Sunday, 28 July 2013 Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Survey data exclusive… Read More ›
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Iconic Ground Zero photo was nearly excluded from museum for being too ‘rah-rah’ American
By MELISSA KLEIN Last Updated: 5:47 AM, July 28, 2013 Posted: 12:03 AM, July 28, 2013 This iconic picture of firefighters raising the stars and stripes in the rubble of Ground Zero was nearly excluded from the 9/11… Read More ›
Stopping cholesterol drugs may be associated with increased risk of Parkinson’s
Contact: Rachel Seroka rseroka@aan.com 612-928-6129 American Academy of Neurology MINNEAPOLIS – People who stop taking cholesterol drugs may be at an increased risk for developing Parkinson’s disease, according to research that appears in the July 24, 2013, online issue of… Read More ›
Scientists confirm: Pesticides kill America’s honey bees
Published time: July 25, 2013 20:24 Reuters / Stephane Mahe Honey bees are quickly disappearing from the US – a phenomenon that has left scientists baffled. But new research shows that bees exposed to common agricultural chemicals… Read More ›
Halliburton admits destroying evidence of oil disaster in Gulf of Mexico
Photo: EPA Halliburton Energy Services has admitted destroying evidence relating to the devastating 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, federal officials said. A Justice Department statement said Halliburton – which constructed the cement casing of… Read More ›
Japan eyes first-strike capability, Marines in defense policy update
By Linda Sieg National Jul. 25, 2013 – 05:10PM JST ( 41 ) TOKYO — Japan is likely to start considering acquiring the ability to launch pre-emptive military strikes in a planned update of its basic defense policies, the latest… Read More ›
Delta Air Lines forced a wheelchair-bound passenger to crawl onto and off its planes and across tarmacs?
Delta Wasn’t Ready When he Was By PURNA NEMANI ShareThis HONOLULU (CN) – Delta Air Lines forced a wheelchair-bound passenger to crawl onto and off its planes and across tarmacs, while Delta employees, “fearful of liability,” watched, a man claims… Read More ›
Drugs now to be approved based on a educated guess that it will help the patient, not necessarily improved survival
U.S. drugmakers cheer ‘speed lane’ for breakthrough therapies Source: Reuters – Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:53 PM Author: Reuters By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) – A new regulatory pathway could shave years off the traditional drug approval process… Read More ›
CIA Murder Claims Are Credible, but Too Late / Poisoned a a bioweapons scientist with LSD in 1953 ?
By RYAN ABBOTT WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal judge dismissed claims that the CIA dosed a bioweapons scientist with LSD in 1953, killed him and made it look like a suicide. Eric and Nils Olson say their father, Frank Olson,… Read More ›
In search of fair babies, Indians chase Caucasian donors for IVF
Shobita Dhar, TNN Jul 21, 2013, 04.06AM IST (Dr Manish Banker, director…) Mayuri Singhal, 36, married into a fair-skinned family. She herself is what is often described in matrimonial columns as ‘wheatish’. When she couldn’t conceive, she walked into… Read More ›
What comes up when I type ” White People Shou” – “Black People Shou” – “Mexican People Shou”
Hmmm. Is it Racism, or Inciting? Yes When I typed Hispanic or Mexican there was no predictive behavior… I myself like everyone who has a good heart 😉
Report: Senate immigration bill includes nearly $300 million in slush funds for immigrants’ rights groups, in language drafted by the former policy chief for one such organization
The National Council of La Raza is likely to benefit from grant money set aside in an immigration bill drafted by its former policy director Legislation passed in the Senate would exclude three-time DUI offenders from a path to citizenship,… Read More ›
