his ...
Sheikh Imran Hussein points out the the injustice and fraud caused by the fiat currency system and why a gold and silver standard is necessary to restore true wealth and happiness to man. The function of...
Because of the recent, er, unpleasantness, I've started a backup site over at Tumblr. (OK, OK, I wanted another excuse to geek out. Like I don't have enough already.) Anyway, a couple of items about poli...
Now what the hell was that? Is the Facebook / Google smackdown getting underway, and if so, why didn't anyone tell me? Geez. Some stuff may have to be rebuilt, and some stuff may have been lost. In ...
The stakes are getting higher in the Middle East. The dangers of nuclear war are very real, so if wrong perceptions of events are not corrected then we will come to regret it. It is a matter of life and de...
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts The White House’s “death of bin Laden” story has come apart at the seams. Will it make any difference that before 48 hours had passed the story had changed so much that it no lon...
by Kathy Kelly On May 4, 2011, CNN World News asked whether killing Osama bin Laden was legal under international law. Other news commentary has questioned whether it would have been both possible and ad...
by Prof. Marjorie Cohn Extrajudicial executions are unlawful When he announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed by a Navy Seal team in Pakistan, President Barack Obama said, “Justice has been done.” M...
Inflation hit the highest level in 2-1/2 years as food and energy prices moved higher, but there was little sign of a broader pick-up in inflation that would trouble the Federal Reserve. The Labor Depart...
[image: Ellesmere Island ice shelves at the end of August 2008. The 2007 ice shelf extent is outlined in black and coastline in blue. Left to Right: Serson, Petersen, Milne, and Ward Hunt. The unusually ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday warned against foreign intervention in Syria, calling on the Syrian opposition not to seek a repeat of the "Libya scenario". Lavrov's comments, on a visit...
Terrorism can be good for bunker builders. An apocalypse can be even better for business. Danila Andreyev started building “panic rooms” three years ago, when fears of terrorist attacks and commercial di...
Rival plans to cut the U.S. deficit emerge almost daily: gangs, panels and commissions all trying to reach an elusive deal. There are splits between Republicans and Democrats, and mixed messages from all s...
The bulging Mississippi River pushed south Friday, sending hundreds of residents scrambling to get to higher ground as officials warned of a torrent of water if a major Louisiana spillway is opened. In t...
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The European Union has moved toward reversing passport free travel across the continent amid fears of a wave of migrants fleeing unrest in north Africa. At a special meeting of *EU* interior ministers in...
Tokyo Electric Power Company says the No.1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is believed to be in a state of "meltdown". The utility company said on Thursday that most of the fuel rods a...
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The bodies of eight decapitated men were dumped Thursday along roads in Durango, a drug-gang-plagued northern Mexican state already grappling with the horror of discovering mass graves where 196 corpses ha...
[image: Aerial monitoring survey areas, Fukushima Daiichi, Japan, 17 March - 29 April 2011. Red areas show radiation exposure rate of greater than 12.5 mR/hr. U.s. Department of Energy] By Hisae Sato an...
[image: U.S. Drought Monitor map for Texas, 10 May 2011. The seven-month period from October 2010 to April 2011 is officially the driest on record. unl.edu] May 12 (Southwest Farm Press) – The Texas Far...
Dual countdowns are under way at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida today. The 3-day countdown to a shuttle launch and a 60-day countdown to heavy job losses for United Space Alliance's employees.
This week we're addressing your concerns about the role religion plays in space exploration.
Birther Bimbo Orly Taitz Claims Obama's Long Form is a Forgery: "Orly Taitz, in a really bad impression of Phyllis DillerThe other night on my local Fox News, a debate was raging between long-time DFW column...
Lawyer Lessons From The Birther Debate: " Looks like those birthers can finally be put in their place and be made to shut up now that President Obama has released his long form birth certificate. I'm sure t...
Obama to Renew Muslim Outreach, Right Wing Blogs Freak Out: "It's one phony outrage after another for the right wing blogosphere; today they're all lathered up into a fine frothy rage because President Obama...
