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Pope Benedict XVI. Formerly known as Cardinal Ratzinger, the same guy who allowed sexually abused deaf children to continue being abused and even made efforts to c...
*#MMFlintOccupyWallStreet* *Ask @MMFlint (Michael Moore) to join us #Sep17 and #OccupyWallStreet with us.*
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Phil Silvers (Hubie) and
Nancy Walker (Kay)* *Do Re Mi: Act I, "Take a job"* Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Music by
Jule Styne *Phil Silvers (vocal), Hubie; Nancy Walker (vocal), Kay; orchestra ...
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Nearly one decade on from that day when an organised gang of barbarians hijacked civilian airliners and flew themselves and scores of innocents into two of the world’s most famous symbols of capitalism, ...
A fire caused by a plane crash threatened 800 homes or structures in
Tehachapi, California, on Monday, with nearly 5,000 acres ablaze in rugged terrain, according to state and local officials. The fire st...
"A familiar sight to sky enthusiasts with even a small telescope, the
Ring Nebula (M57) is some 2,000 light-years away in the musical constellation Lyra. The central ring is about one light-year across, bu...
“If we do not expect the unexpected we will not discover it, since it is not to be searched out and is difficult to apprehend.” - Heraclitus
*"The WOW Signal"* by CBC ․ “On August 15, 1977, a radio telescope at Ohio State University pointed skyward picked up an unusual signal. The telescope was searching the radio wave spectrum as part of the...
*“Natural Religion”* by Chet Raymo “It was his shattering experiences in the First World War that led Henry Beston to seek the solitary repose of a tiny cabin on the outermost beach of Cape Cod. His off-...
Tropical Storm Lee stirs frustration with Corps levee plans in Plaquemines and Jean Lafitte~Mark Schleifstein ~"When it was authorized by Congress to be taken into the federal system (of levees), it was s...
*The famously (and deliberately) enigmatic final scene of The Sopranos, as the Soprano family arrives one by one -- or nearly, since Meadow doesn't quite make it inside -- at the agreed-upon dinner site, ...
Image from Gunaxin.Goodbye to all that:Reflections of a GOP operative Who left the cultBy Mike Lofgren / Truthout / September 5, 2011Barbara Stanwyck: "We're both rotten!"Fred MacMurray: "Yeah -- only you're...
Swedish retail giant Ikea used political prisoners in East Germany as “slave labour” to make furniture, secret police files unearthed by a German broadcaster appear to show. Ikea developed strong links wi...
Forty-nine billion pounds was wiped off the value of the UK's leading shares on Monday following renewed fears over the health of the British economy and concerns over the fate of British banks being sued ...
A pick-up game of soccer for policemen in the eastern Turkish town of Tunceli turned deadly Sunday night when suspected Kurdish militants opened fire on players and spectators. A police officer and his wi...
About 1,000 chanting pro-independence activists took to the streets of Taipei on Sunday, accusing Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou of surrendering the island's sovereignty to China. The rally, which comes fo...
The job market is even worse than the 9.1 percent unemployment rate suggests. America's 14 million unemployed aren't competing just with each other. They must also contend with 8.8 million other people no...
Special forces are involved in this silent and deadly form of 21st century warfare, their commander confirms to Rafael Epstein. Australia's special forces commander has defended his troops' use of US dron...
A male teen allegedly gunned down eight people at a house party in New York City early on Sunday morning, evaded police capture and remains at large, according to New York City police officials. Dasilva O...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il expressed distrust of his country's major economic prop China during a 2009 meeting with a visiting South Korean businesswoman, according to a US diplomatic cable. The cabl...
Chances are, a lot of you are winding down your holiday weekend and getting ready for a road trip back home. Adam May reports AAA says that drive might be quicker than last year but it will cost you mor...
Villagers and veteran hunters have captured a one-ton saltwater crocodile which they plan to make the star of a planned ecotourism park in a southern Philippine town, an official said Monday. Mayor Edwin ...
The United States must keep fighting the Taliban or risk more attacks like those of September 11, 2001, because the insurgent group is a ruthless enemy that has not cut ties to al Qaeda, the U.S. ambassado...
Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Sunday called for the creation of a "United States of Europe," saying the bloc needed a common government to avoid future economic crises. Schroeder, a Social...
Ten years after the Sept. 11 attacks, ex-city worker Natarajan Venkataram says he’s sorry he stole millions of dollars meant for identifying the remains of trade center victims. He’s just not sorry enough...
Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti promised on Sunday to meet Italy's budget commitments after the European Central Bank stepped up pressure for action by the struggling center-right government. Tremonti, u...
The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it has never been as close to the precipice as it is today: the agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a $5.5 b...
For the Arizona Department of Corrections, crime has finally started to pay. New legislation allows the department to impose a $25 fee on adults who wish to visit inmates at any of the 15 prison complexes ...
In one of the bloodiest weekends in recent city history, 31 people were brutally shot in roughly 48 hours this weekend -- including three kids at a house party-turned-shooting gallery in The Bronx. 25 peo...
