Archives for General News
December 2013
Tuesday, December 31:
Casselton, N.D. residents flee town after oil train explosion
New Year's Resolutions for the NRA by Elliot Fineman (3 comments)
Chinese recycling magnate on New York Times: 'Nothing can't be bought for the right price'
Workplace Sexism Causes Human Rights Violations, Major ReportShows (5 comments)
Explosion, Huge Fireball, as Crude-Carrying Train Derails
Monday, December 30:
Cost of Being Mayor? $650 Million, if He's Rich
Over 3 million hectares of land too polluted to farm in China (2 comments)
US names six drone research sites (1 comments)
Al Jazeera journalists arrested in Egypt (1 comments)
Ideological Purity Police in Montpelier (1 comments)
Israeli ministers endorse legislation to annex part of West Bank (1 comments)
Predictions for 2014 (5 comments)
Billion-Dollar-a-Year Program to Deceive Public About Global Warming Is Exposed (100 comments)
Sunday, December 29:
Special Report: Japan's homeless recruited for murky Fukushima clean-up (3 comments)
Glenn Greenwald: "A Lot" More NSA Documents to Come
NSA "hacking unit" infiltrates computers around the world (3 comments)
Al Jazeera Names Al Jazeera As Potential Savior of American Journalism? (1 comments)
Brainlike Computers, Learning From Experience (3 comments)
Members of Jewish Student Group Test Permissible Discussion on Israel
GOP rep. cites "pluralism' to push "save Christmas' bill that excludes all other religions (2 comments)
Toby Keith Displays 'No Guns Permitted' Sign in His Restaurant, Outrages Gun Fans (7 comments)
News on Fukushima from Dedicated News Site: Fukushima Update
Saturday, December 28:
Obama faces smattering of protests on Hawaiian vacation
Final Newtown police report yields chilling account of massacre
Americans To Wall Street "Scrooges": Give Your Bonus to Homeless
Hundreds of teens go on "trashing" spree in NYC mall (6 comments)
Cloud services now remove your fourth amendment rights to your data (14 comments)
Benefits Ending for One Million Unemployed
Moguls Rent South Dakota Addresses to Dodge Taxes Forever
Federal Judge Rules NSA's Metadata-Snooping Is Constitutional (61 comments)
Friday, December 27:
Global Markets Hit New Highs and Lows
Most Americans say this Congress is worst in their lifetime, CNN poll says (3 comments)
Chris Christie Officials Messed With Bridge Traffic Despite Being Warned About Congestion Problems
Why a startup published employees' salaries (2 comments)
Glenn Greenwald Snarks MSNBC Over Snowden Defense
A&E Welcomes Phil Robertson Back to "Duck Dynasty" (13 comments)
N.S.A. Phone Surveillance Is Lawful, Federal Judge Rules
Occupy Group Builds Tiny Houses for the Homeless (4 comments)
US states await key drones decision -- and the billions that could follow
Can this Violence Be Stopped? Not With Current Laws! (17 comments)
Mounting evidence drug- and bomb-sniffing dogs just props to justify illegal searches and seizures (9 comments)
Family at heart of medical pot issue to leave NJ
Abortion Restrictions by State, Oklahoma is #1 (12 comments)
Revolt in Ukraine: Uprising Challenges Yanukovich Kleptocracy (5 comments)
Thursday, December 26:
Pope's "liberal' views on capitalism freaking out conservative Catholics in Congress (7 comments)
Medicare rules create a booming business in hospice care for people who aren't dying
Obama signs defense bill, criticizes Congress' Guantanamo restrictions
States weigh legal options against contractor for malfunctioning health insurance websites
Kidnapped American asks U.S. to negotiate with al-Qaeda for his release - The Washington Post (4 comments)
Global Warming Is Rapidly Accelerating (32 comments)
Wednesday, December 25:
Demand for food stamps soars as cuts sink in and shelves empty
Judge Deals A Blow To BP's Efforts To Dodge Deepwater Horizon Payments (1 comments)
6 Crimes Against Nature in Factory Farming Part II
Tuesday, December 24:
Fracking Pipeline Stirs Controversy in Bluegrass State
The Ghost of Rigged Elections Past: New Revelations on the Death of Michael Connell (16 comments)
Monday, December 23:
Pelosi makes her case for extending emergency jobless benefits (1 comments)
Archconservative Jim Inhofe Has Change Of Heart About Democrats
House Republicans Opposed To Extended Unemployment Benefits Could Pay The Price In 2014
6 Crimes Against Nature in Factory Farming Part I (3 comments)
On Jammed Jets, Sardines Turn on One Another (1 comments)
Has Bi-partisan Polarization Poisoned Important U.S. Supreme Court Decisions? (1 comments)
U.S. Flouts Its Own Advice in Procuring Overseas Clothing