Scandal for American justice: FBI could be at fault in 27 death row cases
Unprecedented federal review rules that the FBI may have exaggerated forensics in case of Willie Jerome Manning – a decision that puts other convictions in doubt Spencer S Hsu Thursday, 18 July 2013 An unprecedented federal review of old criminal… Read More ›
Hackers crippled HALF of world’s financial exchanges – report
Repeated assaults leave bankers in quivering heaps By Jasper Hamill Posted in Data Networking, 18th July 2013 11:43 GMT Cloud storage: Lower cost and increase uptime Half of all the world’s critical financial exchanges have suffered cyber attacks in the… Read More ›
Jimmy Carter: ‘America no longer has a functioning democracy’
Posted By Katie McHugh On 8:56 PM 07/17/2013 In Politics Former president Jimmy Carter condemned the effect U.S. intelligence programs had on U.S. moral authority in the wake of NSA revelations brought to light by leaker Edward Snowden, Der Spiegel… Read More ›
Malik Obama maintained close relationship with Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi for decades
Posted By Charles C. Johnson On 9:24 PM 07/17/2013 In World | No Comments President Barack Obama’s half-brother, Malik Obama, had a close relationship with Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi that continued from the 1980s until the dictator’s death. A… Read More ›
N.Korea has everything in place for new atom test: US expert
N.Korea needs more tests to “miniaturise” bomb, an expert said. -Reuters Wed, Jul 17, 2013 Reuters VIENNA – North Korea has strong technical reasons to carry out another nuclear test but may be hesitating because it would anger China, a prominent… Read More ›
How McDonald’s workers CAN’T live on their minimum wages: Fast food giant sets up website to help their employees budget better… and it recommends they get a second job
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 19:19 EST, 16 July 2013 | UPDATED: 23:59 EST, 16 July 2013 McDonald’s seems to be well aware that its employees are unable to survive on their minimum wages, so the company has come … Read More ›
U.S. foreign propaganda to be directed at Americans
Collage: Voice of Russia The United States has enacted a law on the modernization of the Smith-Mundt Act, which for the first time in 65 years gives American media outlets legal access to content and foreign directed propaganda that is… Read More ›
Neurotoxicity of chemotherapy drugs / triggers changes in ion channels on dorsal root ganglia and dorsal horn neurons
Contact: Meng Zhao eic@nrren.org 86-138-049-98773 Neural Regeneration Research Chemotherapy is one of the primary treatments for cancer. However, one of the most disturbing findings of recent studies of cancer survivors is the apparent prevalence of chemotherapy-associated adverse neurological effects, including… Read More ›
Greenwald: Snowden has enough information to cause US govt ‘worst damage in history’
Published time: July 13, 2013 20:09 Edited time: July 14, 2013 13:33 AFP Photo / Vasily Maximov Former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden possesses dangerous information which could potentially lead to America’s “worst nightmare” if it is revealed, according… Read More ›
Israel attacks Syria to destroy Russian-made ‘Yakhont’ anti-ship missiles
Photo: RIA Novosti It is for the first time that Israel has used its state -of-the art submarine fleet to hit a facility on Syria’s territory. According to today’s issue of “The Sunday Times” of London, in the early hours… Read More ›
Caroline Kennedy to be named ambassador to Japan
NHK — Jul 13 US President Barack Obama is set to name Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former president John F. Kennedy, as the new ambassador to Japan. Sources in Japan and the United States revealed on Friday… Read More ›
Obama White House does not disclose presidential directives even when they are unclassified.
