Austin, Texas: Hospital sets up tents to handle flu surge -- Dell Children's Medical Center is seeing so many children sick with what is presumed to be swine flu, it expects to start treating some of them in tents starting today.
8 Dead in Georgia Floods; More Missing -- Eight people, including a toddler, were killed after heavy rains flooded many parts of metro Atlanta and north Georgia. Read More...
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Ron Paul gets hearing on fed audit Friday 9/25 -- Ron Paul gets his day to present the facts! Of course we know what the opponents of the bill will argue, but it doesn’t change the fact that the bill has over 290 bipartisan cosponsors and 75% or more, maybe even 90% the American people want a Fed audit!
Honduras closes airports due to unrest -- The Honduras Air Force will be taking over airport operations, according to iJET Risk Intelligence, and it is unclear how long the airports will remain closed.
New Report Identifies Hardships Endured by Houstonians with Disabilities during Hurricane Ike -- OR for any city - When Hurricane Ike knocked out the power to Kathleen DeSilva's ventilator at her house in the Heights, a gasoline-powered generator was all that was keeping her alive. And like many Houstonians, her relatives had a hard time finding gas during the two weeks she was without electrical service.
FDIC considers borrowing from banks to replenish dwindling insurance fund -- Regulators have approached big banks about borrowing billions to shore up the dwindling fund that insures regular deposit accounts.
UK billboards to be equipped with license plate spy cameras -- Billboard campaign in the UK uses Minority Report style license plate recognition cameras to target advertising.
6 Colorado dairies bankrupt...more to come -- At least six Colorado dairies have sought bankruptcy protection this year, and several more farms are planning similar actions, industry experts say. The moves are necessary to weather the twin storms of New Frontier Bank's collapse and sinking commodity prices.
Seven million people in Yemen poor, three million lack food -- As many as seven million people in Yemen- 35 percent of the population of 22 million- are poor. Almost three million of them cannot provide for their basic needs and food. These figures are high compared with the occasionally decreasing numbers in some other countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Private firms preparing for moon flights -- Lured by millions of dollars in prize money, teams of private firms aren't waiting for NASA to figure out if, when and how to get back to the moon. They're preparing to go themselves.
Arsenic, lead found in schools supplies, cars, child car seats -- Tests for toxic chemicals in ordinary school supplies, children's car seats, vehicles and pet products have detected lead, arsenic and heavy metals, according to the nonprofit Ecology Center that analyzed the products. "The more we test, the more we find that the presence of toxic chemicals is widespread in everyday consumer products," said Jeff Gearhart, research director at the Ecology Center, founded by community activists in Ann Arbor after the first Earth Day in 1970.
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Smart guns that read your DNA -- Because this technology would be so valuable, everyone from the Austrian national government to major corporations is toiling away (pdf) in their R&D departments to develop a DNA biometric lock.
Novartis chip to ensure you take your pills -- Patients who fail to pop pills on time could soon benefit from having a chip on their shoulder, under a ground-breaking electronic system being developed by Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceuticals group. The company is testing technology that inserts a tiny microchip into each pill swallowed and sends a reminder by text message if they fail to follow their doctors' prescriptions.
General Dynamics to supply Air Force with battlefield ID devices -- A General Dynamics unit will furnish the Air Force with cryptographic technology for identification equipment that identifies friend from foe on the battlefield under a contract potentially worth $37 million over five years.
Inside Bob Gates overhaul of the Pentagon -- This article takes an inside look at Gates’ overhaul of the Pentagon.
Benefit & doubt in vaccine adjuvants -- Are Americans obligated to use an unproven vaccine to help protect people in other countries from the flu pandemic?
Docs question safety of swine flu vaccine -- Before you roll up your sleeve to get that Swine Flu vaccine shot, keep in mind that the doctor who's sticking you with that needle probably opted not to get the shot - because he or she was too afraid of side effects.
Change Bernanke's meds? - Secret White House G20 notes
