After Investigations, VA Relocates Its Texas Brain Lab -- Three years ago, the Department of Veterans Affairs established a laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin with high expectations that it would conduct state-of-the art research into combat-related brain injuries. Last month, VA announced it was moving the facility, after spending more than $3 million without testing a single veteran with traumatic brain injury.
Nestlé Recall Leaves A Mystery in Its Wake -- Federal microbiologists and food safety investigators have descended on the Danville, Va., plant that makes Nestlé's refrigerated cookie dough, trying to crack a scientific mystery surrounding a national outbreak of illness from E. coli 0157, a deadly strain of bacteria, which has been linked to the product.
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'China Is Destined to Be the Leader of the World' -- Many analysts have speculated on China's powerful long-range ambitions, both within and outside its immediate sphere of influence. Not surprisingly, the Chinese themselves have kept their cards close to the chest, to avoid raising too many alarm bells among prospective rivals and to thwart efforts that might undermine more immediate objectives, including the push to achieve self-sustaining economic momentum.
More Friday bank shutdowns -- Banks in North Carolina, Georgia and Kansas with combined assets of $1.5 billion were seized by regulators last week, costing the U.S. insurance fund $363 million and pushing this year’s tally of failures to 40. Southern Community Bank of Fayetteville, Georgia, and 111- year-old Cooperative Bank in Wilmington, North Carolina, were closed June 19 by state officials, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency shut First National Bank of Anthony, Kansas. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was named receiver.
Iran prepared to track dissent on social networks -- The Iranian government has high-tech equipment that will enable it to trace thousands of activists who have encouraged the recent demonstrations and spread news about them by using Twitter, cell phones and other Web-based social networks.
Who Owns the FED -- "Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The Bankers own the Earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create deposits, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear, and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But if you wish to remain the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create deposits."
Audit of the Federal Reserve -- Audit of the Federal Reserve from 2006-2008. (Thanks to Walter Burien of CAFR1.com)
Report: VA errors cause radiation burns -- A doctor at the Philadelphia Veterans Administration hospital was off target on most of more than 100 patients he treated for prostate cancer, records showed.
Medical Horror Stories Remain a Reality -- One Federal program, the National Practitioner Databank, is supposed to head off costly lawsuits by keeping tabs on bad doctors. But, an alarming study by the nonprofit consumer advocacy group Public Citizen reports that the program is not working -- giving way to medical horror stories.
Ritalin being pushed as a brain booster -- Bioethics expert Professor John Harris, of the University of Manchester, said if the drug was safe for children, adults should also be able to take it.
Anti depressant use soars because of recession -- Experts warn on 'quick fix' after a rise of 2.1m prescriptions in 2008.
Confidential memo reveal plans to invade Iraq -- A confidential record of a meeting between President Bush and Tony Blair before the invasion of Iraq, outlining their intention to go to war without a second United Nations resolution, will be an explosive issue for the official inquiry into the UK's role in toppling Saddam Hussein.
Proposed law allows Attorney General to block gun sales to over a million Americans -- New Jersey Democrat senator Frank R. Lautenberg plans to introduce legislation designed to cancel the Second Amend rights of well over a million U.S. citizens this coming week, according to the New York Times.
NAIS R.I.P? -- Now it's getting to look like NAIS is, although not dead yet, in suspended animation
Alcohol abuse by GIs soars since 2003 -- The rate of Army soldiers enrolled in treatment programs for alcohol dependency or abuse has nearly doubled since 2003 — a sign of the growing stress of repeated deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Army statistics and interviews.
Cop pulls gun on McDonald's worker for food order taking too long -- A Denver police officer has been suspended after allegedly brandishing his gun at a McDonald's restaurant in Aurora after his order took too long to fill.
South Florida's housing crisis leaves behind ghost towers -- Drive down Federal Highway or Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale or Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach and the "For Sale" signs seem inescapable. Every lonely strip-mall storefront and empty condominium complex pleads to become someone else's problem.
Hand sanitizers; toxic danger if ingested -- QUOTE: "After doing research on the Internet, we found out that it only takes about 3 squirts of the stuff ingested to be fatal to a toddler."
Homeland security drone patrolling northern New York -- A Predator B Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has been temporarily based at Fort Drum since early June in an experiment by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office.
"Something different" happening with new flu - CDC -- "The fact that we are seeing ongoing transmission now indicates that we are seeing something different," the CDC's Dr. Daniel Jernigan told a news briefing. "And we believe that that may have to do with the complete lack of immunity to this particular virus among those that are most likely affected. And those are children," Jernigan added.
E627K acquisition in H1N1 Sine flu raises pandemic concerns -- The recently released PB2 sequence from a patient (22F) in Shanghai (see updated map) contains E627K. This is the first reported acquisition of this change, which is present in virtually all human influenza A isolates, including the pandemic strain from 1918.
The CDC's fuzzy swine flu reporting -- Note the 20% increase over last week, even though the CDC falsely claims the numbers are dropping in Press Briefings and Announcements. Also note that several states with rampant infection did not report numbers for this week which skews the overall numbers.
Virginia State police say anti NWO & gun rights activists are terrorists -- Another document designating Americans as terrorists has surfaced. The document, entitled “Crisis Controlled: Assessing Potential Threats of Violence,” authored by Trooper John R. Wright, is posted on the official website of the Commonwealth of Virginia, under the Department of Human Resources Management.
Northern lights pictured form space -- Illuminating the sky with a ghostly green light, pictures taken from space have captured the supernatural beauty of the Northern and Southern Lights.
North Carolinians against Real ID -- "Failure to comply means that anyone, even U.S. citizens, not possessing a REAL ID compliant driver's license or other type of government-approved identification will be unable to board a plane, enter federal buildings or obtain services from the federal government."
Hyperinflation could hit US in 5-10 years -- The US is headed toward hyperinflation, and within five to 10 years it could have inflation rates of 10 to 20 percent, said Marc Faber, editor and publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report.
Images reveal horror of Amazon's "Tianamen" -- Peru accused of cover-up after indigenous protest ends in death at Devil's Bend.
