After dutifully reporting even the smallest profits on their tax filings this year, a number — though no one knows exactly what that number is — of Philadelphia bloggers were dispatched letters informing them that they owe $300 for a privilege license, plus taxes on any profits they made. All the more reason to support your local farmers and ranchers! The company that owned the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico is accusing BP of withholding critical evidence needed to investigate the cause of the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, according to a confidential document obtained by The Associated Press. BP called the claims a publicity stunt. The company will pay $42 million for violations that include illegal weapons export to Afghanistan and making unauthorized proposals to train troops in southern Sudan, The New York Times reported on Friday. You’ll love the penalty: “The state was not required to pay any civil fines or penalties, but ordered to cease and desist from future violations.” The report suggests foreclosures could rise in the second half of the year and weaken the ailing housing market, analysts say. The 21st century will not be dominated by America or China, Brazil or India, but by the city. In an age that appears increasingly unmanageable, cities rather than states are becoming the islands of governance on which the future world order will be built. This new world is not -- and will not be -- one global village, so much as a network of different ones. Future iPhones, iPads could recognize, adjust for individual users There's a lot of talk these days about America being an empire in decline. Gerald Celente, director of the Trends Research Institute, goes a step further, arguing America is following a similar path as the former Soviet Union.
When the right's reaction is craziest, it may be evidence that something significant has happened. TAP talks about the military's concerns with global warming, and its interest in clean energy. Sorry TNR, but Obama is still more Reagan than Carter. A controversial provision in the financial-reform bill doesn't include racial quotas, but it does promise to redress long-standing inequalities in the financial sector. Obama's easing of travel restrictions on Cuba is a reminder that U.S.-Cuban relations are a massive, decades-long case study in the limits of conservative foreign policy. The first step is admitting you need (government) help. SEIU's new secretary-treasurer is a champion of immigrant rights and an innovator in the fight to unionize marginalized service-industry workers. Even if Democrats lose seats this fall, they may come out ahead on the redistricting fight thanks to a slew of new organizations. If reform is to succeed, progressives will have to fight for a stronger government role, including a public option. Job No. 1: Write new rules for health insurers and make sure they follow them. Supporters of reform knew they had to battle to get it passed. Now they need to wage another campaign to implement it. When an employee blows his top, the company is often the one to blame. Do women have the clout that they ought to in progressive politics? What the country needs now is journalism that explains policy -- precisely what the Prospect does best. Obama's immigration policies have failed the reform movement -- and given the GOP an excuse to move even further right. The question of how to use American military power still threatens to split the liberal movement. Congress can't afford to kick the can of Bush's tax cuts down the road again.
What the left can learn from right-wing extremists. When diversity became a positive, race-based preferences overcame the backlash. The electorate is increasingly pro-marriage equality. Who's in trouble? Democratic politicians who tried to straddle the issue.
KIBBUTZ KARMIYYA, Israel ? Dana Chetrit, her husband Alain and their two young children in August 2005 reluctantly left their home in the northern Gaza settlement of Elei Sinai, never to return. They were among 8,000 Israeli settlers evicted by their own government from 21 settlements in Gaza, in a move heralded as ending 38 [...]
Federal government admits not testing for arsenic, mercury or other toxic heavy metals in seafood The US government, and even President Obama himself, have said that Gulf seafood is safe to eat in the wake of the massive BP oil spill. But an admission from the federal government that it hasn't been testing Gulf seafood [...]
The second largest shareholder in News Corp. -- the parent company of Fox News -- has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to causes linked to the imam planning to build a Muslim community center and mosque near Ground Zero in Manhattan, says a report from Yahoo!News. According to the report from Yahoo!'s John Cook, [...]
Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino said he would transform some New York prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients, where they could work in state-sponsored jobs, get employment training and take lessons in "personal hygiene." Paladino, a wealthy Buffalo real estate developer popular with many tea party activists, isn't saying the state should jail poor [...]
The debate over a planned Islamic community center several blocks from New York City's World Trade Center site is a "distraction," according to Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL). Instead, the debate should shift in focus to an examination of the administration which "let it happen." 'It,' of course, being the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The [...]
The Army said Friday it was investigating a claim that dozens of soldiers who refused to attend a Christian band's concert at a Virginia military base were banished to their barracks and told to clean them up. Fort Eustis spokesman Rick Haverinen told The Associated Press he couldn't comment on the specifics of the investigation. [...]