Presidential Directives Mostly Withheld by White House : If one is looking for a copy of a Presidential Policy Directive issued by President Obama, the last place to turn is the White House website. In most cases, the Obama White… Read More ›
Russian Agency Seeks Typewriters for Secret Documents
With the NSA spying scandal still making headlines, a Russian paper reports that agencies in that country have turned to typewriters to help keep their documents secret. It sounds like a Luddite response to recent revelations from Edward Snowden —… Read More ›
Health Research Report (Video) 8 JUL 2013
High Fructose Corn Syrup Causes Rapid Liver Damage Number of Americans taking prescription drugs at 7 out of 10 Anti-depressants may keep PTSD patients in a constant state of fear. Anti-Bacterial Soaps may contribute to infant deaths
China says GlaxoSmithKline execs confess to bribery and tax crimes
Source: Reuters – Thu, 11 Jul 2013 04:32 PM Author: Reuters * Biggest graft case involving foreign firm for years * GSK says it is cooperating fully with authorities * Lawyer says too early to say what punishment might be… Read More ›
Saudi princess accused of human trafficking
Woman living in California kept Kenyan maid confined to house and took passport, say prosecutors in human trafficking case Reuters in Los Angeles guardian.co.uk, Thursday 11 July 2013 00.23 EDT Meshael Alayban, who is accused of keeping a Kenyan maid as… Read More ›
Wealthy widow AVOIDS jail after keeping maid as a virtual slave for more than five years and ‘making her sleep in a closet’ in her 20,000-square-foot mansion
Annie George, 41, sentenced to five years’ probation, eights months of home confinement Judge ordered George to forfeit her $1.9million Llenroc stone mansion in Rexford, NY Widow was acquitted of treating Valsamma Mathai as a slave for financial gain Mathai… Read More ›
Hardware powering the US Emergency Alert System can be easily tricked into broadcasting bogus apocalyptic warnings from afar
Emergency alert system easily pwnable after epic ZOMBIE attack prank Private crypto keys found in firmware – where were their BRRAAAIINNNS? By John Leyden Posted in Security, 9th July 2013 10:11 GMT Agentless Backup is Not a Myth Hardware powering… Read More ›
US-made monitoring devices detected on Iran and Sudan networks
Ellen Nakashima Tuesday, 9 July 2013 American-made devices used for internet monitoring have been detected on government and commercial computer networks in Iran and Sudan, in apparent violation of US sanctions that ban the sale of goods, services or… Read More ›
American Samoa’s battle against obesity as 95 per cent of the nation are declared overweight
WHO figures reveal extent of the obesity crisis in the small Pacific island One airline charging passengers tickets based on their weight to save costs Island-wide health push to encourage healthier eating and more activity By Helen Collis PUBLISHED: 11:58… Read More ›
IRS published online thousands of Social Security numbers
Published time: July 08, 2013 19:41 AFP Photo / Karen Bleier The Internal Revenue Service mistakenly exposed as many as 2,319 Social Security numbers by posting them on the Internet, which a California-based archivist discovered last week. The IRS… Read More ›
Asiana Crash incoming airplane’s glide path was not working on Saturday
EEV: This is not likely the cause, but is worthy of investigation… Investigators seek cause of deadly plane crash San Francisco Credit: Reuters/Xu Da By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO | Sun Jul 7, 2013 11:02am EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S…. Read More ›
NSA ‘In Bed Together with the Germans’
In an interview, Edward Snowden accuses the National Security Agency of partnering with Germany and other governments in its spying activities. New information also indicates close working ties between the German foreign intelligence agency and the American authority. In an… Read More ›
Was it murder? Mystery as Army claims 19 year old airwoman committed suicide in Guam base but family deny she was depressed and say they’ve been blocked from getting answers
Nineteen year-old Kelsey Sue Anderson died at an Air Force Base in Guam from what the Army ruled a self-inflicted shotgun wound Anderson’s parents claim she wasn’t depressed in the days leading up to her death and have asked the… Read More ›
International Counterfeit Drug Ring Hit in Massive Sting / 1,677 illegal pharmacy Web Sites claiming to be CVS, Walgreens etc..