Right Wing Freaking Out Over Common: "The other huge right wing fake outrage of the day: OMG! President Obama invited one of those 'vile rappers' to the White House for a poetry event! He must hate America!O...
Bomb Attacks on the Rise…in Ireland, What if they were Muslim?: " Should we blame Catholicism for this rise in violence? Or Protestantism? If a Muslim nation were to see a rise in such violence you can be s...
DGA Chair Martin O'Malley: GOP Risking National Default To Deny Obama Second Term: "WASHINGTON -- With states and cities already suffering the consequences of the nation creeping toward hitting the legal deb...
Geographical Analysis of Hate Groups Listed by SPLC Released: "Today, The Atlantic magazine published an analysis of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of hate groups, which hit a high in 2010 of 1,002 g...
Andrew Shirvell, Who Hounded Gay Student, Now Claims Victim Status: "If Andrew Shirvell represents the vanguard in the crusade against the “homosexual activist agenda,” it’s no contest. The agenda has won.Sh...
Witness in Aryan Murder-for-Hire Scheme in Idaho Sentenced: "The key witness who assisted the Justice Department in last week’s successful prosecution of former Aryan Nations attorney Edgar Steele will spend...
Ex-Egyptian president to stay in custody: "Hosni Mubarak will remain in detention for at least another 15 days, as prosecutors further investigate the former Egyptian president and other high-ranking members...
Navy reverses gay marriages decision: "The Navy has made an abrupt about-face, suspending earlier guidance that could have allowed same-sex marriages on military bases once 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' ends. "
U.S. rips 'barbaric' Syrian crackdown: "Anxiety intensified across the volatile Syrian landscape, with deadly confrontations erupting in two major flash point cities and fearful people fleeing across the bor...
Details from Osama bin Laden's journal revealed: "Data and documents taken from Osama bin Laden's compound show that his messages did make it out to other members of al Qaeda, a U.S. official says. "
Feds: Border arrests down 58 percent: "By at least one measure, illegal immigration is not the problem that it used to be for the United States -- the number of arrests of people trying to cross the U.S.-Mex...
Demjanjuk convicted over Nazi camp deaths: "A German court convicted John Demjanjuk of thousands of counts of accessory to murder as a Nazi death camp guard."
*Western Shoshone Defense Project* *2011 Spring Gathering* May 27th, 28th, 29th - 2011 DATE: May 27th, 28th, 29th PLACE: The Dann Ranch – Base Camp – Crescent Valley, Nevada (Newe Sogobia) “Camp Out Event”...
*Joe Donnelly: fat, sassy, dressed in red* The DSCC has been tweeting up a storm for the past few days about what a "great candidate" Joe Donnelly is and, bizarrely the keep juxtaposing it with tweets abo...
This is purely hypothetical but what if you lived in the beautiful community of Argyle and Bartonville and...What if you were working in your yard one day and a stranger pulled up in your driveway and asked ...
Portugal has slipped back into recession as Greece's economy overtakes the UK, according to the latest GDP figures. In the first three months of 2011, Portugal saw a 0.7% reduction in GDP, following a 0....
[image: A Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker during an Arctic exercise, in Allen Bay, Nunavut, August 25, 2010. Reuters / Chris Wattie] By Andrew Quinn; additional reporting by Alister Doyle in Oslo; editin...
[image: Invasion of exotic seaweed seen in Krusadai Island, March 2011. Invasive seaweed poses threat to coral colonies in Gulf of Mannar. The Hindu] By S Raja and Gokul Chandrasekar 9 May 2011 RAMANAT...
[image: This video image taken by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) on March 24, 2011 and released on April 1, shows the damaged fourth reactor of TEPCO’s Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant. TEPCO / AFP / ...
Wyoming has the strongest disclosure to date. Their rule requires full disclosure to the state agency and the agency decides if the trade secret claim is legitimate.Since August of 2010, 7 companies have req...
How many is this now? I've lost track. (This was in the Houston Chronicle report of North Texas storm damage NOT the Star-Telegram report of North Texas storm damage.)Wise County Fire Marshal Marc Dodd says ...
