Ex-POWs say McCain experience clear

In a further repudiation of the "Songbird" smear of John McCain, in which he is accused of collaborating with the communist Viet Cong while their prisoner, there are 24 ex-POWs who are at the Republican Convention to support their brother."There are 24 of them here, the men...

FDA lifts warning on tomatoes

"Tomatoes are again safe to eat, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday, weeks after the food was blamed as a source of a salmonella outbreak in the United States and Canada. ...

$100 oil only months away, report says

We've had this debate at NowPublic.com before: are higher oil prices good or bad for the planet?Today there are a number of reports suggesting that the $100 barrel of oil is only a few months away. All of them stem from one analyst's remarks, quoted here:" Oil prices could...

Technology types beg Republicans for favors

They want the departing GOP lawmakers to pass some legislation giving them various tax breaks and access to foreign workers, worried that the Dems might turn them down. Press conference to be held later today."On Tuesday, executives of the Information Technology Industry...

Robert Cox: When will the right recognize the cost of conceding Web 2.0?

This article by Robert Cox is a walking billboard for networks like NowPublic.  Technology continues to amaze me....."WASHINGTON - If you doubt the Internet is causing a sea change in politics, just ask “independent” Senate candidate Joe Lieberman, who came out...

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