Information Clearing House Publisher's Wife Threatened

OPINION: I cannot describe how outraged I am that the right wing warmongers in the USA would stoop to the level of death threats delivered in person to the wife of the publisher of a major website due to the site's...

Search for China earthquake survivors bleak

"BEICHUAN, China (AP) — The search for survivors in the rubble of China's powerful earthquake grew bleak Sunday, with rescuers in some areas no longer listening for trapped victims.There were a few tales of rescues...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

3 Killed in California Plane Crash

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A small airplane crashed in a residential neighborhood, killing three people in a fiery impact that destroyed a car and engulfed palm trees in flames.The Associated Press is working with NowPublic to help get coverage from people affected by this...

Biofuel crops may worsen global warming: study

OpinionBarry Artiste, Straight Facts Environmentalist, Now Public Contributor Gee, and to think I reported these same concerns months ago in my many stories on Junk Science. Clearing forests to make arable land...

Operation Lightning Hammer disrupts al-Qaeda in Diyala

"Operation Lightning Hammer disrupts al-Qaeda in Diyala Print E-mail Sunday, 26 August 2007 Spc. Samuel Melendez of Bravo Troop, 5th Battalion, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, patrols a marsh outside of Qubah, a small...

Vancouver Island electricity cable damaged by Deltaport dumping

"Vancouver Island electricity cable damaged by Deltaport dumping Scott SImpson, Vancouver Sun Published: Thursday, August 02, 2007 An investigation is underway after one of Vancouver Island's main electricity supply...

Russians claim vast swaths of Arctic Ocean

"Russians claim vast swaths of Arctic Ocean Pair of ships travel through ice, reach North Pole in attempt to claim petroleum-rich Arctic sea bed; to plant flag on seabed DOUGLAS BIRCH Associated Press August 1, 2007 at 7:04 PM EDT MOSCOW — A Russian expedition aiming to...

Padilla co-defendant rests case

"Padilla co-defendant rests case By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 37 minutes ago Defense lawyers rested their case Wednesday for one of Jose Padilla's co-defendants in their trial on terrorism support...

Russian ships reach North Pole

"Russian ships reach North Pole 8/1/2007, 12:24 p.m. EDT By DOUGLAS BIRCH The Associated Press (AP) — V MOSCOW — An expedition aimed at strengthening Russia's claim to much of oil and gas wealth beneath the...

'LIFTING THE PALL' Petraeus on Iraq War

"'LIFTING THE PALL' PETRAEUS ON IRAQ WAR 'On a critical endeavor': Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division on a cordon & search for weapons caches and insurgents in Baquba. 'On a critical endeavor':...

Al Gore signals another tilt at the presidency

Al Gore, the man who was robbed of the US presidency has given the clearest signal yet that he make seek revenge in 2008. He has just published a book, "The Assault on Reason," which accuses Bush of bullying the...

Forged Intelligence Documents: Bill Moyers Journal Programming Note

" Airdate: Friday, May 4, 2007 at 9:00 p.m. EDT on PBS. (Check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/moyers.) Italy's foremost investigative reporter, Carlo Bonini, takes viewers on the trail of forged intelligence documents that the Bush administration used to help...

Army Squeezes Soldier Blogs, Maybe to Death

"The U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to stop posting to blogs or sending personal e-mail messages, without first clearing the content with a superior officer, Wired News has learned. The directive, issued April 19, is the sharpest restriction on troops' online activities since...

Escalation Against Iran: The Pieces Are Being Put in Place

"The pieces are moving. They’ll be in place by the end of February. The United States will be able to escalate military operations against Iran. The second carrier strike group leaves the U.S. west coast on January 16. It will be joined by naval mine clearing assets from...

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