SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY DIES AT AGE 77 -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate and haunted bearer of the Camelot torch after two of his brothers fell to assassins' bullets, has died at his home in Hyannis Port after battling a brain tumor. He was 77. His family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday.
34 Percent of U.S. Workers Surveyed Have Only One Week or Less of Savings to Cover Expenses if Laid Off from Work -- Despite the fact that most financial advisors caution workers to save the equivalent of six months’ salary in preparation for troubled economic times, a recent Monster Meter Poll reveals more than one-third of U.S. workers surveyed on Monster.com admit they have only one week or less of savings to cover living expenses if they were to be laid off from work.
Miami health center starts RFID soap monitoring -- RFID tags are being deployed at the University of Miami to report when doctors and nurses wash their hands, and let them know if their fingernails aren't clean.
CDC advice to parents: flu shots for all -- "We're going to continue to stress that the vaccine is the most important thing that parents can do to protect their children," said Tom Skinner, a CDC spokesman. This H1N1 vaccine should be taken in addition to the seasonal flu vaccine, and not as a replacement for it. (The seasonal flu vaccine, offered every fall, is recommended for people at risk for serious complications, including very young children, people older than 65, those with chronic health conditions and pregnant women.)
Post Office plans cuts via buyouts of up to 30,000 employees -- The U.S. Postal Service is offering buyouts to tens of thousands of employees as it faces financial losses caused by the recession, as well as changes in the way Americans communicate.
Drastic Measure? Officials Consider Early Roll-Out of Swine Flu Vaccine -- The government appears to be moving forward with an early roll-out of a vaccine against the H1N1 swine flu virus – even as trials to determine its safety, efficacy and proper dosage are still under way.
Bernanke’s Next Tasks Will Be Undoing His First -- As he looks forward to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke’s biggest challenge will be to undo much of what made him a hero during his first term.
Pittsburgh airport to run mock disaster drill -- The Pittsburgh International Airport is not only preparing for the upcoming G-20 Summit, they are getting ready for a rare mock disaster drill. The drill has nothing to do with the summit, but 30 crews will be responding to the staged scenario in which 100 people on a large aircraft are injured in an accident.
Geithner asks Congress for higher US debt limit -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner formally requested that Congress raise the $12.1 trillion statutory debt limit on Friday, saying that it could be breached as early as mid-October.
Waxman Takes on Drug Makers Over Medicare -- As the health care debate focuses on whether cost cuts are looming in Medicare coverage, Representative Henry A. Waxman is on a crusade to save Medicare billions of dollars — in a way that he says would end up helping the elderly.
Marines seek crowd blasting "venom" launcher -- The Marine Corps has issued an urgent request for a powerful non-lethal weapon that can fires volleys of 40mm grenades. And in parallel, the service is launching a push for a more futuristic version of the same weapon.
Troop support is KBR's bread & butter -- Logging more than 1 billion labor hours and supporting more than 100,000 troops are impressive feats at any time. Add growing revenues by the double digits amid an economic downturn, and it’s a wonder KBR Inc. isn’t laughing all the way to the bank.
1 crime solved for every 1,000 CCTV cameras senior official says -- Just one crime is solved a year by every 1,000 CCTV cameras in Britain's largest force area, it was claimed today.
The H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating the Data to Justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency -- The Atlanta based Center for Disease Control (CDC) acknowledged that what was being collected in the US were figures of "confirmed and probable cases". There was, however, no breakdown between "confirmed" and "probable". In fact, only a small percentage of the reported cases were "confirmed" by a laboratory test.
Federal Reserve loses suit demanding transparency -- A federal judge on Monday ruled against an effort by the U.S. Federal Reserve to block disclosure of companies that participated in and securities covered by a series of emergency funding programs as the global credit crisis began to intensify.
US Training Center run by Xe (formerly known as Blackwater) -- Training today to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
Possible leak detected at chemical weapons depot -- The Army says a low level of mustard agent has been detected in a building storing chemical weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.
Ron Paul takes out the New World Order trash -- Comic: Ron Paul Cleans House in D.C.
Rex 84-your internment camp awaits you -- Did you know that the United States Army National Guard has been advertising job openings for “Internment Specialists?” Who would we be rounding up for internment, anyway? The United States hasn’t done that openly since Asian-Americans were forced into relocation camps during the World War II era.
CIA threatened to kill detainee families -- A newly declassified CIA report says interrogators threatened to kill family members of a man accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The report, written in 2004 and released Monday by the U.S. Justice Department, said CIA officers told Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that if any other attacks happened in the United States, “we’re going to kill your children.”
Veterans Wrongly Told They Have Fatal Disease -- Former Air Force reservist Gale Reid received a letter from the Veterans Affairs Department that told her she had Lou Gehrig's disease, and she immediately put herself through a battery of painful, expensive tests. Five days later, the VA said its "diagnosis" was a mistake.
Springfiled Mass. to be under a period of martial law over crime rates -- (police chief said-police be allowed to operate under what he called "a short period of martial law." The move, over a period of 30 to 60 days, would give police the power to sweep all the illegal guns in the city) Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet and Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, in a press conference Monday afternoon at police headquarters, said there will be additional patrols by officers on foot and in cruisers all hours of the day.
Sunscreen may be linked to Alzheimer's -- University of Ulster says two of its experts have been awarded £350,000 by the European Union to explore the possible links between the suncream and the brain disease.
2009 makes Orwell's 1984 look harmless say 2 German authors -- "The only danger which terrorism really poses is the way in which our society has reacted to it," said writer Ilija Trojanow at the official launch of his book Attack on Freedom. Read More...
