| World News |
Gaddafi reportedly “gravely ill” and ready to leave Libya
As Libyan rebels continue advancing on the capital Tripoli, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who has been struggling to stay in power since March, is reported to be "gravely ill."
Assailants launch multiple attacks in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Assailants armed with heavy weapons, guns and explosives launched three attacks in quick succession in southern Israel near the border with Egypt's Sinai
Peninsula on Thursday, killing at least five people and wounding about a dozen more, officials said....
Afghan official: 21 people killed by roadside bomb
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A roadside bomb killed at least 21 passengers traveling on a minibus Thursday in western Afghanistan, another example of civilians being caught in the crossfire of the fighting between Taliban insurgents and the U.S.-led coalition....
Police make new arrest in UK phone hacking inquiry
LONDON (AP) -- British police made a new arrest Thursday in the country's tabloid phone hacking scandal, amid fresh scrutiny of Rupert Murdoch's media empire after newly disclosed documents appeared to contradict testimony his son and top aide gave to U.K. lawmakers....
VIDEO: Cops kill 3 as farmers protest water project, land seizure near Mumbai
On August 9, police shot nine farmers, killing three, who were part of a mass protest against a water pipeline project in Baur Village, 50 miles east of Mumbai, India. Police also smashed cars, fired tear gas and threw rocks at farmers as they fled the violence. This was all caught on video:
The United States Of Europe: A Proposed “Economic Government” Would Integrate Europe To A Degree Not Seen Since The Roman Empire
The integration of Europe is about to go to another level. As the European debt crisis deepens, there are cries all over the EU for full economic integration in Europe.
| U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Disability system leaves troops in 'vast unknown'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Staff Sgt. Nicholas Lanier has entered what he calls the "vast unknown." A combat veteran and father to four daughters, he can't remain in the military because of a serious back injury earned in Iraq....
Obama to deport illegals by ‘priority’
Bowing to pressure from immigrant rights activists, the Obama administration said Thursday that it will halt deportation proceedings on a case-by-case basis against illegal immigrants who meet certain criteria...
NASA REPORT: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilizations
Rising greenhouse emissions may tip off aliens that we are a rapidly expanding threat, warns a report for Nasa.
Oklahoma Ex-Marine Sparks Nationwide Manhunt
DUNCAN, Oklahoma -- An ex-marine and Oklahoma militia man sparks a nationwide manhunt. Law enforcement leaders say they're afraid he is heavily armed and will do something drastic.
Police Chief Confirms Detaining Photographers
Editor’s note: Long Beach cops to decide what is art and what is terrorism.
Police Chief Jim McDonnell has confirmed that detaining photographers for taking pictures “with no apparent esthetic value” is within Long Beach Police Department policy.
VIDEO: Nancy Pelosi Heckled At Town Hall Over Debt Bill: "Sell-Out"
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was heckled several times at a town hall meeting in response to her vote for the "Satan sandwich" debt ceiling bill in Oakland, California.
VIDEO: 1,000 Show for NH Campaign HQ Opening!
On a Wednesday evening with about 24 hours notice! Time, NHPR, WMUR, Concord Monitor, and New England Cable News are there to cover the event as well.
Biden, Chinese VP call for improved relations
BEIJING (AP) -- Stressing the importance of personal ties, Vice President Joseph Biden sat down Thursday with his Chinese counterpart and the country's leader-in-waiting for talks that will focus largely on U.S. economic woes....
New DHS rules cancel deportations
The Homeland Security Department said Thursday it will halt deportation proceedings on a case-by-case basis against illegal immigrants who meet certain criteria such as attending school, having family in the military or are primarily responsible for other family members’ care.
Big Sis Continues To Hide Details On Mobile Body Scanners
DHS has paid contractors “millions of dollars on mobile body scanner technology that could be used at railways, stadiums, and elsewhere” on crowds of moving people.
President of Communist Supporting Union Organization at Union Protest: "We Are In a Class War."
The links between Unions or Union related organizations and the Communist Party USA here in St. Louis seem to grow everyday.
Russell Means diagnosed with terminal cancer
PORCUPINE, SOUTH DAKOTA – The man the Los Angeles Times once described as the “most famous American Indian since Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse,” is steeling himself for the fight of his life. And Means intends to put up a good fight in the remaining few months his doctors have prognosticated [or predicted] he has left. More about Russell Means here.
| Housing Market |
Home sales dropped 3.5 pct. in July, hit 2011 low
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people who bought previously occupied homes fell in July for the third time in four months. This year is on pace to be the worst in 14 years for home sales, as more Americans worry that the economy could slip back into another recession....
