Archives for General News
January 2013
Thursday, January 31:
The Kindergartener Hostage Situation in Alabama Is Now in Its Third Day
7 Big Defense Companies With Big Transparency Problems
Faulty Welds in Pipeline Claimed (1 comments)
Syria, Iran Threaten Israel With Retaliation For Strike
Israel Must Withdraw All Settlers Or Face ICC, Says UN Report (1 comments)
Gabby Giffords' Husband "Proud" Of Wife At Gun Hearing
Guantanamo 9/11 trial judge orders hidden censors unplugged (1 comments)
Film Provides Rare Glimpse of the Real Mumia Abu-Jamal
Taser Death Still Festers in Vermont (2 comments)
How did Iceland recover? Report from Davos (1 comments)
Nick Turse: Chuck Hagel and Murder in Vietnam
Central Park Five: A Travesty of Justice (16 comments)
Medicine Money; a Prescription for Legal Bribery (1 comments)
Wednesday, January 30:
Selling Marked Up Drugs With Made Up Patients--Part 1 (2 comments)
Do U.S. Multinational Have a Duty to Balance America's Competitiveness with Their Own? Please Vote! (2 comments)
LaPierre Flip-Flops On Background Checks During Contentious Hearing
Chicago girl who performed at Obama inauguration events is shot dead
Hagel tells Congress he's ready to act on Iran, if needed (1 comments)
Giffords seeks bold action as Congress takes up gun control
Judicial overreach to redefine presidential power
PBS Drone Coverage Brought to You by Drone Makers
Tuesday, January 29:
Israel Boycotts U.N. Rights Review
Senate Approves Kerry for Secretary of State (2 comments)
Kansas Union Bill Vote On Wednesday Prompts Security Briefing For Republican Legislators As Public Outrage Grows (2 comments)
Justice Antonin Scalia: The Constitution Is "Dead, Dead, Dead" (12 comments)
Opponents of "Corporate Personhood" Eye U.S. Constitution (1 comments)
NBC's Todd Mocks Election Fraud Critics, Wins Washington Applause (33 comments)
Top Conservative Publication: God Wants You To Have An Assault Rifle
State Department Shutters Office Working to Close Guantanamo
Steve Fraser, Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt
New members of the 113th Congress: What they own and whom they owe (1 comments)
Egyptian Army leader warns of 'collapse' if sides can't reconcile
Islamist group Boko Haram announces ceasefire in Nigeria's Borno State
In Newtown, first responders struggle to rebuild
Britain supportive of peaceful political transition in Yemen
Israel admits Ethiopian Jewish immigrants were given birth control shots (2 comments)
Neil Heslin, Father Of Newtown Victim, Heckled by Pro-Gun Activists (1 comments)
U.S. Plans Base for Surveillance Drones in Africa
Monday, January 28:
Obama and Netanyahu have "Bad Chemistry" says Former US Ambassador
Father Of Slain Sandy Hook Child Makes Speech, Gets Heckled By Gun Advocates (1 comments)
Congress passes $50.5B Superstorm Sandy aid bill, sends to Obama for his signature
Naperville Police Force Smart Meters- Arrest Two Mothers; Community Reels- and Reacts
Treasury approved excessive pay for executives at bailed-out AIG, GM and Ally
SEC Reversed Its Initial Charges Re: Fannie Mae's "Accounting Fraud"
The Gun Industry Wants To Sell Your Kid An AR-15
Ramona: An Eviction in South Central (1 comments)
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Abdicates after 32 Years on the Throne (10 comments)
Ann Jones, The Afghan End Game?
