The Raw Story
Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott Jr. says customers are “running out of money.”
Earlier this week, consumer juggernauts Home Depot and Wal-Mart reported softer than expected earnings.
Penned the New York Times, “the sober… Continue reading
Bloomberg
Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) — A small South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two 19-cent washers to an Army… Continue reading
Some say that the government and the media are partners in a vast conspiracy, with a goal of making you so afraid that you’ll submit to their every desire. And, well—that sounds about… Continue reading
Shanghai’s World Financial Center, the tallest building in China upon completion, defied all known physics yesterday afternoon when it caught fire but did not collapse, a modern day miracle… Continue reading
Local and federal agencies are to have vastly expanded access to information gathered from spy satellites in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reports.
On Friday, the Dow Jones clawed its way back from a 200-point deficit to a mere 31-point loss after the Federal Reserve injected $38 billion into the banking system. The… Continue reading
Wcco
CBS ST. CLOUD, Minn. A St. Cloud, Minn. woman in the middle of a custody battle is facing an unusual order from the court. A district court investigator is recommending that Christa Burton stop… Continue reading
The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is… Continue reading
With large swaths of the Gulf Coast still in ruins from Hurricane Katrina, rich federal tax breaks designed to spur rebuilding are flowing hundreds of miles inland to investors who are buying up… Continue reading
AlterNet
Smoking pot won’t make you crazy, but trying to find the truth behind the recent rash of headlines regarding a supposed link between cannabis and mental illness might.
According to the Associated Press and other… Continue reading
Bob Herbert has written a powerful essay on violence in America, unfortunately hidden behind the firewall of the New York Times Op Ed page. If you have… Continue reading
The American public as a whole appears to be increasingly critical of the news provided by mainstream media, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. But digging deeper into the… Continue reading
At least 20,000 police surveillance cameras are being installed along streets here in southern China and will soon be guided by sophisticated computer software from an American-financed company… Continue reading
Ron Paul Supporters Were Right to be Worried About Republican’s Choice of Diebold to Tally Votes…
As we reported on July 15, Ron Paul’s supporters… Continue reading
August 10, 2007 (Computerworld) — Microsoft Corp. has had to create a new build of Windows XP Professional for computer makers… Continue reading
Prison Planet
The Ward Churchill of the demented right-wing has a deathwish for terror in order to unite the country
Another feverish Neo-Con has come out of the closet and admitted to… Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) - Whites are now in the minority in nearly one in 10 U.S. counties. And that increased diversity, fueled by immigration and higher birth rates among blacks and Hispanics, is straining… Continue reading
A VOLISH INSECURITY expert has issued a stinging attack on the US’s War on Terror.
Steve Riley, senior security strategist at Microsoft said that too much security was a bad thing and… Continue reading
More than half of Americans say US news organizations are politically biased, inaccurate, and don’t care about the people they report on, a poll published Thursday showed.
And poll respondents who use… Continue reading
London Telegraph
The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if Washington imposes… Continue reading
The top spot in a Congressional softball league belongs to drug reform advocates who are “busting the stoners-as-slackers stereotype,” Roll Call reports.
The “One Hitters,” took… Continue reading
LINDENHURST, N.Y. AP - A mother accidentally ran over her 5-year-old son as she moved her minivan to a different location outside her home, killing the boy, police said Monday.
Christine Schilling told… Continue reading
Aug 04
Foot and mouth returns
An immediate national ban on the movement of all cattle, pigs, sheep and goats was imposed last night after foot and mouth disease was confirmed in cattle at a… Continue reading
Aug 03
Is this the Internet?
It’s a girl — again — for the Duggars. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar welcomed their 17th child, and seventh daughter, into the world Thursday… Continue reading
It’s no secret that people like to collect music on their PCs, with music files taking up more and more hard drive space as time goes on. Recent data… Continue reading
ROME (Reuters) - A Sicilian mother took away her 61-year-old son’s house keys, cut off his allowance and hauled him to the police station because he stayed out late.
Tired of her son’s misbehavior… Continue reading