Hours after its issuance, the Swedish Prosecution Authority withdrew a warrant for the arrest of whistleblower activist and former hacker Julian Assange, who had been accused of raping a woman and molesting another, according to a report from Sweden's The Local. "I do not consider there to be any reason to suspect that he has [...]
President Barack Obama Saturday urged Republican leaders in Congress not to block a bill aimed at reducing the role of big corporations and foreign entities in domestic elections. "This should not be a Democratic issue or a Republican issue," Obama said in his weekly radio address. "This is an issue that goes to whether or [...]
International hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has been excluded from Haiti's November presidential election following a long deliberation by the country's electoral council. The decision, which was announced late Friday by council spokesman Richard Dumel, was immediately accepted by the candidate, who reaffirmed his commitment to the rule of law. "Though I disagree with the ruling, [...]
But Air Force officer -- who asks not to be named -- tells AFP she worries how families of victims might see it Without controversy or protests, Muslims kneel in prayer every day at a quiet Pentagon chapel, only steps away from where a hijacked airliner struck the building on September 11, 2001. The tranquil [...]
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Aug. 21: Julian Assange remains under criminal suspicion, even as he hopes to make news again soon for with another release of classified war documents. NBC’s Tazin Ahmed reports. (Nightly News) Aug. 21: The World Series champions, who contend with a constant flood of requests for autographs, tickets and tours, go an extra step with surprise visits intended to inspire people on and off the field. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports. (Nightly News) Aug. 21: Once limited to cruise ships, cheap motels and college dorms, the pests have taken their show on the road, inflicting painful bites on victims across the country. NBC’s Tom Costello reports. (Nightly News) Aug. 21: A familiar name in American politics is back in the news, but this time, the candidate isn’t Dan Quayle, but his 33-year-old son, Ben. As NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell reports, the congressional hopeful is taking direct aim at the president. (Nightly News) Aug. 21: In a significant step to becoming a nuclear nation, engineers loaded fuel into the Islamic republic’s first plant despite U.N. sanctions. NBC’s Lester Holt reports. (Nightly News) Aug. 21: President Obama is settling in for a break on Martha’s Vineyard, but with mixed signals from the economy, the president’s team finds itself trying to manage public perceptions. NBC’s Mike Viqueira reports. (Nightly News) Aug. 21: Many across the nation have escaped the water with little else than their lives. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports. (Nightly News) Aug. 21: The centerpiece of the all-American breakfast and key ingredient in countless recipes remains at the center of a salmonella scare. NBC’s Michelle Franzen reports. (Nightly News) Aug. 21: Got a minute? NBC’s Lester Holt examines the stories making headlines this afternoon. (Nightly News) An Anthrax scare led to the evacuation of member of the public from City Hall in Spokane, Washington last week when a cocaine like substance was found in a package of office supplies. Some of the aptitudes that make people more successful at police work Thirteen years ago, a pod of 101 whales washed up on a beach in New Zealand. Fifty eight whales were discovered yesterday at Karikari beach in the far north of New Zealand.
In 1973 when I was a kid in rural Wisconsin my father gave me a set of walkies-talkies for Christmas. Me and my best friend up the road talked on them every evening and every morning. It was so cool. As a political scientist, I've always thought of Obama as a Muslim if only because I tend to categorize people by the cultural influences which impact them as children. Early influences, for example, help us predict later political party affiliations. At the Bunch of Grapes bookstore on Martha's Vineyard, the sojourning President Obama bought a few books, including "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. It was for his daughter, but it may have also conjured a sweet memory for the beleaguered president. The real reason people gather in churches The decline of old corporations. Poly aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHC) and their derivatives, primarily in flame retardants, significantly reduce the IQ of born kids when their mothers inhale 'dirty' air during pregnancy and their kids play on 'contaminated' soil. Less than a week after a rules violation cost Dustin Johnson his shot at the PGA Championship, Juli Inkster was disqualified from the LPGA Tour's Safeway Classic when a television viewer spotted her breaking a rule. Cuba's 1st transsexual in the spotlight... Like something out of a movie! Cyprus refused to allow a Gaza-bound all-women ship to dock as Israel asks France and the United States to help prevent a possible clash on the high seas. Israel warns that Hizbullah-linked elements are behind the proposed sailing. Ex-president tours rocket-hit town, draws ire over planned Hamas meeting
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated the country's first domestically-built, long-range, unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies.
The United Arab Emirates will become the first major exporter of camel milk products to the European Union, and at some point possibly to Asia and America.
