Warp speed traveling rogue stars
• Space.comAstronomers last year spotted a star leaving the Milky Way Galaxy. Later one or two more were detected. And today, researchers announced the discovery of yet two more outbound stars.
Current News Headlines
These pages list the most recent news stories reported by the readers and editors of Freedom's Phoenix:
Canada threatens war with USA
• BBCCanadian Prime Minister-elect Stephen Harper has defended plans to send military ice-breakers to the Arctic in defiance of criticism from Washington. US ambassador David Wilkins said that Washington opposed the plan and, like most other countries, d
Top commander says Army stretched in Iraq
• Associated PressThe top US commander in Iraq acknowledged that the Army was stretched but insisted forces here were capable of accomplishing their mission and any recommendation to reduce troops further would be dictated by the situation on the battlefield.
Air Force Plans Test Flights Of Mach 20+ Hypersonic Vehicle
• Space.comA joint U.S. Air Force and DARPA project is moving speedily along— intended to fly to Mach 20, plus some. A Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle-1 (HTV-1) is now on the books for a less than one-hour flight in September 2007.
Is democracy empowering Islamists?
• Christian Science MonitorThe US might now seem hypocritical to many Arabs - encouraging democracy in the Middle East, while rejecting the choices that result from its exercise. Is Mr. Bush's campaign for democracy encouraging the empowerment of Islamist militants
Pentagon paid journalism made its way back to USA news
• ReutersDefense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged in a document made public that information spread by the Pentagon to influence foreign peoples and enemies increasingly seeps back home and is "consumed by our domestic audience."
GM net loss $4.8 billion, much worse than expected
• ReutersGeneral Motors Corp. posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $4.8 billion on Thursday, a sea of red ink deeper than the most pessimistic Wall Street estimate, as costs for layoffs and plant closures soared.
Cell-phone sex; Who will be the first provider?
• ReutersDial P for porn? It may never be quite that easy. But cell-phone pornography is a fast-growing business that analysts expect will generate about $2 billion in global revenue by 2009.
Government Search Fears Spark Interest in Web Anonymizers
• eWeekIn the last week, traffic to Dingledine's Free Haven Project, where free software to anonymize Web sessions is available, has skyrocketed to an average of a quarter million visits a day in the last few days. And San Diego-based Anonymizer.com,
US congressman takes Google to task on China
• Financial TimesGoogle will be called to task in Washington next month following a controversial decision by the internet search engine to launch a China-based version of its website that will censor results to avoid angering the country’s Communist government.
US court dismisses challenge to compelled extended Army duty
• ReutersA federal judge has thrown out a legal challenge filed by two soldiers to a U.S. Army policy forcing them to remain in the military for duty in the Iraq war after their voluntary service commitment ended.
Senators debate details of bribing rules
• USA TodayAt the first congressional hearing on revamping the rules, lobbyists argued against proposals to ban privately financed trips for House and Senate members and their aides, saying travel helps them make good policy decisions in an era of globalization
Cingular: How to go from #2 to out of business fast :(
• Cellular NewsCingular Wireless has managed to get a patent on the concept of using emoticon on mobile phones. The aim of the patent is to enable the displaying of MSN style graphics on handsets, they also managed to patent the delivery of text based emoticon - so
FBI didn't seize library records ... 'but we could have'
• CNCFBI agents involved decided not to invoke their right to seize the material, in order to "be cooperative and not inconvenience the library," Marcinkiewicz said. She would not say on what information they had based their decision, citing the
We've heard this before: McCain threatens to expose pork
• Associated Press[Election year alert] Republicans John McCain and Tom Coburn say they're putting their colleagues on notice: They will challenge special projects that senators insert into spending bills until the practice stops.
Soderbergh releases his new movie to directly to DVD
• The IndependentSteven Soderbergh, the multi-accoladed director of Traffic, Erin Brockovich and sex, lies and videotape, releases his new low-budget, experimental movie Bubble, simultaneously in cinemas, on pay-per-view television and on DVD.
One big tunnel under our border
• Agence France PresseUS and Mexican authorities said they had unearthed a massive, 0.62 mile long tunnel dug under their border by drug traffickers, with 2 tons of marijuana inside. Lined with concrete, equipped with ventilation and lights, is cut 85 feet deep
Sheriff demands probe of incursions
• Washington Times"It appears our government is covering this thing up because it just doesn't want to admit there is a problem," he said. "Trade between the United States and Mexico may be more important to Washington than human lives."
Sen. Kerry and Kennedy to filibuster Alito
• CNNSen. John Kerry will attempt a filibuster to block the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. "Judge Alito's confirmation would be an ideological coup on the Supreme Court," Kerry said in a written statement explainin
Iran says Russian nuclear proposal not good enough
• Agence France PresseA Russian proposal to carry out sensitive nuclear fuel work outside Iran to allay fears Tehran is seeking the bomb is "not sufficient" for the Iranians. Talks with Moscow on the complex initiative—which involves enriching Iranian uranium o
Pressure Tactics: Covering up Arizona's election fraud
• by John Dougherty (Phoenix New Times)Show us the ballots!
That's the only way to get to the bottom of a raging scandal that started with an obscure 2004 Republican primary election in the Ahwatukee Foothills and is now entangling 6 prominent Republican officials.
Stench of the economy finally reaching Americans
• USA TodayPoll: Most Americans pessimistic about the economy, divided on the war and doubtful that Bush has the best plan to address health care and corruption. http://usatoday.com/news/polls/2006-01-23-poll.htm#corruption
Sharon isn't only one in coma; Israel, Hamas rather fight than talk
• ReutersInterim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that the Jewish state would not negotiate with a Palestinian government that includes Hamas, set to form the new cabinet after winning a legislative election.
'Mars' looks fine, thanks to IMAX
• USA TodayIn Roving Mars, the trip is "for real" - if you count substantial but cool CGI simulations. Roving serves up lots of barren reds with solid evidence of past planetary water. It does capture the imagination regarding potential
Linux's proposed digital rights management provisions raise concerns
• eWeekThe first draft discussion document for the next version of the GNU General Public License has only just been released, but some businesses are already expressing concern about its digital rights management provisions. DRM "is a malicious featur
Angry British soldiers push for unionization
• The GuardianCourts martial and equipment failures fuel rank and file discontent. A groundswell of discontent among members of the armed forces is leading to calls for the formation of a federation to campaign for the rights of the 250,000 servicemen and women in
Torvalds: No GPL 3 for Linux
• eWeekIn a message to the Linux Kernel Mailing List on Jan. 25, Linus Torvalds made it plain that the Linux operating system is going to stay under General Public License 2 and not migrate to GPL 3.
New 'ray gun' weapon to be tested on Iraqi's?
• The Raw StoryThe "Active Denial System" is a gun that emits an invisible ray which can stop the target without causing any serious pain or harming any bystanders. Others aren't sure if the ray is so "harmless." Details show that at least o
Ethanol Fuel More Advantageous Than Thought
• LiveScience.comProducing a gallon of ethanol gas from corn requires 95 percent less petroleum than producing a gallon from fossil fuels. "It is better to use various inputs to grow corn and make ethanol and use that in your cars than it is to use the gasoline
GOP Freezes Jobs List, a Vestige of the K Street Project
• Washington PostRepublican lawmakers yesterday ended their long practice of routinely summoning lobbyists to the Capitol to try to persuade them to hire their aides and colleagues, in the wake of the Jack Abramoff political corruption scandal.
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