Israel: We won't wait till use of chemical weapons to attack Syria
Israeli sources confirm blast at Iranian nuclear facility (1 comments)
Sunday, January 27:
Thousands March Against Gun Violence In Washington
Israel Warns Of Attack On Syrian Chemical Weapons
Paul Ryan: Automatic Spending Cuts Going To Happen
Can Women Be Drafted? Selective Service Question Is Revived
Secret Donors Finance Fight Against Hagel
Video: The Secret Government War Against The Most Vulnerable
Saturday, January 26:
Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin Will Not Seek 6th Senate Term, Says "It's Time" (3 comments)
Air Force Leaders Testify on Culture That Led to Sexual Assaults of Recruits
NRA's Wayne LaPierre to testify before Senate Judiciary
March on Washington for Gun Control, 26 January 2013 (13 comments)
Gay Lawmakers' Growing Presence Suggests Shift in Attitudes
"Kids Shooting Kids" (Sort of) (30 comments)
Google Report Shows 'Disturbing Growth in Government Surveillance' (1 comments)
Stephen King Risks Wrath Of NRA By Releasing Pro-Gun Control Essay (34 comments)
Sexual Assault Crisis Tempers Euphoria Over End Of Combat Ban (1 comments)
Friday, January 25:
Fox News Misrepresents Radical Court Decision That Undermines Decades Of Executive Action
Judge Faults Louisiana For Inadequate Voter Registration Efforts
Mitt Romney: "I'm not going away" (2 comments)
Paul Ryan Breaks Down Under Wonkterrogation
Christian radio hosts: Feminists are "selfish, narcissistic, family-destroying whores' (2 comments)
Appeals Court Panel Rules Obama Recess Appointments To Labor Board Are Unconstitutional
Mississipi GOP Considers State Sovereignty Bill (1 comments)
GOP Florida House Speaker Blasts Plan To Rig Electoral College
Ex-Officer for C.I.A. Is Sentenced in Leak Case
Two charts that should be in every health-care discussion
New Republican Idea: Punishing Rape Victims With Jail Time
Clinton May Suffer from Double-Vision Stemming From Concussion
Murray Energy Coal Company Rehires Workers After Pinning Blame For Layoffs On Obama
Austerity Pushes British Economy Toward Triple-Dip Recession
Religious Liberty Double Standards Indicated In New Poll
Thursday, January 24:
Harry Reid: "I'm not personally, at this stage, ready to get rid of the 60-vote threshold" (2 comments)
Unions suffer sharp decline in membership
FreedomWorks Putting Its War Chest to Work for ALEC's Union-Busting Agenda in the States
Kiriakou Defenders Hope to Get Whistle-Blower's Prison Sentence Commuted (3 comments)
Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell Reach Filibuster Reform Deal, Screw Progressives (10 comments)
Rebecca Solnit: The Longest War
Half of Foreign Investors Threaten to Cut Investments in U.S. Due to Washington Budget Discord (2 comments)
Wednesday, January 23:
Kuwait opposition threatens to internationalise political crisis
NRA's LaPierre Accuses Obama Of Trying To Steal Gun Owners' Weapons (1 comments)
Trump Exploring Improbable Ways to Buy the Times
Biden To Host Google Hangout On Gun Violence Thursday
House, Senate Democrats Introduce Voting Rights Bill
Panetta To Lift Ban On Women In Combat
North Africa New Test for U.S. as Terror Cells Spread
House votes to suspend debt limit
Netanyahu Suffers Setback after Israeli Election
House GOP To Supreme Court: Gay People Are Too Powerful To Get Equal Rights
Too Big To Jail? The Top 10 Civil Cases Against the Banks (2 comments)
More than One Million Schoolchildren in U.S. are Homeless (2 comments)
Tuesday, January 22:
House Republican Leader Blames Gun Violence On "Welfare Moms" (3 comments)
Just Released: Wildly Bubbling Gases Near Catastrophic Louisiana Sinkhole (22 comments)
Netanyahu claims victory in Israel polls
John McCain has "frank and candid' meeting with Chuck Hagel (2 comments)
World unemployment figures set to rise in 2013, claims UN labour agency
Israelis vote in general elections
Nechemya Weberman Sentenced to 103 Years in Prison
Climate Change Prominent in Obama's Inaugural Address
Fannie Mae "Accounting Scandal" Discredited In Court
McConnell pledges to block gun-control measures in email to supporters (1 comments)
Tomgram: Michael Klare, The Next War? (1 comments)
Florida Subsidizes Gun Makers while Cutting Spending on Mental Health and School Safety (4 comments)
NBC/WSJ poll: Majority, for first time, want abortion to be legal
Monday, January 21:
Terror in North Africa: are Westerners pulling the strings?