Egypt's culture minister on Saturday retracted his claim that police had recovered a van Gogh painting stolen from a Cairo museum, saying it was based on inaccurate information and that the search for the canvas continues.
Swedish prosecutors withdraw an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, saying the rape allegation it was based on is unfounded.
A new tropical depression has formed in the Atlantic, but the system is far from land.
Amnesty International has spoken out against a Saudi judge who, earlier this week, asked hospitals in the country whether they cut the spinal cord of a man who was convicted of paralyzing another man in a fight
An explosion overnight at a house used by insurgents in the Somali capital killed at least 10 al-Shabab militants, including seven foreign fighters, the Somali Information Ministry said Saturday.
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AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies. Time.com - Russia's Long (and Brutal) War on Terror
Reuters - Canada will promote itself as an Arctic power in asserting its sovereignty over the resource-rich region, the government said on Friday in a paper laying out its foreign policy plans for the Far North.
The Christian Science Monitor - There was little for Palestinians to be upbeat about Friday as they waited for an official invitation to join Israel at resumed direct peace talks to be hosted by President Obama on Sept. 2. Time.com - Why Kashmir is Burning Again OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 18 (New America Media) - More than 400 homeless veterans from across Northern California relaxed
in comfort at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. The occasion: a “Stand Down,” where the homeless veterans were given access to good food, clean clothes, showers and beds.
The father of a 24-year-old Ohio man who was killed by a captive bear says the animal is dead.
Former U.S. Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod says she is meeting with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday to discuss ...
Gunmen invaded a luxury hotel popular with foreign tourists and took 30 people hostage Saturday but within hours freed the captives and surrendered ...
Black, Hispanic and American Indian girls have two to three times higher odds of having a high body-mass index (BMI) compared to white girls ...
The nationwide effort to pull potentially salmonella contaminated eggs off the market expanded significantly Friday when a second Iowa egg producer, ...
"What the patient tells the doctor is 70% responsible for a correct diagnosis," says a preventive medicine expert.
There's a lot less smoking in the movies these days, a new report shows.
Nearly one in five Americans incorrectly say President Obama is a Muslim, up from 11%. last year, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. ...
The Army said Friday it was investigating a claim that dozens of soldiers who refused to attend a Christian band's concert at a Virginia military ...
Officials in a Florida city have denied a church that is seeking to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11 a permit to set a bonfire.
As college freshmen head off, these four books offer ways to head off trouble.
Jeremy Short's students read comic books in class. Then they take exams, do well, and finish the semester with an understanding of the fundamentals ...
As a professor, how do you get dropout-prone college students to stay in school? Give them your cellphone number. How do you get professors to ...
Coral that survived the 2004 tsunami is now dying at one of the fastest rates ever recorded because of a dramatic rise in water temperatures ...
Scientists returning from a 30-day research expedition to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands found what they believe are 10 new species of co ...
Flood-Ravaged Nation Waits for International Aid; Disaster Complicates American Goals of Defeating al Qaeda A Plastic Surgeon's Risky Affair With A Patient Turns Deadly ... Now a Shocking New Death Controversy over Planned Mosque near Ground Zero Forces Americans to Examine How Tolerant They Are - Or Are Not Arrest Warrant Withdrawn against WikiLeaks Founder, But Julian Assange Remains Suspected of Molestation in Separate Case Amid Fragile Economic Recovery, Barack Obama Faces Heat for Latest Getaway, but Presidents Are Never Too Far from the Job Water Expected to Recede in Next Few Days, but Dozens of Towns Bear Latest Brunt of Disaster; 150K Evacuated Top Commander in Afghanistan Tells "CBS Evening News" Anchor Katie Couric that Afghan Gov't Would Lead Taliban Negotiations Salmonella Outbreak Has Sickened More than 1,000 with Total Number Expected to Rise; Recall Expanded to 2nd Iowa Farm Obama's Pick to Run BP's $20 Billion Claims Fund Says Businesses Far Away from Gulf Coast Might Not Get Paid New Job Offer Expected to be Discussed for Official Forced to Resign after Conservative Blogger Depicted her as Racist Egyptian Minister Retracts Statement that $50M Work was Confiscated at Airport, Says He Received "False" Information Five-Time Emmy Award Winner Worked on "48 Hours" Since 1988 Premiere, Interviewed Patricia Hearst, O.J. Simpson "48 Hours Mystery"'s Peter Van Sant Remembers His Departed Colleague, Friend |
