Archives for General News
April 2014
Wednesday, April 30:
Indian man confronts mining industry, wins prize
Georgia governor signs law to drug test some welfare recipients
CSX says fire on derailed train in Virginia extinguished
Rick Scott's Hunt for Obamacare Horror Stories Didn't Go So Well (1 comments)
Selling Hydraulic Fracking: The Myth Of Energy Independence Used To Hoodwink The American People
Gulf War illness: New report lauds treatment research, confirms toxic causes -- ScienceDaily (1 comments)
Republican-Led Filibuster Blocks Minimum Wage Bill in Senate
To Hell and Back in Just 45 Years (18 comments)
Supreme Court rejects hearing on military detention case
Tuesday, April 29:
Oklahoma execution botched; inmate still dies, second execution delayed (5 comments)
One frack mind: How a determined New Yorker won the green Nobel
Shooter Injures Six In Georgia Town Where Everyone Is Required To Own A Gun (6 comments)
Clippers owner Donald Sterling banned for life from NBA
NBA Does The Right Thing--Bans Clippers owner Sterling for life
The new proposal mocks Net Neutrality FCC Wants to Give Corporations Their Own Internet (1 comments)
New Bill Requires Voice of America to Toe U.S. Line
France Is Not Impressed with Thomas Piketty (1 comments)
Defense CIO Teri Takai leaving the Pentagon
Obama Lashes Out At Foreign Policy Critics
Anand Gopal, How to Lose a War That Wasn't There
Building a Home with a 3-D Printer (5 comments)
Interview Transcript Part 2; FBI Expert on Psychopaths Mary Ellen O'Toole (10 comments)
Monday, April 28:
Man Legally Stalks Children's Baseball Game, Scares Kids and Parents (1 comments)
MH370: New phase to include private contractors, may cost $60 million - CNN.com
Tornado system that killed 16 heads toward U.S. Southeast (4 comments)
U.S. imposes new sanctions on Russia
Murder of Environmental Activists: A Global Epidemic (2 comments)
Court turns away challenge to anti-terror law (1 comments)
Israel PM dismisses Abbas Holocaust remarks (1 comments)
Vance McAllister won't seek reelection, but plans to finish his term
Biggest Strike in Recent Chinese History At Factories Supplying Adidas and Nike
Assassination Attempt on East Ukraine Mayor
Countries should know their endemic malaria to plan the fight well
Karen Greenberg, Abu Ghraib Never Left Us (2 comments)
Sunday, April 27:
Bob Schieffer: Romney may consider 2016 run if Jeb Bush doesn't (3 comments)
Rep. Michael Grimm, facing federal charges, expected to surrender to FBI - The Washington Post
GOP primary challenge will test Jones' 2 decades on Capitol Hill
"David Against Nuclear Goliaths": Nation Wages Legal Fight "For All Humanity" (3 comments)
Deal Opening Philippines to US Military Slammed As 'Betrayal'
Michael Uhl: Punishment or Witness Elimination?: Confessed Brazilian Torturer Found Murdered (1 comments)
XL Pipeline Protest in Washington D.C.: Reflections of 350-Maine's Bob Klotz (6 comments)
Georgia man flaunts gun at Little League field, intimidates parents, kids. It's legal. (5 comments)
Interview Transcript 1; FBI Expert on Psychopaths Mary Ellen O'Toole (3 comments)
Did Canada's Middle Class Just Get More Affluent Than the US's, or Did that Happen Long Ago? (2 comments)
Corporate CEOs Demand that they be Tipped Off When a Whistleblower Reports their Crimes (2 comments)
Saturday, April 26:
Transcript 2: Adolph Reed-- Electoralitis, Neo-liberalism, Movement Building and The Horrible Situation We're In (5 comments)
Veteran Affairs Purging Patients, "The Lethal List" (1 comments)
WATCH: Hillary Clinton Blasts Edward Snowden for Fleeing to Russia and China (1 comments)
'Drop Everything and Take Action': Activists Issue Clarion Call to Save the Internet
Timeline: Ukraine's political crisis
Obit for Michael Ruppert, Whistleblower turned Journalist (1 comments)
Rep. Grijalva Demands Federal Investigation into ALEC's Role in Neo-Sagebrush Rebellion
G7 leaders agree on new Russia sanctions
Friday, April 25:
Drought covers 100% of California for first time in 15 years (1 comments)
Harry Reid Goes Off On "Hateful Racist" And Hypocritical "Moocher" Rancher Cliven Bundy
Rep. Michael Grimm to be indicted (1 comments)
Why didn't Flight 370's emergency beacon work?