Social Security's paperless switch rubs seniors wrong way (1 comments)
Massachusetts bill would require gun liability insurance (7 comments)
Israeli Election Campaign Enters Final Hours
Èzili Dantò: Django, white saviors, false benevolence, third anniversary of Haiti quake (3 comments)
Petition by Progressives in Support of Texas Seceding
Obama's Second Inauguration: Big Money, but No Big Lines (1 comments)
Algeria Says at Least 37 Foreigners Dead in Siege
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Despicable Inaugural Tweets Wish For Assassination (10 comments)
CIA to exempt strikes on Pakistan from drones codification
Barack Obama Inaugural Address 2013 (11 comments)
Why is Violence-Linked Malaria Drug Still In Use? (2 comments)
Sunday, January 20:
Public officials mourn loss of spiritual leader as one of victims in NM shooting that killed 5
Gov. Jindal Ignores Sinkhole Disaster; Activists & Scientists Demand Assistance for Traumatized Residents (5 comments)
"Political coward" Binyamin Netanyahu Sees Rift With Barack Obama Widen
After 4 Years, Friends See Shifts in Obamas
Move to Amend: Citizens United is Just the Tip of the Iceberg | Common Dreams
Israelis 'Donate' Votes to Palestinians in Protest | Common Dreams (1 comments)
'I did it!' Obama takes oath surrounded by family at White House
Saturday, January 19:
Hannity Takes Pay to Astroturf For Hydrofrackers (4 comments)
Final toll of Algeria gas plant drama: 23 hostages dead, 107 safe, 32 terrorists "neutralized"
C. Ray Nagin, Former Mayor of New Orleans, Indicted on Corruption Charges
Russia and China support US backed resolution
Obama Officials Delay "Fracking" Rules
Russians Draft "Guantanamo List" To Sanction U.S. Officials
Two People Accidentally Shot At A Gun Show Safety Checkpoint On Gun Appreciation Day
Sudden Seismic Activity in Louisiana Bayou: Sinkhole Burps, Pad Cracks, Police Copter Arrives UPDATED (5 comments)
Hostages reportedly killed as Algerian desert standoff ends
Beyond Being Poisoned: Confronting and Corporate Farming and Foodopoly (1 comments)
Friday, January 18:
House Republicans Announce Vote On Three-Month Debt Limit Extension (1 comments)
Fox renews Karl Rove contract through 2016
Lawmakers in South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia call for ethics reform after "F"
Who Says The NRA Hates Regulation? Look at the Laws It Likes! (9 comments)
New Study From West Point Terrorism Center Highlights Threat From Far Right-Wing 'Militia' Groups In US (4 comments)
BREAKING: Inside the Fed's 2007 crisis response (1 comments)
Texas Governor Rick Perry Says Demons Involved in Sandy Hook Massacre (17 comments)
How far in the future is the ban of psychotronic weapons? (1 comments)
Freedom Rider: Obama Moves on Iran (1 comments)
Thursday, January 17:
Israel Announces Plans For More West Bank Housing (1 comments)
Birthers Still Refuse To Concede
Bradley Manning denied chance to make whistleblower defence
Saudi Arabia to grant $100m to Palestinians (1 comments)
McDonough to be Obama's chief of staff (1 comments)
Paul Rye: Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Gun Control Alchemy
American Health is Life Years Away
Poll: 64 percent of Republicans think Obama's hiding info about his past (1 comments)
The Federal Reserve Shows Barack Obama Who The Real Boss Is (7 comments)
Rand Paul To Challenge Obama's Gun Control Executive Actions (1 comments)
Bradley Manning judge: Prosecutors must prove he knew he was aiding the enemy (3 comments)
Dennis Kucinich Signs as Fox News Contributor (8 comments)
Tomgram: Jonathan Schell, Seeing the Reality of the Vietnam War, 50 Years Late
China's new English media will have 19x BBC's budget (1 comments)
Republicans' Report Brags They Won House Majority Because Of Gerrymandering
Fox hires Dennis Kucinich as analyst (20 comments)
Anti-gun protesters target Newtown-area Walmart (1 comments)
Wednesday, January 16:
Interior Secretary Salazar to leave in March