Police officials said they helped Apple investigators, who searched a man's home here recently. They were reportedly looking for a prototype of the next iPhone that an Apple employee left in a bar in San ...
The percentage of working-age Californians with jobs has fallen to a record low, and employment may not return to pre-recession levels until the second half of the decade, according to a research group. J...
In a summer where brush fires have become a near-daily occurrence, firefighting officials said the multiple wildfires that raged across Central Texas on Sunday were the worst the region has seen all year. ...
Earlier this year, President Obama went on one of his gloating tours, touting the wisdom of his nationalization of General Motors and Chrysler. Theirs was a corrupt bankruptcy that strongly rewarded the UA...
193,000 jobs. That's what we could have created, at minimum, for the money that war contractors wasted in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that “as $60 billion in U.S. fund...
With the American economy years away from returning to pre-recession employment levels, Friday's news that the country failed to add any jobs at all in August is cause for concern, to put it lightly. Some ...
To judge by the level of Treasury yields, the outlook for the U.S. economy has never been so bad. At 0.2% and 0.9%, respectively, 2- and 5-yr Treasury yields are lower today than they have been at any time...
Researchers have created the smallest electric motor ever devised. The motor, made from a single molecule just a billionth of a metre across, is reported in Nature Nanotechnology. The minuscule motor coul...
*They are scared of us!!!* *#Sep17 - #OccupyWallStreet* The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today issued a somewhat unusual bulletin warning the security community about the planned activities of hac...
OWE AKU BRING BACK THE WAY PARTICIPATES IN RESISTANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE By Owe Aku, Bring Back the Way Photo by Josh Lopez WASHINGTON (September 3, 20011) -- Debra White Plume from Owe Aku (Bring B...
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*"Gandhi On Ending Injustice"* By Carl Herman "US injustice in major policies will end when enough Americans speak the truth. The injustice is literal: US government policies with war and economics are i...
Participating in the Tar Sands Action was a decision I made with much ambivalence. I was not sure it would produce any results commensurate with the risk of arrest and expenses for travel; I objected to t...
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*[image: _richardmcgrath]**Your weekly prescription of good hard sense from Libertarianz leader Dr Richard McGrath.* *This week, how to stop MPs and immigrants from gouging NZ taxpayers.* - *NZ HERAL...
"You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself." - James Baldwin
Magnitude*5.0* Date-Time - *Monday, September 05, 2011 at 20:32:41 UTC* - Monday, September 05, 2011 at 06:32:41 PM at epicenter Location56.014°S, 27.365°W Depth81.7 km (50.8 miles) RegionSOUTH ...
Magnitude*5.1* Date-Time - *Monday, September 05, 2011 at 19:49:15 UTC* - Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 05:49:15 AM at epicenter - Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location36.602°N, 14...
*"Restorative Slumber: The Importance of Napping"* by The DailyOm "The desire for a short nap during the day does not arise out of laziness, rather the need for the body to rejuvenate. In the modern world...
"When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied w...
I hope you had the time and concentration to read today's second post (long but *lots* of pictures). Originally, this one was supposed to be part of it. Then I realized it was already way too long and int...
Fanned by dry winds and fueled by severe drought, the Texan wildfires are now considered a "major natural disaster."
Thousands of people have already died, half of them children, as a sixth Somali region succumbs to famine conditions.
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Here’s your update on tonight’s meeting at the UoA Economics Group: Tonight at the UoA Economics Group, we’ll be looking at a lecture provocatively titled ‘Why Your Grandfather’s Economics Was Better Tha...
I am amazed by the whole world around me. I am amazed by people who are able to keep moving through adversity. I made this simple necklace for a dear friend of mine who I thought could use a boost from the...
*This first bit will make you sick if the radiation doesn't*: "Japan’s *confluence of crises* can be *turned into an opportunity to set “a national agenda’’* that can get widespread public support, said Ki...
"Sri Lanka to end emergency laws" August 26, 2011|Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka’s president unveiled plans yesterday to* lift wartime emergency laws* that have curbed civil and political ...
"Maoist picked as Nepal’s prime minister" August 29, 2011|New York Times KATMANDU, Nepal - The deeply fractured Parliament of Nepal elected a *Maoist as the country’s new prime minister *yesterday, after w...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Central Iran at a depth of 14 km (9.7 miles), the quake hit at 18:45:02 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 14 km (9.7 miles) Southeast of Ravar, Iran No...
The human rights commissioner for the Council of Europe urged countries that have hosted secret CIA prisons to come clean Monday, as the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches. Thomas Hammarberg said Poland...
Source - Cornell University: Rawlings, now a professor of classics, stressed the importance of being a "close reader."
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Biased BBC - 9 hours ago
It's pretty sad when the Muslim Brotherhood's Ikhwanweb is more informative and balanced than the BBC. Compare and contrast: Fire and graffiti attack on Palestinian mosque in Kasra with Settlers torch...
This one's by Iowa rockers Matthew Grimm & the Red Smear. Adam from Traveling Light did the YouTube clip. I would have liked to have seen them up on stage in Detroit today with Aretha, Hilda Solis and Ob...
