IOC plans tougher sanctions, Olympic ban for doping cheats

I wonder if this means you could juice up, then rat someone out and still win the Gold?

Underreported?: Libby a Mossad Agent?

I realize the attributed report is based on one unnamed source, but shouldn't mainstream news be investigating whether there is anything to this? If it turned out to be true, would this not be potentially a case of treason? "I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been a long-serving...

Underreported? : Cheneys Alleged to be Linked to Yellowcake Forgeries

I read this piece on Truthout by Ray McGovern, a former CIA Analyst, in March. I thought there would be some follow-up in the mainstream news. The insinuation that Dick and Lynne Cheney are somehow connected to the Iraq-Niger-yellowcake forgery that led to the infamous "16...

NPR not Allowed to say "genital warts" ?

Whatever happened to the journalist's obligation to inform the public? I listened to this interview conducted by NPR's Linda Wertheimer with Dr. Jeanne Santoli of the CDC and came away stunned at how they could omit the two most obvious and important points of the whole...

The Mariana Trench of Sports Records

Philadelphia Phillies Record 10,000th Loss in Franchise History  "The Tao begot one. One begot two. Two begot three. And three begot the ten thousand things. The ten thousand things carry yin and embrace yang. They achieve harmony by combining these forces. Men hate to...

Runaway Wrecking Ball in Meadville, PA

How is this for physics lesson at Allegheny College?  A 1500-pound wrecking ball snapped free from its tether today in Meadville, PA, 90 miles north of Pittsburgh. The ball was being used to demolish part of the library on the Allegheny's campus.  When the cable...