NRA planning "the fight of the century" against Obama (3 comments)
N.R.A. Attacks Obama in Video (2 comments)
Islamists Seize Foreign Hostages at Algeria Gas Field
Unmasking the NRA's Powerful Inner Circle
Ruth Porat, Rumored Treasury No. 2, Lobbied Regulators For Morgan Stanley, A Lot
Tuesday, January 15:
NY Passes first Gun Laws Since Sandy Hook Shootings
Senators Schumer, Boxer Clear Path For Hagel's Confirmation
Wal-Mart to Announce Extensive Plan to Hire Veterans
In Debt, and Digging Deeper to Find Relief
Suicides In Military Rise, Even As Combat Lessens
JPMorgan Chase Lays Off 839 Employees In Fallout From Foreclosure Review Settlement
In Major Boost, Schumer Backs Hagel Confirmation
Eight Things I Miss About the Cold War (1 comments)
Military Suicides Reached Record High In 2012
Monday, January 14:
Prescription Drugs Are Often Behind Mass Shootings
George H.W. Bush released from hospital (2 comments)
Obama: No negotiations with GOP over debt ceiling
Sherwood Ross: Many U.S. My Lai-Type Massacres in Vietnam Covered Up by Pentagon, Reporter Charges
Iran unable to get life-saving drugs due to international sanctions
Assad still confident that he can control Syria
The Pentagon as a Global NRA: For Washington, There Is No Arms Control Abroad
Air Occupy Interview with Noam Chomsky, 12/11/12 (1 comments)
Ecuadorean tribe will 'die fighting' to defend rainforest
Sunday, January 13:
Powell: Hagel "superbly qualified' to be next Defense secretary (3 comments)
Unlawful Nuclear Power in Vermont (7 comments)
The Tie Between Bullying and Mass Shootings-- Interview Transcript; Jessie Klein
What Is an Assange? (6 comments)
Sen. Corker Says There Are Questions About Chuck Hagel's "Temperament"
Netanyahu vows to push on with E1 settlement
Demand Progress activist, developer Aaron Swartz dead at 26 (1 comments)
When the War Comes Home (10 comments)
Saturday, January 12:
Breaking News: Treasury Dept. Rules Out Trillion-Dollar Coin (2 comments)
Former U.S. Intelligence Analysis Chief to Receive Award at the Oxford Union
NBC's Gregory won't be charged for displaying ammunition magazine on TV (1 comments)
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow hits Obama's 'Orwellian' drone program
State Suspends Permit Of Man In Gun Control Rage Video
Climate change set to make America hotter, drier and more disaster-prone | Environment | guardian.co.uk (2 comments)
A National Digital ID, Courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service? (1 comments)
The True Story of the Time the Government Printed a $100,000 Bill (2 comments)
Friday, January 11:
Military-Industrial Complex Owns Vermont (5 comments)
Police In Schools "Not The Answer," Coalition Says, Urging Broader Strategy (1 comments)
ACADEMY: Disqualify Zero Dark Thirty (1 comments)
Why Does Georgia Rep. and OBGYN Dr. Phil Gingrey Still Have A Medical License??
Debunking the Right Wing Case Against Fixed-Rate Mortgages (1 comments)
Israel Arms Exports Rose 20% In 2012 As More Countries Vie For Military-Industrial Complex Profits
Obama to deliver state of the union speech February 12
Senator Rockefeller announces retirement
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's Plans To Defund Planned Parenthood Will Cost His State Bigtime
Exclusive: JPMorgan faces action on laundering controls
Extreme Weather Grows in Frequency and Intensity Around World
Priorities Are Far Apart as Karzai and Obama Meet
White House Has "Agenda To Attack The Second Amendment" Says NRA (1 comments)
Why Americans are dying earlier than their international peers
Thursday, January 10:
Afghan MPs warn against total pullout of US troops
Murderous Reform: A Plan to Privatize Postal Profits at Public Expense (6 comments)
Air Force to assign counsel for victims of sex assault
Santorum: Iran Could Get A Nuclear Bomb If Chuck Hagel Is Confirmed As Secretary Of Defense
Marine Corps orders spouse clubs to admit same sex members or leave
Georgia's Plant Vogtle "Nuclear Wessel" Derailed!!