Russian jet jams US destroyer in Black Sea (3 comments)
That Sinking Feeling: NASA Analyzes Bayou Corne Sinkhole
Campaign Financing Run Amuck: Almost Twice as Many Think Neither Party Represents the American People, than Do (2 comments)
Should a Chimp Be Able to Sue Its Owner? (2 comments)
The Dark Truth Behind The Popular Superfood, Quinoa (3 comments)
Georgia Passes 'the Most Extreme (Pro-) Gun Bill in America'
That "Iron Law" Of Oligarchy Is Back To Haunt Us (5 comments)
Thursday, April 24:
Malaysia to release MH370 report, Prime Minister tells CNN
A Defiant Rancher Savors the Audience That Rallied to His Side
Obama administration prepares to take over Oregon's broken health insurance exchange (1 comments)
Vermont to Require GMO Labeling
U.S. journalist Simon Ostrovsky, held in Ukraine, now free and safe
Aurora Theater Shooting Victims Outraged Over Attack Ad
Costa Rica is demanding US explain 'Cuban Twitter'
Transcript 1: Adolph Reed--On the "desiccated hollowed out vaporous left" (3 comments)
Duty to Warn: RIP Whistle-Blower Michael Ruppert (Who Committed Suicide on 4-13-14) - Salem-News.Com (2 comments)
Peter Van Buren, I'm a Whistleblower: Want Fries with That? (2 comments)
No Republican Has Mentioned Earth Day in Congress Since 2010
Republicans on the U.S. Supreme Court Are Wrong: The Original Intent of the U.S. Constitution Was Progressive. (23 comments)
Wednesday, April 23:
Louisiana GOP files ethics complaint against Harry Reid for "official" attacks on Koch brothers (1 comments)
Sweeping Measure Expanding Rights of Gun Owners Is Signed Into Georgia Law
A fatal wait: Veterans languish and die on a VA hospital's secret list (2 comments)
Springing Forward, and Its Consequences
Sotomayor accuses colleagues of trying to "wish away" racial inequality (1 comments)
Palestinian Factions Announce Deal on Unity Government
Susan Lee Schwartz: Laura Chapman on the Gold Rush at A$U in $cottsdale (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Oklahoma lawmakers, parents rethinking past education reforms - by y Nate Robson, Oklahoma Watch (1 comments)
Congress Fails En Masse, 100%, Rare Event (2 comments)
Simon Ostrovsky Kidnapping Leaves US "Deeply Concerned"
No-fly list used by FBI to coerce Muslims into informing, lawsuit claims
At Funeral, Expressions of Grief and Anger Toward Kiev Officials - NYTimes.com (1 comments)
Tuesday, April 22:
Mandatory New York Common Core tests have big brand names
#myNYPD Backfires As Twitter Users Share Photos of Police Brutality
Appeals Court Orders Release of "Targeted Killing" Memo (1 comments)
Ukraine president calls for new anti-rebel offensive as crisis deal falters
Supreme Court to rule on use of Jerusalem in U.S. passports
The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World�s Richest (2 comments)
Todd Miller, The Creation of a Border Security State
Republicans Try To Ban Eric Holder From Getting Paid
How the US made its Vladmir Putin problem worse (2 comments)
Dexter Filkins: What We Left Behind in Iraq : The New Yorker
Is This Art Installation Too Risky Or Offensive To Display? (1 comments)
Housing Secretary: ââ?¬Å?the worst rental affordability crisis that this country has ever known" (4 comments)
Monday, April 21:
Bob Corker: Assad Was "Wise" To Kill 1,200 With Chemical Weapons And "Embarrass" The U.S. (3 comments)
New York Times' David Brooks Says Obama Has "A Manhood Problem In The Middle East" (1 comments)
Clapper bans US intelligence employees from "unauthorized" media contact
Biden arrives in Ukraine to show U.S. support as crisis with Russia continues (1 comments)
Sylvia Browne�s FBI File Highlights Bank Fraud and Embezzlement
Joan Baez diffuses right wing protest at Idaho concert (6 comments)
Australia sees "regroup" on Malaysian plane search in a few days
Sunday, April 20:
EPA Gives BP "Get Out of Jail Free Card" on 4th Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster
Russia Hints at Ushering in a New Gold Backed Ruble (4 comments)
Privatization of Water as an Owned Commodity Rather Than a Universal Human Right (3 comments)
Why in Oregon, Washington, and California (but not Texas or New York) did poorer counties vote for Romney? (7 comments)
Linn Washington, Jr. and students: Special Report: End the Drug War! Happy Marijuana Legalization Day! (5 comments)
"Extreme Levels" of Monsanto�s Roundup Herbicide Found in Soy Plants (1 comments)
Saturday, April 19:
White House Threatens New Sanctions, Russia Says U.S. Treating Moscow Like 'Guilty Schoolboy' (2 comments)
The White House responds to a petition asking for Bieber's removal from the U.S.
