NORAD Exercises (and Other) 9/11 Questions for Kara [UPDATED]

June 2009, 9/11 Commission Team 8 staff member Miles Kara launched a blog- 9/11 Revisited- and has been taking questions from the public, as well posting articles expanding on the 9/11 Commission's work. In this...

BLACKS, MEN: RACIAL & GENDER DISCRIMINATION DON'T SEEM DEAD YET !

Houston, TX -- A Federal Civil suit has been filed in Texas alleging problems of gross, illegal discrimination and unethical conduct by one of the largest YMCAs in the nation. The conflict seems to involve a...

Bernard Madoff gets maximum 150 years in prison

"It strains credulity to believe this man could have perpetrated this fraud single-handedly for so many years," said Jeff Zwerling, a New York lawyer representing Madoff clients.

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Webby Awards 2009: A Night of Dot Com Moguls, Twitteratti, & More

The 13th Annual Webby Awards took place last night, June 8, 2009, in Manhattan heralding all of those dot com moguls, twitterati, and random techies we hear so much about. Hosted by Seth Meyers of Saturday Night...

NAACP Commemorates 100th Anniversary with Plaque

Mayor Bloomberg presented a plaque today commemorating the first NAACP meeting and 100th anniversary taken place on May 30th, 1909. "The NAACP is getting a plaque at the Manhattan site where the organization held its first meeting 100 years ago. " The first NAACP meeting...

'Catcher in the Rye' Sequel Prompts J.D. Salinger to Sue Author

J.D. Salinger, the 90 year-old infamously reclusive author, is suing the author of an unauthorized sequel to his novel The Catcher in the Rye. 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye by the pseudonymous John David California is the alleged unauthorized sequel and is...

New York Air Force One Fly-Past 'Felony Stupidity'

The sight of an Air Force One plane flying over the New York skyline on Monday in a photo-op authorised by the White House has critics calling for answers. Just before the working day began on Monday an airliner...

Swine Flu Pandemic?

http://english.cri.cn/6966/2009/04/27/189s479295.htm http://english.cri.cn/6966/2009/04/27/2001s479286.htm According to the CRI English website, Androulla Vasilliou who is the EU Health Commissioner is in...

Inspirational Art By Child Prodigy, Akiane - Health News

She is Akiane, a christian artist and an indigo child. She paints from her heart. Her subjects: nature and God.I find her work larger than life, especially for someone so young (she’s 13). Many thanks to Kim Brand for turning me on to her.

Reversing Multiple Sclerosis with fat stem cells

Scientists have seen promise with a new fat derived stem cell for the treatment of multiple Scerlosis.  Three patients were injected and all three showed dramatic improvement, including; session of seizures, walking, and cycling after treatment. This science is still in...

Bonuses for "Vital" Workers, others laid off at Chicago Tribune

Looks like the same song and dance in the coorporate world. Lay off the workers and then give bonuses to "vital" employees on the same day of the lay off. How is this not illegal? ""On the same day the Chicago Tribune cut 53 jobs from its newsroom, its parent Tribune Co....

Some details on organic food

Progressively people are now willing to consume organic food. People also want to be certain that the food they ate does not contain any non-organic component. There are different places where you can get organic food recipes. One of these places is the libraries which are...

NY Governor announces plans to legalize same-sex marriage

Update: 16 April 2009, 6:15 pm EDT "I'm introducing a bill to bring marriage equality to the state of New York," Paterson said..." There is a lot of 'buzz' both for, and against, the legislation announced...

Laying off grandma, after 23 years of dedication at Spansion

A short story of how a grandmother who was dedicated to a Silcon Valley company, Spansion, gets laid off after 23 years. The new CEO, John Kispert, talks of making tough decisions to bring costs "in line" with...

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