Phillips spins off electrowetting company
• PC MagazinePhilips Research announced today that it has successfully spun out a startup dedicated to "electrowetting," a technique that will be used to drive a new generation of consumer displays.
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Government religious persecution victims soon to be released
• Associated PressWACO, Texas - Thirteen years after the Branch Davidians' armed standoff with federal agents ended in an inferno that killed nearly 80 people, six sect members who were sent to prison are about to be released from custody.
US records drastic drop in death rate
• Associated PressIn what appears to be an amazing success for American medicine, preliminary government figures released Wednesday showed that the annual number of deaths in the U.S. dropped by nearly 50,000 in 2004 — the biggest decline in nearly 70 years.
The Immigration Payoff
• Business WeekLiving south of the U.S. border can be a surreal experience. When I was in Tijuana recently trying to navigate a poorly marked main artery to return a rental car, I suddenly realized I was on the wrong side of the four-lane highway, heading toward Sa
Tiny bioreactor to boost biofuel production
• USA TodayA tiny chemical reactor that can convert vegetable oil directly into biodiesel could help farmers turn some of their crops into homegrown fuel to operate agricultural equipment instead of relying on costly imported oil.
More calls to get tough on immigrants
• USA TodayRecent demonstrations demanding that immigration laws be eased are fueling new interest in states far from the U.S.-Mexican border in groups that support stricter immigration enforcement.
Republican pork coming back to haunt broke government
• Christian Science MonitorRemember Alaska's "bridge to nowhere"? It's about to be topped by what critics call Mississippi's "railroad to nowhere," which is quickly becoming the poster child for excessive spending by the Republican-controlled Co
New illegal immigrant work stoppage and boycott day set
• Associated PressOrganizers of the movement that has led hundreds of thousands of immigrants onto the nation's streets are split over whether to press ahead with the next big protest — a May 1 national work stoppage and student boycott.
Medical board fights to preserve the medical guild
• Associated PressA state medical board has ordered 14 weight-loss businesses that perform a procedure called ear stapling to close their doors, alleging they are operating illegally. The businesses targeted receive compensation for offering treatment for obesity, Mor
Oil almost $74 a barrel today
• ReutersEuropean Brent crude oil held firm near its $74-a-barrel record high on Thursday after a steep drawdown in U.S. gasoline stocks fueled fears of tight summer supplies at a time of growing anxiety over Iran's exports.
Gold goes up $7 in a day
• ReutersGold put on more than $7 an ounce on Thursday as investors bet the rally driving prices to their highest in a quarter century was gaining momentum. Record-high oil prices stoking fears that inflation will bite into the dollar's buying clout ha
Gasoline supplies in US refineries dropping
• Associated PressThe U.S. Energy Department said the nation's supply of gasoline shrank by a larger-than-expected 5.4 million barrels last week to 202.5 million barrels. The decline, the seventh in as many weeks, pushed gasoline [When demand exceeds supply?]
"Brotherhood of Darkness" - Book by Dr. Stanley Monteith
• WorldNetDailyWhy are groups like the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bilderbergers – groups whose members are obviously powerful with connections to wealth and political influence – never the subject of the evening news?
Chertoff downplays Mexican military incursions
• WorldNetDailyThe Border Patrol has tracked 216 incursions by Mexican military or police forces since 1996, the Daily Bulletin first reported Sunday.
Minutemen to government: Build a fence, or we will!
• Associated PressMinuteman border watch leader Chris Simcox has a message for President Bush: Build new security fencing along the border with Mexico or private citizens will. Simcox said Wednesday that he's sending an ultimatum to the president, through the med
Those over 40s enjoy sex best, report reveals
• China DailyMiddle-aged and older people in Western countries were the first to take the contraceptive pill, challenge the institution of marriage and campaign for women's rights, and now they are continuing to reap the benefits of the sexual revolution.
Breast implants don't affect cancer risk - study
• WASHINGTON (Reuters)Silicone breast implants do not affect the risk of cancer in women who have cosmetic surgery, according to a company-funded study released on Tuesday that said smoking habits, weight and giving birth had a greater impact.
US makes top 4 list of most citizens government kills per capita
• ReutersMore than 2,000 people were known to have been executed around the world last year, the vast majority of them in China, followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States, Amnesty International said. In its annual report on executions, the rights
Germany to release archive files on millions of Nazi victims
• Luke Harding in Berlin - The GuardianYesterday a justice ministry spokesman said that digital copies of the records would be handed over to all 11 countries including Israel, the US and Britain. They had not been released earlier because of Germany's strict privacy laws.
China refuses to float its money
• ReutersChinese President Hu Jintao stood firm against U.S. demands to significantly revalue China's currency as a way of reducing his country's vast trade surplus with the United States.
Pentagon releases new list of Guantanamo detainees
• ReutersThe Pentagon released its most extensive list of foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, providing the names and nationalities of 558 detainees who went through a hearing process there.
Update - One Down: World Awaits Pitt, Jolie's Baby (well, maybe not the whole world)
• ForbesNow that TomKitten has been born, the world still awaits the birth of another superbaby: the expected child of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
Archeologists Begin to Find Evidence of Bosnia Pyramid
• Associated PressResearchers on Wednesday unearthed geometrically cut stone slabs that they said could form part of the sloping surface of what they believe is an ancient pyramid lying beneath a huge hill. "These are the first uncovered walls of the pyramid,
Oil Trades Above $72 as U.S. Stockpiles Unexpectedly Declined
• Bloomberg.comOil traded above $72 for a second day in New York after a government report showed U.S. stockpiles unexpectedly fell as the peak season for demand approaches.
European Union @ United Nations
• UNIs this a European Union or United Nations site???
Victory to Romano Prodi in the Italian election... Maybe
• CNNDuring his five years at the Commission, Prodi also oversaw the completion of the biggest single expansion of the European Union, from 15 to 25 countries in May 2004.
Rove's Role Reduced, McClellan Resigns in White House Shakeup
• By Tom Hamburger, Richard Simon, and Ronald BrownsA former White House official who had talked recently with Bolten said Wednesday's moves resulted from Bolten's view that he needed to address three serious problems facing Bush: deteriorating press coverage, souring relations with Congress,
Enron, investment espionage and the White House
• http://tomflocco.com/Active CIA and FBI agents were “loaned” to Enron for corporate espionage tied to offshore special purpose entities, pre-9/11 insider trading and profits of death
David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D Professor of Economics University of Georgia - "How Taxes Really Work
Ernest HancockThis is a good explanation of how income taxes really works!!
Israel Warns of New 'Axis of Terror'
• News LinkIsrael's U.N. ambassador Dan Gillerman cautioned that a new "axis of terror" - Iran, Syria and the Hamas-run Palestinian government - was sowing the seeds of the first world war of the 21st century. (World War ???)
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