China's Olympic Goal: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue

"BEIJING: Every day, 27 monitoring stations across the city measure air pollution to determine if the skies above this national capital can officially be designated as blue. It is not an act of whimsy: With Beijing preparing to play host to the 2008 Olympics next August, the...

Madonna And Live Nation Change History

" The music industry has grown accustomed to prophecies of doom over the past few years and news that Madonna and Radiohead have abandoned their former paymasters has bolstered the perception that the end of the major record label is nigh. Madonna - the most successful female...

Mexico seeks changes in U.S. border fence plan (Mexico still meddling)

"Mexico seeks changes in U.S. border fence plan 08:40 PM CDT on Monday, July 30, 2007 Associated Press MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government said Monday it is seeking changes in a U.S. plan to expand fences along the two nations' border because of the threat to migratory...

Accustomed to Their Own Atrocities in Iraq, U.S. Soldiers Have Become Murderers

"After four years of war, American Marines and soldiers have become socialized to atrocity. The war in Iraq is now primarily about murder. There is very little killing."

Fear Hinders Black Marrow Donation: Tuskegee Experiments' Legacy

Once bitten, twice shy, as they say."In 1982, transplant surgeon Dr. Clive Callender and his colleagues sat down to took a look at African-American organ donation numbers, and they were grim. While blacks represented about 12 percent of the U.S. population, they represented...