The World Unites Behind Mandela: An Unreported United Message From The United Nations
Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, The Future Needs Us
Avoid Vitamins Says Editorial in Annals (3 comments)
Sunday, December 22:
Now Taking World Cup Bookings, Rio's Slums
Not just the Koch brothers: New study reveals funders behind the climate change denial effort (3 comments)
Tom Steyer may be liberals' answer to the Koch brothers
PA Supreme Court: Unconstitutional For Gas Companies to Frack Wherever They Want (1 comments)
Suicide bomber kills seven outside Libya's Benghazi
Iran, G5+1 Resume 4th Day, 5th Round of Experts Talks in Geneva
Navy says more to come in contracting scandal
NFL's nonprofit status questioned (2 comments)
U.S. Navy Personnel Reported to have Cancer from Fukushima
Saturday, December 21:
Hospital: Teen who was shot at Colo. school dies (1 comments)
Navy to Sailors: Drop Dead!! (17 comments)
Bradford [U.K.] synagogue saved by city's Muslims (1 comments)
Glenn Greenwald's New Media Company Is a Bespoke Firm
Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Found At Fracking Sites Linked To Cancer, Infertility
Utah Is on Track to End Homelessness (1 comments)
Utah Gets Marriage Equality Just in Time for Holiday Season (3 comments)
9/11 Families 'Ecstatic' They Can Finally Sue Saudi Arabia (6 comments)
Friday, December 20:
The Snowden Saga: The NSA WILL Be Reformed! (2 comments)
Spinning Straw into Silver and Gold
Obama Gives Military 1 Year To Fix Sexual Assault Problem
Indigenous Groups Win Right to Seize Chevron's Canadian Assets over $18 Billion in Amazon Pollution
Harry Reid hospitalized (1 comments)
NSA, GCHQ spied on Israel, Germany, UN and others - new Snowden leaks
Think the FDA's New Antibiotic Guidance Will Clean up Farming? Think Again (4 comments)
Economic Opportunity Is Lowest In the Former Slave States (20 comments)
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Washington's Wedding Album From Hell
The Fed Transformed (2 comments)
Is Fascism Returning to Europe? (4 comments)
Thursday, December 19:
Couple Charged $3,500 For Writing a Negative Review Fight Back, Sue Company (2 comments)
Corporate media keeps US citizens in the dark: Pakistan Outs Three US CIA Station Chiefs in Three Years (5 comments)
Part 2 -- McGovern: NSA Consistently Violates its Oath to Uphold the 4th Amendment
New Mexico Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
Rep. Jack Kingston Proposes That Poor Students Sweep Floors In Exchange For Lunch
Judge Challenges Bankrupt Detroit's Secretive Deal With Banks
The Complete NSA Panel Report-- the one that rebukes NSA and Vindicates Snowden
Tomgram: Lewis Lapham, Laughing into Darkness (1 comments)
Spanish Defaults Surge as Banks Forced to Come Clean: Mortgages
John Bolton: Edward Snowden 'Ought To Swing From A Tall Oak Tree' (1 comments)
Wednesday, December 18:
Italy's president fears violent insurrection in 2014 but offers no remedy (1 comments)
Sen. Max Baucus to be nominated as U.S. Ambassador to China
Fed Scales Back Stimulus Campaign
Feeling besieged, tea party groups prepare for policy battles
Brazil will not grant Snowden asylum
China's High Speed Rail Web will drive transcontinental commerce and political dominance
Snow Blankets Middle East and Hits Egypt For First Time in Century (2 comments)
Tuesday, December 17:
Two dead, two injured in Reno medical facility shootings
Budget deal stirs unrest, division inside Senate GOP
U.S. budget deal clears crucial vote in Senate
Snowden offers to help Brazil investigate NSA spying when he's given asylum
Afghanistan aircraft crash: six US soldiers killed
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) won't seek reelection
Tomgram: Dahr Jamail, The Climate Change Scorecard (2 comments)
Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL) and Airtel are Violating Indian Cyber Law
Senate confirms new Homeland Security chief
Monday, December 16:
White House: No debt-ceiling negotiation
Color Virginia Blue: State's Recount for Atty Gen Race Favors Dem Sweep (2 comments)
Who Is Financing the Smears Against Elizabeth Warren? (226 comments)
Tomgram: Ann Jones, Suffer the Children
I'm no Marxist, Pope Francis tells conservative critics (1 comments)
Israel, Palestine, and Mexico - Solidarity at the Guadalajara International Book Fair (2 comments)
Sunday, December 15:
Washington Drives World Toward War
The 6,000-Page Report on CIA Torture Has Now Been Suppressed for 1 Year
Another Take on Obamacare (2 comments)
Afghan president says he does not "trust" U.S.
