Why the Financial Meltdown Reflects the Fundamental Failure of the Bush-McCai...

"The financial meltdown on Wall Street is more than a cyclic correction brought on by a mismanaged business cycle. It is emblematic of a problem at the very foundation of the right wing economic philosophy that...

This just has to be a great week for gold and silver! « Peter J. Cooper’s ...

"It looks like the financial crisis will claim its first big victim this week in the shape of Lehman Brothers, unless ‘a miracle occurs’ in the words of one observer. Meanwhile, shares in Merrill Lynch plunged 50 per cent last week on fears over its viability; American...

Vidal urges schools to give room for academic freedom, teach truth

"WHILE denying that Catholic schools convert or “proselytize members for the Church,” Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal asked that they be unashamed in proclaiming Jesus’ truth. He said the words while celebrating mass during the Sacred Heart School-Jesuit (SHS-J)...

Dogs bust inmates using cell phones to carry out crimes

"HAGERSTOWN, Maryland (CNN) -- Chante Wright was set to testify against a career criminal when she was gunned down on the streets of Philadelphia in January. Investigators believe it was a hit ordered from prison, by an inmate using a cell phone. ...

Inside The US's Largest Mental Institution

In the first part of this series here, we looked at mothers in Ohio prisons raising their babies in jail.In this second part, it looks at the largest mental institution in the US, which is actually a wing of a county jail. It's called Twin Towers because of the way it was...

Batman vs. Babies: Sen. Tom Coburn's Battle with the U.S. Senate

The brawl between Sen. Dr. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and the U.S. Senate escalated again this week as an Ethics panel attacked him for delivering babies--for free. The feisty Oklahoma senator says that the core issue is about citizen representation. Citing Washington and other...

`Cuckoo's Nest' hospital to be torn down

The set of the film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', Oregon State Hospital, is going to be torn down. Most of the dilapidated, 125 year-old building will be torn down and replaced this fall."Although mean Nurse...

Anxious customers line up at IndyMac to withdraw money

Worried customers lined up outside IndyMac to withdraw their money this morning.  IndyMac was seized by federal investigators on Friday.  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp automatically insures customers...

Israeli Shin Bet Tortures Young Prize-Winning Palestinian Journalist

Mohammed Omer, at 24 the youngest recipient ever of the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism was seized upon his return to Israel after accepting the 2008 prize and subsequently tortured by agents of the Israeli...

Astronomers on verge of finding Earth's twin

"It's just a matter of time before Earth's twin can be found, scientists say. And they believe it is surely hiding somewhere in our star-studded galaxy. Momentum is building: Just last week, astronomers...

Zoo performs first reverse vasectomy on horse

" WASHINGTON - Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo have revealed they reversed a vasectomy on an endangered horse to allow it to reproduce naturally — the first-known...

Rid AGO of corrupt officials: MPs | The Jakarta Post

" Lawmakers are joining the calls for the government to rid the Attorney General's Office (AGO) of corrupt prosecutors in a move to build up the institution's credibility. A major bribery scandal involving...

Spain treats child phone addicts

After news of impotency owing to excessive usage of Mobile now kids are being treated for addiction to their mobile phones. "Two children in Spain have been admitted to a mental health institution to be treated for...

B.C. Blacklists Private University

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOn one hand our Premier was prancing around the province with this official University Conferring Wand, flitting from post secondary institution to institution granting...

Canadian Med Students: The Luck "O" the Irish

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanadian Med students looking for that MD shingle to hang on their door are finding countless roadblocks trying to get into medical schools in their own country, a country...

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