Poor Housing Market Reflects Poor Job Market
A healthy economy and strong home sales go hand in hand, and July marked the third decline in home sales in four months. Sales of previously occupied homes dropped 3.5 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.67 million homes.
| Economy |
Asian stocks sink on fresh fears of US recession
BANGKOK (AP) - Asian stock markets were sharply lower Friday amid signs of a possible U.S. recession and renewed worries over the health of Europe's banks.
Slowdown Fears Slam U.S. Stocks
The markets roiled again, following the release of domestic economic data, including a negative reading from the Philly Fed index. As recession fears reared its head, investors fled markets, WSJ's Colin Barr reports.
Morgan Stanley cuts global growth forecasts
(Reuters) - Morgan Stanley slashed its global growth forecast for 2011 and 2012, saying the U.S. and the euro zone were "dangerously close to a recession," and criticized policymakers in Washington and Europe for not acting more decisively to contain the sovereign debt crisis.
Skyrocketing prices ignite a gold rush
Welcome to the new American gold rush. The price of gold is on a remarkable run, setting a record seemingly every other day. Stomach-churning volatility in the stock market this month has only made investors covet gold more.
Coca-Cola to invest $4 billion more in China starting 2012
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Coca-Cola , the world's largest soft drinks producer said on Thursday it will invest $4 billion more in China over the next three years starting from 2012.
New Unemployment Claims Top 400,000 Again
Making it the 18th week in the past 19 that claims topped 400,000.
YouTube: US streets full of formerly middle class
Russia Today America - The world is now seeing the economic uncertainty of the U.S. but for many Americans, it has been apparent for quite some time. Economic despair has been spreading across our nation...
VIDEO: Record numbers of homeless people in Portland, ME
(NECN: Amy Sinclair, Portland, ME) - More families than ever are struggling to get by. Shelter workers in Maine’s largest city are scrambling to accommodate record numbers of homeless people this summer.
One in five American children now living in poverty according to new report
Washington's economic woes are seen throughout Nevada, where the nation's highest unemployment and foreclosure rates have combined to devastate families and empty neighbourhoods and construction yards. Related article here.
| Energy & Environment |
BREAKING NEWS: Governor 'very concerned' as radioactive hydrogen leaks from nuclear power plant in Connecticut
A radioactive form of hydrogen has leaked from a U.S nuclear plant into soil and groundwater has reached the nearby Connecticut River, according to health officials.
China Finds 100,000 SQ Miles of Radiation In Pacific Ocean Up 300 Times Higher Than Normal
China has reported that the radioactive contamination in the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant is far wider than the areas released by the Japanese government.
NRC: ‘Special Inspection’ Underway At Nuclear Plant Near Miami Because Of Cooling System Failure And ‘Potential Generic Concern’
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff began a special inspection at FPL’s Turkey Point nuclear power plant today to assess the circumstances surrounding the brief loss of the intake cooling water function at one of the plant’s two nuclear units.
YouTube: Japan using Fukushima people as human Guinea Pigs
Believe it or not, this was on 60 Minutes not long ago...
US Government Considered Evacuation of 90,000 US Citizens in Tokyo
I also remember back in March that the US investment bank Goldman Sachs flew in high-ranking executives to Tokyo, and told the US employees there in no uncertain terms that they were to stay put in Tokyo, or they would lose their jobs.
YouTube: Simi Valley Nuclear Disaster
History Channel: Simi Valley California was the site of the worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history in 1959, and the amounts of radiation leaked to the environment and atomosphere were more than 240 times that of the accident at 3-Mile Island. 13 fuel rods melted with no containment.
APNewsBreak: BP investigates new sheen in Gulf
LONDON (AP) -- Oil giant BP is investigating a new sheen in the Gulf of Mexico with a remote-controlled mini-sub but says there is no immediate indication it was the result of a new oil spill....
West Texas town teeters on drying up in drought
ROBERT LEE, Texas (AP) -- Ranchers in pickup trucks here stop to ladle up puddles of street water after underground pipes crack, and wilting trees are quenched with dirty bathwater hauled from tubs to front yards. An April storm teased Robert Lee, but instead of rain, a lightning strike started a wildfire that chewed up 169,000 drought-starved acres....
| Science & Technology |
Dattoos would be the ultimate user/machine interface
The DNA Tattoo, or Dattoo, could include printable input/output tools such as a camera, microphone, or laser-loudspeaker – it would be up to the user, as would the Dattoo’s aesthetics. Most intriguingly, it would capture its wearer’s DNA, to ensure an intimate user/machine relationship.