Aired September 14, 2001 Early Show Video compliments of *IranContraScumDid911* You Only Believe the Official 9/11 Story Because You Don't Know the Official 9/11 Story TvNewswLiews Monday, Sep 05th ...
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* Muslims did not destroy Detroit! Nor did black people though bigots are posting pictures of the 'ruins' amid claims that Detroit is the 'victim' of a multi-racial ...
A three-year-old boy was rescued from a 50cm-wide, three-metre deep well after he had become trapped. The unnamed youngster had accidentally fallen into the dry well after playing with his mother in a str...
Social media 'personality' and father of six Trey Pennington has died after an apparent suicide, it emerged today. Pennignton, from Greenville South Carolina, was known in the on-line community for his s...
New York has joined three other major U.S. cities in installing 'non-intrusive' body scanners in one its airports. The machines are being installed around the country in a bid to avoid passenger protests ...
*"Never Despair"* by Sam Smith "Empires and cultures are not permanent and while thinking about the possibility that ours is collapsing may seem a dismal exercise it is far less so than enduring the frus...
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 52.3 km (32.5 miles), the quake hit at 17:55:09 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 130 km (81 miles) Southwest...
Stock markets have continued the slide they began late last week as fears over Italian and Spanish debts have reasserted themselves. European markets dropped 5% in Monday trading, led by more big falls in ...
Neurosurgeon Robert Cantu and his team at Boston University study the brains of deceased athletes. They have already examined the brains of Reggie Fleming, an enforcer in the '60s, and Bob Probert, an enfo...
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer which has spread to other organs, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable. The cable, published by whistle-blower site Wikileaks, cites central bank...
Suicides in South Korea have more than doubled in 10 years, according to new figures from the government. South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates in the world and pressure has been growing for th...
Male fiddler crabs use their giant claws to keep cool as well as attract females, say scientists. The crabs' oversized limbs are waved to signal strength to potential mates. US researchers discovered that...
Oil prices have fallen on concerns that the US could fall back into recession, and continuing anxiety about eurozone debt levels. With fears about a slowdown in China also hitting sentiment, US light crude...
A bacterium found in soil is a showing promise as a way of delivering cancer drugs into tumours. Spores of the Clostridium sporogenes bacterium can grow within tumours because there is no oxygen. UK and ...
The chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state sent an empty private jet to get a pair of sandals from Mumbai, leaked US diplomatic cables say. Ms Mayawati, an icon to millions of low-caste Dalits, rule...
Rebel reinforcements arrived outside one of Moammar Gadhafi's last strongholds in Libya on Monday, even as the forces arrayed against the toppled dictator gave the town a chance to surrender and avoid a fi...
At least one leading oil tanker operator is likely to follow collapsed smaller operators into insolvency, senior figures in the industry believe, as the sector is swamped by oversupply. The executives wer...
The new nation of South Sudan plans to relocate its capital from the bustling main city of Juba to a smaller town in the north. Moving the capital to the town of Ramciel will provide more room for expansi...
Rescuers and search parties scoured central Japan on Monday as the death toll from the worst typhoon to hit the country in seven years climbed to 26, adding more misery to a nation still reeling from its c...
The human rights commissioner for the Council of Europe urged countries that have hosted secret CIA prisons to come clean Monday, as the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches. Thomas Hammarberg said Poland...
A record 4 million people in Somalia need humanitarian aid and 750,000 people are in danger of "imminent starvation," the United Nations said on Monday. Famine in the African nation has spread to the Bay ...
More than 400,000 people have taken to the streets of Israel's biggest cities to show their anger about rising house prices and other economic issues. The demonstration on Saturday 3, 2011, was the large...
A doctor at a Tripoli hospital has told Sky News she believes as many as 30,000 men are missing after Libya's six month revolution. Dr Aman Said Hamad said she feared they might never be traced - believin...
Is platinum now a better bet for investors than gold? Many seem to think so. Gold prices have soared by 32pc this year, as investors sought a safe haven from the global debt crisis. However, some argue t...
After Japan’s Fukushima catastrophe, Canadian government officials reassured jittery Canadians that the radioactive plume billowing from the destroyed nuclear reactors posed zero health risks in this cou...
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Biased BBC - 10 hours ago
Another depth plumbed by BBC science reporting. A warmist fanatic - in this case Alun Hubbard, a glaciologist whose self-declared mission is to confirm his fanaticism - has now only to say that he's "gob-s...
Political cartoon by Igor Smirnov / toonpool To the blathering pols this Labor Day: No more lies and excuses! By David Van Os / The Rag Blog / September 5, 2011 This weekend a multitude of elected and woul...
A teacher killed his partner in a 'protracted and brutal attack' before putting her body in a suitcase and then going to pick up his lover, a jury heard today. Andrew Lindo, 28, was an 'inveterate and ac...