Can someone tell me what the heck this means?(3) prescribe a process by which an entity required to comply with Subdivision (1) or (2) may designate certain information, including the identity and amount of...
Here's the money quote:“No one has shown us that it can be done safely, and all the information we have suggests there is a big risk for the groundwater from toxic chemicals.”LINKIt's called the Precautionar...
Look folks, just because HB 3105 didn't get on the calendar does not mean it can't sneak into some other bill as an amendment. I agree with the Flower Mound folks: it's too early to celebrate the demise of t...
Industry claims they can water down the millions of gallons of toxic chemicals in frack fluid until they are harmless.I guess the Texas Legislature thinks watering down also works with disclosure bills. The ...
An Air Force C-17 transport plane landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida last night with the first parts of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory.
The Aero Train is a free-flying, robotic train-plain that levitates on a cushion of air.
The following was sent in as a reply to the article on the victory of the 'Scottish' 'National' Party. The writer has chosen to remain anonymous, which in these days of so-called political correctness, mak...
First Nations groups opposed to Enbridge's northern gateway pipeline held a nosiy protest outside the company's downtown Headquarters Wednesday. Censored news reporter Brenda Norrell http://www.bsnorrell...
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said in an audio recording broadcast on state television on Friday that he was in a place where NATO cannot reach and kill him. "I am telling the coward crusaders that I am...
TAIWAN - Many people in downtown Xindian in New Taipei City could not believe their eyes when they witnessed a tornado, an extremely rare phenomenon on the island. The 20-floor high tornado lasted about ...
STOCKHOLM -- Officials say a small fire broke out in Sweden's Ringhals nuclear power plant earlier this week as workers carried out maintenance on a reactor containment unit. The unit, which contains one ...
Vatican scientists have sparked a climate change row after backing a discredited UN report that claimed ice on the Himalays could melt by 2035. The Pontifical Academy of Science, which report directly to t...
Vomiting fountains of glowing lava from its molten core, Sicily's Mount Etna never looked more glorious. When Europe's most violent volcano erupted this week, one daring photographer clambered towards the...
Dimitri Dogfight Soudas, Aug 25, 2010 : "...as the new, highly capable and technologically-advanced F-35 comes into service. It is the best plane our Government could provide our Forces, and when you are ...
*Wikileaks: Hillary Clinton Fighting Secret Arctic Oil Wars* *Blogpost by John Hocevar - May 12, 2011* *GREENPEACE * *Posted at Censored News * As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in the Arct...
*A FORUM on the Declaration of Mother Earth’s Rights and Indigenous People Rights* *May 16, 2011, Native Education College 285 east 5th Vancouver BC* Photo: Robert Free/Cancun climate summit Censored Ne...
Stop the South Mountain Freeway gricagainst202@gmail.com News Release *Gila River Against Loop 202 Holds First Community Outreach Meeting* DATE: Thursday May 12, 2011, 10:15AM Email: gricagainst202@gmail.c...
Earlier this month, I sent a message to Dr. Fernando, a scientist who monitors pollution via satellite from space. He has never answered, and after re-reading, I thought perhaps my questions sounded so ig...
Primary school pupils were left terrified after a classmate brandished a kitchen knife in their faces and threatened them to keep quiet. The seven-year-old boy had smuggled the knife into school down his ...
Tiny cameras fixed to the helmets of the 25 U.S. Navy Seals who found Osama Bin Laden did record the moment the terror leader was killed, it emerged today. The high-tech devices captured every second of t...
This is the dramatic moment a £12million super yacht was destroyed by a fire that may have been started by a bolt of lightning hitting Poole Quay in Dorset. The 112ft long Sunseeker boat was ripped apart ...
Sometimes, Earth just needs to take one for the team. But how can we mitigate the worst an asteroid impact can inflict?
I confess I am irritated with Blogger, it was down for such a long time and then it deleted yesterday's post. Seriously, give me my post back. I confess I am always a little shocked when somebody starts th...
