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New GMO Con: Climate Genes
Get ready for a new wave of hyperbolic unsubstantiated spin from the biotech industry. This time they will claim they can save the food supply from climate change."First the biotech industry promised that its...
Flooding continues in Louisiana
Rain, rain and more rain. Shreveport Louisiana got drenched with rain over the last few days and remains under a flood watch. So far at least 125 have been flooded."A third day of drenching storms loomed...
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,077
Apart form economic loss, USA has lost thousands of military personnel in Iraq War. There is no sign of any let up in US casualty and as war continues there the figure will soar." As of Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at...
Report: GE getting out of appliance business
"General Electric Co. plans to auction off its appliances business, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.GE has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to run an auction for the appliance division, according to the newspaper, which quoted unidentified sources. The sale could...
Virginia Beach woman charged with indecent libert...
"Police have charged a 39-year-old woman with taking indecent liberties with a 15-year-old boy after the boy's parents discovered their relationship on MySpace.com."
'Shamed' Austrian man kills family with ax
I wish this weren't real. Another father murders his family."(CNN) -- An Austrian man has confessed to killing five members of his family with an ax, Vienna police said Wednesday....
Five at Guantanamo to face capital charges
After many years, it would appear charges are being brought against alleged planners of the 9/11 attacks. "A Pentagon official has formally approved death penalty charges against reputed 9/11 architect Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other men for allegedly conspiring in the...
Heathrow T5 boss leaves BAA job
The man who was responsible for the opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5 has chosen to resign his position. "Mark Bullock had "chosen to leave" his job as the airport's managing director because of a change to management...
10,000 Dead in China Quake, More Feared
UPDATE: 6:04 p.m. EDT May 12, Death toll reaches 10,000Chinese authorities estimate 10,000 deaths in Sichuan province alone. The earthquake was felt as far as away as Vietnam."The report came as Premier...
Suge Knight knocked out & hospitalized
The founder of Death Row Records, Marion “Suge” Knight was beat up and knocked out last night. Knight did not corporate with police, and stated he’d deal with the incident internally as opposed to filing...
Twitter breaks Chinese earthquake news
The Globe and Mail's Mathew Ingram wrote about Twitter's news breaking success today as well. If you don't read Mathew's blog it's worth checking out for a Canadian perspective on technology. Here's what Mathew had to say today:""Like many others, I woke up...
Toxic air fears after Oklahoma twister
The Environmental Protection Agency is checking for high levels of lead in the air after a twister swept through Picher, Oklahoma. Picher was formally a center of zinc and lead mining, and noted as one of the...
India's Reliance ADAG to make Hollywood movies wi...
"India's Mumbai-based Reliance ADA Group of Anil Ambani, net worth US$ 14 billion, is trying to do in Hollywood what Tatas and Mittals did in the UK- taking over established businesses. Its Reliance Big Entertainment...
Study links arms and legs with memory loss
Short limbs may be a sign ofnutritional deficits early in life that ultimately play a rolein brain development. Having short arms and legs may raise aperson's risk of developing memory problems later in life,...
Pentagon targeted Iran for Regime Change after 9/11
"Pentagon Targeted Iran for Regime Change after 9/11 Published on Tuesday, May 06, 2008. Source: IPS WASHINGTON - Three weeks after the 9/11 terror attacks, former U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld established an official military objective of not...