A coachload of English Defence League supporters were attacked by around 100 Asian youths with missiles when their bus broke down in Tower Hamlets, East London, on its return from a violent rally. The yel...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of48.9 km (30.4 miles), the quake hit at 16:47:40 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 115 km (72 m...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck South of Panama at a depth of 23.8 km (14.8 miles), the quake hit at 16:11:20 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 192 km (119 miles) South of David, Panam...
*Ever notice the "terrorists" are always where the OIL IS? * "Car bombing in Nigeria kills 18 at UN base; Rising Islamist group claims responsibility" August 27, 2011|By Adam Nossiter and Senan Murray, New...
What did you learn in school today? Dubya and Perry read to school children. Image from Addicting Info.If you liked George W., you’ll love Rick PerryBy Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / September 5, 2011For ...
*Who'da thunk! An Ohio Republican governor!* You would certainly not know it from the laughable Sunday Inside-the-Beltway corporate media gabfests, but this weekend's most talked about political story was...
*I can't remember the last time** I saw an article regarding the Ivory Coast.* *It REALLY IS an AGENDA-PUSHING MEDIA, isn't it?* "UN troops traded food for sex, cable says" September 02, 2011|Associated ...
[image: Hundreds of acres of corn were destroyed by the drought on this farm in Round Rock, Texas on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Jay Janner / statesman.com] By BRIAN M. CARNEY 3 SEPTEMBER 2011 As befits th...
Labor Day weekend in New York was marred by 24 shootings in 24 hours, bringing fears the city was returning to its violent past. The shootings - which left one dead - erupted from 6 am Saturday to 6 am S...
Five members of a gang who stripped a 16-year-old girl in a park then posted the pictures on Facebook have been jailed for a total of 18 and a half years. The nude photographs were taken by Victoria Beckf...
A teenager unwittingly stabbed his father to death when he went to the aid of his uncle as he was attacked. The 17-year-old boy ran to defend his uncle when an attacker arrived at his home in Edgewood, Wa...
*Now that the U.N. is in the country and their A.U. arm has driven out the "terrorists."* "A HUNGER-DRIVEN EXODUS -- Somali families afflicted by famine arrived at a camp for displaced persons in southern...
*Seems that color of skin doesn't matter; it's all in the structure of the institutions no matter what government you live under:* "Protests underscore S. Africa divisions" Associated Press / August 31, 20...
[image: Drought Monitor animation 14 June 2011 - 30 August 2011] By Eric Luebehusen, U.S. Department of Agriculture 31 August 2011 *Southern Plains:* The beat goes on across the southern Plains. In Texa...
*September 2, 2011 at 18:45:34* Promoted to Headline (H3) on 9/2/11: *Permalink* *Labor's Demise As A Countervailing Power* *By paul craig roberts (about the author)* It is Labor Day weekend, 201...
Britain's special representative to Libya is moving to Tripoli on Monday to re-establish the country's full diplomatic presence in the Libyan capital, Prime Minister David Cameron said. "Today the UK's S...
*Don't you see the emails leaks by Anonymous from Texas Police Chiefs?* * * *-----Original Message-----* *From: Robert Wieners ** Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:34:12 To:rbw828@sbcglobal.net Subject: Stupid Bitc...
Graffiti artist Banksy has demanded a top-level investigation at Channel 4 after he claimed a documentary suggests he left a rival in a coma in a row about his work. He has been involved in a tit-for-tat...
Lots of Garland chatter in the area blogs --or-- Heebe’s whores: The Garland Robinette connection to the Jefferson Parish Political Corruption Scandal revealed.~Slabbed Labor Day Links~Library Chronicles...
*I never even opened it. * "Cheney discussed the secret letter in an interview with NBC News to promote the release of his memoir, which will be released next week.... --more--" "Cheney is unapologetic i...
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I’ve run into some frustrations over the past month as I have been reading about ALEC on the net and in some cases, it has been more than frustrating. First of all I want to re-state my position that I do ...
*The Boston Globe and AmeriKan media, who else? * "Representative Ron Paul of Texas was third with 13 percent.... --more--" "Paul says Khadafy ouster doesn’t justify involvement WASHINGTON - Republican p...
"Bachmann compares herself to Thatcher" September 02, 2011 MINNEAPOLIS - Republican Representative Michele Bachmann compared herself yesterday to a female world leader with firm resolve - former British pr...
*A sign of co-option.* "Tea Party fragmented, but still a force; As one faction welcomes Romney, another recoils" September 03, 2011|By Christopher Rowland, Globe Staff DES MOINES - Even while racking up ...
A woman and her 18-month-old daughter were killed Sunday after they were trapped in their East Texas trailer home engulfed by flames, as unforgiving wildfires fanned by the winds of Tropical Storm Lee wrea...
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A look at ALEC's stance on minimum wage *Starting (Minimum) Wage Repeal Act* *The Starting (Minimum) Wage Repeal Act repeals all starting (minimum) wage laws and preempts localities from enacting further l...
*I have a hard enough time reading the Globe.* "Nantucket Gazette reborn, finds niche; Island’s paper taps old stories, new ads" September 03, 2011|By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff When Nantucket Magazine publ...
