Fewer than one in four American teens has proficient writing skills – even when allowed spell check and computers Only a quarter of eighth and 12th grade students had solid writing abilities, according to National Assessment of Educational Progress writing… Read More ›
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Politician ‘plots to get her state senate rival arrested by telling police she bought cocaine’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:09:54 EST, 14 September 2012| UPDATED:19:49 EST, 14 September 2012 Politics is a dirty game but one Massachusetts Representative appears to have really upped the ante in the run up to elections. Denise Andrews, a Democrat… Read More ›
Revealed: Harvard cheating scandal which could see over 100 students thrown out of elite college was discovered because of a TYPO
By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED:18:42 EST, 14 September 2012| UPDATED:18:42 EST, 14 September 2012 The Harvard cheating scandal which has rocked the world-famous university and cast doubt on more than 100 students began with a minor typing error, it has been… Read More ›
Breach of security at ‘Fort Knox’ of uranium sets off alarms
An aerial view of the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee is seen in this U.S. government handout photo released on August 3, 2012. Credit: Reuters/National Nuclear Security Administration/Handout By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON | Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:32pm… Read More ›
Obama attorneys ask court to restore indefinite detention power
By Stephen C. Webster Friday, September 14, 2012 16:09 EDT Topics: Katherine Forrest ♦ Obama ♦ President Barack Obama Less than 24 hours after a judge blocked a law that gives the government the power to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens… Read More ›
Malware being installed on computers in factories, warns Microsoft : ” found forged versions of Windows on all the machines “
Researchers find malware pre-installed on brand new computers bought in China Associated Press guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 September 2012 07.41 EDT Microsoft investigator David Anselmi shows how malware can wind up on consumer computers. Photograph: Elaine Thompson/AP Criminals are installing malware on… Read More ›
Economist Richard Duncan: Civilization May Not Survive ‘Death Spiral’
Money Morning By Terry Weiss, Money Morning Richard Duncan, formerly of the World Bank and chief economist at Blackhorse Asset Mgmt., says America’s $16 trillion federal debt has escalated into a “death spiral, “as he told CNBC. And it could… Read More ›
Mentally ill to be allowed to become MPs, serve on juries and be company directors
MPs have voted to end ‘discrimination’ which stops those suffering from mental illness serving in public life as a rare private members bill is backed by the House of Commons. Charles Walker spoke of his own mental health issues. Photo:… Read More ›
China’s nuclear weapons strategy highlights the risk of escalation to nuclear war from a conflict beginning with conventional weapons, due to the unusual structure of the nation’s military
Contact: Katie Baker katie.baker@sagepub.co.uk 020-732-48719 SAGE Publications China’s nuclear dilemma Los Angeles, CA (September 14, 2012) – An expert assessment of China’s nuclear weapons strategy highlights the risk of escalation to nuclear war from a conflict beginning with conventional weapons,… Read More ›
As Violence Spreads in Arab World, Google Blocks Access to Inflammatory Video
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Published: September 13, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO — As violence spread in the Arab world over a video on YouTube ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad, Google, the owner of YouTube, blocked access to it in two of… Read More ›
Twitter surrenders Occupy protester’s tweets
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK | Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:41am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Twitter handed over tweets from an Occupy Wall Street protester to a New York criminal judge on Friday after months of fighting a subpoena… Read More ›
False positives: fraud and misconduct are threatening scientific research
High-profile cases and modern technology are putting scientific deceit under the microscope Alok Jha, science correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 13 September 2012 13.12 EDT The Dutch psychologist Diederik Stapel was found to have published fabricated data in 30 peer-reviewed papers. Photograph: Boxem/boxem/Hollandse… Read More ›
‘Anonymous’ retaliates after member arrested by FBI
