36 States Face Perchlorate Contamination - Yahoo! News

RIALTO, Calif. - Like dozens of other towns nationwide, this working-class suburb is facing an emerging threat of uncertain dimensions %u2014 a chemical used in rocket fuel and defense manufacturing that has befouled nearly half its drinking water supply. Concern spread along...

Lawyers object to Moussaoui guilty plea

Attorneys for Zacarias Moussaoui plan to object Friday to an expected guilty plea by their client, the only person charged in the United States in the terrorism conspiracy behind the September 11, 2001, attacks,...

Three 9/11 suspects go on trial in Spain

Three al Qaeda suspects charged with helping to plan the September 11 attacks in the United States go on trial Friday in Madrid, along with 21 other suspects who allegedly belonged to the al Qaeda cell in Spain.

Google Launches Personal History Feature (AP)

AP - Google Inc. is experimenting with a new feature that enables the users of its online search engine to see all of their past search requests and results, creating a computer peephole that could prove as embarrassing as it is helpful.

Venezuela & USA Itching For War?

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0420/dailyUpdate.html

The Trouble with Wal-Mart: Liza Featherstone interview

If there is one chain that stands above all others in deserving your wrath it is Wal-Mart. The most successful retailer in the world is, not coincidentally, a pioneer of some of the shadiest business practices imaginable. I'm not just talking about reckless sprawl, Kathy...

Clear Channel Flags Music Library

In an ongoing effort to clean up its airwaves, Clear Channel has taken to the task of flagging its internal music library with a new color coding system for users with access to the 63,000+ titles located on the Clear Channel Audio Delivery System. The alert system was...

Crazy New Wi-Fi Works For Miles

http://rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=22269

Bush: U.S. Needs Smarter Ways to Meet Energy Needs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under pressure over rising gasoline prices, President Bush said on Saturday that energy legislation to be debated on Capitol Hill must encourage conservation and increased production of...

Arizona Minutemen Driven Largely By Sense of Insecurity, Victimization

That night, the Minutemen held a meeting in the lobby of the headquarters, preparing for the first day of surveillance. Simcox addressed the group. "We have 100 people going out tomorrow," he said, acknowledging...

Borderless blogs foil Canadian press ban (USA Today)

A Canadian publication ban and an American blogger clashed last week. The court-ordered ban did not survive the impact. The ...

Scientists Rush to Destroy Killer Flu Virus (Reuters)

Reuters - A killer flu virus, sent to laboratories around the world as part of routine test kits, could trigger a pandemic if it escapes, but the chances of that are low, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

Ex-AIG Chief Gave Wife $2B in Shares (AP)

AP - The former chief of American International Group Inc. transferred more than $2 billion worth of company shares to his wife as a gift only days before he was pressed by company directors to resign, according to a regulatory filing.

Bankruptcy Bill Rises From Dead to Suck Life From People

As I wrote four years ago, "Congress is on the verge of approving the “Bankruptcy Reform Act [..]” a wish list of ways to extract money from the bankrupt and near bankrupt. Lawmakers and creditors must...

Porn Outlasts Andrea Dworkin

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gender/story/0,11812,1457609,00.html

Recent Comments

Top Members Today

  • Top Veterans

  • Top Rookies

 

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from