Karen Greenberg: How Zero Dark Thirty Brought Back the Bush Administration
Christian fundamentalists freak out over yoga in the military (1 comments)
An Escape Hatch for the Debt Ceiling - Issue 'Scrip' (1 comments)
History shows that Republican/Tea Party Solutions Do Not Work (17 comments)
Hilda Solis Resigns: Labor Secretary Announces She'll Depart Obama Cabinet
Wednesday, January 9:
Venezuela's Chavez Will Miss Inauguration Amid Heightened Tensions
US Health Is Lousy Compared With Peer Nations, Report Says (1 comments)
KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill
Hilda Solis resigns as labor secretary; some others in Cabinet to stay on - The Washington Post
Utilities nationwide could share the financial pain of the idled Crystal River nuclear plant
Idle No More-- The Indigenous People's Revolution Begins (11 comments)
When is the White House Meeting With Low-Income Americans?
Younger Americans Resort To Groupon To Get Cheaper Health Care
Paul Krugman for Treasury Secretary (1 comments)
U.N. wants to use drones for peacekeeping missions (1 comments)
Supporting Nonviolence in Syria by Stephen Zunes
Franklin P. Lamb: Bashar Assad's night out at the Opera House (1 comments)
Gun Owners On "Winning Streak" Boasts Illinois NRA (6 comments)
NYPD's controversial 'Stop and Frisk' policy ruled unconstitutional
Tuesday, January 8:
Israeli election campaign reflects rightward shift
9 Facts That Prove Joe Stiglitz Is Right About Climate Change Hurting The Economy (2 comments)
Judge Reduces Possible Sentence In Wikileaks Case (3 comments)
Drone strikes claim lives in Pakistan
Illinois Man Killed By Cyanide Poisoning After Striking It Rich In Lottery
End Republican Blackmail! Petition Whitehouse to Circumvent Republican "Debt Ceiling" blackmail (1 comments)
OUR VOTING RIGHTS - A State-by-State Analysis
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein Caught In Whopper (2 comments)
GOP fundraising legend Georgette Mosbacher: I'm Furious at My Own Party
Tar Sands Oil Coming to Crunch Time (2 comments)
Nick Turse: A War Victim's Question Only You Can Answer (1 comments)
Virginia Warns Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS That It May Be Violating The Law (1 comments)
Five States Now Ban Shark Fins, How About This Other "Delicacy"? (2 comments)
Election Lawsuits More Than Doubled After Bush v. Gore
AIG's gratitude comes with fine print - AND a lawsuit against the US government that saved it
Franklin P. Lamb: Will the Al-Nusrah Front Announce an Islamic Emirate for Yarmouk Palestinian Camp?
Bank of America Kisses Fannie - $10 Billion Illusion
Gabby Giffords and husband, Mark Kelly, launch group to counter gun lobby
Monday, January 7:
Wall Street is Pulling the Strings: Social Security Will be Under Attack in February (3 comments)
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (27 Dec.- 02 Jan. 2012) (4 comments)
Human rights report highlights Israel's ongoing disregard for international law
Egypt seizes US-made missiles destined for Gaza
Obama's "In Your Face" Cabinet Picks: Why He Chose Chuck Hagel, John Brennan
The Middle Class Has Been Saved, Or Has It?