Peter O'Toole, star of Lawrence of Arabia, dies aged 81
Saturday, December 14:
Key U.S. lawmakers agree to trade authority deal: aides
Touchdown! China's first moon rover lands on lunar surface (6 comments)
When The Enforcers Become Allies (1 comments)
Experts Eye Oil and Gas Industry as Quakes Shake Oklahoma
Will Mandela's Burial Bury His Memory?
Friday, December 13:
Detroit "Bankruptcy" Distracts from Attack on Constitution (8 comments)
Spirit of deal "violated": Iran quits nuclear talks after US sanctions move (1 comments)
Michael Lehnert: Here's why It's long past time that we close Guantanamo
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Reza Aslan: Megyn Kelly was right about Christ, but wrong about Jesus (6 comments)
NSA review to leave spying programs largely unchanged
I.C.E. Behind 5 Tons Cocaine Cover-Up
Hindus apply to erect giant monkey god statue at Oklahoma capitol (44 comments)
Zimmerman Walks Again as Prosecutor's Drop Charges (2 comments)
Thursday, December 12:
American who vanished in Iran was on unsanctioned CIA mission (1 comments)
House passes 2-year bipartisan budget deal
Fannie and Freddie's Legal Settlements Are The Tip Of The Iceberg (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders Introduces Single Payer Bill: American Health Security Act of 2013 (15 comments)
Megyn Kelly Really Wants The Kids To Know Santa And Jesus Are White (1 comments)
Tomgram: Bill Moyers, Covering Class War
CIA Document Suggests U.S. Lied About Biological, Chemical Weapon Use in the Korean War (3 comments)
Stockman: Budget deal a "joke and betrayal" (1 comments)
Criminal Action Is Expected for JPMorgan in Madoff Case
Wednesday, December 11:
Source: McConnell will vote against budget deal brokered by Paul Ryan
Obama Urged to Fire DNI Clapper (3 comments)
Pope Francis Is Time’s Man of The Year (3 comments)
What Today's New Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Mean
The ACA, Pope Francis, and Me: The Road To Single Payer
Tuesday, December 10:
Considering the Humanity of Nonhumans (5 comments)
Kerry raises doubts over Iran nuclear deal
NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking
Congressional negotiators reach budget deal
Gun Lobby Thankful for Public and Media's Short Memory (10 comments)
Negotiators Reach Compromise on Defense Bill (1 comments)
Tomgram: Beverly Gologorsky, My Neighbor, War
Monday, December 9:
Why tech giants are now uniting against US surveillance (3 comments)
Èzili Dantò: For Winnie Mandela: Ezili Danto's analysis of the current colonial narrative of the Mandela legacy
Surprise! Google Searches for "Is My Husband Gay?' More Common in Intolerant States (2 comments)
Tomgram: Chase Madar, The Criminalization of Everyday Life (1 comments)
TX Campus officer shoots unarmed student dead
Sunday, December 8:
Warmer Temperatures Change the Balance of Nature (2 comments)
Shanghai Orders Cars Off Roads as Pollution Exceeds Scale
Saving the Net from the surveillance state: Glenn Greenwald speaks up (Q&A)
Edward Snowden to give evidence to EU parliament, says MEP
What's Minted in Berkshire County Stays There: Finding Reward in Local Currency
Making good news out of bad: BLS 7% Jobless Rate for November is Nothing to Cheer About
Hagel Bypasses Karzai in Afghanistan Visit with Troops
Saturday, December 7:
Anti-fracking clashes in Romania as activists break into Chevron site (PHOTOS, VIDEO) -- RT News
Hundreds Tear Down Fences, Break into Chevron Site in Romania
Researchers Link Earthquakes In Texas To Fracking Process
Rouhani defends nuclear pact in Iran as US tries to ease Gulf fears
How to Revive the Fight for Single-Payer
Freezing storm batters large parts of US wreaking death and disruption
AT&T says it doesn't have to disclose NSA dealings
Fukushima water tanks: leaky and built with illegal labor
'Christian values' Hobby Lobby purchases its products from #1 'family planning' nation China (10 comments)
Obamas, Bushes to travel to South Africa for Mandela funeral
12 Mandela Quotes That Won't Be In the Corporate Media Obituaries (1 comments)
How Accurate Is Wikipedia? (10 comments)
Friday, December 6:
China pulls out of UN process over territorial dispute with Philippines
Hagel reassures Gulf allies U.S. committed to regional security
TPP Uncovered: WikiLeaks releases draft of highly-secretive multi-national trade deal (4 comments)
American teacher slain in Benghazi identified
FBI article-- The Corporate Psychopath (1 comments)
