The new world order’s great city: Astana, Kazakhstan
Presidential Palace Astana, Kazakhstan The Real News Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan, with an official estimated population of 691,529 as of March 1st…
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The End of Times: Do Scientists and Fundamentalists Concur?
Clay Farris Naff Huffington Post You might think that scientists and Evangelicals have nothing in common. But you’d be wrong. Large numbers of both agree…
Snow in Brazil, below zero Celsius in the River Plate and tropical fish frozen
MercoPress For a second day running it snowed Wednesday in Southern Brazil and in twelve of Argentina’s 24 provinces including parts of Buenos Aires as…
The billionaire boys: Beware of geeks bearing gifts
William Langley London Telegraph The biggest whip-round in history began on a relatively low-key note, when Bill Gates, generally reckoned to be the world’s richest…
Pharmaceuticals In Soybeans? Crops Absorb Toxins, Research Shows
Scientists have found that certain crops easily absorb pharmaceuticals and personal care products, or PPCPs. Megan Meyer Indiana Republic Media Scientists have found that certain…
Commodity prices soar as spectre of food inflation is back
Speculation and rumour could be the driving force behind sudden market rise in food prices Philip Inman and Simon Bowers The Guardian The spectre of…
US national park faces sale
Governor of Wyoming threatens to sell chunk of Grand Teton unless White House boosts state’s education budget Chris McGreal The Guardian Some might call it…
Liquor regulators may help oversee D.C. medical marijuana
Mike DeBonis Washington Post District liquor regulators will play a lead role in the city’s new medical marijuana program when it debuts Jan. 1, according…
“The Colony”: “Survivor” meets the apocalypse
Discovery’s new TV experiment simulates life after a cataclysm — and may be the bleakest reality show ever made (Editor’s Note: Or pre-conditioning) Heather Havrilesky…
The CLEAR ACT: They are stealing it all: Land, water, minerals and the air we breathe
Marti Oakley Farm Wars Another assault on the American public is under way; this one will enlarge and increase the power of the Department of…
No Message on the Bottle
Bottlers need to label the source of their water and provide honest information on their bottles instead of making spurious marketing claims. Leslie Samuelrich Other…
Montana Medical Marijuana Cards Available to Out-of-State Applicants
Matt Volz Associated Press HELENA, Mont. — A person doesn’t have to live in Montana to receive a medical marijuana card from the state, health…
E. Coli Outbreak Causes Recall of 1 Million Pounds of Ground Beef
Marcu Wohlsen Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A meat processor recalled about 1 million pounds of ground beef products Friday after seven people were sickened…
UFO files: bookmakers slash betting odds that ‘aliens exist’ after Churchill claims
Bookmakers have been forced to slash the odds on bets that aliens exist after it emerged Winston Churchill ordered a cover-up of a Second World…