Majority of Americans Believe the Bible is Literally True and the Word of God: " This article is part 7 of LoonWatch’s Understanding Jihad Series. Please read my “disclaimer”, which explains my intentions...
Jihadists eager to avenge bin Laden: "Analysts concur that jihadists want to avenge Osama bin Laden but say improved intelligence has lessened the chances of new attacks' success. FULL STORY | SENATOR: DEATH...
Synagogue terror plot thwarted: "Two men suspected of planning an attack on a Manhattan synagogue were arrested by New York City police Wednesday night, a law enforcement source told CNN Thursday. "
Scotland Yard are to "bring their expertise" to the search for Madeleine McCann after a personal request from the Prime Minister. A Home Office spokesman said: "The Prime Minister and the Home Secretary ...
It seems even men who try to assassinate presidents still miss their mothers. John Hinckley Jr., who stalked and shot President Ronald Reagan 30 years ago, has been granted more time away from his psychia...
A ‘dwarf planet’ in the deepest reaches of our solar system is covered in crystalline ice, it has been revealed. Haumea was discovered in 2004 but new findings from European scientists have now offered ne...
Scientists have identified what may be one of the last northern refuges of Neanderthals, a spot near the Arctic Circle in Russia with artefacts dated to 31,000 to 34,000 years ago. Experts currently belie...
Iran sending weapons to Syria, U.N. says: "Iranian weapons banned for export under Security Council resolutions are making their way to Syria, according to a new report from the United Nations. "
WikiLeaks: Al Qaeda planned 'nuclear hell storm' after 9/11: "Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who claims to be the mastermind behind 9/11, told his interrogators that al Qaeda had planned attacks on U.S. nuclear pow...
The Psychology Of The Dark Knight: Batman Unmasked
Man arrested over Obama death threats: "Irish police have arrested a man on suspicion of making threats to kill U.S. President Barack Obama when he visits Ireland later this month, a police spokesman said Fr...
Source: SEALs in raid had helmet-cams: "Members of the U.S. Navy SEAL team that attacked Osama bin Laden's Pakistani compound were wearing helmet-mounted digital cameras that recorded the mission, a U.S. mil...
Holocaust kin: Demjanjuk verdict a relief: "The niece of one of tens of thousands of Jews killed in the extermination camp where John Demjanjuk worked as a guard has spoken of her relief at his conviction fo...
House Armed Services Committee Seeks to Block Progress in Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’: "The recent repeal of ”don’t ask don’t tell” (DADT) encountered a potentially significant setback last night when ...
Syria Protests Attract Thousands; At Least 6 Killed: "BEIRUT — Syrian security forces opened fire on thousands of protesters Friday, killing at least six people as soldiers tried to head off demonstrations b...
by Duane Craig Property contamination very often extends beyond the property’s boundaries and affects the environment both above and below ground. This adds a level of complexity to remediating the contam...
TimeWarner was once a very reputable company. I can be really proud to say I was once president of one of their divisions. Then AOL bought it. I couldn't imagine a corporate culture degenerating so rapidl...
An experimental drug helped monkeys with a form of the Aids virus control the infection for more than a year, suggesting it may lead to a vaccine for people, or even a cure. Researchers said Cytomegalovi...
Bhopal/Chhindwara (MP), May 12 (PTI) A jackal mauled 13 persons who were sleeping outside the houses at Sonpur village of Chindi Forest Range of Chhindwara last night, a top forest official said. "All of ...
With her broad smile and infectious enthusiasm for life, Rebecca Coriam was always going to be the perfect candidate for a job with Disney. Little wonder that from among the hundreds of hopefuls interview...
We live in revolutionary times. Journalism is changing but also returning to its roots, back when reporters and journalists questioned what government officials and political leaders said, not copy it down...
An SAS soldier who served in Iraq and Afghanistan is go on trial accused of 12 rapes against young girls - aged as young as six. Corporal Ian Tuckley allegedly carried out 31 assaults between July 1997 and...
