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Chile Rise at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:48:22 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 1072 km (666 miles) West of
Osorno, Chile...
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Tohono O'odham Nation in southern Arizona*Migrant Death Rate on Arizona Border More than Double in Two Years while DHS Plans Ex...
In an effort to trace these dangerous men, Scotland Yard has released their mugshots as part of Operation Sunfire. Pictured (l to r, top row first) are Tato Kakauridze, 33, from Georgia; Costin Stoica, 23...
Today my father, Matt Cartwright, announced his candidacy to represent Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District in the House of Representatives. In a way, I can’t believe I’m saying that. Having been in...
The two leading Republican candidates vying to take on President Barack Obama in this year's presidential election turned to the topic of space during a debate last night in
Tampa, Fla.Dualism via Magritte. Image from Natalie Sanders. It all began in Greece. Will it all end in Greece?By Leonardo Boff / The Rag Blog / January 24, 2012Our Western civilization, now globalized, has its histori...
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Council of Canadians*New Video Reveals Global Resistance to Forest-Carbon Projects* *A Darker Shade of Green Documents Critical Perspectives on REDD* Orin Langelle, Co-director/Strategist Global Ju...
Engineers inspecting Airbus (EAD.PA) A380 aircraft for wings cracks have found similar flaws on at least one aircraft, industry sources said on Tuesday. European safety authorities ordered urgent inspect...
The Grand Dissembler, Steve Harper, picks his words carefully. That's why it's often worthwhile to pay close attention to what comes out of his mouth. Take his remarks to a conference of First Nations c...
Gulf Arab states withdrew their observers from Syria on Tuesday after it rejected an Arab League peace plan stipulating that President Bashar al-Assad surrender power, and the group's chief called for U.N...
President Barack Obama will pitch new initiatives on jobs, taxes and housing in an election-year State of the Union address on Tuesday, making a sweeping case for a second term despite the slow U.S. econo...
The red regions show where the high-energy particles that erupted from the sun's surface on Sunday are entering the Earth's upper atmosphere. The Earth is being bombarded with the strongest blast of radia...
The world's economy is "deeply into the danger zone" because of risks from the eurozone, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. The IMF predicts the global economy will grow by 3.25% in 2012, dow...
The likelihood of being able to catch the Northern Lights again in Ireland this week has dimmed, but the good news is they may be making a regular appearance over the next few year. With mixed weather fo...
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the South Sandwich Islands Region at a depth of 8.1 km (5 miles), the quake hit at 16:31:08 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) Northwest ...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the South Sandwich Islands Region at a depth of 200 km (124 miles), the quake hit at 16:31:33 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 1985 km (1230 miles) Sout...
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It's time for the President's third 'State of the Union' speech, in which He addresses the masses from on high, laying out His latest Plan For Us. The BBC will surely be right there to tell you what to thi...
European countries have damaged their own economies and inflicted "extra and huge costs" on ordinary consumers by embargoing Iran's oil, the Tehran regime has claimed. Instead of blaming sanctions for th...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Dominican Republic at a depth of just 2.8 km (1.7 miles Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 14:33:29 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 37 km (22 mi...
*FROM FREEDOM TO SARCASM* MNN Jan. 22,2012. http://www.mohawknationnews.com/ Freedom requires responsibility [Kaianerehkowa]. The unsurrendered land, water, air and resources above, beneath and on Gr...
[image: MV Rena splits in two on a New Zealand reef, on Sunday, 8 January 2012. Maritime New Zealand] 24 January 2012 (Radio New Zealand) – Salvage work on the *Rena* reached a milestone on Tuesday with...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of just 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:34:52 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 111 km (68.8 m...
The winged dinosaur Archaeopteryx had at least some jet black feathers.
Early-stage tests using embryonic stem cells have shown positive results.
Apple's new app allows anyone to build interactive ebooks for the iPad for a low price and light load.
Many invasives aren't an easy sell on the plate -- or fashion runways. But for some animals, that could change.
[image: John Rember is a fourth-generation Idahoan. Recurring themes in his writing include the meaning of place, the impact of tourism on the West, and the weirdness of everyday life.][Here’s a Desdemon...
Today: R4. Monday 23rd January 2012. Yesterday, at about 7:45. Evan Davis read out the newspaper review. An item from the Guardian was singled out, which he articulated with passion and a distinct air of d...
Jan 24 2012, p. C4. Wall Street Journal print edition: "U.S. energy officials have cut their natural-gas-resource estimates, saying there is far less gas in a region known as the Marcellus Shale than pre...
TECHNOLOGY - There are a lot of websites outside such as Amazon, CafePress, personals websites and more who offer an affiliate program to internet publishers. The problem with these affiliate programs is ...
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012* *A deeply destructive episode:* Stop the presses! We have posted Chapter 6 at our companion site, How He Got There. It describes a deeply destructive journalistic episode from...
------------------------------ *WAR FOR THE WHITE HOUSE!!! Diebold accidently leaks 2012 election results* *http://youtu.be/ojmOESqVeak* Cherchez la Verite
GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul issued the following statement on his campaign website this afternoon, following his son Rand’s treatment at the hands of the TSA in Nashville. “The police state in thi...
The Gay Secretary I should know!!lol I'm still addicted to his crap!!
*F-35 Killer?* With Europe hovering on the brink of meltdown, with pipelines to stop, with the Republican presidential clown car careening through the Deep South, it's easy to lose sight of the F-35 contro...
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012* *Frank Bruni just plain doesn't know:* We think Frank Bruni’s new column is instructively clueless. Newt has been railing against “the elites.” Bruni is puzzled by this stanc...
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012* *EPILOG—Why not the truth:* In a recent column in the Post, Dana Milbank explained the disgraceful “shorthand” system our “press corps” uses to cover elections. This system i...
I have a friend who is an ardent defender of the Athabasca Tar Sands. We get into friendly arguments by e-mail that can go for several days at a time. The most recent topic has been the safety problems s...
Mighty Dwarf just announced 10W Bluetooth and microSD versions of its wireless capsule-sized resonance speaker.
No additional apps needed; just plug it in and get your print on.
Mitsubishi's air lubrication system could reduce the CO2 emissions of cargo ships by 25 percent.
[image: This graph shows the cliimatological mean seasonal cycles in China during the 1960s (blue line) and a more recent decade (red line). Dashed lines indicate temperature thresholds for the 24 Solar ...
Wall Street Journal 1/24/2012 p. A1. Japan announced that it had its first recorded annual trade deficit since 1980. The WSJ reports that "The startling change is partly a result of one-time factors lik...
[image: Sumatran elephants in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park. Rhett A. Butler] January 24 (mongabay.com) – The Sumatran elephant subspecies (*Elephas maximus sumatranus*) was downgraded to critical...