Obama Administration Again Delays Keystone XL Decision
Israel places journalist under incommunicado confinement
Benghazi Mystery Explained!?! (3 comments)
Polish Foreign Minister claims US troops to be deployed in Poland - USA to 'Re-Pivot' to Europe. (2 comments)
US freeing Iran funds as Tehran cuts uranium stockpile
Obama signs "terrorist activity" law aimed at barring Iranian U.N. envoy (1 comments)
Saudi spy chief ousted under US pressure (1 comments)
Obama's First-Amendment Defense of Political Liars (15 comments)
Wall Street deregulation pushed by Clinton advisers: led to financial crisis (1 comments)
RFK Jr: Restoring Louisiana's Coast Will Require Restoring Its Democracy
Iran Gets an Unlikely Visitor, an American Plane, but No One Seems to Know Why - NYTimes.com (2 comments)
The US is an oligarchy, study concludes (3 comments)
Friday, April 18:
Malaysia Airlines jet climbed high briefly, then descended (1 comments)
Koch Bros./GOP Brain Trust For Housing Finance "Reform"
Two justices say high court will likely rule on NSA programs
'Heading towards a police state': Conversation with a Police Chief (5 comments)
Ukraine: separatists refuse to end occupation despite Geneva agreement
Ukraine Crisis: The Geneva Agreement changes nothing
Lap Dancers, the CIA, Pay-offs, and BP�s Deepwater Horizon (2 comments)
What is Actually in Your Child�s Easter Basket?
Why is This Not a Big Story? (1 comments)
Major Media Does NOT All Rally Behind Pulitzers for Snowden Stories (1 comments)
Thursday, April 17:
Chelsea Clinton Announces Pregnancy (2 comments)
The 10 Most Obese States in America (And the Right-Wing Policies That Promote Poor Health) (1 comments)
Oklahoma Will Charge Customers Who Install Their Own Solar Panels (1 comments)
U.S. and Russia Agree on Pact to Defuse Ukraine Crisis
Koch Brothers Net Worth Soars Past $100 Billion
Monsanto and Big Food Losing the GMO and 'Natural' Food Fight (1 comments)
Ann Jones, Star-Spangled Baggage
Outrageous Pharma/Medical Conflicts of Interest (3 comments)
Beyond Fossil Fuels: The Ecological Work of Stephen Mulkey of Unity College (5 comments)
Wednesday, April 16:
Unlike the US, Here Are 6 Countries That Are Experimenting How to Make Workers' Lives Better (1 comments)
Ukraine Smoke and Mirrors (2 comments)
Obama Lied About Obamacare, Now Wants Political Lying to Be Legal. (120 comments)
Jimmy Carter comes out against Keystone XL pipeline (1 comments)
By Alfredo Lopez: The bigger threat is the National Security Agency: Despite Heart Bleed, the Internet�s Alive and Well!
Prominent Republican: Women Need To Be Paid Less So They Can Find Husbands (2 comments)
As the tanks roll in, the USA/EU/NATO imperialist axis that has almost destroyed the Ukraine plans ever closer union (2 comments)
Call to stop water privatization and strengthen public water systems (1 comments)
Crossing Over the Rubicon: R.I.P. Michael C. Ruppert (14 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: In Many Cities, Rent Is Rising Out of Reach of Middle Class - By SHAILA DEWAN (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Tech Leaps, Job Losses and Rising Inequality - NYTimes.com
Was Malaysian Flight MH370 Landed Safely in Afghanistan? (13 comments)
Citing Russian Moves, NATO Plans New Deployments
Rescuers search for South Korea shipwreck survivors
Just Say No to Tasering Students and Militarizing Our Schools
Shocking Note from Abused Teen (3 comments)
Michigan, White House discuss federal money for bankrupt Detroit (1 comments)
Tuesday, April 15:
Undersea drone hunt for Malaysian plane may take two months (1 comments)
Israeli, Palestinian negotiators to meet Wednesday, U.S. says (1 comments)
Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Pentagon, Libya, and Tomorrow's Blowback Today
A 'Big Win' for all who value clean food and environment (2 comments)
*5/29/14: Join a Constitutional Assembly in Washington, D.C., Free the CIA/JFK Files (1 comments)
In U.S., right wing extremists more deadly than jihadists (1 comments)
New Boston Marathon Doc Hints at FBI Role by Russ Baker (1 comments)
Army rejects Manning request for clemency (2 comments)
Capitalism is not working - 200 years of data shows worsening inequality is an inevitable free market outcome (2 comments)
Monday, April 14:
Statue of Homeless Jesus Startles Wealthy Community (3 comments)
Are Big Macs Killing Bees? (8 comments)
Social Security stops trying to collect on old taxpayer debts (1 comments)
Pulitzer Prizes for Coverage of NSA Documents and Boston Bombing
Guantanamo hearings halted amid accusations of FBI spying on legal team
CIA�s use of harsh interrogation went beyond legal authority, Senate report says
Nick Turse, AFRICOM Becomes a "War-Fighting Combatant Command"
Most Ukrainians are neither loyal Russians nor fascists
Sunday, April 13:
Three people killed in shootings at Jewish centers in Kansas
Ohio confirms â??probable connectionâ? between fracking and earthquakes - Salon.com
The JFK Assassination: Why are They Still Lying to Us? (24 comments)
'Earth Essay: The Promise and Wisdom of Nanotechnology'.