These are the chilling moments a thug is captured on a cameraphone threatening terrified passers-by with a huge carving knife. Liam Parrish wields the blade in a park in Peterborough as a witness capture...
New data confirms that an ocean of magma under the surface of Jupiter's moon, Io, feeds the moon's many active volcanoes. Io is the most volcanically active body in our solar system, with about 100 volca...
On Tuesday, May 10, 2011, New York City officials introduced a new national alert system called the Personal Localized Alert Network (PLAN) that will transmit government messages and terror alerts directly...
A retired MTA employee has pumped his $140,000 life savings into an ad campaign warning that the world will end on May 21. Robert Fitzpatrick, a follower of the notorious California Evangalist Harold Camp...
I'll be doing a social media session at the Alberta Liberal Party's "Politics Re imagined" convention on the weekend of May 28th, in Calgary. You can register here.
A high-achieving schoolgirl who was on track to get 11 A stars in her GCSEs was found dead in her home on the morning of a crucial exam, an inquest heard. Aspiring doctor Zohura Islam, 15, was discovered ...
Expert question-dodgers fly under the radar when they provide a similar answer to the question asked, studies show.
Around 100 families every day are being kicked out of their homes because they can’t afford to pay their mortgage, it emerged yesterday. The Council of Mortgage Lenders has revealed a sharp rise in reposse...
A white teenage mother was stabbed repeatedly and her body dumped in a canal after she clashed with the Asian family of her lovechild, a court has heard. Laura Wilson, 17, had a brief relationship with Ish...
It’s a terrible waiting game for around 350 people evacuated from the camps at Tunica Cutoff. With the Mississippi River 10ft out of its banks and heading towards a crest (peak) of 48ft on the Memphis gau...
Your humble correspondent was brought up to like the classical music and to play the piano but I actually like pretty much all genres and my tastes are arguably close to the mainstream. However, let ...
His promise to turn last month’s Royal Wedding into a ‘nightmare’ may not have materialised — but that won’t stop Richard Dart from peddling his views about Britain’s monarchy online. ‘Prince William, Pr...
The International Criminal Court is set to issue an arrest warrant for Colonel Gaddafi, it has been announced. Italy's Foreign Minister said the warrant issued at the end of the month would be a 'key mome...
ซอรอสและเบรอะเซซินซ์กี้สนทนาเกี่ยวกับเมืองไทย ทำไม International Crisis Group (ICG) ถึงสนใจสถานการณ์ในประเทศไทยจังเลย (Original English Version: Soros & Brzezinski Talking Thai) ณ กรุงเทพเมื่อวันที่ 12 เมษ...
Fresh footage allegedly showing Syrian civilians being targeted by government security forces has been released, sparking further condemnation of President Bashar Assad's regime. But in a propaganda count...
On Friday 13th, Czechia lost in the semifinals to Sweden - the first loss - so much of the optimistic and self-confident tone below has been rendered obsolete. ;-) But let's get back. Much like most Czec...
The European debt crisis could spread across the continent in a major blow to the single currency, leading economists warned last night. Turmoil in Greece, Ireland and Portugal may engulf the wider eurozon...
*Calabi-Yau manifolds are so hot that they may make your LCD monitor or your eyes vibrate.* M. Cicoli, C.P. Burgess, and F. Quevedo have presented their interesting new scenario for string phenomenology...
No sign of satellite dish? Satellite dish on right. No satellite dish? No satellite dish? No satellite dish? Satellite dish. *Osama Bin Laden's squalid hideaway in pictures Mail Online* Allegedly, this...
A British woman was today decapitated by a madman with a machete on the holiday island of Tenerife. The crazed killer attacked the 62-year-old without uttering a word in a shopping centre in Los Cristiano...
The eruption of the Etna volcano in southern Italy early Thursday is connected to the earthquakes that rocked the Spanish region of Murcia, killing 12 people and injuring more than 170 others, a seismology...
Colonel Gaddafi has very likely left the Libyan capital and is probably wounded, an Italian government minister has claimed. Foreign minister Franco Frattini said he believed reports from Giovanni Innocen...