I always like it when light is cast into darkness. Biased BBC's Alan picks up on this interesting detail not mentioned by the BBC; "Enver Solomon from the 'Children's Society' has been all over the BBC to...
[image: The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen from bus windows in Fukushima prefecture, 12 November 2011. David Guttenfelder / Reuters / Pool] By Yoko Kubota and Shinichi Saoshiro; ...
Biased BBC contributor Alan notes; "The BBC is clearly a very busy organisation struggling under the burden of having to make savings on its budget. Perhaps this is why it misses so much of the world's ...
By Jeremy Hance, www.mongabay.com 24 January 2012 [image: A Sunda pangolin on the island of Borneo. Piekfrosch via mongabay.com]You can buy pretty much anything on the internet: from Rugby team garden g...
It seems to me that the BBC cannot get through any current news programme without informing us how evil "big business" really is and how the bankers, in particular, broke Britain. They know that repetition...
Been a busy day, which started with me debating the Bishop of Hulme, Stephen Lowe, on the BBC this morning here. Go to 30 minutes in here and listen for half an hour, if you dare! Meanwhile, back on the To...
Slabbed City Fishers say coastal master plan could destroy their livelihoods~Mark Schleifstein 2011: New hurricane protection system is built ~Comment from Sandy Rosenthal: We are pleased that this artic...
Police have offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of an "extremely dangerous" murder suspect who escaped after his prison van was ambushed. John Anslow, who is now at the centre...
Britain could send military back-up to the Strait of Hormuz to block any Iranian attempt to close the waterway which is the conduit for a fifth of the world's crude oil. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond ...
Officials say divers searching the toppled Costa Concordia have discovered another body in the stricken cruise ship, bringing to 16 the number of bodies found. The discovery on the third floor deck was ...
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*New Brunswick blogger charged with 'criminal libel' against a Frederickton police office - Computer seized! HUH?!! -CBC: 8 Frederickton Police Officers Try To Silence Blogger -Charles LeBlanc's Blog...
The Arab League's peace mission to Syria was on the verge of collapsing today after Gulf states followed Saudi Arabia in pulling out. The Gulf Co-operation Council, which represents Saudi Arabia and the o...
In many states - caucus time is coming up. What better time to educate like minded people about ALEC! REMEMBER - There are MANY that still don't know about ALEC. Make copies of any of these reports and han...
Last night's GOP debate in Tampa may have been entertaining or even, for some, cathartic, but these theatrics hardly matter... and for normal people it was just a boring episode in a reality show that is ...
By: Duane Craig A mysterious plume of groundwater contamination is getting the cleanup go-ahead, according to this article in The Five Towns Patch. The Peninsula Boulevard Groundwater Plume describes a Su...
LAHORE - The mystery disease, allegedly generated by adulterated medicines, claimed two more lives of cardiac patients on Tuesday and the death toll reached 72. All the patients died in government hospit...
Seven security personnel went missing today after being hit by an avalanche near the LoC in Kupwara district. "A snow avalanche struck Furkian top in Kupwara at 7.20 AM. Five armymen and two BSF jawans we...
Two skiers were killed in avalanches at separate Colorado ski resorts over the weekend and a search was underway for two snowmobilers feared caught in another snowslide in northwestern Colorado, authoriti...
Thousands of people in Malawi have been cut off from normal life after heavy rains that have been falling over the last few days led to localized flooding. Among the most affected districts include Nsanj...
BANGKOK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Public Health Ministry's Department of Disease Control (DDC) on Tuesday instructed the Surveillance and Rapid Response Teams (SRRT) to be on alert for nationwide outbreaks...
After chickens, the contagious bird flu has now been detected in wild birds. Investigations will begin tomorrow in Phuentsholing to find out if the flu would affect the wild bird population in the countr...
Update: 22 January 2012 US Senate leaders are backing away from a vote this week! But they're refusing to kill the bill, hoping our pressure will die down. Let's show them they're wrong. Posted: 18 Janua...
WELLINGTON, Jan. 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — Volunteers and whale experts were still trying Tuesday to save about 40 pilot whales more than a day after almost 100 of the animals beached themselves at the top of New...
A new virus, that causes abortions and birth deformities in farm animals, has been found in Britain for the first time. A new virus, that causes abortions and birth deformities in farm animals, has been ...
Walkers recoiled in horror after the bodies of dead rabbits were left hanging in trees along a popular walkway. The ten animal carcasses were strewn in branches along the footpath near the north Leeds ma...
Bangkok – News on elephants in Thailand since the start of this year has been dominated by the brutal killing of wild tuskers in Kaeng Krachan and Kui Buri national parks. At least six wild elephants hav...
A 22-foot shark that washed up on a Shelburne County shore last week would have caused some alarm but for the lack of razor sharp teeth. Department of Fisheries and Oceans representatives identified the d...
California’s Death Valley is capable of spectacularly explosive volcanic eruptions.
California’s Death Valley comes by its morbid reputation honestly, but not for the reason you might think. True, this stark desert holds the record for the hottest, driest spot in North America. Scientist...
BEIJING—China on Tuesday confirmed one person was killed and said several others were wounded during clashes with security forces in a restive Tibetan part of western Sichuan province this week, in the la...
BANI WALID, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's ramshackle government lost control of a former stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday after local people staged an armed uprising, posing the gravest challenge yet ...
After the Abu Qatada row, the UK might seem keen to leave the Strasbourg court – but Cameron has something else in mind. Judging by the media fury stoked up over the case of the Islamic cleric Abu Qatada...
Our planet is being bombarded by high-energy particles unleashed by the strongest solar storm since 2005, scientists say. The charged particles are mostly a concern for satellites - which they can disrup...
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake has struck Northern California at a depth of just 3.1 km (1.9 miles), the quake hit at 12:11:28 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 6 km (4 miles) SSW of Clearlake, O...
France urged Turkey on Tuesday not to overreact after the French parliament adopted a bill making it illegal to deny the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide. But ...
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban is hoping to move closer to a deal with the European Commission on Tuesday to rework laws critics say undermine democracy so he can revive stalled international aid t...
Iran's foreign ministry summoned the Danish ambassador on Tuesday to complain about the European Union's "illogical decision" to ban imports of Iranian oil, the official IRNA news agency said. Denmark ho...
Saudi Arabia's Gulf allies joined Riyadh on Tuesday in pulling out of an Arab League monitoring team to Syria, risking the collapse of a mission whose presence has not halted more than 10 months of violen...
Japan's energy minister admitted on Tuesday that no records were kept of top level discussions in the critical early days on how to respond to the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years. The admissio...