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, September 13, 2012 23:44 EDT WASHINGTON — The hacker group known as Anonymous on Thursday posted credit card numbers in retaliation for what it claimed was an FBI raid arresting one of its members. The group… Read More ›
Vladimir Putin admits stage managing animal stunts
Vladimir Putin has admitted to staging some of his most famous stunts, including meeting endangered big cats and the “discovery” of ancient Greek amphorae in the Black sea, a Russian journalist has claimed. Vladimir Putin has acknowledged many of his… Read More ›
White House allocates $376 million in September 2010 for upgrades
White House emerges from $86m two-year makeover… but it doesn’t look like anything has actually changed Four year construction project expected to cost $376 million After two years and $86 million, not much appears to have happened Witnesses say it… Read More ›
Harvard pediatrics professor arrested after police found ‘up to 100 DVDs and 500 images of child porn at his home’
Dr Richard Keller was medical director at Phillips Academy for 19 years Spent almost $3,000 on child porn over two years Some pornographic content was delivered to his office at the boarding school Faces 20 years in jail By Rachel… Read More ›
Bloody hand prints, stolen documents and shocking security failings: Harrowing pictures inside the U.S. consulate as it is revealed ‘officials knew about attack plans 48 HOURS before and did nothing’: Sorry Unedited Includes Graphic Images
Dramatic images of bloody hand prints and crumbling buildings capture horror of Tuesday’s attack on U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which fell on 11th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks Revealed today that sensitive documents have gone missing from compound, including… Read More ›
U.S. intelligence agencies didn’t issue high alert about Mideast unrest threat : They had 3 days
By Mark HosenballPosted 2012/09/13 at 9:02 pm EDT WASHINGTON, Sep. 13, 2012 (Reuters) — Although U.S. authorities believe anti-American violence that erupted on Tuesday in Libya and Egypt was triggered by an Arabic talk-show broadcast three days earlier, U.S. officials… Read More ›
Safe house where Ambassador died had no Marine guard and his body was missing for five hours: Full scale of chaos surrounding Libyan killings revealed
Benghazi consulate was not protected by the contingent of Marines that usually safeguard embassies and instead was guarded by Libyan and State Department security officers Embassy was ‘an interim facility’ lacking bulletproof glass, reinforced doors or other features common to… Read More ›
Walmart supplier NFI’s warehouse workers strike over working conditions
California workers say they’ve filed labour complaints over lack of access to drinking water and alleged bullying by managers Paul Harris in New York guardian.co.uk, Thursday 13 September 2012 11.39 EDT NFI Crossdock warehouse in Ontario, California is part of… Read More ›
Did the gene for ADHD help our nomadic ancestors?
Re-Post 2008 Contact: Ben Campbell campbelb@uwm.edu 414-229-6250 University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee An ADHD-associated version of the human gene DRD4 is linked to better health among nomadic tribesmen, but may cause malnourishment in their settled cousins, according to new research… Read More ›
Oops! Democrats forced to apologize for using picture of SOVIET warships in tribute to American troops
By Toby Harnden In Washington PUBLISHED:14:31 EST, 12 September 2012| UPDATED:15:53 EST, 12 September 2012 Organisers of the Democratic National Convention have said sorry for using an image of Soviet-era Russian warships as a backdrop for a tribute to veterans… Read More ›
‘Humiliating punishments for working too slow, bars on the windows and squalid dorms’: Inside the factory that makes the iPhone 5
By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED:09:51 EST, 12 September 2012| UPDATED:11:59 EST, 12 September 2012 For Apple’s American workers, today is a big day, with the release of the iPhone 5. But behind the scenes at the Foxconn factory in China, tasked… Read More ›
One big fraud? Questions over whether ‘$5million’ film that portrayed Mohammed as a pedophile and womanizer AND the producer behind it are fake
‘Innocence of Muslims’ led to protests across Egypt and Libya on Tuesday Producer claimed he was an Israeli Jew living in California named Sam Bacile But film’s consultant, Steve Klein, said the man was using a pseudonym Amid concerns over… Read More ›
New Research on “Junk” DNA Raises Questions on Eve of Crucial Court Hearing