Nato airstrikes have again targeted Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli, just hours after the Libyan leader appeared on state TV. The fortified Bab al Aziziya site, which doubles as a military base, was ...
We'd like to apologize for no updates in the past 24 hours. Blogger encountered massive technical failures, which resulted in no one being able to update their blogs, us included. In order to combat incide...
At least 80 people have died after double suicide bomb blasts at a Pakistani paramilitary police training centre, said to be in revenge for Osama bin Laden's killing. Pakistani Taliban militants have said...
"The Big Bang", a 2011 movie, is coming to the U.S. movie theaters today. See Wikipedia, review in The New York Times, IMDB, and Google News. *Spoiler alert: don't read the text below* The plot ma...
*On the bright side, if Raj serves 20 years, he could lose some of that excess bulk, get into fighting trim and live longer* In yesterday's *L.A. Times* reporters Geraldine Baum, Tom Hamburger and Michael...
*by Tony Cartalucci* *Bangkok, Thailand May 13, 2011* – In the shadow of the “Bin Laden” media circus and increasingly aggressive rhetoric between Washington and Islamabad, the corporate-financier fund...
*by Tony Cartalucci* *Bangkok, Thailand May 13, 2011* – As NATO gloats over another assassination attempt against Colonel Moammar Qaddafi, resulting in the death of several workers, but again missing the...
Destabilization and invasion long planned *by Tony Cartalucci* Bangkok, Thailand May 11, 2011 – In a 2007 article from the London Guardian titled, “Bush handed blueprint to seize Pakistan’s nuclear arsen...
It wasn't the first time Mike Rowe of "Dirty Jobs" had testified before Congress, but what he had to say to them on Wednesday sure was fresh.
The company wants the robot to be analogous to computers and smart phones, where software developers design apps that make the devices more and more useful over time.
An empty frame wired with sensing technology lets you write or paint in thin air.
A mix of weather patterns across the country have left the east coast high and dry as the south struggles with flooding.
Just by sitting there reading this story, you help cancel out some of the ozone in the air.
Aerogels, or "frozen smoke," constructed from diamond formation processes just made the substance even more useful.
Could the Kepler planet-hunting space telescope stumble upon an extraterrestrial civilization's attempt at interstellar communication via a giant orbiting billboard?
Astronomer Mark Thompson explores how amateur astronomy has benefited from the unrelenting advance of technology.
A baby who died due to a midwife's negligence raises questions about the safety of home births.
*( I think I have touched on this before, but it deserves to be brought up again.)* I take my camera everywhere. It is both a good and bad habit of mine. Good because I have so many wonderful pictures of a...
[image: Water flows into a pit near the intake canal of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station No.3 reactor, 12 May 2011. allvoices.com] TOKYO, May 12 (AFP) – Environ...
A newly found prehistoric toolkit suggests Neanderthals may have lingered in the Ural Mountains as recently as 33,000 years ago.
Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system, with about 100 volcanoes erupting at any one time.
Dozens of leopard sharks have been washing up dead, and now a necropsy shows at least one of the sharks died of massive internal bleeding.
by Duane Craig It’s always interesting to read the comments made to online news stories when the stories are about environment, pollution and contamination. They tend to fall into four categories: People...
Tonight, Question Time comes from Shefffield; described by George Orwell as "*the ugliest town in the Old World*". Once the only city with a national park within its boundary (since 2010 it isn't) and uns...
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts The White House’s “death of bin Laden” story has come apart at the seams. Will it make any difference that before 48 hours had passed the story had changed so much that it no lon...
The Yangtze river, the longest waterway in Asia and China's most important shipping route, has been closed by the worst drought in 50 years that has left cargo ships stranded and 400,000 people without dri...
Life on an exoplanet beyond a star's habitable zone would be pretty chilly, but what if that world had an atmosphere rich in hydrogen? Well, it could make the ideal warm blanket.
Bowerbirds that undergo a stressful event learn more from that experience than from their day-to-day studies.