The United States on Monday sought to tighten the financial screws on Iran by imposing sanctions on the country's third-largest bank for allegedly helping Tehran develop its nuclear program. Now any fore...
Euro zone finance ministers Monday rejected as insufficient an offer made by private bondholders to help restructure Greece's debts, sending negotiators back to the drawing board and raising the threat of...
Grave fears are held for a number of people trapped after a landslide in Papua New Guinea's mountainous Highlands region. Shortly before 6:00am (local time) there was a landslide in the Hides region of S...
Low oxygen levels and hot weather are believed to have killed thousands of fish in Perth's Swan River. About 5,000 dead fish were discovered between the Middle Swan Bridge and the Ellen Brook in the upper...
Gun-wielding attackers aboard small vessels opened fire on a group of fishing boats in a restive area of the southern Philippines, killing 15 people in an apparent turf dispute between fishermen, the mili...
Double-punched by two Indian Ocean storms, the southern African nation of Mozambique on Tuesday struggled with the destruction of a portion of its main national highway, cut-off communications and a repor...
At least nine people were killed and at least 72 others wounded Tuesday when four car bombs and a roadside bomb exploded in mostly Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad, police officials said. The first two at...
The number of dead from bombing and gun attacks in Nigeria's second-largest city has risen to at least 211, community leaders said Tuesday. Government officials declined to confirm the number of victims ...
A man has been arrested in connection with the ambush of a prison van which led to the escape of an "extremely dangerous" murder suspect. Officers from West Midlands Police detained the man on Monday nig...
More than 1,000 jobs are at risk after one of the UK's largest oil refineries announced it would halt supplies, as its Swiss owner prepares to file for insolvency. The Coryton refinery in Essex suspende...
Police have killed the man who murdered the cousin of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, and the suspect shot ex-wife dead during the ensuing fire fight. The shootout occurred in the late hours of S...
Blindfolded and handcuffed to each other on a barren hilltop, Pakistani soldiers wait for death at the hands of a merciless Taliban fighter. Fifteen men were lined up for execution, the chilling scene ca...
Those clocking in more than 35 hours a week without so much as a thank you, should look away now. For employees at Hopital Vaugirard, a public hospital in Paris, are now due two million days off after r...
Libya appeared to be sliding backwards into civil war yesterday when supporters of Colonel Gaddafi's regime clashed with government forces and seized control of a town. At least four were killed in the v...
A Haitian immigrant, freed after the Obama Administration halted deportations to his native country, went on to kill three people before shooting himself, police say. Twice convicted felon, Kesler Dufren...
The residents of Washington state are used to receiving more than their fair share of rain. But the Pacific Northwest will have to cope with stormier weather than usual this winter and spring, scientists...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Mindanao, Philippines at a depth of 196.1 km (121.9 miles), the quake hit at 10:34:19 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) NNW from Hinatua...
An Oregon man raced along the Clackamas River but couldn't keep up with his 6-year-old daughter who had fallen into the stream and was swept on downriver, authorities said. Rescue workers looked for Vine...
A former professional wrestler was sentenced today to 32 years in prison for having sex with women without telling them he had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. Andre Davis, 29, was sentenc...
The dark prospect of war now looms in the Middle East, as the West’s confrontation with Iran over its nuclear programme inches towards the point of no return. Voicing fears that the hardline Tehran regim...
Anti-capitalist protesters have built an igloo camp in the luxury resort of Davos ahead of the World Economic forum, it emerged today. The Occupy movement gathered in the Swiss town ahead of the annual g...
A babysitter has been arrested after allegedly molesting a five-year-old girl while streaming the assault live on the internet. Jennifer Mahoney filmed herself while taking part in a Skype chat with a ma...
A hot air balloon caught fire after it took off at a festival, above where hundreds of families had gathered to watch the show. The balloon, in the shape of a 'spider pig', broke loose from its ropes and...
Fake: This image was taken from a video ITV used to illustrated an IRA attack on a British helicopter, but it was actually from Arma II ITV has been strongly criticised by the TV watchdog and found to be ...
A reveller was gored to death by a flaming-horned bull at a Spanish fiesta, it emerged today. The half-ton beast charged the unnamed 45-year-old, trampling on his head and goring his body on late on Satu...
French senators have voted to adopt a controversial bill making it illegal to deny that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks was genocide. The measure – which was passed by 127 for votes to 86 a...
A 190-million-year-old dinosaur nursery with 340 eggs has been discovered, providing an insight into the animals' behaviour from the oldest nesting site ever found. The excavation site in South Africa be...
The first occurrence of twins for free-ranging Tibetan macaques reveals how tough it is for primate twins to survive.
Jewel the black bear gave birth on camera in the wilderness near Ely, Minn.
A clinical trial of 'magic mushroom therapy' could take place in the UK within a year following two ground-breaking studies. Doctors plan to treat depressed patients who cannot be helped by modern drugs ...
*Ronan Parke at the very respectable Claridges Hotel * New York's* Carlyle Hotel* was where President *John F Kennedy* used to stay, 'because of the hotel tunnels'. "Some say they were used to usher women...
Drug runners and small-time dealers caught with £200 worth of cocaine could escape jail under new rules published today. The sentencing guidelines allow lower level dealers to dodge a prison term – even ...
The world must act now to prevent a ‘1930s moment’ and a ‘downward spiral’ into economic catastrophe, the International Monetary Fund warned last night. IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said the g...
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, among the wealthiest Americans ever to seek the top job, has finally made his tax records public. He bowed to increasing political pressure to provide the de...
Britain 'will not accept' Iran's bid to develop a nuclear weapon, David Cameron warned last night, as military tensions between the rogue state and the West escalated. In a rare joint statement with Germ...
Aurora a Natural Light Display in the Sky over the Arctic and Antarctic Regions - For the Past two days amazing Images have been Captured over the Untied Kingdom. The sun is today bombarding Earth with ra...
The first anniversary of Egypt's revolution is set to be marked by mass protests calling for the country's temporary military leaders to hand over power. Activists, frustrated by the slow pace of change,...
A quarter of small business owners say the economic outlook is so bleak they would rather close their firm and return to being an employee, a report warns today. Large numbers of entrepreneurs admit they...
A US Marine charged over one of the Iraq war's most notorious massacres of civilians has agreed to a plea bargain that could see him serve only three months in prison. Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, 26, of C...
Divers searching the Costa Concordia cruise liner today revealed that the smell of decomposing bodies inside the stricken ship is 'overpowering'. Teams of naval officers, firefighters and coastguards said...
£40,000 + A year in Benefits, I am seriously considering sending this picture to the tax man this year rather than paying my Tax... It is Disgusting. Labour joined forces with Church of England bishops an...