On September 19, the Ninth Circuit is set to hear new arguments in Haskell v. Harris, a case challenging California’s warrantless DNA collection program. Today EFF asked the court to consider ground-breaking new research that confirms for the first time… Read More ›
Identity of anti-Muslim filmmaker called into question: Update: Film’s consultant confirms “Sam Bacile” is not real
Identity of anti-Muslim filmmaker called into question By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, September 12, 2012 14:12 EDT Update (below): Film’s consultant confirms “Sam Bacile” is not real A man who claimed he’s the creator of an anti-Muslim film that’s sparked… Read More ›
Childhood lead exposure associated with criminal behavior in adulthood
2008 Re-post fro filing Contact: Amanda Harper amanda.harper@uc.edu 513-558-4657 University of Cincinnati IMAGE:Kim Dietrich, Ph.D., is a professor of environmental health at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He is prinicpal investigator of the Cincinnati lead cohort study. Click… Read More ›
Official U.S. poverty rate remains high, middle class incomes decline
September 12, 2012 By Molly McElroyNews and Information Posted under: News Releases, Social Science Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau today show that, after increasing since 2008, the poverty rate for the U.S. remained stable at… Read More ›
$70,000-a-year school Obama sends his daughters hit by drug and sex scandal
By Rachel Quigley PUBLISHED:08:11 EST, 12 September 2012| UPDATED:08:11 EST, 12 September 2011 The $70,000-a-year private school the President and First Lady send both their children is embroiled in another scandal after it was revealed drug and alcohol use is… Read More ›
China’s next leader Xi Jinping ‘suffered heart attack’
China’s next leader has not been seen in public for 11 days because he suffered a heart attack, a source has told The Daily Telegraph. Xi Jinping in Germany last month. Photo: Getty Images By Malcolm Moore, Beijing 7:30PM BST… Read More ›
Study: Banks to blame for over 800,000 unnecessary foreclosures
By Pro Publica Tuesday, September 11, 2012 16:25 EDT By Paul Kiel ProPublica Over the past several years, we’ve reported extensively on the big banks’ foreclosure failings. As a result of banks’ disorganization and understaffing — particularly at the… Read More ›
The moment Jupiter was HIT by a giant asteroid yesterday – and humanity’s only record was taken by a faithful webcam in the dead of night : A Major Failure of All Earth Based surveillance
Jupiter was hit during the day yesterday – but it apparently went unobserved from Earth …except for one astronomer, Dan Petersen, who saw the flash with his own eyes When Petersen reported the sighting on a web forum, amateur astronomer… Read More ›
How China and US ‘secretly tested genetically modified golden rice on children’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:07:13 EST, 11 September 2012| UPDATED:07:22 EST, 11 September 2012 Genetically manipulated Golden rice has been proposed as a solution to vitamin A deficiency China’s health authorities are investigating allegations that genetically modified rice has been… Read More ›
The Deafness Before the Storm : IT was perhaps the most famous presidential briefing in history
Op-Ed Contributor By KURT EICHENWALD For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. On Aug. 6, 2001, President George W. Bush received a classified review of the threats posed by Osama bin… Read More ›
Greece tells Germany: You owe US money for crimes committed during the Nazi occupation
Greece says it has right to claim millions because it was forced to accept ‘unfavourable terms’ during 1950 negotiations Working group has been set to scour old archives to hunt unpaid reparations Many in Greece blame Germany for the tough… Read More ›
Survey shifts spotlight away from poor as key supporters of militants in Pakistan: Stronger support for militant groups among the middle class
For immediate release: September 11, 2012 Media contact: Michael Hotchkiss, mh14@princeton.edu, 609-258-9522 Survey shifts spotlight away from poor as key supporters of militants in Pakistan A groundbreaking survey of Pakistanis has found stronger support for militant groups among the… Read More ›
Reconstructed 1918 influenza virus has yielded key insights, scientists say
Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan padmanabhannm@niaid.nih.gov 301-402-1663 NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases WHAT: The genetic sequencing and reconstruction of the 1918 influenza virus that killed 50 million people worldwide have advanced scientists’ understanding of influenza biology and yielded important… Read More ›
