Democrats to focus trade policy on protectionism, tariffs and subsidies
• McClatchy NewsThe American worker, not Corporate America, will be the central focus of U.S. trade policy as far as the new Democratic majority of Congress is concerned.
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FTC plans to study how the junk food industry markets to children
• McClatchy NewsAt Congress' request, the FTC is prepared to force about 50 food and beverage manufacturers and fast-food restaurant companies to fork over details on how much they spend on such marketing and how they do market.
County Attorney not happy snuffing people takes so long
• Arizona RepublicMaricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas unveiled sweeping proposals that he says will speed up death penalty cases, which take years to crawl through the legal system. Arizona hasn't executed anyone since 2000 and there is a backlog of roughly 118
The New Media Offensive Against Withdrawal
• by Norman Solomon (AntiWar)The present situation is grimly instructive for anyone who might wonder how the Vietnam War could continue for years while opinion polls showed that most Americans were against it. Powerful media institutions are spinning against a pullout of U.S. tr
Milton Friedman, RIP
• AntiWar blogA long-time opponent of the draft, Friedman served on the presidential commission that finally abolished what he forthrightly called a form of slavery. At a conference on the War on Drugs, which he also opposed, Friedman recalled the anti-draft movem
Democrats want to raise minimum wage to $7.25
• APSen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts said that increasing the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 would be his top priority as chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Robot, heal thyself -- welcome to the future
• ReutersScientists said they created a brainy, four-legged robot resembling a starfish that can sense damage to its body and, on its own, think up a way to recover.
Congress weighs FDA drug safety reforms
• ReutersCongress must give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration more authority and funding so it can restore its reputation and better protect patients from harmful drugs, witnesses told a Senate hearing.
Boston men cleared in slayings sue gov't
• APTwo Boston men spent 30 years in prison for an underworld slaying they did not commit after a judge ruled that the FBI withheld evidence that would have cleared the pair to protect a mob hitman who was serving as an informant.
Supernovas shed light on dark energy in report
• ReutersSuns that exploded 9 billion years ago have helped prove that a mysterious force called dark energy was pushing the universe apart even back then. They still do not understand dark energy -- which appears to be everywhere, pushing everything apart wi
Arizona worst in U.S. for traffic safety
• East Valley Tribune[ahhh, the stench of new restrictions coming] Arizona’s lenient child safety laws and lack of teen driver restrictions make it the worst of the 50 states when it comes to preventing traffic related injuries, according to a study to be released today.
Nevada town to fine for foreign flags
• USA TodayThe Nevada town of Pahrump is taking a stand not just against illegal immigrants but flags they may bring with them. The elected town board in the remote Mojave Desert community voted 3-2 to enact an ordinance making it illegal to fly a foreign natio
(Video) Jackboot Thugs Repeatedly Taser Student For Failure To Show I.D.
• KNBC Channel 4 L.A.He had been working at a computer in the back of the lab and had failed to produce a student ID during a random check performed by community service officers, the newspaper reported.
Iraq govt orders arrest of top Sunni cleric
• ReutersIraq's Shi'ite-led government ordered the arrest of the country's top Sunni cleric on suspicion of "supporting terrorism", a move that could raise sectarian tensions further amid mounting violence.
Democrats defy Pelosi, elect Pro-War Hoyer House leader
• ReutersA week after winning back control of the U.S. Congress, divided Democrats in the House defied incoming speaker Nancy Pelosi and elected Steny Hoyer to be majority leader, a Democratic Party aide said.
Lincoln Group: Unethical weapon of mass deception
• Media TransparencyA public relations outfit has been awarded yet another Pentagon contract. This time, it's $20 million for monitoring the media. Since the inception of the Iraq war the Bush Administration aimed to control the news about, and from Iraq.
Physics promises wireless power
• BBCThe tangle of cables and plugs needed to recharge today's electronic gadgets could soon be a thing of the past. US researchers have outlined a relatively simple system that could deliver power to devices such as laptop computers or MP3 players
Sudan accused of invading Chad
• APA Chadian diplomat has accused its neighbour, Sudan, of invading his country and destabilising the region.
Venezuela's Chavez is losing influence, says U.S
• ReutersVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez is losing influence worldwide and his "rhetorical bombs" against President George W. Bush have back-fired, a senior U.S. official said. [when you wish upon a star]
Saudi Arabia is experimenting with peaceful nuclear technology
• APSaudi Arabia is experimenting with nuclear technology for peaceful purposes but is not interested in acquiring nuclear weapons, the Saudi ambassador in Kuwait said. [good dog]
Community responds to Taser use in Library
• Daily Bruin (UCLA)Mostafa Tabatabainejad, a UCLA student, was repeatedly stunned with a Taser and then taken into custody when he did not exit the Library in a timely manner. Community Service Officers had asked Tabatabainejad to leave after he failed to produce his B
Man arrested for having sex with roadkill
• MetroA man is accused of having sex with the carcass of a deer that he found lying beside the road – but his lawyer denies that he committed bestiality, on the grounds that a dead deer isn't an animal any more.
Al Qaeda's strength is building
• NY Daily NewsOsama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban are gaining strength despite being battered since Sept. 11, 2001, two top spy masters told Congress. Despite the "substantial losses" Bin Laden has a "pretty deep bench" of you
Bush warns N. Korea on nuclear transfers
• APHurt by election losses back home, President Bush tried to exert his authority on the world stage by warning a nuclear-armed North Korea against peddling its weapons and vowing the US would not retreat into isolationism.
Increasing Omega-3 fatty acids helps prevent dementia
• News TargetA study by researchers at Tufts University in Boston has added to growing evidence that suggests increased levels of omega-3 fatty acid doscosahexaenioc acid(DHA) in the blood can significantly lower the rish of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Pelosi: Useful Soviet Idiot?
• Canada Free PressInvestigative journalists doing their jobs should dig deeply -- really deep -- into Nancy Pelosi's role in the controversial, $280-million, federal funded Hunters Point Shipyard affair -- in relation to her alleged role as an investor in a real e
Iraq gov't faces crisis as staff abducted, tortured
• AFPKidnappers tortured many of the dozens of hostages seized from a government building and killed some of them, a minister said warning he felt Iraq no longer has an effective government. Some 75 hostages remained in captivity after the raid by militia
Unleash the Shiites?
• LA TimesAS SECTARIAN violence rises in Iraq and the White House comes under increasing pressure to revamp its strategy there, a debate is emerging inside the Bush adminstration: Should the US abandon its efforts to act as a neutral referee in the ongoing ci
Connolly charged in protest on interstate
• Portland Press Herald(ME)Thomas Connolly, a one-time Democratic gubernatorial candidate, is counting on a jury to clear him of charges that he threatened a South Portland(ME) police officer with a toy assault rifle while dressed as Osama bin Laden on Halloween. (Maybe V can
Immigrant entrepreneurs key to US
• UPIA survey commissioned by the National Venture Capital Association says immigrant entrepreneurs have had a profound impact on job creation. The group's study, authored by Stuart Anderson of the National Foundation for American Policy and Michaela
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