*RESIDENTS in flood-prone areas in Burpengary, north of Brisbane, are being urged to evacuate amid rising flood waters. * Moreton Bay Regional Council says residents of Dale St in Burpengary and the imme...
President Obama has been ordered to appear in court on Thursday to answer claims he isn’t a natural born citizen and therefore can’t be US president. Yes, the ‘birther’ movement is alive and well. In Apr...
The death toll from a series of terror attacks in Nigeria on Friday has risen to 185, as police discover a further 10 unexploded car bombs, and hundreds of smaller explosives. Of those killed, 150 were c...
The strongest geomagnetic storm in more than six years is expected to hit Earth later with experts fearing it could affect airline routes, power grids and satellites. The storm has been caused by a coro...
A 21-year-old Palestinian woman has told authorities she was locked in a bathroom for the past decade by her father, who let her out only in the dead of night so she could clean their house. "People are ...
Homes have reportedly been flooded and authorities began releasing water from a Brisbane dam as heavy downpours lash the state's southeast. And the already drenched region is bracing for more severe weath...
An astronomer claims to have found signs of life on Venus after re-analysing 30-year-old photographs taken by a Soviet probe. Leonid Ksanfomaliti of the Space Research Institute at Russia's Academy of Sc...
The French lawmakers passed a bill that makes it illegal to deny the Armenian Genocide. Nicolas Sarkozy's signature was considered to be a formality; a week ago, most French senators in a committee voted...
Rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous system of sea fishes with serious consequences for their survival, an international scientific team has found. Carbon...
One January, around ten years ago, I was feeling light-headed. All week, I’d been oddly detached, as though I was watching myself from a distance. A couple of friends were staying with us, and since their...
If there was ever a news story that crystallized the moral dementia of modern Wall Street in one little vignette, this is it. Newspapers in Colorado today are reporting that the elegant Hotel Jerome in A...
Events in the last decade displayed a vigorous effort to defend the U.S. Dollar. The rogue nation of Iraq sold crude oil in Euros for three years, until they were liberated. Its tyrant was a scourge to b...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pressed Saudi Arabia to open its huge oil and gas resources to expanded investment from Chinese companies, media reports said on Sunday after Wen began a trip to Middle Eastern ...
It is easy to walk past the anonymous, Georgian townhouse in central London without giving it a second glance. But the five-storey building on Grosvenor Square, close to the American embassy, is home to a...
This is a long piece but well worth the time. Fraud, lies and more fraud. And no one went to jail. A sadly familiar refrain. For General Electric Co., hawking subprime mortgages was a long way from makin...
Premier Wen's visit to the Arabian Peninsula is significant not only for bilateral ties, but also the region and world beyond Premier Wen Jiabao's six-day visit to the Arabian Peninsula, which begins on ...
I have posted on the Maringa tree before thisand here we have the development of a new protocol that uses the seed’s watercleaning effectiveness inexpensively and hopefully in a way people can easilyap...
Right now this all comes underthe boys will be boys’ category, but has the real potential of causing realactionable damage somewhere. With the US militaryalready engaged with the task of shoving this g...
It seems strange that we are learningthings like this only now. This mocksthe miles of scientific opinion produced on forests and soils over the pastcentury. What is suggested here is thatan ecosyste...
We are in the process of having severalsatellites observing the sun at close range. This means that they will be able to see many comets that are rather smallcrash and burn through the solar atmosphere...
*We don't believe you anymore*. All of you need an assignment where the food ain't so good, the alcohol can kill you and the perks mean you don't get eaten alive by bedbugs. You guys are far too comforta...
*The first soap that responds to magnets has established by an international team of scientists. Soap is prepared of long molecules with ends that perform in a different way: One end of the molecule is a...
*Sony is promising enhanced low-light photography from its imminent range of smart phone camera sensors, gratitude to the addition of white-light pixels.* Only a restricted number have flashlight capacit...
*The European Commission proposed a new law promising internet users the right to be forgotten on Wednesday. Some tech firms have uttered apprehension about the reach of the new bill. Even though the exi...
*The take into custody of Mega upload’s founders has led to other file storage space sites taking achievement in an obvious attempt to protect them as of legal action. *Mega upload has secured itself by ...
"Australian Jew working to end discrimination against indigenous peoples," reads a proud headline from the *Jewish Telegraph Agency* (JTA) today, January 22, 2012. The article reports that a "high-profile...
For too many expatriate Africans living in the West, the phrase Occupied Nigeria raises scary images of U.S. or NATO warships bearing down in AFRICOM-commando fashion, reestablishing Eurocentric hegemony ...
Scientists in Geneva have seen potentially devastating effects following research into an everyday product we all use—deodorant. The team set out to test the theory that aluminum compounds, a key ingred...
Mansoor Ijaz claims he will prove in Pakistani courts that ex-US ambassador Husain Haqqani offered to rein in military. The controversial American businessman at the centre of the "Memogate" scandal thre...
DAMASCUS - The storming of Vice President Tarek al-Hashemi's office in Baghdad in late December - on the orders of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki - went by relatively unnoticed in the international and Ara...
AMMAN: The nuclear reactor that Jordan seeks to build by 2020 will cost about $5 billion, said Chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission Khalid Toukan on Thursday. Toukan defended the controversial...
Consider the following: The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that 13 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil and 30 percent of its undiscovered gas will be found in the Arctic, and six of the eight Arctic...
Experts say the slow formation of winter ice on Hudson Bay this year has pushed some of Canada's polar bears to the brink of starvation and forced them to scrounge for food near old garbage dumps. The be...
Looks like the Netherlands has a unique crime problem – it doesn’t have enough criminals! According to ncl.nl, “The Dutch justice ministry has announced it will close eight prisons and cut 1,200 jobs in t...
Residents of towns around Prince William Sound are digging out of snowfall that drifted more than 8 feet in places and shut down the only highway in or out of Valdez, a community of about 4,000 that is n...
Everyone knows that the US government is bankrupt and has been for many years. But I thought it might be instructive to see what its current cash-flow situation actually is. At least insofar as it's possi...
*The picture below is gruesome. Please do NOT scroll down if an explicit photo of a tortured, brutalized cat is going to upset you* I've always been more of a dog lover than a cat lover. I go for a walk e...
We've battled this argument before, so we apologise if we repeat ourselves. But it needs to be said because the mainstream media continues to talk gibberish about China’s economy. This is the argument: a...
The Republican National Committee (RNC) apparently supports a one-state solution in Israel/Palestine. Journalist Mitchell Plitnick reports that, last week in New Orleans, the RNC unanimously adopted a r...