NSA Knew of Heartbleed Security Flaw-- Rob Kall video commentary on PressTV (4 comments)
The False Pinker thesis of reduced violent deaths during modern wars (1 comments)
Ukraine�s Debt And Putin�s Upper Hand (2 comments)
Saturday, April 12:
Nevada ranching family claims victory as government releases cattle (3 comments)
Amazon to pay warehouse employees $5,000 to quit
White House to send Biden to Kiev as conflict with Russia escalates
Does Your Estranged Ex-boyfriend or Ex-husband Have a Gun? (15 comments)
2013 Polk Journalism Awards Announced
Greenwald and Poitras, Journalists who broke NSA/Snowden Story dedicate Their Polk Journalism Award Win to Snowden (1 comments)
Record Democratic/Republican Gap on Environmental Issues Appears Driven by Koch Spending (2 comments)
Franklin P. Lamb: The Death of Yarmouk Palestinian Camp
Friday, April 11:
Panic after Chinese city declares tap water toxic
US seizing tax refunds over parent debt?!
â??Marching on Pistorious:â?? Athlete and Democracy On Trial in South Africa (3 comments)
Key General Splits With Obama Over Ukraine (1 comments)
China Drills Into the "Roof of the World" to Help Alleviate Foreign Dependence
Justice Department: Routine Use of Deadly Force
Surprise, surprise!: Government Exonerates FBI's Lax Investigation of Suspected Boston Bomber (2 comments)
President Obama Will Decide Whether to Accept Iraq's Legalizing Rape of Children (4 comments)
Thursday, April 10:
The perils of Florida�s refusal to expand Medicaid - News & Features - Orlando Weekly
Obama administration wins Jefferson Muzzle award for restricting free press
Hillary Clinton dodges shoe during Las Vegas speech (1 comments)
Kathleen Sebelius resigns over Obamacare rollout
Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras Returning To U.S. For First Time Since Snowden Revelations
Rise in global health financing, but funding priorities shift
Russia says NATO is using Ukraine crisis to boost appeal
Obama Praises Iraq War (5 comments)
Bill seeks to block mandatory GMO food labeling (1 comments)
House approves Ryan plan to cut budget $5 trillion (1 comments)
Stephen Colbert will replace David Letterman on "The Late Show"
Astra Taylor, Misogyny and the Cult of Internet Openness
Toyota recalls more than 6.5m cars over steering and seat problems
Interview with Prof. Harold Wanless: Climate Change Far Worse than IPCC Predicts (1 comments)
5 Popular Home Products That Can Be Surprisingly Toxic
TX Mayor Drops Gun during City Council Mtg â?? Felony Investigation En Route
Wednesday, April 9:
Miami Herald Protests New "Culture Of Censorship" At Guantanamo
Putin Warns of Restricting Natural Gas Supply to Ukraine
� Report: The Kochs, A Nazi Past, Oil & The Foundation of The Right (2 comments)
How the Media Conned the Public into Loving the FBI: Book Review
Netanyahu suspends state contact with PA
Eric Holder Shoots Down Rep. Gohmert's Contempt Threat: "You Don�t Want to Go There!" (2 comments)
Senate falls six votes short of passing Paycheck Fairness Act
Retiring Obama Administration Prosecutor Says the SEC Is Corrupt; Prior Reports Indicate Administration's Corruption (85 comments)
Notice of bug called Heartbleed
Tuesday, April 8:
More underwater pings heard in hunt for plane
Could chilling out save your life?