The amount employees are borrowing to get through the month had risen sharply from £127 to £327 pounds since March.( U.K. )
Workers borrow more than £300 a month Employees are borrowing more each month to make ends meet Photo: Alamy <!– remove the whitespace added by escenic before end of tag –> 3:58PM BST 10 Sep 2012 Workers are borrowing more… Read More ›
$475 million of Fuel Gone: Investigators are probing reports of record-shredding by officials in the U.S.-led NATO command that trains the Afghan army
U.S. probes reported record-shredding of fuel buys for Afghan army By Susan Cornwell | Reuters – 17 hrs ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Investigators are probing reports of record-shredding by officials in the U.S.-led NATO command that trains the Afghan army… Read More ›
NHS hospitals sending your confidential notes to India to be typed up
A series of hospitals have admitted using cheap secretarial agencies in India By Sophie Borland PUBLISHED:10:53 EST, 10 September 2012| UPDATED:19:25 EST, 10 September 2012 Hospitals are sending hundreds of thousands of confidential letters about patients to India to be… Read More ›
‘The Americans are our worst enemies’: Doctor who helped lead U.S. to bin Laden says Pakistan spy agency lists America as greatest foes and ‘maintains relations just to extract billions in aid’
Dr Shakil Afridi says Pakistan’s ISI intelligence agency calls the U.s. it’s worst enemy He was sentenced to 33 years in prison in June Dr Afridi helped the U.S. by setting up a fake vaccination programme that allowed him to … Read More ›
FBI was NOT source of leaked data on 12 million Apple users, claims publishing firm boss who says they were hacked
Hackers said they had exposed Big Brother snooping operation run by FBI But Paul DeHart, CEO of the Blue Toad agency, claims details on computer users was stolen from his servers By Tom Gardner PUBLISHED:16:37 EST, 10 September 2012|… Read More ›
FASEB opposes the Government Spending Accountability Act
Contact: Lawrence Green lgreen@faseb.org 301-634-7335 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Bethesda, MD – The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) wrote to all members of the House of Representatives expressing its opposition to the Government Spending… Read More ›
California telecom companies push bill to quash oversight on Internet regulation
By American Independent Monday, September 10, 2012 15:00 EDT Topics: CPUC ♦ Verizon By Siddhartha Mahanta California could be the latest state to enact a law that dramatically curbs regulatory oversight of telecommunications services in the state, handing a significant… Read More ›
GoDaddy goes dark: ‘Anonymous’ claims hack on millions of websites
By Stephen C. Webster Monday, September 10, 2012 16:06 EDT Topics: GoDaddy ♦ GoDaddy email ♦ Internet regulations An unknown person claiming affiliation with the amorphous protest movement “Anonymous” took responsibility on Monday for hacking website host GoDaddy.com, the Internet’s… Read More ›
Psychopathic boldness tied to U.S. presidential success
Thursday, September 6, 2012 After a gunman shot him in the chest in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt went ahead and delivered a scheduled speech, blood leaking onto his shirt. “Friends,” he began, “I don’t know whether you fully understand that I’ve… Read More ›
Where is China’s president-in-waiting? Mystery surrounds absent politician who hasn’t been seen for a week
By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED:10:15 EST, 10 September 2012| UPDATED:10:19 EST, 10 September 2012 Xi Jinping, Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, has had his meetings cancelled China’s president-in-waiting Xi Jinping has not been seen in public for more… Read More ›
Greece scraps police protection for far-right lawmakers
Posted 2012/09/10 at 11:31 am EDT ATHENS, Sep. 10, 2012 (Reuters) — Greece scrapped police protection for lawmakers from the far-right Golden Dawn party on Monday after the bodyguards did nothing while the deputies went on a rampage destroying street… Read More ›
CNN and the business of state-sponsored TV news
The network is seriously compromising its journalism in the Gulf states by blurring the line between advertising and editorial • Report: why didn’t CNNi air its own ‘iRevolution’ documentary? Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 4 September 2012 15.02 EDT CNN’s… Read More ›
How do you contribute to modern day slavery of human trafficking?
By The Christian Science Monitor Sunday, September 9, 2012 20:46 EDT In this week’s Monitor cover story on the misunderstood scourge of human trafficking, some human rights advocates suggest that the global problem gets eclipsed by the issue of domestic… Read More ›