AP Exclusive: CIA Whisked Detainees From Gitmo
Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman WASHINGTON (AP) — Four of the nation’s most highly valued terrorist prisoners were secretly moved to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in…
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US Postal Service loses $3.5 bln in third quarter
Reuters * Postal Service concerned with future liquidity * Says regulatory changes necessary for fiscal stability * Customer group disputes prediction for cash shortfall (Adds…
Social Security in the red this year
Stephen Dinan The Washington Times Social Security will pay out more this year than it gets in payroll taxes, marking the first time since the…
Tony Blair Must Be Arrested
John Pilger New Statesman Having helped destroy other nations far away, our former prime minister — “peace envoy” to the Middle East — is now…
U.S. dietary supplements often contaminated: report
Maggie Fox Reuters Many popular dietary supplements contain ingredients that may cause cancer, heart problems, liver or kidney damage, but U.S. stores sell them anyway…
Consumer Reports Calls for F.D.A. Regulation of Supplements
Thomas Corriher The Health Wyze Report There was a political firestorm over dietary supplements and herbs in the early 1990’s. Natural medicines in the U.S….
Will This Phone Kill You?
The science about cancer and cell phones is even murkier than you think. What you should know before you dial. Sharon Begley Newsweek To get…
FCC Abandons Efforts for Net Neutrality Compromise: Allows Google and Verizon to Write the Regulations
Joelle Tessler Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are abandoning efforts to negotiate a compromise on so-called “network neutrality” rules intended to ensure that phone…
An Avoidable Depression
Mike Whitney Counterpunch The economy has gone from bad to worse. On Friday the Commerce Department reported that GDP had slipped from 3.7% to 2.4%…
Feds Giving Spill Data to BP—But Public Stays in Dark
Why is the government telling BP how much damage oil has caused in the Gulf, but keeping it secret from the rest of us? Kate…
All States Must Acknowledge the UN’s Recognition of Water as a Human Right
Meera Karunananthan Alternet It is crucial now that we use this opportunity to hold governments accountable to the international commitment to recognize water and sanitation…
Study: CIA doctors ‘gave green light to torture’
Muriel Kane Raw Story A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that physicians with the CIA’s Office of Medical Services…
Elena Kagan Confirmed to Supreme Court Despite Being a Threat to the Constitution
Richard Sisk NY Daily News The Senate confirmed former Harvard Law Dean Elena Kagan as the next Supreme Court Justice Thursday by a 63-37 vote. Five Republicans backed…
Canada Forfeits Sovereignty Over Food & Natural Health
Dee Nicholson National Health Federation of Canada Hidden in the language of Bill C-36, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, is a clause which makes…