An whistle-blowing Iranian doctor who treated victims of torture at Tehran's most feared prison has died, amid conflicting reports of a heart attack, a car accident or suicide — raising opposition accusations the 26-year-old was killed.
[pass healthcare, bailouts, expand war....] President Obama gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying if government debt were to pile up too much, it could lead to a double-dip recession.
The Oxford-trained mathematician is going global with his message to fellow math geeks who permeate big banks and hedge funds everywhere -- the people he believes drove the financial world to the brink of collapse last year.
Since the election of Barack Obama...anti-government hostility has swept across the US, creating a climate of fervor and activism with manifestations ranging from incivility in public forums to acts of intimidation and violence.
More than half of Britons being offered vaccination against pandemic H1N1 flu are turning it down because they fear side-effects or think the virus is too mild to bother, a survey of doctors showed on Wednesday.
Many of the 107 family doctors poll
Gold rose to record highs above $1,150 an ounce on Wednesday as the dollar index languished, boosting interest in the metal as an alternative asset, after largely benign U.S. inflation data. The metal is likely to break through to further highs in co
Not many busy people, working hard to provide for their families will have even noticed the HUGE news that came out this week, but we all should.
This is earth shaking news, this is a confirmation that the world as we know it will be totally trans
By the time of the Rosenberg case, the grand jury process had been transformed into a rubber stamp for the government. Federal prosecutors now dispense all evidence, witnesses and testimony to grand jurors, who then retire to a deliberation room . .
Not only does one country account for the overwhelming plurality of world military expenditures, but that nation also has troops and bases on all six habitable continents (as well as a 54-year military mission in Antarctica, Operation Deep Freeze) an
See the dazzling Polish Health Minister Ewa Kopacz disarm her detractors on this Polish TV show. She upholds her right to demand accountability from vaccine manufacturers before allowing the Polish government to purchase vaccines. Watch the former He
As has been reported this week, Obama is “retreating” on climate. See: AP: Obama retreats on climate change – November 15, 2009; Obama, now 'The Delayer in Chief?' – November 15, 2009
As many disappointed former supporters of Obama are n
Another healthy teen has fallen prey to the H1N1 flu shot. Doctors diagnosed this 14-year-old's condition as Gullain Barre Syndrome. Fox newscasters make light of his symptoms and say 'he will soon be over it'. Remember Desiree Jennings! There is
And once the virus enters the lungs – hemorrhaging begins immediately in the acinus. A continuous hemorrhage … It takes several hours. In the blood fibrin is formed, and from it – giolinovaya membrane, resembling a plastic bag. It envelops the acinus
To all journalists working in Sweden: The truth is out. Your employers have been revealed. Your employers’ employers have been revealed. Your employers’ employers’ employer has been revealed. The truth is out. The biggest crime against humanity in mo
Interview with Dr. Victor Bachinsky, Head of the Chernivtsi forensic bureau. He says all the victims of the virus in Bukovina (22 persons aged 20 to 40 years) died not from bilateral pneumonia as previously thought, but as a result of viral distress
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid scrambled Tuesday to lock down votes behind a health-care bill that he may present as early as Wednesday.
The Nevada Democrat would not confirm that he had received commitments from all 60 members of his
Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Chiarelli called the Army's record suicide rate this year "horrible" and said the problem of soldiers taking their own lives is the toughest he has faced in his 37 years in service.
A Russian lawyer jailed after uncovering evidence of police involvement in the theft of $230 million from the government has died in prison, officials said Tuesday, and his American partner is accusing the authorities of killing him.
Sergei Magnit
British forces should buy off potential Taleban recruits with "bags of gold", according to a new army field manual published yesterday. Army commanders should also talk to insurgent leaders with "blood on their hands" in order to hasten the end
Two CNN interview videos: one with a 10-year-old boy who won't say the Pledge of Allegiance until gays can marry; and one with a Tea Party tax protester. Notice any differences in the tone of the questioners?
Popular media has amazing influence on society. With a little bit of humor and/or a few disparaging remarks meant to degrade a particular segment of the population, (conservatives, libertarians, patriots) can be outcast, branded as being fringe, dan
Gold traders have their eyes on two non-confirmations that so far have refused to "answer" gold's push to new all time nominal highs -- the relative price of silver to gold and the performance to the equities of mining companies. Silver is lagging
Besides the fact that there is no law requiring one to show their ID before boarding a plane between interstate travel, the main issue here is whether or not providing an ID actually keeps us safer. The 9/11 hijackers all had valid identifications, s
I am writing to encourage people of Arizona to attend an event this Friday in support of the California Farmers who are struggling this year. Their water supply has been cut off due to the radical environmental regulations and the Delta Smelt.
NEW YORK (AP) - Investigators in New York City raided circulation offices at some of the nation's largest newspapers Tuesday as part of a union corruption probe, a law enforcement official said.
Mauritius bought 2 metric tons of gold from the International Monetary Fund, underscoring a drive by central banks to boost holdings as the precious metal trades near a record and the dollar slumps. The $71.7 million sale to the
This is the real story of Canadian Lin Gilbert, diagnosed with debilitating back pain, ignored for over 2 years, and then mercifully helped by a heroic doctor. If Obama Care passes, could Lin's story be yours?