Citi Rescue Talks Underway

"The market shrugged off the prospect of a Citigroup meltdown and focused instead on the leak that Timothy Geithner was Obama's pick for Treasury Secretary. Citi fell another 20%, its shares dropping below $4. Have banking catastrophes become so routine that it is now...

America Must Rescue the Bonuses at Goldman Sachs

"America Must Rescue the Bonuses at Goldman Sachs: Michael Lewis Commentary by Michael Lewis Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Anyone who caught even a sliver of yesterday's hearings in the U.S. Senate on the proposed Treasury bailout of the mortgage-backed securities market knows that...

Polar Shift to happen in 2012

Polar Shift  to happen in 2012"In 2012 the next polar reversal will take place on earth. This means that the North Pole will be changed into the South Pole. Scientifically this can only be explained by...

Lawsuit to Prevent Dimensional Meltdown

How do you stop a driven team of scientists from firing up a doomsday machine that will suck the entire planet into an alternate universe? Sue them. True story."he builders of the world's biggest particle collider...

President: people should become used to disasters

""Teach people how to save themselves and show them ways to evacuate so that they are ready to face disasters," he said. The president likewise called for an emergency response by providing medical treatment to...

New theory for mass extinctions (Geological Society of America)

A new theory on just what causes Earth's worst mass extinctions may help settle the endless scientific dust-up on the matter. Whether you favor meteor impacts, volcanic eruptions, cosmic rays, epidemics, or some...

What to Do About Climate Change

"In the years ahead, climate change will have a significant impact on every aspect of the daily lives of all human beings -- possibly greater even than war. Shifting precipitation patterns and ocean currents could change where and how food crops grow. If icecaps melt and...

NPR : Preparing for Future Disasters

As the Gulf Coast states struggle to recover from Hurricane Katrina, people are asking what can be done to prepare for the next disaster. From a massive hurricane in the East to a major earthquake in California, how are communities readying for their own worst-case...

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