On the Death of Nelson Mandela: Five Points of Orientation
Congo's Kabila makes his way through the mud to Goma
American Heart Association Protects Industry Not Patients By Barbara Roberts, MD, and Martha Rosenberg (5 comments)
Thursday, December 5:
IAEA suggests Fukushima consider "controlled discharge" of toxic water into ocean (3 comments)
Clear Channel to Remove L.A. and San Francisco Progressive Talk Radio, Replace Them with Rightwing Talk (4 comments)
Food poverty in UK has reached level of "public health emergency," warn experts
A bogus health care website, courtesy of the GOP
Iconic anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela dies at 95 (2 comments)
Vatican setting up commission against sexual abuse of minors
CorpWatch : The Jason Bourne Strategy: CIA Contractors Do Hollywood
What More Is There To Learn From Nelson Mandela (1 comments)
Tomgram: Pratap Chatterjee, The Jason Bourne Strategy
Iceland Defies Bank Backlash: Advance $1.2 Billion Debt Relief Plan (1 comments)
Wednesday, December 4:
US Congress has close encounter over extraterrestrial life
NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show - The Washington Post
Gaza kids were heard worldwide -- mini-Arks a huge success (2 comments)
Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC Over Palin Comments (6 comments)
Low bank wages costing the public millions, report says
75 riders aboard smoking BART train being treated
New Aerial Video of Alabama Oil Spill Questions Cleanup
Hospital Price-Gouging Widespread (4 comments)
Tuesday, December 3:
An open letter from Carl Bernstein to Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger
Households Raid Savings At Record Rate
Ruling Makes Detroit Biggest City to Qualify for Bankruptcy
Red-herring "inquisition": Guardian editor robustly defends Snowden leaks to UK MPs (2 comments)
Solutions Journalism Network Invites Applications for Funding from Journalists
Judge declares Detroit eligible for Chapter 9 bankruptcy (1 comments)
Scott Walker's war on Christmas: Screw your kids, give me campaign cash instead (4 comments)
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Catholic hospital's religious rules led to negligent care in miscarriage, ACLU says (1 comments)
Edward Snowden revelations prompt UN investigation into surveillance
Tomgram: Peter Van Buren, 1984 Was an Instruction Manual (2 comments)
Over 700,000 people on US watch list: Once you get on, there's no way off (1 comments)
Monday, December 2:
Obamacare will be "extraordinarily popular" when exchanges work, governor says (1 comments)
Return of the Whigs, the 19th-century political party that wants to save Washington
Dean Fires at Santorum For Doubting Obama's "Competence': "I Lose My Patience With This Nonsense"
Shanghai Warns Children to Stay Indoors on Air Pollution (1 comments)
Biden Faces Delicate Two-Step in Asia Over East China Sea Dispute
Transcript-- Coleen Rowley About Meeting with Edward Snowden in Moscow
The Rich and Educated Believe Wealth Correlates with Virtue, Says Study (68 comments)
Since 1946 Public Skepticism in Some SCOTUS Decisions Increased More Than 75% (4 comments)
International education: Eurasian challenge (1 comments)
How to Reduce Your Risk of Radiation from Fukushima Washington's Blog (2 comments)
Tomgram: Engelhardt, 2024 or Bust!
Louisiana's Profitable Prisons
Sunday, December 1:
False Rumor!! Michael Vick Not In Car Accident with Both Legs broken
"More destructive" than Stuxnet: Saudis and Israelis propose new malware against Iran nuclear program (5 comments)
Couple Fined $3,500 For Writing a Negative Review
Elliot Fineman: How Gun Lobby Silences its Own Moderates and Reporters (5 comments)
Divorce cases rapidly up, property tax to blame
Basic Income Guarantee: USBIG NewsFlash Vol. 14, No. 70, Fall 2013
Massachusetts seeks 10-yr ban on gas fracking after series of Texas quakes (1 comments)
Peter Ludlow on Systemic Evil, Whistleblowers, and hacktivism-- Intvw Transcript (1 comments)
4 Dead in Metro-North Train Derailment in the Bronx
Britain targets Guardian newspaper over intelligence leaks related to Edward Snowden (1 comments)
Heidi Boghosian; Corporate and Government Collusion-- Spying on Democracy-- Interview Transcript (2 comments)
Who Is Watching the Watch Lists?
"Homeless Man" In Mormon Church Turns Out To Be A Bishop (5 comments)
Commuter train derailment kills 4 in NYC
Japan Reacts to Fukushima Crisis by George Washington
CIA Official Tied to JFK Assassination (2 comments)