Only the blind do not see that the US government is preparing to attack Iran. According to Professor Michel Chossudovsky, “Active war preparations directed against Iran (with the involvement of Israel and...
An independent Scotland would be humiliated like Zimbabwe by adopting a currency over which it has no control, a former Scottish Secretary warned yesterday. Sir Malcolm Rifkind said Alex Salmond’s plan ...
The Costa Concordia crew will no longer believe that stranger things happen at sea, writes Boris Johnson. In the period immediately after the Costa Concordia hit a rock off the coast of Tuscany, the beh...
In England, new statistics show that its citizens have been using less and less of nearly every material good--even before the recession started. Are we starting to see a world where growth and consumptio...
It used to be that the best way to raise money for the developing world was to show the abject poverty that could be found there, but NGOs are finding that tactic no longer works. Instead, it’s time to fo...
January 12th, the displays of wealth on the verified Sina Weibo [microblog] account of “Jilin City Beijing Liaison Office worker Gao Yue’er” attracted netizens’ attention. Gao Yue’er showed off the Chan...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Libertador O'Higgins, Chile at a depth of 34 km (21.1 miles), the quake hit at 01:45:27 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) Northwest of C...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 60 km (37.2 miles), the quake hit at 01:40:22 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 350 km (217 miles) Southeast of Vostok, Ru...
"Which attracts your eye more - the sky or the ground? On the ground are rocky peaks in Teide National Park on Tenerife Island of the Spanish Canary Islands off the northwestern coast of Africa. The volcan...
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 582.8 km (362.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:52:06 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 543 km (337 miles) Southeast ...
"For some reason or the other man looks for the miracle, and to accomplish it he will wade through blood. He will debauch himself with ideas, he will reduce himself to a shadow if for only one second of h...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Guam Region at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:33:45 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 151 km (93 miles) Southwest of Hagatna, Guam ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 60 km (37.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:26:43 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 69 km (42.8 miles) Nor...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Southern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 53 km (32.9 miles), the quake hit at 23:41:08 UTC Monday 23rd January 2012 The epicenter was 113 km (70 miles) South of Padan...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck offshore Morocco at a depth of 60 km (37.2 miles), the quake hit at 23:16:01 UTC Monday 23rd January 2012 The epicenter was 59 km (36.6 miles) West of Gielmim, Morocco ...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck offshore Bio-Bio, Chile at a depth of 20.4 km (12.7 miles), the quake hit at 21:55:14 UTC Monday 23rd January 2012 The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) North of Concepcio...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Dominican Republic at a depth of just 7.4 km (4.6 miles), the quake hit at 20:50:14 UTC Monday 23rd January 2012 The epicenter was 35 km (21 miles) NNE of San Fran...
Has the worm finally turned? Reuters today featured a story on the emerging market economies' push-back against the status quo of Western-dominated global economic governance. The piece features an expl...
State of Emergency Communique #1: America, Canada, and Mexico are financially and mentally colonized nations. But financial fraud and media propaganda are no longer enough to keep the people down. Due to ...
Antony Njuguna / NairobiThe big news out of the ICC today was the confirmation of charges against four of the "Ocampo Six" Kenyan elitesaccused of orchestrating and inciting the country's post-election viol...
Seven months after Steve and Barry signed off on Beyond the Border last year, agreeing to improve cross-border investigations and share more info on Canadian travelers with Homeland Security, US AG Eric...
*Michigan Gov. George Romney and his son Retard Willard look out over the New York World's Fair grounds, May 18, 1964.* *"Not only was George Romney, that loser, ironclad in his ideological commitments; h...
If you are the slightest bit confused about the environmental damage and/or the political argument about "fracking," please read Ellen Cantarow's masterful essay at the Tom Dispatch, which I have included ...
"From the moment when the machine first made its appearance it was clear to all thinking people that the need for human drudgery, and therefore to a great extent for human inequality, had disappeared. If...
[image: Estimates of how much California rangeland (yellow) could be lost to climate change by 2100. Among the other landscapes illustrated are conifer forests (green), desert shrub (light brown), woody ...
*"Fascism With a Human Face"* by Joseph W. Martin, Jr. "As I have touched on previously the ugly reality is that we are living in a neo-fascist state. Sure we still have the illusions free speech and fre...
[image: 'Love Food, Hate Waste' logo, owned by the Waste and Resources Action Programme]By Rudy Ruitenberg 23 January 2012 Food waste was denounced by farm ministers and policy makers gathered in Berl...
The surprisingly simple system gets around a huge hurdle facing wave power: corrosion.
Women hoping to have a better life for their "Dragon Babies" are flocking to Hong Kong, overrunning their healthcare infrastructure.
"*Many Haitians are nostalgic for the era, when the country was more prosperous, tourists were not afraid to visit, and it was the world’s leading maker of baseballs....** Forced disappearances, illegal de...
Graphic by Bill Freeland / The Rag Blog.Proposed:A balanced budget amendment for all citizensThe guys who now work at bank loan departments and refinance companies would finally have to go out and find hones...
"US monitored deadly raid for Jamaica" December 10, 2011|Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica - A *US surveillance plane helped monitor* the deadly 2010 raid by Jamaican security forces to capture a fugitive...
"Judges get say on plea deals" January 13, 2012|By Martine Powers and John R. Ellement, Globe Staff The state’s highest court today confirmed a little-known judicial power to ignore prosecutors and shorte...
*"The Rise of the Praetorian Class"* by David Galland "Much attention has been paid to the “disappearing middle class” and the “vanishing American Dream.” While the observations are largely accurate, th...
"With the Celtics in sunset and the Red Sox making luxury-tax avoidance their top priority, it’s nice to have the Patriots poised to put the Duck Boats back on the streets of Boston.... * * *Why did he le...
"Market heats up for office towers" January 16, 2012|Casey Ross, Globe Staff Boston’s office towers are again *hot commodities* after several years of slow sales, a *sign the city’s economic recovery is ga...
*You know what I * **don't like*, readers?* "Eisenhowers want memorial redesigned" by Brett Zongker Associated Press /January 10, 2012 WASHINGTON—President Dwight D. Eisenhower's family wants a memorial in...
hat tip Whoopie at Enenews http://enenews.com/tepco-admits-radiation-levels-fukushima-increasing-releasing-70000000-bqhr-reactor-3-leaking This up-to-date account by Washington Blog is a good read http://w...
Image from DNY59 / iStockphoto / MNN.Apocalypse now!Death knell for civil libertiesIt's a hell of a way to begin a year many believe will mark the end of the world.By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / The ...
Over the past few weeks we’ve had to endure military brass and top government officials falling over themselves to condemn American GIs – first for urinating on dead Afghans, and more recently for beatin...