Pill of Goods: International Counterfeit Drug Ring Hit in Massive Sting Court documents review process that led the FDA to shut down more than 1,600 illegal pharmacy Web sites By Dina Fine Maron | Wednesday, July 3, 2013 | 5 Pill… Read More ›
New study reveals important role of insulin in making breast milk
Contact: Jim Feuer jim.feuer@cchmc.org 513-636-4656 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Why do so many mothers have difficulty making enough milk to breastfeed? A new study by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of California Davis adds… Read More ›
Thyroid cancer — rising most rapidly among insured patients
Contact: Donna Dubuc Donna.M.Dubuc@Dartmouth.edu 603-653-3615 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Study points to over diagnosis as the factor (Lebanon, NH, 6/26/13) —The rapid increase in papillary thyroid cancer in the US, may not be linked to increase in occurrence, according to a… Read More ›
U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement
July 3, 2013 By RON NIXON WASHINGTON — Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: a handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters… Read More ›
Russia to increase stock of its cruise missiles five-fold
Sergei Shoigu Photo: RIA Novosti Russia is going to increase the stock of its cruise missiles five-fold, it will happen within the next three years. That`s according to the country`s defence minister Sergei Shoigu. By the year 2020 the stock… Read More ›
Obama’s Egypt policy a ‘stunning diplomatic failure’ as protestors carry anti-Obama and Morsi signs
Ted Cruz: Obama’s Egypt policy a ‘stunning diplomatic failure’ 4:36 PM 07/03/2013 Brendan Bordelon Texas Republican Sen.Ted Cruz blasted the Obama administration’s policy toward Egypt in a scathing op-ed in Foreign Policy magazine, slamming the president’s stance on the Muslim… Read More ›
Exclusive: Banned Cleric’s Outspoken Deputy Visits White House
by Steven Emerson and John Rossomando IPT News June 26, 2013 Radical Egyptian cleric Yusuf Qaradawi is considered so radical that the United States bans him from entering the country. Qaradawi, considered the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood movement,… Read More ›
Germany’s top security official: stop using American websites if you fear US eavesdropping
German minister: drop Google if you fear US spying Wednesday Jul 03, 2013 | The Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top security official says Internet users worried about their data being intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies should stop using… Read More ›
How the cost of giving birth in the U.S. has TRIPLED since 1996 to $9,775 – thanks to expensive fees for everything from an epidural to placenta removal
The average cost of a hospital delivery in America is $9,775, the highest in the world In France, delivery costs $3,541, and in the UK it is just $2,641 Many industrialized countries offer flat fees for prenatal care and delivery,… Read More ›
A country in denial: Most Americans believe they are healthy.. even if they are overweight and don’t work out
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:55 EST, 30 June 2013 | UPDATED: 13:17 EST, 30 June 2013 Americans are in denial about their lifestyles and believe they are healthier than they actually are, a new study has found. Insurance… Read More ›
Key US-EU trade pact under threat after more NSA spying allegations
Reports in Der Spiegel that US agencies bugged European council building ‘reminiscent of cold war’, says German minister Ian Traynor in Brussels, Louise Osborne in Berlin and Jamie Doward guardian.co.uk, Sunday 30 June 2013 08.39 EDT The Justus Lipsius building in… Read More ›
Monsanto’s unapproved GMO wheat, which made its way onto an Oregon field and is feared to have contaminated US wheat supplies, was stored at a US government-controlled facility until at least late 2011.
Monsanto unapproved GMO wheat govt-stored up to 2011 Published time: June 30, 2013 10:40 AFP Photo / Jean-Francois Monier Monsanto’s unapproved GMO wheat, which made its way onto an Oregon field and is feared to have contaminated US… Read More ›
Europe Furious over NSA Spying on EU Facilities : ” The US, he added, once the land of the free, “is suffering from a security syndrome,”
‘Out of Control’ By Claus Hecking and Stefan Schultz Senior European Union officials are outraged by revelations that the US spied on EU representations in Washington and New York. Some have called for a suspension of talks on the trans-Atlantic… Read More ›
Attacks from America: NSA Spied on European Union Offices
SPIEGEL ONLINE 06/29/2013 11:21 PM By Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach, Fidelius Schmid and Holger Stark America’s NSA intelligence service allegedly targeted the European Union with its spying activities. According to SPIEGEL information, the US placed bugs in the EU representation… Read More ›
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