Wyoming has the strongest disclosure to date. Their rule requires full disclosure to the state agency and the agency decides if the trade secret claim is legitimate.Since August of 2010, 7 companies have req...
An enormous flare which erupted from the remnants of an exploded star in a faraway constellation has left Nasa scientists baffled. Last month, the famous Crab Nebula supernova, first observed in 1731, gave...
Two earthquakes struck south-east Spain in quick succession yesterday, killing at least eight people, injuring hundreds and causing major damage to buildings, officials said. The highest quake-related dea...
Vermonters have a lot to be very proud of; their state government serves as a kind of beacon of hope in the savage darkness that is Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Florida... even nearby Maine. The other day E...
by Kathy Kelly On May 4, 2011, CNN World News asked whether killing Osama bin Laden was legal under international law. Other news commentary has questioned whether it would have been both possible and ad...
A girl accused of robbing schoolboys at knifepoint is being sent on a three-month horse riding course, courtesy of the Youth Offending Team. Critics have blasted the move as 'ridiculous' and say it sends ...
A report from the Japanese Nuclear Safety Commission Ex-Secretariat, Dr. Saji, credits the current status of the accident to "luck". Gundersen discusses what could have happened if the wind had been blo...
[image: A Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker during an Arctic exercise, in Allen Bay, Nunavut, August 25, 2010. Reuters / Chris Wattie] By Andrew Quinn; additional reporting by Alister Doyle in Oslo; editin...
Indoor tanning isn't really safer than basking outdoors, but not a lot of tanning enthusiasts know that.
Soon, you may not need a phone charger at all.
A robot inspired by the sandfish lizard could work one day to burrow through debris and rescue earthquake victims.
Buildings collapsed and eight people lost their lives following a 5.1-magnitude quake Wednesday.
Birther Bimbo Orly Taitz Claims Obama's Long Form is a Forgery: "Orly Taitz, in a really bad impression of Phyllis DillerThe other night on my local Fox News, a debate was raging between long-time DFW column...
Lawyer Lessons From The Birther Debate: " Looks like those birthers can finally be put in their place and be made to shut up now that President Obama has released his long form birth certificate. I'm sure t...
Obama to Renew Muslim Outreach, Right Wing Blogs Freak Out: "It's one phony outrage after another for the right wing blogosphere; today they're all lathered up into a fine frothy rage because President Obama...
Right Wing Freaking Out Over Common: "The other huge right wing fake outrage of the day: OMG! President Obama invited one of those 'vile rappers' to the White House for a poetry event! He must hate America!O...
A low water level in a reactor building at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan may have exposed fuel rods and caused them to melt, the owner of the facility said Thursday. Tokyo El...
Award-winning photojournalist Louie Palu has dedicated much of the past 10 years to covering the war in Afghanistan. His exhibition, The Fighting Season, features imagery gathered during 18 months spent ...
Provincial officials are assessing the Manitoba flood situation hour by hour, trying to determine if and when to breach a dike along the Assiniboine River and intentionally inundate about 150 properties. ...
A 10-year-old boy who fled his Bolivian home to find his mother has mistakenly ended up in Chile, travelling 1,000km (621 miles) by truck. Franklin Villca Huanaco attempted to reach his mother in Cochabam...
Debt-hit states on the fringes of the eurozone need "unrelenting" reform efforts to try to prevent the current crisis spreading, the IMF has warned. Greece and the Irish Republic have needed bail-outs, an...
Security forces have broken up a demonstration by thousands of students in Aleppo, Syria's second largest city, witnesses and activists say. The dormitory protest is thought to be the city's biggest so fa...
Pharmaceutical pollution is out of control, polluting the waterways of our world to such a disturbing degree that now even *the fish* are carrying detectable levels of pharmaceuticals in their own bodies! ...
Many of the pharmaceuticals consumed in the United States are made in India, where labor is cheap and environmental laws are lenient on powerful corporations. U.S. drug companies are exploiting this situat...