According to Andrew Nikiforuk, the Keystone XL pipeline may have only sustained a flesh wound but it was a killer blow to the Northern Gateway pipeline. The best analysis of all things related to the Ath...
Chinese security forces have opened fire on ethnic Tibetan protesters in the province of Sichuan, killing at least one man, Tibetan activists say. Rights groups and the self-declared Tibetan parliament-in-...
While many American black women said it was a good time for them, half of those surveyed also said racism remains a big problem.
“It's like one big hall of mirrors, isn't it? Except, of course, that the halls of time and space reflect what you choose to think. Like right now.” "Wow" - The Universe "Thoughts become things... cho...
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Hays County Courthouse. Image from tripadvisor.'In Jesus' name':Hays County Commissioners Courtpromotes sectarian prayerBy Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / January 23, 2012SAN MARCOS, Texas -- No principle ...
This video features sailing ships and dolphins as well as sun drenched shores. The music is from the CD/DVD "Deep Still Blue" by the band 2002. The title of the song is "An Ocean Apart". The software used...
*"Shedding Light on Ourselves: * *Parts that Don’t Want to Heal"* by The DailyOm "When we choose that which is not best for us, there can be a deep seated part of us that does not want to heal. In almost ...
Ron Paul Slams “Out Of Control Police State” After Rand Paul Detained By TSA Congressman renews his call to abolish agency that “gropes and grabs” Americans Steve Watson Infowars.com January 23, 2012 G...
This is just a guess, but the last time I watched *Meet the Press* was probably in 1965, before I left home and went off to college. Ned Brooks was still the host. Two of my friends, John and Roland, cla...
Months ago I posted a video from a distinguished, very senior Japanese doctor about the effects of radiation and the cover-up of the Fukushima disaster. An Australian blogger, Australian Cannoball, had p...
"If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow." ~ William McFee
You may not know it, but there's an epic magnetic battle between the sun and Earth raging over our heads.
Jeff Rense & Charles Smith, "Mysterious, Frightening Sounds Worldwide" • We don't normally deal with this type of material here, but I'm posting it because of a personal experience which may be related. Se...
*"More Idiocy By Project Syndicate"* by Karl Denninger "This is tiring - and predictable. "Europe is now haunted by the specter of debt. All European leaders quail before it. To exorcise the demon, they ar...
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Url movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI9flluCsZA&t=50s *Tall story* from the well-respected Russian scientist Dr. *Leonid Ksanfomaliti* of the Space Research Institute of Russia's Academy of Sciences...
The active ingredient in the trippy fungus could help users treat depression, anxiety and stress.
I apologize to Duck readers for being such a slacker this past semester. Some things on the home/work front have had me tied down a bit, and the truth is I won't be fully back in the saddle until after th...
A fastball of high-energy matter from the Sun is blasting toward the Earth and is expected to cause the largest solar radiation storm since 2005. Late last night, a solar flare caused a coronal mass eject...
Iran has said an oil embargo adopted by European Union foreign ministers over the country's nuclear programme is "unfair" and "doomed to fail". The measures would not prevent Iran's "progress for achievin...
I apologize to Duck readers for being such a slacker this past semester. Some things on the home / work front had me tied down a bit previously, and I won't be truly back in the saddle until after this man...
Are you sick of fighting with your family and friends over political differences? Why not blame biology?
ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A new intellectual property enforcement treaty being negotiated by the United States, the European Community, Switzerland, and Japan, with Australia, the ...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck the Dodecanese Islands, Greece at a depth of just 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 18:23:48 UTC Monday 23rd January 2012 The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) East of A...
Fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have seized control of the town of Bani Walid, a pro-Libyan government militia member has claimed. "They control the town now. They are roaming the town," the militia me...
A sixth person has died after suspected poisoning at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport. He has been named as 73-year-old John Beeley. It follows the announcement earlier today that Linda McDonagh, 60...
Conflicting reports emerged Monday about whether the son of Libya's deposed leader would be tried there. A member of Libya's National Transitional Council said Saif al-Islam Gadhafi would be taken to a c...
This gadget blocks signals to prevent phone use while driving and alerts parents if it's tampered with.
The Panama Canal expansion will allow bigger ships with more cargo to pass from the Pacific to the Caribbean, which could result in less greenhouse gas emissions per volume of cargo shipped.
*"Why Isn’t Illinois A Bigger Story Than Greece?"* by John Rubino "As the Greek default (and it is a default no matter what they end up calling it) is finalized this week, the consensus seems to be that f...
A man has appeared in court accused of crashing a petrol tanker into a bungalow in Dorset. Hugh Billington, 51, appeared before Weymouth magistrates charged with arson with intent to endanger life. He i...
When the new year began, I was discussing the subtle issues of leap years and the methods to approximate the tropical year by a rational number. The key number, 365.242189, was the ratio of the mean tropic...
*"A Strange Appetite for US Debt"* by Bill Bonner "We went around the world last week. We wish we could say we learned something. But modern travel has been standardized…and culture and technology have b...
*That's what the Globe would like you to believe anyway*: "Ron *Paul* made it clear that he is *no longer running a national campaign*. * * *Did he?* The Texas representative said he will largely skip F...
There are weeks when it can sound as if the European sovereign debt crisis is going round in circles. Barbed exchanges between Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and German Chancellor Angela Merkel carry...
The structure was found in England and may have been used as a temple.
How can we map our galaxy when we live inside it? We literally can't see the forest for the trees.
Scientists build the world's tiniest train set.
Powerful storms ravaged through Alabama early this morning in an area that has not yet fully recovered from tornadoes that left the community in despair last year. At least two people were killed and hea...
*You sure you don't want to reconsider?* "Out of race, Rick Perry shifts focus to home; Texans reveal mix of opinions after a rocky campaign" by Manny Fernandez | New York Times, January 22, 2012 AUSTI...
Fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have seized control of the town of Bani Walid, a pro-Libyan government militia member has said. "They control the town now. They are roaming the town," the militia member...
Minnesota caucuses are being held on February 7. I need help with a resolution to possibly introduce at he Democratic caucus in my precinct. While I have a tendency to be verbose. Legalese does not come e...
A uniquely 'crisp' ring of gas around a young star 700 light years from Earth offers a glimpse of the mysterious forces that form solar systems. The star, V1052 Cen was detected with the huge 24ft optical ...
* US and Libyan military officers get together. (**aangirfan: US TO INVADE LIBYA?**)** * As news comes in that Beni Walid city has been 'captured' by pro-Gaddafi forces., and that Libya's government is in...
By: Duane Craig Cotter Corp. of Colorado, a subsidiary of General Atomics in San Diego, is glowing as the poster child for uranium misbehavior, and state authorities are nearing their limits in putting up...