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: The Saddest Graph: Rape Statistics
New Iran Sanctions Target Industry In Bid For Deal Curbing Nuclear Program
NRA Tries To Teach Lawmakers To Love Assault Weapons
Republican Lawmakers To Kick Off New Year With Laws To Limit Women's Reproductive Rights
The "Smoking Gun" Memo That Triggered the FreedomWorks Feud
Opednews Exclusive: The Kucinich Vision: From Cleveland to the Future of America (22 comments)
Sunday, January 6:
How to Get a Judicial Reprimand (2 comments)
Christie: Comments on Obama, Boehner Part of Job
Mitch McConnell takes taxes off debt negotiations (1 comments)
Watchdog finds hostility, mistrust and paralysis at top of Israel's security establishment
Syrian Opposition Rejects Bashar al-Assad's Offer Of "National Dialogue" (2 comments)
Obama to nominate Chuck Hagel for defense secretary (2 comments)
They Want Us to Eat What? Doubts About GM Salmon Part Two
Bill McKibben: Time Is Not on Our Side (2 comments)
A Model for Europe and the US? Latvia's Economic Disaster as a Neoliberal Success Story
Wikileaks: Julian Assange arrest rumors 'false'
Saturday, January 5:
Fox News Responds to the "No Billionaires" Campaign (3 comments)
Political Football Over Disaster Relief: Another Argument for Public Banking (8 comments)
Former C.I.A. Officer Is the First to Face Prison for a Classified Leak (1 comments)
FDA: New rules will make food safer (1 comments)
Friday, January 4:
Weapons of Mass Financial Inequality (3 comments)
Venezuelan VP: Ailing Hugo Chavez could be sworn in later before Supreme Court (1 comments)
As Chavez Recovers From Fourth Cancer Surgery, Opposition Forces Get Busy
LocalLeaks' Charges of Cover-Up by Parents, Police in Steubenville Rape Forces Official Response [Updated] (39 comments)
A Reply to Those Who Believe That Guns Will Protect Us. (33 comments)
Suicides Outnumber Battle Deaths in the Armed Services
Matt Damon Called "Liar" By Pro-Fracking Filmmaker
'Stand Your Ground' Linked To Increase In Homicides New Study Reveals (2 comments)
Sotomayor to give oath to Biden; Roberts to swear in Obama (2 comments)
House approves $9.7 billion in Sandy aid, with some Republican dissent
Dark Money Group Promised the IRS it Would Stay Out of Politics, Then Didn't
Powerful Tea Party Group's Internal Docs Leak--Read Them Here
*The most dangerous "cliff": A fuel pool hanging 100 feet above the ground in Fukushima! (2 comments)
Hillary Clinton Resting At Home Following Treatment For Blood Clot
NY Times loses bid to uncover details on drone strikes
Thursday, January 3:
Senate panel to examine CIA contacts with "Zero Dark Thirty" filmmakers
Court: Evidence Doesn't Matter (5 comments)
Tom DeLay Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison (10 comments)
American Journalist James Foley Missing for Months in Syria
Kucinich's Last Speech on House Floor; A new America is waiting to emerge (12 comments)
House GOP Lets Violence Against Women Act Passed By Senate Die Without A Vote
In Victory for Google, U.S. Ends Antitrust Investigation
Mad Cow is Back in a New Form (4 comments)
Tom Engelhardt: Apocalypse When? (1 comments)
Fiscal Cliff Deal Sneaks In Wall Street Gifts, NASCAR Perk
Voice of the Free Press: 2012 Vermonter of the Year - Bill McKibben
Wednesday, January 2:
Al Jazeera Seeks a U.S. Voice Where Gore Failed
Renditions continue under Obama, despite due-process concerns
House will vote on Sandy aid Friday
Actual PDF of the Bill Congress Passed to Evade the Bogus Fiscal Cliff
Boehner Tells Harry Reid, "Go F*ck Yourself." (2 comments)
Environment Loses a Champion in Lisa Jackson
NYC School Traumatizes Staff, Special Needs Kids with Mock Shooting after Newtown (2 comments)
Tuesday, January 1:
Who Won in the Fiscal Cliff Deal? (1 comments)
House Passes "Fiscal Cliff" Bill (4 comments)
Eight Corporate Subsidies in the Fiscal Cliff Bill, From Goldman Sachs to Disney to NASCAR
She is Dead. But Can We be Said to Live? (3 comments)
Barney Frank opposes Hagel for defense secretary
Israel worries about US financial crisis
Iran blasts Obama for Latin America law
U.S. Budget Compromise Deal Reached
Obama, Senate Republicans Reach Agreement On "Fiscal Cliff'
CIA Sued To Release NYPD Spying Report