CBO Says PROTECT IP Will Cost Taxpayers Over $10 Million Per Year To Censor The Internet
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), who tries to estimate the cost to taxpayers of all new laws proposed by Congress has put out its report on the PROTECT IP Act, noting that it will cost taxpayers $47 million (pdf) from 2012 to 2016.
Meet Verizon's Newest Security Force: Blackwater
I have just confirmed with Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1104 that Blackwater is indeed being contracted by Verizon for security purposes.
IBM unveils chips that mimic the human brain
It terms the machines built with these chips "cognitive computers", claiming that they are able to learn through experience, find patterns, generate ideas and understand the outcomes.
| Health |
Two Grams of this Household Spice Lowered Blood Sugar by a Whopping 62 mg/dl
The popular spice cumin has a long history of medicinal use. It has been used to treat various symptoms including diarrhea, flatulence, gynecological, and respiratory diseases. But a new study looked at a different effect of cumin...
FDA’s New Border Fees Set the Stage For Massive Increase In Food Costs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) examines only 2% of the shipments entering the U.S. market under its jurisdiction, including imported foods. Starting October 1, 2011, under the Food Safety Modernization Act, FDA will beginning charging food importers a fee (based upon an hourly rate) for any “re-examination”...
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg pushing to eliminate conflict of interest laws, allow paid drug company shills to fill advisory positions
(NaturalNews) At a time when drug industry corruption is reaching a pinnacle of public exposure, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is actually proposing eliminating one of the few pseudo-effective measures in place that restricts the agency from...
What the Pharmaceutical Industry Does NOT Want You to Know About Healing
Western medicine has made numerous advances in healthcare – especially in areas such as diagnosis, trauma care and surgery. At the same time, there are many other areas where it is limited to simply treating illness with drugs.
Flu vaccinations pushed for Maryland hospitals
Maryland hospitals have become more aggressive in recent years about vaccinating workers for the flu, public health officials are pushing for stricter programs to halt the spread of the flu virus.
Recover from prostate cancer by changing your diet
Prostate Cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting men in the United States over the age 50. According to the American Cancer Society, 32,050 men in the United States die from the disease each year. But, prostate cancer doesn't have...
UPDATE: 3 die of rare brain infection from amoeba in water
ATLANTA (AP) -- Two children and a young man have died this summer from a brain-eating amoeba that lives in water, health officials say....
Study: Only 1 in 5 medical malpractice cases pay
ATLANTA (AP) -- Only 1 in 5 malpractice claims against doctors leads to a settlement or other payout, according to the most comprehensive study of these claims in two decades....
After 15-year court battle, Pfizer reluctantly compensates Nigerian families whose loved ones injured, killed by illegal drug experiment
(NaturalNews) The families of children who were permanently injured or killed in an illegal 1996 Pfizer drug trial in Nigeria are finally starting to get the promised financial compensation for their losses, according to a recent report by BBC News...
| Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Raw milk is so healthy it needs to be attacked by the sickness industry
(NaturalNews) The raw milk raids have been peaking, and so has internet media coverage of the FDA's food tyranny. Much of Health Ranger Mike Adam's intense days long coverage of the outrageous Rawsome Food Club raid has...
Interview with Sally Fallon from the Weston A Price Foundation
(NaturalNews)I spoke with Sally Fallon the day after the Rawesome Foods raid, where Victoria Bloch, a representative of the Weston A. Price Foundation, was arrested ...
Obama tells farmer no need to worry about government over-regulation of agriculture
(NaturalNews) During a town hall meeting yesterday, when an Illinois farmer told President Obama he was concerned about upcoming regulations regarding the Food Safety Modernization Act and would rather be farming than "filling out forms and permits,"...
Taiwan Refuses More U.S. Beef for Drug Residues
Taiwan's Department of Health (DOH) announced last week it has once again detected residues of lean-promoting drug ractopamine in beef products imported from the U.S., according to Focus Taiwan News Channel.Public health authorities at the DOH keep statistics on ractopamine... Related article here.
'Bumblebees disappearing in US'
According to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the number of the four species has decreased 96 percent and their range shrunk by as much as 87 percent.
Why Not Start a Survival Garden with Straw Bales?
When it comes to survival gardening, think outside the row. One of the things I like about gardening is there are so many ways to do it.