"Lawyer in Conn. treasury scandal gets 2 years" September 2, 2011 NEW HAVEN, Conn.—A corporate lawyer was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for his role in the 1990s Connecticut state treasurer's br...
*Sorry if I missed some things, readers. * "R.I. legislator used friend’s funds to pay bills, affidavit says; Stands accused of misusing life insurance money" September 03, 2011|By Erika Niedowski, Associ...
Tropical Storm Lee spawned tornado sightings and alerts from the Louisiana Gulf Coast to the Florida panhandle on Sunday, while widespread flooding caused at least two deaths. More than a dozen tornado si...
A teacher and a maths tutor could be sentenced to 30 years in jail after being charged with terrorism and sabotage for putting false reports on social networking site Twitter. It is thought to be the mos...
"US parole official worked to keep ex-Black Panther in prison; Court orders new hearing for man jailed for slaying" September 03, 2011|By Greg Bluestein, Associated Press ATLANTA - A former member of the ...
"Ohio sells prison to private company" September 02, 2011|Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio - A lockup on Lake Erie has become the *first state prison in the nation* to be *sold to a private company*.... Of...
The homeopathic pills for the cows are not the only marvelous thing that the European Union is paying millions of euros for. Last November, the EU has established a center of climate excellence called Cz...
When Eric Blair first published his dystopian novel, 1984, his description of the UK as Airstrip One may have shocked his readers. In the twenty first century, Orwell's assertion that the UK is the ultim...
"Prosecutors have described Perzel, 61, as being at the center of a scheme to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on computer technology for the benefit of GOP political campaigns.... --more--"
"Ill. mother charged in killing of two children" September 03, 2011|Associated Press EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - An Illinois mother arrested as she sat with a shotgun outside a St. Louis television station was...
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The bodies of two Germans who went missing in Afghanistan last month have been found, officials said. Roshan Khalid, the spokeswoman for the governor of Parwan province, said the bodies were found Monday...
Documents showing that China offered to sell arms to Moammar Gadhafi in the waning days of his rule are "the real deal," a senior member of Libya's transitional government said Monday. The comment follow...
"NRC cites safety failures at Pilgrim; Shutdown blamed on human error" September 02, 2011|By David Abel, Globe Staff Multiple failures of the control room staff at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station last s...
"Borings set to study void under tunnel" September 02, 2011|By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff A drilling contractor for the state will bore 100 feet into the ground near South Station next month in an attemp...
"Suspected brothel closed; City responds to Roxbury complaints, but no arrests made" September 02, 2011|By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff Neighbors in this working-class Roxbury neighborhood suspected that t...
Yesterday I was reading an interesting interview with self-described "recovering Republican" Bob Ney, the Ohio freak show and designated patsy, who went to prison in the Abramoff scandal, which, in realit...
"Award swells in tobacco lawsuit; Judge’s ruling could double $152m total" September 02, 2011|By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff A Superior Court judge ruled yesterday that the man who won a $152 million ...
"Pilot’s family, friends puzzled by plane crash; Cause is sought, victim mourned" September 02, 2011|By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff Stanley Wisniewski was equally at home on a motorcycle, a sailboat, or e...
Want to depart the world in an environmentally friendly way? A new post-death disposal involves flameless cremation.
*And soon the Boston Globe, readers.* "Commuters decry N.Y. toll-hike plan" August 17, 2011|Associated Press JERSEY CITY - New York commuters complained they are getting *stuck with the bill* for the *new...
*And soon the Boston Globe, readers.* "Commuters decry N.Y. toll-hike plan" August 17, 2011|Associated Press JERSEY CITY - New York commuters complained they are getting *stuck with the bill* for the *new...
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wmtc - 16 hours ago
What happens to a child who is hungry? And here's what I learned: being hungry makes me slow, stupid, and clumsy. It took me about four or five days of not being able to get enough solid food down my thro...
"Port expansion war centers on corals* * MIAMI - As Miami prepares to accommodate supersize freighters, environmentalists are making a last-ditch effort to protect threatened coral reefs and acres of sea ...
. Nick Clegg gave a speech this morning about his coalition government's new creation, 'Free Schools'. Let us recall that his party voted againstcreating Free Schools less than a year ago..... .....Oh, ...
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck South of Panama at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 11:21:34 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 211 km (131 miles) South of David, Panama ...
A record 4 million people in Somalia need humanitarian aid and 750,000 people are in danger of "imminent starvation," the United Nations said on Monday. Famine in the African nation has spread to the Bay...
An inquiry set up to look into allegations of UK security agencies' involvement in torture has said it will be looking into revelations contained in documents discovered in Libya. Documents found in Tri...
"Space may need to be cleaned of junk" September 02, 2011|Associated Press WASHINGTON - Space junk has made such a mess of Earth’s orbit that specialists say we may need to finally think about cleaning it ...
"Grandfather accused of forcing brutal hikes" September 02, 2011|Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - An Indiana man will remain jailed after a judge found probable cause on allegations that he forced his ...