A U.S. District Judge from Manhattan has banned the sale of spirotetramat, a pesticide produced by Bayer CropScience. Citing allegations by environmental groups and commercial beekeepers that the pesticide...
Hundreds of the country's most experienced police officers who were forced to retire under a legal loophole are being encouraged to return to Britain's second largest force as unpaid special constables. ...
The men are young, gorgeous and up for it. No wonder Western women see a Third World holiday as the gateway to casual sex - sometimes in exchange for cash. But as a new film highlights female sex tourism, ...
Bomb Attacks on the Rise…in Ireland, What if they were Muslim?: " Should we blame Catholicism for this rise in violence? Or Protestantism? If a Muslim nation were to see a rise in such violence you can be s...
When a child smiles and flashes a couple of dimples, people usually comment on how adorable they look. But when you are the eight-year-old daughter of a pageant mum, even the most endearing imperfection c...
[image: Sea Level at Nine Tide Gauge Stations Located Along Arctic Coastlines, 1954-2007. The 5-year running-mean time series of annual mean sea level (1954-2007) at nine tide gauge stations located alon...
[image: Invasion of exotic seaweed seen in Krusadai Island, March 2011. Invasive seaweed poses threat to coral colonies in Gulf of Mannar. The Hindu] By S Raja and Gokul Chandrasekar 9 May 2011 RAMANAT...
[image: Shoichi Akimoto offers incense for his dead pet dog, John, in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on 10 May 2011. Atsushi Matsukawa] BY ATSUSHI MATSUKAWA STAFF WRITER 12 May 2011 KAW...
[image: 'We don't know where the water has gone.' Junichi Matsumoto of TEPCO answers questions about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant at a press conference, 11 May 2011. ustream.tv] By arevamirpal:la...
A national census of birds shows where protection is critical for populations dependent on public lands.
Image by Getty Images via @daylife
Thousands of people were evacuating their homes in Louisiana last night as a massive operation got under way to save the cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge from a flooding catastrophe. Engineers were ...
A punishment in which an Iranian man was to be blinded by having acid dropped into his eyes has been postponed after international condemnation. Majid Movahedi was convicted and sentenced for pouring a bu...
The new police inquiry into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann was yesterday described as a ‘ludicrous’ waste of money by a senior member of the body which governs Scotland Yard. Jenny Jones said the ...
One of the terror suspects arrested for allegedly planning to attack New York synagogues dressed as a Hasidic Jew has pleaded his innocence in a tearful interview. 20-year-old Mohamed Mamdouh, who was cau...
President Barack Obama is directing his administration to ramp up U.S. oil production in the face of continued public unhappiness over gas prices. The President has ordered his administration to extend exi...
A mother of two children has been told by a judge that she must give custody to her ex-husband partly because she has breast cancer. Life was already tough for Alaina Giordano as the mother of two young ...
A father has killed his two young children, their mother and her sister before turning the gun on himself. Gaylin Leirmoe shot his estranged partner, 22-year-old Michelle Kern, their three-year-old son Ja...
*Yes, YOU!* *COTO Report* By Steve Scheetz Have you stopped to wonder why it is that many government programs seem to have been set in place in order to stop job growth, stop the economy and essential...
Lawrence O'Donnell did such a spectacular job on this Friday evening that there's not even anything to add. Last year-- and more than once-- we warnedKentucky voters that in electing a deranged misfit lik...
In one of the most dizzying half-hours in stock market history, the Dow plunged nearly 1,000 points on Thursday, May 6th before bouncing back to close down 347.80 points. This represented the biggest intra...
Since when does the stock market take its cues from the market for silver, oil and pork bellies? When it's really the dollar that's driving the action. The stock market rally, which began in August, relied...
As 2010 drew to a close, the mayor of Newark, N.J., was staring into a budget abyss so deep that he sold 16 city buildings to pay the bills. They included the architecturally significant Newark Symphony Ha...
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago(Image) Kate and Gerry McCann Leaving the Church Service on the 12th of May 2007, just 9 Days after Madeleine went Missing. David Cameron was yesterday accused of meddling in police operations after he as...
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