The Most Dangerous Place in the World
Thursday, February 26, 2009
BP to pay 179 million dollars to settle Texas pollution case
The Most Dangerous Place in the World
Michele Bachmann: "We're Running Out Of Rich People In This Country"
As Crime Mounts, Mexicans Turn to Vigilante Justice
As the state proves ineffective in the face of a surge in violent crime, many are looking to citizen avengers to fight the gangsters
McDonald's: No workers comp for employee shot protecting patron
Congo, Somalia conflicts make 350,000 new refugees
Enduring conflicts in east and central Africa have produced some 350,000 new refugees since October, worsening an already dire humanitarian situation, aid agencies say.
Diebold 'offices' listed in yellow pages are mostly Wal-Marts
Pakistan to arm village militias to fight terror
Authorities in a Pakistani border province plan to arm villagers with 30,000 rifles and set up an elite police unit to protect a region increasingly besieged by Taliban and al-Qaida militants
Burma Begins Release of Thousands
PHUKET, Thailand, Feb. 22 -- Burma's military government has begun releasing more than 6,300 prisoners, including some members of the opposition National League for Democracy.
The Most Dangerous Place in the World
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash
For years, the juvenile court system in Wilkes-Barre operated like a conveyor belt: Youngsters were brought before judges without a lawyer, given hearings that lasted only a minute or two, and then sent off to juvenile prison for months for minor offenses. The explanation, prosecutors say, was corruption on the bench. In one of the most shocking cases of courtroom graft on record, two Pennsylvania judges have been charged with taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send teenagers to two privately run youth detention centers.
"I've never encountered, and I don't think that we will in our lifetimes, a case where literally thousands of kids' lives were just tossed aside in order for a couple of judges to make some money," said Marsha Levick, an attorney with the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center, which is representing hundreds of youths sentenced in Wilkes-Barre.
Homeowner group protests 'predator' CEOs outside their mansions
Madoff's wife pulled out $15 million before his arrest
The wife of accused Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff pulled $15 million out of a brokerage account only days before her husband was arrested
Corporate fraud run amok: FBI investigating over 500 cases
Military struggles to track Afghans' weapons
The U.S. has been shoveling weapons into the hands of Afghan troops
Deputy who fired shots in wrong house acted 'reasonably and lawfully'
GOP candidate advocates return of segregation
Phelps arrest backfiring on sheriff, local publisher says
In shift, Blackwater dumps tarnished brand name
Blackwater Worldwide is still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, but now calls itself 'Xe'
Iraq vet: We're losing 'more soldiers to suicide than to al Qaeda'
Debt finally topples a Las Vegas high roller
Omar Siddiqui was well-known on 'the Strip.'
Marine’s Arrest Again Raises Issue of Extremists in the Military
ABC News: Neighbor Guilty in MySpace Hoax Case
Lori Drew, infamous of the Myspace suicide of her teenage neighbor, was found guilty today of lesser misdemeanor charges for her role in an online hoax.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Bush overpaid $78 billion for bank shares in bailout, report finds
The betrayal of British torture victim Binyam Mohamed
Todd Palin held in contempt of Alaska state Senate
Crazy Pete Hoekstra
FDA: Ga. plant knowingly shipped tainted products - Yahoo! News
A Georgia peanut plant knowingly shipped salmonella-laced products as far back as 2007
U.S.-backed raid fails, and Congo rebels run wild
Savings lost to Madoff, elderly forced back to work
After losing his entire life's savings, 90-year-old now works the aisles of a grocery store
KBR wins contract despite criminal probe of deaths
Defense contractor KBR Inc. has been awarded a $35 million Pentagon contract involving major electrical work, even as it is under criminal investigation in the electrocution deaths of at least two U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
US Attorney probed RNC chairman for financial fraud
CIA warns Barack Obama that British terrorists are the biggest threat to the US
Barack Obama has been warned by the CIA that British Islamist extremists are the greatest threat to US homeland security.
Andy Ostroy: Guess What? Cheney's Still a Dick!
EXEC IN 400G THEFT BUST
A former Morgan Stanley executive and his wife looted $400,000 from bank accounts set up by customers to pay for their children's college education
Drugmakers' push boosts 'murky' ailment
Two drugmakers spent hundreds of millions of dollars last year to raise awareness of a murky illness, drowning out unresolved questions - including whether it's a real disease
Gitmo: Conditions worsening since election
Talking Points Memo | My? Israel
Polish FM vows to hunt down Taliban killers of hostage
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on Monday denounced the execution of a Polish hostage by the Pakistani Taliban and vowed to hunt down his killers.
Mexican drug violence spills over into the US
Just as government officials had feared, the drug violence raging in Mexico is spilling over into the United States.
Property seized by E. Texas police called 'highway piracy'
Homeowner group protests 'predator' CEOs outside their mansions
Friday, February 6, 2009
Jailed – judge who refused to say sorry
Birtukan Mideksa has been sentenced to life in prison.
Madoff Witness Will Say He Feared for Safety
The man who tried to spur an investigation of Bernard L. Madoff kept his identity a secret out of fear for his life.
Iraqi woman had 80 women raped to recruit suicide bombers
A WOMAN suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has confessed to organising their rapes so she could later convince them that martyrdom was the only way to escape the shame.
Bill would require paid Confederate holiday in SC
Rove says he won't comply with congressional subpoenas
Landlord still wants rent from woman slain by 'Santa'
Israel defends killing of Gaza doctor's daughters
Israel has admitted that one of its tanks killed three girls whose father's cries on live television shocked viewers in the final days of the Gaza offensive, but said the action was "reasonable".
GOP Opposes Pay Limits On Bailed-Out Bankers
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Student withdrawn from UK school over CCTV in toilets
A Teenage pupil has been withdrawn from her school after CCTV cameras were installed in the pupils' toilets.
Anthony White, from Llandysul said the cameras at Ysgol Dyffryn Teifi in Ceredigion were an "outrageous invasion" of his daughter Jade's privacy. Jade, 14, said: "I am not going back while the cameras are there. It must be against the law to have them there."
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- Income of 400 richest Americans doubled during Bush era
- Sharp rise in China birth defects
- Pollution in China has caused an alarming rise in the number of babies with birth defects, a senior official says.
- Obama preserves rendition two days after taking office
- Lieberman jokes about waterboarding at black-tie dinner.
- The Porno-Terror Nexus - Reason Magazine
- West Texas Prison Riot Continues
- Robert Fisk’s World: When did we stop caring about civilian deaths during wartime?
- I wonder if we are "normalising" war. It's not just that Israel has yet again got away with the killing of hundreds of children in Gaza.
- Obama Financial Team to Taxpayers: You'll Get Nothing, and Like It
- Obama Financial Team to Taxpayers: You'll Get Nothing, and Like It
- KKK Membership Up Since Obama Election
- Dozens of secret Bush surveillance, executive power memos found; Could be made public
- Congo trial starts road to justice
- The trial of former Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga could begin the slow process of restoring justice after the civil war.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
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