"One of Taiwan's best regarded hospitals said HIV-infected organs were mistakenly transplanted into five patients after a hospital staffer misheard the donor's test results by telephone.... --more--"
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Broken of Britain - 17 hours ago
. London Talk - 7.00pm - Friday 9th Sept 2011 Ian R Crane, a former oilfield executive and founding Chairman of the UK 9/11 Truth Movement, who now lectures and writes on the deep geo-political webs ...
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck Tonga at a depth of 35.4 km (22 miles), the quake hit at 09:52:01 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 256 km (159 miles) Southwest of Apia, Samoa No Tsun...
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Biased BBC - 18 hours ago
Morning folks, I'm very busy today so over to YOU, with a brand new Open Thread in which you can detail the bias from the State Broadcaster.... Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
*A passenger train heading from the historic mining town of Røros to Hamar derailed Monday morning, not far from the scene of a fatal train accident on the same line in Hedmark County 11 years ago. This ti...
Thirty-eight children, aged between two and eight years, suffered food poisoning after eating breakfast from street vendors at Hafizpet, Ranga Reddy district, on Sunday. They are undergoing treatment at ...
Anti-Gaddafi forces are on the verge of attacking one of the former Libyan leader's last strongholds - but they hope to seize Bani Walid without resistance. The National Transitional Council (NTC) has gi...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Antofagasta, Chile at a depth of 91 km (56.5 miles), the quake hit at 08:32:44 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 176 km (110 miles) ESE from Iquique, Ch...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 08:22:46 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 736 km (458 miles) Southwest ...
A Turkish hacker group diverted traffic to a number of high-profile websites including the Telegraph, UPS, Betfair, Vodafone, National Geographic, computer-maker Acer and technology news site the Register ...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland at a depth of 11 km (6.8 miles), the quake hit at 07:19:03 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 731 km (454 miles) Southwest ...
Iran's first nuclear power plant has finally begun to provide electricity to the national grid, official media reported on Sunday, a long-delayed milestone in the nuclear ambitions of a country the West fe...
*WikiLeaks cable 07TRIPOLI967, Nov. 15, 2007, from the US Embassy in Tripoli :* *GROWTH OF RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN LIBYA* 1.(C) Summary: Libya has a long history of resource nationalism linked to the poli...
In June 2011, Joe Polchinski, the main father of D-branes and other things, clarified some confusion in another June 2011 paper. *(Yes, I took this Wikipedia picture in Santa Barbara. If you think that Joe...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 07:15:51 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 727 km (452 miles) Southwest ...
European stock markets including the FTSE 100 have started the week with another sharp dip in values over fears for the world economy. The London market opened 1.9% lower in the first minute of trading, ...
Some 9,000 tanks of fish, including about 8,000 in Shuikou town and some 1,000 in Huangtian town, were reported dead as of Saturday, according to a release from the government of Gutian county, which admin...
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Before : Correspondence from Frank Fisher : {Feedback Type:} I would like to... Make a complaint {Summary:} You have published a Polly Toynbee opinion piece in your News section - it...
The CBS affiliate in Austin is reporting a 14,000 acre fire has destroyed hundreds of homes in Bastrop County Sunday night. According to the county judge, 300 homes have burned. The Texas Forest Service ...
A small plane sparked a major blaze when it crashed near a rural California community, igniting a deadly brush fire that killed one person. The massive fire levelled a home and threatened at least 30 other...
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck South of Africa at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 06:01:20 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 465 km (289 miles) WSW of Marion Islands,...
Damning claims have emerged that Britain helped send a terror suspect into the bloody hands of Colonel Gaddafi. A secret letter found in an abandoned Libyan government building appears to show that MI6 p...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 05:44:07 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 732 km (454 miles) Southwest ...
*Website for this image** *Beware the latest disinformation on Libya. The security services want to make Gaddafi look bad and the new al-Qaeda government of Libya look good. Abdel Hakim Belhadj is the...
Sky News can reveal how rioting gang members have stored away firearms ready for further disorder after the unrest in England last month. Our exclusive investigation allowed Metropolitan Police detectives...
A teen gunman is on the loose after shooting eight people, including three children, at a garden party in the Bronx, New York early this morning, police said. Investigators are looking for a 17-year-old ...
Heavy rains and mudslides killed at least 18 people and left more than 50 missing after a powerful typhoon ripped through western Japan Typhoon Talas brought heavy rain and winds of up to 68mph after maki...
Hurricane Katia continued to intensify overnight Sunday as it churned in the Atlantic Ocean, spurring warnings about rip currents and fears it could soon develop into a "major hurricane," the National Hurr...
The Uruguayan Ministry of Defense confirmed Sunday it has opened an investigation into an alleged assault in Haiti involving at least five Uruguayan troops deployed in the Caribbean nation as United Nation...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland at a depth of 11.2 km (7 miles), the quake hit at 05:05:38 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 730 km (453 miles) Southwest ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Luzon, Philippines at a depth of 35.1 km (21.8 miles), the quake hit at 04:45:07 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 85 km (52 miles) NNW of Ilagan, Luzon...
