At 1.7 billion per year for a total of 17 billion dollars - equaling less than 2.5 % of the current 700 billion dollar bailout - we could end the AIDS epidemic in Africa in 10 years which would affect the AIDS...
created by jaurez | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 341 views | 15 recommendations | 0 comments
"LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 -- Wind-whipped wildfires continued to burn through Southern California on Tuesday after scorching nearly 27,000 acres statewide, claiming two lives and forcing thousands of people to flee...
created by steve468 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 183 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has dramatically ramped up the rhetoric condeming Russia, saying the country has taken a "dark turn." The new harsh words come at the same time that the Bush administration has cancelled a nuclear deal wth the country."Secretary of State...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 179 views | 14 recommendations | 2 comments
Apparently, a conservative backlash had nothing to do with the failure of John McCain's immigration bill and its path to citizenship."The McCain campaign has begun airing a new Spanish-language television commercial in the battleground states of Colorado, Nevada and New...
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Documents from the famous cold war court case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1953 accusing them of spying for the Russians have at long last been released, and they show that much of the evidence against...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 216 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Republican Senator John McCain's vice-presidential nominee, Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, has definitely set the stage for a battle between the Republican and Democratic parties to secure the women's vote that...
So, it begins. Another season of college football and the USC Trojans starts it off with a bang in Scotts Stadium. It looked like a walk in the park, or was this just a practice game? " CHARLOTTESVILLE,...
created by lgal3824 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1402 views | 14 recommendations | 2 comments
The saga of the Government getting tanked continues. After several false starts and missteps the bidding was opened up again, now Boeing is asking for more time."Boeing said it may pull out of the competition to...
created by World_Groove | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 312 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
Well we have some movement at last, showing the Russians are taking heed of the cease fire agreement. Everything of course is at a snail pace. "GORI, Georgia -- Russian troops pulled out of the Georgian city of Gori Friday in what Moscow said was compliance with a cease-fire...
"WAH, Pakistan, Aug. 21 -- At least 60 people were killed and 100 were injured in coordinated suicide bombings Thursday at Pakistan's largest army munitions factory, the latest in a series of Taliban attacks against government targets. "
At long last, some members of the media are starting to look at the Barack Obama celebrity phenomenon, and evaluate how he's been covered vs. other candidates. The results, including one comprehensive study noted in this article, are clear: the media loves Obama and features...
This is yet more ammo for the anti-Patriot Act crowd: newly-unearthed records show nearly 300 hours of surveillance was carried out between 2005 and 2006 on anti-war and anti-death penalty activists in Maryland,...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 340 views | 41 recommendations | 8 comments
It never ceases to amaze me how many different ways dogs are of service to us. "We could all use one from time to time: a dog that can find the darn cellphone.Maryland has three. Their job is to sniff out phones smuggled into prisons. "
Fascinating read, with one quote that I believe inadvertently accurately defines the "millenials" in an unexpected way." But the next generation, a growing force in presidential politics, the job market and the spread of social networking, is harder to define. Lumped under...
As I earlier noted in "Death of Newspapers? Save the Press!", one of the core strengths of traditional newspapers is the constant interaction with readers. Here, Marc Fisher aptly demonstrates this strength in responses to reader's views on the death of alleged cop killer...