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Cities dump sewage into local rivers -- The Mississippi River is famous for its muddy appearance, but dirt isn't the only brown stuff lurking in Memphis' portion of the river. It has been reported that 23 million gallons of raw sewage leaked into city streets, yards, and the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
City water worker in Florida quits over water fluoridation -- AFTER 15 years loyal service with Fitzroy River Water, Graham Demeny says his career is down the gurgler because of fluoride and an uncompromising council.
Credit cards newest trick: 79.9% interest -- It's no mistake. This credit card's interest rate is 79.9%. The bloated APR is how First Premier Bank, a subprime credit card issuer, is skirting new regulations intended to curb abusive practices in the industry.
Australia: Speed cameras watch from the skies -- Airrborne speed camera equipment offers the additional capability of photographing license plates and automatically preparing citations for dropping in the mail. The system will depend on pavement markings to estimate speed using a time-over-distance method. The sophisticated video equipment will be used to "monitor drivers from the air, observing signs of fatigue." Tickets will be generated for vehicle owners if the driver or passengers are spotted without a seatbelt or if the driver uses a mobile phone.
UK: Big Brother cameras read faces, license plates and talk back to you -- The new community safety system launched on Monday, enabling Hounslow Council and the police to monitor thousands of people from a lone control room, in Isleworth. It is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
FDA panel recommendation on cholesterol drug stirs debate -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel's recommendation that some adults with no prior heart problems should take the cholesterol-busting statin Crestor appears to have pitted cardiologists against many primary care physicians over the best use of the popular drug.
Was Russian climate data tampered with? -- On Tuesday, the Moscow based Institute of Economic Analysis (IEA) issued a report claiming that the Hadley Center for Climate Change based at the headquarters of the British Meteorological Office in Exeter (Devon, England) had probably tampered with Russian-climate data.
Why Monsanto won the Angry Mermaid Award -- Copenhagen's "Angry Mermaid Award" was hung around Monsanto's neck for being a "corporate climate criminal." Monsanto, perhaps the world's most hated corporation, is a major driving force in polluting the atmosphere while at the same time offering false high-tech solutions -- biotech bullying, environmental destruction, a highly subsidized and unhealthy food chain, and rural poverty.
Agent Orange's lethal legacy -- Tribune investigation unearths documents showing that decisions by the U.S. military and chemical companies that manufactured the defoliants used in Vietnam made the spraying more dangerous than it had to be.
* Interactive map - Review spraying missions in Vietnam by date & location
Radiation overdoses from CT Perfusion brain scans spark FDA investigation -- CT perfusion imaging devices are giving patients severe radiation poisoning. When you go in for a medical imaging procedure, you're typically made to understand that there's some risk involved. Even mild procedures like chest X-Rays expose you to small doses of radiation that minutely increase your cancer risk. More advanced procedures can come with larger risks.
Cannabis spray reduces cancer pain -- Cancer patients who used a cannabis mouth spray had their level of pain reduced by 30%, a study has shown.
Fox news covers mass drugging of society with Lithium -- In this remarkable Fox News report, Dr. Archelle Georgiou, described as a well-recognized physician leader who “helps consumers make better health care decisions,” argues the case for adding lithium to the water supply. Georgiou is affiliated with the Center for Health Transformation, an organization founded by the notorious neocon Newt Gingrich.
Hypertension drug lots face voluntary recall -- Nine lots of the injectable hypertension drug clevidipine (Cleviprex) have been recalled because of potentially harmful debris visible in some vials during an annual inspection, the FDA announced.
How journals can twist & manipulate vaccine research -- President and co-founder of the National Vaccine Information Center, Barbara Loe Fisher, speaks to Russia Today about the dangers of the swine flu versus the H1N1 vaccine, and what the latest vaccine recall means for you.
Drunk 4 year old steals Christmas presents from neighbor -- A 4-year-old boy, beer in hand, is accused of stealing Christmas presents from his neighbors. It's a strange story, but also a sad one.
KBR: the Pentagon's imaginary friend -- Once again, the Army decided to side with the same contractor that has overcharged them for feeding our troops, electrocuted our forces due to faulty work, and exposed them to human sewage through their inability to even get a building properly plumbed.
Unemployment in Detroit pushing 50%? -- Nearly one out of two workers in Detroit are unemployed, according to a report by The Detroit News. It's a figure far higher than the government's official figure, which is still close to a staggering 30 percent.
City workers in Philadelphia acted like a 'band of brigands' said District Attorney -- Nine city workers who were assigned to clean up blight in Northeast Philadelphia instead acted like a "band of brigands" by illegally entering homes and ransacking them of cash, jewelry, TVs and guns, District Attorney Lynne Abraham said yesterday.
Intelligence improperly collected on U.S. citizens -- In February, a Department of Homeland Security intelligence official wrote a “threat assessment” for the police in Wisconsin about a demonstration involving local pro- and anti-abortion rights groups. Read More...
Energy efficient traffic lights can't melt snow -- Cities around the country that have installed energy-efficient traffic lights are discovering a hazardous downside: The bulbs don't burn hot enough to melt snow and can become crusted over in a storm — a problem blamed for dozens of accidents and at least one death.
Teen unemployment at record level -- This August, the U.S. teenage unemployment rate - that is, the percentage of teenagers who wanted jobs but could not find any - was 25.5 percent, its highest level since the government began keeping track of such statistics in 1948. Likewise, the percentage of teenagers overall who were working was at its lowest level in recorded history.
Mayon volcano crisis may last for months -- The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology is considering raising the alert level to 4 from 3 if Mayon Volcano's condition worsens. The agency on Wednesday extended the danger zone to eight kilometers radius as it imposed a forced evacuation of 3,000 residents within the extended danger zone.
Most earthlike solar planet found right next door -- Meet GJ 1214b, the most Earth-like planet ever found outside our solar system.
Training for the civilian surge -- A former mental hospital in the woods is the staging ground for one of the biggest deployments of U.S. civilians since the Vietnam War. Dozens of U.S. agriculturists, legal experts and development-aid administrators pass through elaborate mock-ups of foreign courtrooms and bazaars here each week -- part of training for nation-building work in some of Afghanistan's most unruly provinces.
Bizarre & unusual destinations around the world -- Amazing Photos!
