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JUST how much oil is there off the coast of Brazil? Until recently, Brazil's oil reserves were thought to be relatively modest: about 12 billion barrels at the beginning of 2007, according to BP, or about
Bill Maher's final "New Rule" from the April 11, 2008 episode of Real Time:New Rule: Whenever you combine a secretive compound, religion and weirdos in pioneer outfits, there's going to be some child-f*cking going on.
It is now commonplace and politically correct to blame what is referred to as the excesses of capitalism for the economic problems we face, and especially for the Wall Street fraud that dominates the business news. Politicians are having a field da
The second trial of 6 men accused of plotting attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices ended with a second hung jury, another embarrassing blow to a case the Bush administration had cited as an example of nipping a devastating terrorist a
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates urged Congress to grant the Pentagon permanent authority to train and equip foreign militaries, a task previously administered by the State Dept., and to raise the annual budget to $750 million, a 250% increase.
Wall Street rallied after better-than-expected quarterly results from JPMorgan Chase and two other Dow Jones industrials raised investors' hopes that companies and the economy are indeed recovering from the protracted global credit crisis.
My problem with the [bail out] is that the Fed saved this patient because it's a wealthy one. Saving the biggest investment banks in America is welfare for the rich. Would the Fed do that for you or me if we screwed up our investment portfolio?
In a 7-to-2 decision announced, the US Supreme Court upheld the injection procedures used by Kentucky officials to execute condemned prisoners. The justices ruled the existing procedures do not pose a "substantial risk of serious harm."
A federal judge has turned aside a challenge from New York restaurants and upheld the city’s rules requiring calories to be posted on some menus. Judge Richard Holwell says in a ruling the law is a reasonable approach to the city’s goal of reducing o
30 years ago the US Supreme Court issued a landmark decision, declaring sentencing someone to death for the crime of rape was cruel and unusual punishment. The decision referred to the rape of an adult woman, but it left an issue unresolved.
Further Federal Reserve interest rate cuts appeared more likely after government reports showed a modest rise in inflation and that the housing market remained mired in a deep slump.
The idea of having your personal genetic code unraveled was once a dream reserved for individuals who were fans of science or big on ego -- and deep in pocket. But a new technique has slashed the cost and time of genome sequencing,
Crude oil and gasoline rose to records after the Energy Department reported unexpected declines in U.S. crude inventories and refinery operating rates. Oil climbed to $115.21 a barrel in New York, the highest since futures began trading in 1983. Oil
Federal agents arrested hundreds of people in raids at Pilgrim's Pride chicken plants in 5 states, the latest crackdown on illegal immigrant labor at the nation's poultry producers. In separate sweeps, authorities also arrested dozens of work
A small Pennsylvania company's patent lawsuits could hamstring the government's $1.5 billion effort to make the transition to digital television easier on consumers' wallets. Rembrandt Inc. owns a patent on technology it says is part o
So as a Jew, let me once again say that Jews from all over the world - especially American Jews - should very publicly shun people like Netanyahu at every opportunity and take our religion back from the morally decayed pro-fascist sympathies....
"Now innocent people's DNA will be put into this huge CODIS database, and it will be very difficult for them to get it out if they are not charged or convicted of a crime," McCurdy said.
GOP Presidential Candidate Ron Paul on taxes, eliminating the IRS and the 2008 presidential election.
With momentum building for some form of taxpayer-funded housing rescue, what better time to check in with one of the most ardent bailout opponents, Republican Rep. Ron Paul of Texas? Excerpts from an interview:
Nearly half of all injuries caused by police shootings are the result of officers blasting themselves or a colleague, often during bungled training and demonstrations. Those poor brit bastards.
A scheme that trades one male status symbol for another has achieved a large rise in the number of men undergoing vasectomies in a bandit-ridden region of central India.
"We're going to find you and snuff you out....Like a rat you're going to hide. But like a rat, we're going to catch you and pull you out...." Rev. Pfleger also promised: "We're going to snuff out legislators that are vo
Cantarell, which currently produces one of every 50 barrels of oil on the world market, is fading so fast analysts believe Mexico may become an oil importer in eight years. That would batter Mexico's economy, which depends on oil exports....
Are Americans unusually stupid or is it something our president put in the water? ? As millions surrender their homes and sacrifice other standards of our nation’s economic and political reputation to the caprice of the Bush-Cheney imperium, a majori
In Riverside County, 1 in 92 households went into some form of foreclosure last month, compared to nearly 1 in 200 during the same period a year earlier, according to RealtyTrac.
``The markets actually have control over those relationships. When people say strong dollar, if they don't mean that `we believe intervention can work and we're prepared to intervene,' then `strong dollar' is ridiculous.''
[Sorry, couldn't help myself.] A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a German newspaper reported Tuesday, after spotting the boffins had miscalculated.
The U.S. military has released Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein after holding him for more than two years. A U.S. military statement on Monday said Hussein is no longer considered a threat.
``A nation in recession spells disaster for a housing market that is already in a rapid descent,'' Celia Chen, an economist at Moody's Economy.com in West Chester, Pennsylvania, said before the report. ``Residential construction is in a f
Looking ahead to 2010-2011 I see a different set of problems. Those problems are Alt-A and Pay Option ARMS. And that is where the liar loans (no-doc loans) are hidden. Liar loans are likely to blow up long before we get to 2011
