Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR NEWS | July 22, 2009

Swine flu rages on at US Coast Guard Academy -- Ten percent of the freshman class at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy has swine flu, and that number could rise in the coming days as more test results come in.

Navy Ships Under Swine Flu Quarantine -- A group of Navy ships is under quarantine after several dozen sailors and Marines on board tested positive for swine flu. Health officials say at least 69 people had been confirmed with the virus, and all of them have since recovered.

Asia watches long solar eclipse -- People in Asia have seen the longest total solar eclipse this century, with large areas of India and China plunged into darkness.

High fructose diets impair memory -- Adopting a diet rich in fructose, a form of sugar commonly found in processed foods and beverages, may result in impaired spatial memory.

Curcumin may prevent breast cancer in women who took hormones -- New research concludes a natural therapy could help. University of Missouri researchers have found that curcumin, a popular Indian spice derived from the turmeric root, could reduce the risk of breast cancer risk in women exposed to HRT.

This article will self-destruct: A tool to make online personal data vanish -- College Facebook posts or pictures can resurface during a job interview. A lost cell phone can expose personal photos or text messages. A legal investigation can subpoena the entire contents of a home or work computer, uncovering incriminating, inconvenient or just embarrassing details from the past.

Housing complex owners vote to ban smoking in private homes -- Members of the Fairfax Parkside Homeowners Association on Wednesday voted to outlaw smoking inside residences that are part of the 34-unit development. The ban also prohibits smoking in shared spaces, such as porches and garages, but does allow it in yards and on patios.

FTC goes after RiteAid stores in supplement crack down -- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged both the retailer Rite Aid and its supplier for the deceptive marketing of dietary supplement products, providing a clear indication that the watchdog is ready to clamp down on all parties involved in false advertising.

Are we destroying our health with hi potency Synthetic vitamins -- What we haven't been told about vitamins is that in large dosages, as commonly prescribed by physicians or recommended by vitamin manufacturers, vitamins can become overwhelmingly toxic and the same vitamin treatment that potentially benefit sick individuals may actually devastate healthy individuals. To understand how vitamin poisoning occurs, we need to examine the some issues...Read More....

Questions out there as world readies for swine flu vaccination -- A flurry of innovative vaccine trials is in the offing as governments and regulatory agencies prepare for the probable launch of mass swine flu vaccination programs in the fall.

WHO moves forward in secrecy to accomplish forced vaccinations -- The WHO has refused to release the Minutes of a key meeting of an advisory vaccine group – packed with executives from Baxter, Novartis and Sanofi – that recommended compulsory vaccinations in the USA, Europe and other countries against the artificial H1N1 “swine flu” virus this autumn.

A whole industry waits for a pandemic -- INTERVIEW WITH EPIDEMIOLOGIST TOM JEFFERSON.

Doctors warn avoid GM food -- The American Academy of Environmental Medicine states, "Genetically Modified foods have not been properly tested and pose a serious health risk. There is more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health effects. There is causation."

Patriot Mark Yannone found dead in his Arizona home -- Mark was a patriot and pursued news to uncover truth to inform everyone of America's corrupt government. He was an Internet Tech (IT), and served as a web expose activist. Dead at 53.

Economy forces more families to leave bodies unclaimed -- The Los Angeles County morgue is handling more unclaimed bodies because the weak economy means more people can't afford burials for their loved ones.

Obama administration takes aim at gun rights revolt -- The Obama administration is raising the stakes in a fight over states' rights and firearm ownership by arguing that new pro-gun laws in Montana and Tennessee are invalid.

ATF to Montana: 'You will respect our authoritah!' -- Open letter to all Montana Federal Firearms Licensees - The ATF has issued a letter in which it disregards the 10th Amendment restrictions on federal power (as seems to be the trend since the late 1930) and has notified Montana’s federal firearms dealers that the Montana Firearms Freedom Act is meaningless. Essentially, ATF is saying to the state of Montana that the 10th Amendment no longer exists.

Big brother Amazon deletes books from your Kindle device -- Amazon.com also has a lot of power over consumers, and last week that translated into a truly Orweillian stunt by Amazon that deleted copies of the e-book 1984 from Kindle devices everywhere.

Judge restores Dan Rather's fraud claim against CBS -- A New York City judge has restored a fraud claim he previously dismissed from Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS Corp. over a story about former President George W. Bush.