Hillary Clinton contracts purchases of $5.4M in crystal stemware for American Embassies
March 16, 2010
Hillary Rodham Clinton's State Department is spending $5.4 million to buy fine crystal stemware for American embassies -- but it won't give the US economy much of a boost. Read More →
HR 646: U.S. Preparing for Civil Unrest?
March 16, 2010
In their quest for the truth over 60,000 infuriated Greek citizens take to the streets in central Athens because the cash strapped government faces a financial reckoning. Read More →
Riots erupt across Jerusalem as Hamas leader calls for renewed ‘intifada’
March 16, 2010
Hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces across east Jerusalem on Tuesday in the worst rioting in years, as a senior Hamas leader called for a new "intifada"... Read more »
Suspicion over Murdoch’s pan-Arab foray in Egypt
March 16, 2010
In a country where film and television attract some of the largest audiences across the Arab world, the tycoon's foray into the Middle East is widely seen in cultural circles as a ruse... Read more »
Revealed: Ashcroft, Tenet, Rumsfeld warned 9/11 Commission about ‘line’ it ’should not cross’
March 16, 2010
The notification came in a letter dated January 6, 2004, addressed by Attorney General John Ashcroft, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and CIA Director George J. Tenet. The ACLU... Read more »
In Bizarre, Soviet-Style Move, White House Threatens to Veto Intelligence Budget Unless FBI’s Anthrax Frame Up Is Accepted
March 16, 2010
Banks to stand trial over derivatives in Italy
March 16, 2010
"JPMorgan, Depfa, Deutsche Bank and UBS have been ordered to stand trial for fraud along with 11 of their managers and two former Milan city officials," said Alfredo Robledo,... Read more »
Report: US shipping arms ahead of strike on Iran
March 16, 2010
Scottish newspaper says US transferred ammunition containers with 'bunker-buster' bombs to Diego Garcia in Indian Ocean. Expert: They are gearing up totally for the destruction of Iran Read More →
Biden in Israel: A Gift of Broken Glass and More Weirdness
March 16, 2010
Mind-reading technology being researched to foil terrorist attempts
March 15, 2010
UK taxpayer ‘WILL pay tens of billions of euros for Greek rescue’
March 15, 2010
The UK taxpayer could still end up forking out for the bailout of debt-stricken Greece despite Treasury assurances, politicians warned last night. Read More →
Worldwide arms trade flourishing despite recession, report warns
March 15, 2010
Average volume of sales increased by 22%, with South America and south-east Asia seeing the biggest rises Read More →
California’s budget crisis could cost nearly 22,000 teachers their jobs this year
March 15, 2010
State school districts had issued 21,905 pink slips to teachers and other school employees by Monday, the legal deadline for districts to send preliminary layoff notices. Read More →
Climate ‘fix’ could poison sea life
March 15, 2010
Fertilising the oceans with iron to absorb carbon dioxide could increase concentrations of a chemical that can kill marine mammals, a study has found. Read More →
Future bio-nanotechnology will use computer chips inside living cells
March 15, 2010
Continuing miniaturization has moved the semiconductor industry well into the nano realm with leading chip manufacturers on their way to CMOS using 22nm process technology. Read More →
Can You Alter Your Memory? Doctors Try New Therapy for Phobias; Taking the Sting Out Of Childhood Upsets
March 15, 2010
In Bizarre, Soviet-Style Move, White House Threatens to Veto Intelligence Budget Unless FBI’s Anthrax Frame Up Is Accepted
March 15, 2010
In a bizarre, Soviet-style move, the White House has threatened to veto the intelligence budget unless everyone accepts the FBI frame up of Dr. Bruce Ivins Read More →
Off-the-Books ‘Jason Bournes’ in Afghanistan?
March 15, 2010
Did a Pentagon official set up his own rogue intelligence operation in Afghanistan? And did he divert cash from an open-source cultural research program to do it? The top national security... Read more »
Fed gets new oversight powers under Dodd bill
March 15, 2010
The Federal Reserve would win sweeping new powers over nonbank financial firms and keep much of its authority over banks, under revised legislation to be unveiled on Monday by the chief... Read more »
Junk Bond Avalanche Looms for Credit Markets
March 15, 2010
When the Mayans envisioned the world coming to an end in 2012 — at least in the Hollywood telling — they didn’t count junk bonds among the perils that would lead to... Read more »
Study finds 55 percent of newspaper stories are placed
March 15, 2010
A study in Australia found that more than half of stories in mainstream newspapers were fed to them by PR entities: "Many journalists and editors were defensive ... Most refused... Read more »
U.S. Intelligence planned to destroy WikiLeaks
March 15, 2010
'It concludes with a list of 13 items of intelligence that should be gathered about WikiLeaks Read More →
States may hold onto tax refunds for months
March 15, 2010
Residents eager to get their state tax refunds may have a long wait this year: The recession has tied up cash and caused officials in half a dozen states to consider freezing refunds,... Read more »
Senate Bill Wipes Out Indian Tobacco Industry
March 15, 2010
Handing big tobacco corporations a huge victory, the U.S. Senate has passed the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act – an act tribal leaders say is an attack on tribal sovereignty... Read more »
Foreclosure starts up nearly 20 percent in California
March 15, 2010
After reaching the lowest level in a year in January, Notice of Defaults, the start of the foreclosure process, increased by 19.7 percent in February, according to a report Monday from... Read more »