Spare human parts grown in laboratories could be just years away after scientists discovered more than 20 ways of growing organs. They have already grown the bladder, urethra and windpipe which have been ...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Northern Iran at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 00:52:20 UTC Monday 5th September 2011. The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) SSE of Sabzevar, Iran No r...
I met Extremo the other day. He does some wonderful art on the windows that he paints ...as long as you let him paint what he wants. His laugh uplifts the vibes of folks as he travels along in his "never...
[image: Libya rebels] Negotiations over the surrender of one of Moammar Gadhafi's residual strongholds have collapsed, and Libyan rebels are waiting for the green light to launch their final attack on the...
Guest contributor and spaceflight expert Lucy Rogers investigates the space debris problem and discusses how we could reduce, reuse and recycle.
*They go together quite well.* "Marijuana seized from apartment; Arlington police say unit devoted to growing plants" September 03, 2011|By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff ARLINGTON- It wasn’t so much the am...
"William Rosen, the nominee of Governor Deval Patrick to fill the top administrative post in the Hampshire County Probate and Family Court, *faced outright opposition* yesterday from a majority of the Gove...
"An Alaska woman was convicted yesterday of misdemeanor child abuse after squirting hot sauce into the mouth of her adopted Russian son as punishment in what prosecutors said was a ploy to get on the “Dr. ...
[image: Dried up river bed in Eritrea. © Eye Ubiquitous / SuperStock]By Samuel Okocha 4 September 2011 There is reportedly growing evidence that Eritrea, like other countries in the horn of Africa, is ...
*More like a dismantling.* "Layoffs, baby boomers strain Social Security disability; System seen to be on verge of insolvency" August 22, 2011|By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON - *Laid-o...
"Republican Party leader in N.H. quits; Rift within GOP; some attribute low fund-raising" September 02, 2011|By Shira Schoenberg, Globe Correspondent CONCORD, N.H. - Embattled New Hampshire Republican Part...
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"Video game console case lets you play on the go" September 01, 2011|By Ron Harris, Associated Press ATLANTA - Once you’ve put your console in, you can play Call of Duty: Black Ops to your heart’s conten...
*by Ken* Howie already offered a Labor Day message, and I have nothing to add that isn't likely to be bleedingly obvious to *DWT* readers: that there hasn't been any time since the American labor movem...
"The lawsuit sets up a *high-profile antitrust battle* - a *rarity since the election of President Obama, who campaigned with promises* to revitalize the Justice Department’s policing of mergers and their ...
Over the past few months, many people have been detained and charged in connection with operations by the Anonymous collective. The most often cited op is Operation Avenge Assange. This was begun after Ma...
*I was wondering what that smell was coming from my newspaper.* "New eatery to transform landmark on Common" September 01, 2011|By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff A * former restroom* on the Boston Common th...
"End of the party for Priscilla of Boston" September 01, 2011|By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff Priscilla of Boston, the *high-end bridal boutique* that got its start on Newbury Street in 1945 and shot t...
"Obama’s uncle set to fight deportation; Same legal team helped sister stay" September 01, 2011|By Maria Sacchetti and John R. Ellement, Globe Staff The details of Obama’s life that emerged this week trace...
*The US government is scrounging around for every penny. * "Girl ineligible for dead father’s benefits" September 01, 2011|Associated Press DES MOINES - An Iowa girl who was born two years after her fathe...
So how much trouble is Barack Obama in? Well, it doesn’t get much worse. His approval rating is hovering just above 40 per cent. Unemployment is stuck at 9.1 per cent; the White House forecast that it wou...
The parents of children who play truant from school could have their child benefits taken away under plans being considered by the Government. The crackdown on what David Cameron has described as “the har...
Almost a quarter of schools are failing to do enough to keep children safe, according to Ofsted. Some 21 per cent of state schools in England are no better than satisfactory on child safety, the watchdog...
The Beijing propaganda bureau has taken control of two influential newspapers in the Chinese capital, prompting fears that they will be more strictly censored. Officials announced the move to reporters o...
Syrian forces killed at least 23 people on Friday, activists said. According to them, "huge demonstrations" were held after weekly prayers in response to calls from an Internet group that urged rallies aga...
Six heavy explosions were heard at 11 pm Sana’a local time in Sa na’a the capital of Yemen. The explosions came three months after ceasefire was brokered between the forces loyal to president Saleh and t...
The three giant C-130 Hercules transport planes thundered through the night towards the Libyan coastline. There was no ground radar station or air-traffic control for them to communicate with. They were fl...
Images have emerged from Syria purporting to show President Assad’s security forces opening fire on anti-government demonstrators. The video was posted on a social media website and is said to have been ...
Yoshio Hachiro, the new economy, trade and industry minister, has vowed to back Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's policy of resuming halted nuclear reactors if thorough checks confirm their safety. Hachiro...