Courtesy of Darrell Issa's sweeping investigation into Countrywide Financial Corp., "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) was caught with his hand in the cookie jar after being issued a VIP loan in 1998 from the now-defun...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck offshore Bio-Bio, Chile at a depth of 28.1 km (17.5 miles), the quake hit at 17:22:10 UTC Monday 23rd January 2012 The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) NNW of Concepcion,...
*I'll pass on the pipe, thanks. * * *"Calif. farm region is a *meth network center*, US says; ‘Super labs’ run by drug cartels are hard to find" by Gosia Wozniacka and Tracie Cone | Associated Press, Ja...
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck offshore Bio-Bio, Chile at a depth of 19.6 km (12.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:04:53 UTC Monday 23rd January 2012 The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) North of Concepcio...
Anger: Libyans damage the car of National Transitional Council Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil over the weekend. British Airways is to resume flights to Libya in May - 15 months after they were suspended as...
Syria has rejected an Arab League call for President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to his deputy. Meeting in Cairo, the league also called on Syria to set up a new unity government within two months...
A baby has incredibly survived being sliced from her mother's womb during a brutal attempt to steal the unborn child in South Africa. Police initially thought victim Valencia Behrens, 34, had bled to deat...
These extraordinary colours filled the sky above Yorkshire last night as the Northern Lights unfolded over the British Isles. Subtle hues of purple, yellow, orange, and even neon green filled the heavens....
*There may be a few inland stops; I didn't have time to consult a map.* "Two firefighters and one other person were injured yesterday as a large *fire* pushed by strong wind gusts engulfed three bui...
PARAPROSDOKIAN SENTENCES: *A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to re-frame or rei...
[image: Link] An illegal immigrant and sham marriage ringleader who left prison early with a huge pay-off has used the money to set up a new business in his homeland - offering UK passports. Ashar Ali Rat...
*Whatever makes 'em happy!* "Gay marriage support increasing in Wash.; State Legislature to debate bills to make it legal" by Rachel La Corte | Associated Press, January 22, 2012 OLYMPIA, Wash. - The l...
Four days ago, a friend in Japan who is a good mountain-climber teamed up with 40 Japanese workers, drilled a hole into the reactor, took an Olympus-made endoscope, a few ropes, and shot this short and s...
*Is it Nothing to You? Another Hero Falls * *Ricky Lavallie: 1960-2012* *By Kevin D. * Censored News Ricky Lavallie is dead. He was a 51 year old native man, and was the sole witness to the murder by th...
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck offshore Bio-Bio, Chile at a depth of 27.6 km (17.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:04:55 UTC Monday 23rd January 2012 The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) North of Concepcio...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Western Xizang (Tibet) China at a depth of 55.7 km (34.6 miles), the quake hit at 13:18:08 UTC Monday 23rd January 2012 The epicenter was 297 km (184 miles) WNW of Nag...
*Sorry about the vulgarity; however, that is the way I feel the AGW cult these days.* "Alaska hit with another big storm" January 13, 2012|By Associated Press ANCHORAGE - The *worst winter anyone can reme...
DAVID CAMERON, NICOLAS SARKOZY AND ANGELA MERKEL: WE CALL ON IRAN'S LEADERSHIP IMMEDIATELY TO SUSPEND ITS SENSITIVE NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES.
Like many of my nerdy friends, I am eagerly awaiting the return of the second half of this season's "House MD." But let's be honest, the show basically substitutes a flow chart for a plot. No one with ha...
Both showed poor battery life; but software set these phones apart more than anything else.
This is my second post regarding the MN GOP “Reform 2.0" agenda for the 2012 session. Just like the first item on the GOP Reform 2.0 agenda, item number two on the MN GOP Reform 2.0 agenda again falls int...
This alarm-nightlight combo wakes its user up gently by gradually increasing light.
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, wife of former NASA shuttle commander Mark Kelly, is resigning this week to focus on her recovery following an assassination attempt last year.
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*MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012* *History will take one more day:* No, we didn’t lie. But we’ll have to wait until tomorrow to post Chapter 6 at our companion site, How He Got There. We could blame it on those...
At night, bottlenose dolphins at the Planète Sauvage aquarium in France sound like they are mimicking recorded humpback whale songs.
This delightful felt flower, named for my niece, looks complete and intricate but is actually simple to pull together. I love this flower on a clip for my daughter to wear in her hair. I used blue and pu...
*MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012* *Yang keeps shorthand alive:* Once the “shorthand” has been established, weak minds want to advance it! For a perfect example of this practice, consider this piece by Jia Lynn Y...
http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Study-Finds-that-Childhood-Leukemia-Rates-Double-Near-Nuclear-Power-Stations.html International Journal of Cancer study by C. Sermage-Faure, D. Laurier, ...
[image: Factory workers in China. Wikimedia Commons] By Michael Santo, Tech Buzz Examiner 22 January 2012 Reports such as SACOM's from May of 2011 have shown us of the stresses, low wages, and unsafe co...
From *Ha'aretz*, "Study: IDF officers less committed to Jewish values after visits to Nazi death camps." The headline and subsequent report exposes unsatisfactory indoctrination levels in IDF soldiers. T...
*MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012* *EPILOG—Watching the shorthand work:* Give him some credit! In his pitiful January 15 column, Dana Milbank *did* explain how “shorthand” works. This is a *very* accurate accoun...
Helmets and other protective gear can only do so much to prevent serious injuries and deaths for high-flying skiers.
Last week the MN GOP published their agenda for the new year. This will the first of several posts on their ALEC-like Reform 2.0 agenda. ALEC member Kurt Zeller made the following comment: "Tax and spen...
Proposed Sewerage & Water Board rate doubling gets public discussion~The proposal, which includes rate increases starting in July for water and sewer services, also calls for implementation beginning next ...
Sunday, 22 January 2012, was not a good day for BC Ferries. Or more accurately, it was not a good day for travellers intent on using BC Ferries to get anywhere. Shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday the sustained w...
Good interview with Mahdi *Nazemroaya- * Discussion will focus on Washington's rage for more Middle East war as it targets Syria and Iran for regime change. Download this episode (right click and save) ...
*Related: Witnesses Document Potential Vote Fraud in S.C. Primaries* *I bet I know who got screwed.* "Gingrich roars to win in S.C.; Pugnacious conservatism key to victory" by Michael Levenson and Matt Vi...
The general who headed the Arab monitoring mission in Syria said on Monday that violence had dipped after the observers arrived, contradicting accounts by Syrian activists who have said the killing has con...