U.S. defense chief gets earful as China visit exposes tensions
IMF report: No end to economic breakdown
Fury at attack on Dianne Feinstein
Tomgram: Laura Gottesdiener, Fantasy, Greed, and Housing, the Prequel
A Nightmare Drug Given to the Military and Civilians (9 comments)
Monday, April 7:
The journal that gave in to climate deniers' intimidation (1 comments)
Proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage plans out, payments hikes in
Corrosion Risk Prompts Ford Recall; Mazda Stung by Spiders
Wall Street ends lower; S&P 500 in biggest three-day drop since January
Tomgram: Peter Van Buren, No-Fly-List America
Leaders of Teaching Hospitals Have Close Ties to Drug Companies, Study Shows (2 comments)
Sunday, April 6:
Mickey Rooney -- A Man Who Mastered "Putting On a Show," Dies at 93
Malaysia Flight 370: Mystery deepens as searchers race to trace sounds (1 comments)
Fury punches out early: Striking a Blow for Disarmament in Maine Shipyard (8 comments)
Metadata monitoring more intrusive than eavesdropping, Snowden and Greenwald warn
Israel warns Palestine of unilateral action (1 comments)
Michael Hayden Says Dianne Feinstein Too "Emotional" To Be Objective On Intelligence Report (1 comments)
How McDonald�s gets away with rampant wage theft
Obama Aims to Close Wage Gap for Women With Executive Orders (1 comments)
Pro-Russians storm Ukraine government buildings
"Good Daughter" vs "Crazy Liberal": Juan Williams, Liz Cheney Battle Over CIA Torture Report
Pelosi Says Cheney "Set The Tone" For CIA Torture, And Is Proud Of It
Study Shows Republicans Favor Economic Inequality (16 comments)
Saturday, April 5:
CIA Official Dies in Apparent Suicide (3 comments)
Vietnam Is Sentencing Corrupt Bankers to Death (2 comments)
Rep. Pompeo to Introduce Koch-Funded, Monsanto-Backed, Voluntary GMO Food Labeling Bill
Christie press secretary testifies before bridge scandal grand jury
Religious conservative backed by Jewish doves, attacked by Israel hawks
Chinese ship detects "ping" but time is running out for Malaysia flight MH370
When it Comes to the Contentment Quotient, New Orleans Is Doing Better Than Chicago (1 comments)
Sign of Spring on Pay: Real Wage Growth
Occupy's Next Step - a Wave of Action (17 comments)
The Two Opposite Approaches to School-Reform: One Works, The Other Fails; Why Does Obama Push the Failed Approach? (29 comments)
XL Pipeline: Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Waxman Question Koch Bros (3 comments)
Friday, April 4:
Lawsuit over American drone strikes dismissed
DOJ Investigating High-Speed Trading For Possible Insider Trading
Beyond McCutcheon: Deeper Questions Demand Raising (3 comments)
Foreign journalist killed in east Afghanistan
John Grant: Humanity Versus a Corrupt State: Coups and Cash Machines in Rio de Janeiro (2 comments)
Thursday, April 3:
A Moon of Saturn Has a Sea, Scientists Say
Bomb Goes Off Near Former Pakistani Leader�s Convoy - NYTimes.com
U.S. airports are "awful." Here's the problem
LISTEN: In Private Speech, Dick Cheney Talks Bombing Iran and GOP Donors Applaud
Our Experience with the Affordable Care Act (3 comments)
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Bermuda Triangle of National Security
Bringing Big Money Out of the Shadows - NYTimes.com
Wednesday, April 2:
Lethal Landslide; Common Ground (1 comments)
American torture: From the CIA to Guantanamo
Flight MH370 mystery "may never be solved" (1 comments)
Olmert's lawyers said preparing to appeal bribery conviction
First-Ever Political Study of Top 1% Has Found Extreme Conservatism, Intense Political Involvement (27 comments)
Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Limits on Federal Campaign Contributions - NYTimes.com
Arun Gandhi: ââ?¬Å?Violence is Destroying Humanity.ââ?¬Â (2 comments)
Hobby Lobby Invests In Abortion Pill Manufacturers (4 comments)
NSA performed warrantless searches on Americans' calls and emails
Tuesday, April 1:
Oklahoma plans to use untested three-drug combination in two executions (1 comments)
Obama Care, Thanks But No Thanks (2 comments)
Kerry canceling planned trip to meet with Palestinian leader Abbas
Ryan plan again seeks higher retirement contributions
After 25 days, plenty of trash, questions, but no sign of Flight 370
Climate Signals, Growing Louder
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Shooting Up on Big Energy