It's become a nightly duel in Bahrain: Security forces and anti-government protesters waging hit-and-run clashes in one of the simmering conflicts of the Arab Spring. So far, the skirmishes have failed t...
After a month-long break, Congress returns to work next week facing an economy in jeopardy and a nation desperate for solutions. Republican and Democratic leaders are promising action to try and ease the ...
The center of Tropical Storm Lee lurched across Louisiana's Gulf Coast on Sunday, dumping torrential rains that threatened low-lying communities in a foreshadowing of what cities further inland could face ...
A New Mexico state police officer has been fired after security cameras caught him having sex with a woman on the hood of a car. Officer Bert Lopez's dismissal from the New Mexico state police was confir...
The 'Immokalee babies' were born with severe deformities after their mothers were each exposed to pesticides whilst harvesting tomatoes. Barry Estabrook reports on the case that shocked the US Tower Cabi...
Surging flood waters in northern and eastern India have affected millions of people, forcing many from their homes as swollen rivers wash away roads and make rescue work difficult, government and aid offic...
Permafrost soils contain enormous amounts of organic carbon, which could act as a positive feedback to global climate change due to enhanced respiration rates with warming. We have used a terrestrial ecosy...
President Barack Obama quashed proposed rules on ozone from the Environmental Protection Agency, agreeing with Republicans and industry to withdraw the costliest regulation being considered by the administ...
It sounds barmy, audacious or sci-fi: a tethered balloon the size of Wembley Stadium suspended 20km above earth, linked to the ground by a giant garden hose pumping hundreds of tonnes of minute chemical pa...
The thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), better known as the Tasmanian tiger, has long been the poster child for human-caused extinction. Hunted out of existence by Australian farmers who feared that the s...
Warming streams could spell the end of spring-run Chinook salmon in California by the end of the century, according to a study by scientists at UC Davis, the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Nationa...
A media watchdog on Saturday called for the immediate release of a blogger sentenced by Egypt's military to three years in jail, warning that he might die after he stopped eating and drinking. The Paris-...
Friday's jobs report that showed hiring in the United States unexpectedly ground to a halt in August is increasing speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve will move to stimulate the economy. But will it help ...
Friday morning, many on Wall Street were stunned by the big fat zero put up by the August jobs report, the worst showing in 11 months. The data convinced many previously optimistic economists that the Unit...
FAWLTY Towers legend John Cleese has come under fire after declaring: "London is no longer an English city." The comic, 71, said that the mix of cultures had helped the capital win the 2012 Olympics. B...
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It’s sadly all too appropriate really that we have to commemorate the anniversary of the first Christchurch earthquake last year accompanied by news that land around Christchurch on which Cantabrians mig...
Say what you want about George Galloway. Love him, hate him, whatever? He kicks this idiots arse! This "Libyan" is a prime example of NATO brainwashing. His perception has been well-managed. He doesn'...
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 59.4 km (36.9 miles), the quake hit at 21:44:21 UTC Sunday 4th September 2011. The epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) Northwest of Isangel, Tanna, Va...
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[image: Shift of Alaska marine species northward, 1982-2006. NRDC / U.S. Global Change Research Program] Increased temperatures pose a threat to the region’s fisheries and other marine species, which ar...
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Nearly one decade on from that day when an organised gang of barbarians hijacked civilian airliners and flew themselves and scores of innocents into two of the world’s most famous symbols of capitalism, ...
A fire caused by a plane crash threatened 800 homes or structures in Tehachapi, California, on Monday, with nearly 5,000 acres ablaze in rugged terrain, according to state and local officials. The fire st...
*The famously (and deliberately) enigmatic final scene of The Sopranos, as the Soprano family arrives one by one -- or nearly, since Meadow doesn't quite make it inside -- at the agreed-upon dinner site, ...
Swedish retail giant Ikea used political prisoners in East Germany as “slave labour” to make furniture, secret police files unearthed by a German broadcaster appear to show. Ikea developed strong links wi...
Forty-nine billion pounds was wiped off the value of the UK's leading shares on Monday following renewed fears over the health of the British economy and concerns over the fate of British banks being sued ...
A pick-up game of soccer for policemen in the eastern Turkish town of Tunceli turned deadly Sunday night when suspected Kurdish militants opened fire on players and spectators. A police officer and his wi...
About 1,000 chanting pro-independence activists took to the streets of Taipei on Sunday, accusing Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou of surrendering the island's sovereignty to China. The rally, which comes fo...
The job market is even worse than the 9.1 percent unemployment rate suggests. America's 14 million unemployed aren't competing just with each other. They must also contend with 8.8 million other people no...
Special forces are involved in this silent and deadly form of 21st century warfare, their commander confirms to Rafael Epstein. Australia's special forces commander has defended his troops' use of US dron...
A male teen allegedly gunned down eight people at a house party in New York City early on Sunday morning, evaded police capture and remains at large, according to New York City police officials. Dasilva O...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il expressed distrust of his country's major economic prop China during a 2009 meeting with a visiting South Korean businesswoman, according to a US diplomatic cable. The cabl...
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