34 Percent of U.S. Workers Surveyed Have Only One Week or Less of Savings to Cover Expenses if Laid Off from Work -- Despite the fact that most financial advisors caution workers to save the equivalent of six months’ salary in preparation for troubled economic times, a recent Monster Meter Poll reveals more than one-third of U.S. workers surveyed on Monster.com admit they have only one week or less of savings to cover living expenses if they were to be laid off from work.
Miami health center starts RFID soap monitoring -- RFID tags are being deployed at the University of Miami to report when doctors and nurses wash their hands, and let them know if their fingernails aren't clean.
CDC advice to parents: flu shots for all -- "We're going to continue to stress that the vaccine is the most important thing that parents can do to protect their children," said Tom Skinner, a CDC spokesman. This H1N1 vaccine should be taken in addition to the seasonal flu vaccine, and not as a replacement for it. (The seasonal flu vaccine, offered every fall, is recommended for people at risk for serious complications, including very young children, people older than 65, those with chronic health conditions and pregnant women.)
Post Office plans cuts via buyouts of up to 30,000 employees -- The U.S. Postal Service is offering buyouts to tens of thousands of employees as it faces financial losses caused by the recession, as well as changes in the way Americans communicate.
Drastic Measure? Officials Consider Early Roll-Out of Swine Flu Vaccine -- The government appears to be moving forward with an early roll-out of a vaccine against the H1N1 swine flu virus – even as trials to determine its safety, efficacy and proper dosage are still under way.
Bernanke’s Next Tasks Will Be Undoing His First -- As he looks forward to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke’s biggest challenge will be to undo much of what made him a hero during his first term.
Pittsburgh airport to run mock disaster drill -- The Pittsburgh International Airport is not only preparing for the upcoming G-20 Summit, they are getting ready for a rare mock disaster drill. The drill has nothing to do with the summit, but 30 crews will be responding to the staged scenario in which 100 people on a large aircraft are injured in an accident.
Geithner asks Congress for higher US debt limit -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner formally requested that Congress raise the $12.1 trillion statutory debt limit on Friday, saying that it could be breached as early as mid-October.
Waxman Takes on Drug Makers Over Medicare -- As the health care debate focuses on whether cost cuts are looming in Medicare coverage, Representative Henry A. Waxman is on a crusade to save Medicare billions of dollars — in a way that he says would end up helping the elderly.
Marines seek crowd blasting "venom" launcher -- The Marine Corps has issued an urgent request for a powerful non-lethal weapon that can fires volleys of 40mm grenades. And in parallel, the service is launching a push for a more futuristic version of the same weapon.
Troop support is KBR's bread & butter -- Logging more than 1 billion labor hours and supporting more than 100,000 troops are impressive feats at any time. Add growing revenues by the double digits amid an economic downturn, and it’s a wonder KBR Inc. isn’t laughing all the way to the bank.
1 crime solved for every 1,000 CCTV cameras senior official says -- Just one crime is solved a year by every 1,000 CCTV cameras in Britain's largest force area, it was claimed today.
The H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating the Data to Justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency -- The Atlanta based Center for Disease Control (CDC) acknowledged that what was being collected in the US were figures of "confirmed and probable cases". There was, however, no breakdown between "confirmed" and "probable". In fact, only a small percentage of the reported cases were "confirmed" by a laboratory test.
Federal Reserve loses suit demanding transparency -- A federal judge on Monday ruled against an effort by the U.S. Federal Reserve to block disclosure of companies that participated in and securities covered by a series of emergency funding programs as the global credit crisis began to intensify.
US Training Center run by Xe (formerly known as Blackwater) -- Training today to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
Possible leak detected at chemical weapons depot -- The Army says a low level of mustard agent has been detected in a building storing chemical weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.
Ron Paul takes out the New World Order trash -- Comic: Ron Paul Cleans House in D.C.
Rex 84-your internment camp awaits you -- Did you know that the United States Army National Guard has been advertising job openings for “Internment Specialists?” Who would we be rounding up for internment, anyway? The United States hasn’t done that openly since Asian-Americans were forced into relocation camps during the World War II era.
CIA threatened to kill detainee families -- A newly declassified CIA report says interrogators threatened to kill family members of a man accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The report, written in 2004 and released Monday by the U.S. Justice Department, said CIA officers told Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that if any other attacks happened in the United States, “we’re going to kill your children.”
Veterans Wrongly Told They Have Fatal Disease -- Former Air Force reservist Gale Reid received a letter from the Veterans Affairs Department that told her she had Lou Gehrig's disease, and she immediately put herself through a battery of painful, expensive tests. Five days later, the VA said its "diagnosis" was a mistake.
Springfiled Mass. to be under a period of martial law over crime rates -- (police chief said-police be allowed to operate under what he called "a short period of martial law." The move, over a period of 30 to 60 days, would give police the power to sweep all the illegal guns in the city) Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet and Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, in a press conference Monday afternoon at police headquarters, said there will be additional patrols by officers on foot and in cruisers all hours of the day.
Sunscreen may be linked to Alzheimer's -- University of Ulster says two of its experts have been awarded £350,000 by the European Union to explore the possible links between the suncream and the brain disease.
2009 makes Orwell's 1984 look harmless say 2 German authors -- "The only danger which terrorism really poses is the way in which our society has reacted to it," said writer Ilija Trojanow at the official launch of his book Attack on Freedom. Read More...