Oil prices rose to near $111 on Monday after EU foreign ministers agreed to ban imports of Iranian oil from the start of July, eliciting further threats from Iran to close the key shipping channel the Str...
La Defensa de la Gran Tlamanalca or the defense of La Gran Tlamanalca (Tucson) has begun. Make no mistake, while the media tells a story about a program and a curriculum being in violation of the "law," th...
*Did they need an H-1B?* "N.C. is urged to compensate those it made sterile; Each should get $50,000, task force says" by Martha Waggoner | Associated Press, January 11, 2012 RALEIGH, N.C. - As many a...
You think Scott Walker is hated? He is, which is why *over a million*Wisconsin voters signed petitions to recall him. But Rick Scott, the accidental governor of Florida-- he slipped into office with less t...
The marijuana legalization policy, which passed at last weekend's Liberal convention, has been generating a fair amount of media buzz this past week. The strongest arguments in favour of it come, somewhat ...
Police are hunting a "dangerous" murder suspect who escaped from a prison van during an ambush. John Anslow, 31, who was charged with murder last week, was sprung from the vehicle as it made its way fr...
*Please. * "Sisters out for kidney donation want to be pardoned in Miss.; Two had served 16 years for armed robbery" by Holbrook Mohr | Associated Press, January 13, 2012 JACKSON, Miss. - Two sisters r...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 50.3 km (31.3 miles), the quake hit at 12:40:29 UTC Monday 23rd January 2012 The epicenter was 99 km (61.4 miles) WSW of Lhok...
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A juror who researched a criminal case online has been found guilty of contempt of court and jailed for six months. Theodora Dallas, 34, told other jurors what she found out about a defendant on trial ...
"Group of Kentucky Amish continue to defy law" Associated Press, January 12, 2012 MAYFIELD, Ky. - Amish men in rural Graves County have become scofflaws for not using the orange safety triangle on their b...
The EU has formally agreed to an Iranian oil embargo - but a senior Iranian official has responded with defiance, saying the country "will definitely" close the Strait of Hormuz. To protect Europe's eco...
An inmate has escaped from a prison van after it was ambushed on the way from jail to court, a report says. The vehicle was stopped by a car and its driver threatened with a blade before the prisoner fle...
EMERGENCY departments across the Gold Coast have been put on alert for increased cases of food poisoning after contaminated salami was sold at markets last weekend. Beenleigh smallgoods company Backa Aust...
The death toll in Mexico from an outbreak of A(H1N1) swine flu has hit nine, with 573 cases detected, officials say. The strain represents some 90 percent of detected cases of influenza in the country, t...
A mudslide in Bellevue has prompted the evacuation of four homes and closed a portion of West Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast. A mudslide in Bellevue has prompted the evacuation of four homes and closed ...
Perhaps you may wish to comment on this from BBC DG Mark Thompson to the Leveson Inquiry this morning? "The BBC is not a business and it might well be that someone running a media business might take a di...
Tokyo wants an international seal of approval for the energy-hungry country's nuclear industry, but has failed to inspire confidence.
Crews from the Seaside Aquarium responded to the beach strandings of several large sea creatures this weekend, as a 39-foot sperm whale and a 13-foot gray whale – both dead – washed ashore on the southern...
Wellington - Twenty two pilot whales died on Monday and 77 others were in peril on a remote beach on New Zealand's South Island, news reports said. Conservation officials appealed for volunteers to help a...
Two sisters, one in pink and one in purple, held a sign twice their size as cars passed by in Harvard Square. The poster showed two monkeys in a cage, holding each other tight, and a slogan demanding an e...
UK scientists have detected a huge dome of freshwater that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean. The bulge is some 8,000 cubic km in size and has risen by about 15cm since 2002. The team thinks it m...
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Eastern Honshu, Japan at a depth of 60 km (37.2 miles), the quake hit at 11:45:44 UTC Monday 23rd January 2012 The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) Southwest of Namie, Ho...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The risk of a big earthquake hitting the southern Kanto region including Tokyo within the next four years could be as high as about 70 percent, according to a study compiled by Monday by ...
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Cases of a deadly mosquito-borne virus increased dramatically in Australia last year, with further outbreaks possible this summer. Three people died and there were 16 confirmed cases of Murray Valley enc...
Truckers blocked roads throughout Italy and taxi drivers resumed a strike on Monday as opposition mounted to fuel tax rises and economic reforms aimed at opening up competition in protected sectors includ...
The International Criminal Court accepts that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will be tried in Libya rather than at the Hague-based court, Libyan Justice Minister Ali Khalifa Ashur said Monday. "Libya applied Frid...
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A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the West Chile Rise at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:48:22 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 1072 km (666 miles) West of Osorno, Chile...
Photo Brenda Norrell Censored News Remembering the migrants at San Xavier, on Tohono O'odham Nation in southern Arizona*Migrant Death Rate on Arizona Border More than Double in Two Years while DHS Plans Ex...
In an effort to trace these dangerous men, Scotland Yard has released their mugshots as part of Operation Sunfire. Pictured (l to r, top row first) are Tato Kakauridze, 33, from Georgia; Costin Stoica, 23...
Today my father, Matt Cartwright, announced his candidacy to represent Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District in the House of Representatives. In a way, I can’t believe I’m saying that. Having been in...
Photo Council of Canadians*New Video Reveals Global Resistance to Forest-Carbon Projects* *A Darker Shade of Green Documents Critical Perspectives on REDD* Orin Langelle, Co-director/Strategist Global Ju...
Gulf Arab states withdrew their observers from Syria on Tuesday after it rejected an Arab League peace plan stipulating that President Bashar al-Assad surrender power, and the group's chief called for U.N...
The red regions show where the high-energy particles that erupted from the sun's surface on Sunday are entering the Earth's upper atmosphere. The Earth is being bombarded with the strongest blast of radia...
The world's economy is "deeply into the danger zone" because of risks from the eurozone, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. The IMF predicts the global economy will grow by 3.25% in 2012, dow...
The likelihood of being able to catch the Northern Lights again in Ireland this week has dimmed, but the good news is they may be making a regular appearance over the next few year. With mixed weather fo...
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the South Sandwich Islands Region at a depth of 8.1 km (5 miles), the quake hit at 16:31:08 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) Northwest ...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the South Sandwich Islands Region at a depth of 200 km (124 miles), the quake hit at 16:31:33 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 1985 km (1230 miles) Sout...
European countries have damaged their own economies and inflicted "extra and huge costs" on ordinary consumers by embargoing Iran's oil, the Tehran regime has claimed. Instead of blaming sanctions for th...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Dominican Republic at a depth of just 2.8 km (1.7 miles Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 14:33:29 UTC Tuesday 24th January 2012 The epicenter was 37 km (22 mi...
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