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Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma's ruling junta has revealed. [Now you know where they all disappeared to.]
Defense contractor Brent Wilkes hosted fancy dinner parties and chartered jets for powerful members of Congress while his company was racking up more than $100 million in government contracts. The lawmakers who enjoyed the largess were often the same
Today the Senate passed Bush’s war funding request by an overwhelming vote of 92-3. Quite a coincidence about the five who didn’t vote: they are all
Hundreds of banks and other financial institutions are participating in the largest test of its kind ever conducted to ensure the nation’s financial system can keep functioning in case of an outbreak of pandemic flu.
The House passed the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007. The NAHB, NAR, and MBA all lined up in support. But unseen consequences of the bill may make them think twice in years to come. Legislation piles on top of legislation. Instead, the e
Thwarted in efforts to bring troops home from Iraq, Senate Democrats on Monday helped pass a defense policy bill authorizing another $150 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Your next laptop could have a continuous power battery that lasts for 30 years without a single recharge thanks to work being funded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. The breakthrough betavoltaic power cells are constructed from semiconducto
WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA - A bookstore owner’s obsession with the written word has cost him his Pennsylvania home after local officials deemed his book collection a fire hazard.
Although only polling four percent in the mainstream media, Ron Paul is taking the Internet by storm and is now given a 4 to 1 chance to win the presidency. Through YouTube and MySpace, Ron Paul continues to accumulate a following of young and old,
Iranian news outlets claims nuclear experts packed their bags Friday, increasing speculation of an imminent U.S., Israeli attack.
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Did you know that every leading branch of government including the State Department, Attorney General, US Treasury, IRS, Reno's Justice Dept., FBI, representatives from the UN and Senior White House aides along with the head of the IRS's Exem
Videotapes of angry officers savagely beating civilians and charges that a murder plot was hatched within an elite special operations unit have Chicago's troubled police department reeling again. Federal prosecutors are also investigating claims
At first the campaign asked for a $500,000 target to be met as a demonstration of support at the end of the reporting quarter. He raised $1.2 million in a week. This video demonstrates why.
Our economic growth during the past few years was almost entirely a result of households consuming by going deeper into debt.
Once again New Hampshire's state-wide TV station apparently declined to cover GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-Tex), even though his well-attended "Family Day" rally took place this past weekend in Manchester where WMUR is located
Thousands of US soldiers in Iraq -- as many as 10 a day -- are being discharged by the military for mental health reasons. But the Pentagon isn't blaming the war. It says the soldiers had "pre-existing" conditions that disqualify them
While waiting to be confirmed by the White House for a top civilian post at the Air Force last year, Charles D. Riechers was out of work and wanted a paycheck. So the Air Force helped arrange a job through an intelligence contractor that required
Swiss banking giant UBS warned the crisis in the US housing market had cost it $3.4 billion US dollars from its fixed income, rates and currencies division, as it announced a major management shakeup and plans to cut 1,500 jobs.
Operation Mockingbird was a CIA operation to influence domestic and foreign media, whose activities were made public during the Church Committee investigation in 1975.
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The near doubling in the cost of a college degree the past decade has produced an explosion in high-priced student loans that could haunt the US economy for years. While scholarship, grant money and government-backed student loans
The state Legislature agreed early Monday to raise the income tax and expand the sales tax to services in a deal with the governor that quickly ended a partial state government shutdown. For a little more than four hours, fewer state police
Aides to State Dept Inspector General Howard Krongard threatened two investigators with retaliation this week if they cooperate with a congressional probe into Krongard's office, the chairman of a House of Rep panel and other officials
Upcoming court decision could lead to detailed, binding program that will verify workers' employment status or levy penalties.
Deaths among American forces and Iraqi civilian deaths feel dramatically last month. The US Embassy, meanwhile, joined a broad swath of Iraqi politicians -- both Shiite and Sunni -- in criticizing a nonbinding US Senate resolution seen here as a rec
Citigroup Inc., the nation's largest financial institution, warned its 3rd-quarter earnings are likely to decline 60%, as it takes more than $3 billion in writedowns for securities backed by underperforming mortgages and loans tied to corporate b
Recently, Free Market News reported that at least 2 major Chinese banks have adopted a policy to "sell dollars and buy euros and gold". But the possibility of a Chinese dollar dump has triggered far more elaborate - conspiratorial - rumors
For the first time since 1995, the U.S. bond market is rallying on the assumption that the Federal Reserve has relegated inflation to a secondary concern because the central bank views a recession as a much greater threat to the economy.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told a group of U.S. House Democratic lawmakers that the multinational mission in Afghanistan is suffering from a lack of resources, citing the war in Iraq and the reluctance of U.S. allies to contribute more troops
Alan Greenspan's dark legacy refutes his historical revisionism
Hersh: We have this wonderful capacity in America to Hitlerize people. We had Hitler, and since Hitler we've had 20 of them, Krushchev and Mao and of course Stalin, and for a little while Gadhafi was our Hitler.
