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  • Can Biden Murder Trump and Get Away With it?

    Monday, March 11, 2024
    Rumors are spreading that the U.S. Supreme Court will vote 5-4 to rule that a U.S. president cannot be prosecuted for anything he does while he is president. Some Democrats are suggesting that Joe Biden bring a gun to his first debate with Donald Trump. If he shoots Trump, he would be immune, but if Trump shoots Biden he would be prosecuted because he is not a sitting president.   read more
  • Pfizer to Pay $75 Million Fine in “Constant Gardener” Case

    Wednesday, April 08, 2009
    One of the most challenging class action cases ever pursued against a pharmaceutical company has resulted in a $75 million settlement by Pfizer, which was accused of illegally testing a drug on African children. During a meningitis epidemic in Nig...   read more
  • Red Cross Accuses U.S. Medical Personnel of Aiding Torture

    Wednesday, April 08, 2009
    While CIA agents tortured suspected terrorists at secret facilities, medical personnel were not only present, but assisted in the interrogations, thus committing a “gross breach of medical ethics,” according to a previously confidential report by ...   read more
  • Air Force Chooses Runner-Up for Nuclear Command Center

    Wednesday, April 08, 2009
    An important new command, charged with keeping track of the US Air Force’s nuclear weapons, will be stationed in Louisiana, much to the chagrin of politicians in Nebraska. Barksdale Air Force Base was selected by the Air Force to host the Global S...   read more
  • Egyptian Student Acquitted on Explosives Charge in Florida…and Rearrested

    Wednesday, April 08, 2009
    Youssef Megahed, a 23-year-old Tampa resident and citizen of Egypt, was arrested on an immigration warrant on April 6, just three days after a jury acquitted the former Florida State student of federal charges of transporting explosives and posses...   read more
  • It Still Pays to be a CEO

    Tuesday, April 07, 2009
    According to the Hay Group, a management consulting firm that analyzed proxy statements for companies with annual revenues exceeding $5 billion, the median salaries and bonuses for the top executives of 200 large United States-based companies fell...   read more
  • What Do Rocket Fuel and Baby Formula Have in Common?

    Tuesday, April 07, 2009
    A recent study by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control has found potentially dangerous levels of perchlorate, a chemical used in rocket fuel, in powered infant formula. Exposure to perchlorate damages the thyroid and might potentially imp...   read more
  • Growing Refugee Crisis in Pakistan

    Tuesday, April 07, 2009
    The American-Pakistani campaign to eliminate the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Pakistan has created an enormous humanitarian crisis affecting one million people who have fled their homes to escape the fighting, including 546,000 who have already registe...   read more
  • Bright Side of Economic Downturn…Highway Deaths Plunge

    Tuesday, April 07, 2009
    While every indicator about the economy continues to look dreary, one set of statistics is downright life-preserving, thanks in large part to the recession. Last year, the fewest motorists in almost 50 years died on the nation’s highway—37, 313—re...   read more
  • Army Chaplain Asks Soldiers to Fast on Jewish Feast Day

    Tuesday, April 07, 2009
    In a move that outraged Jewish members of the U.S. military, the U.S. Army’s Chief of Chaplains issued a proclamation shortly before Passover that called upon all Army personnel to participate in a “day of prayer and fasting” on the first night of...   read more
  • Photos of Military Coffins Allowed after 18-Year Ban

    Tuesday, April 07, 2009
    After almost two decades, the American public finally was able to witness the return of a fallen soldier last Saturday when the body of an airman arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Myers was killed in Afgh...   read more
  • States Taxing Individuals More, Corporations Less

    Tuesday, April 07, 2009
    Most Americans grumble about the taxes they pay to the federal government, but for many, state taxes are at least as burdensome. A recent Census Department release of tax revenue by state for the years 2007 and 2008 reveals that 2008 saw a dramati...   read more
  • G-20 Summit…Three Steps Backwards: Cavanagh and Broad

    Tuesday, April 07, 2009
    World leaders attending last week’s G-20 summit took three big steps backwards with their solutions for solving the current international economic crisis, according to John Cavanagh, director of the Institute for Policy Studies, and Robin Broad, p...   read more
  • Unemployment Benefits to End Soon for Many Americans

    Monday, April 06, 2009
    As if the economy wasn’t experiencing enough trouble already, a “monstrous problem” may be heading this way later this year. That’s when estimated 700,000 unemployed Americans are expected to run out of their unemployment benefits, with most unlik...   read more
  • Inside the Dust of the World Trade Center

    Monday, April 06, 2009
    A group of scientists has discovered evidence that once again raises the question of what caused the World Trade Center towers to collapse after two jetliners slammed into them on September 11, 2001. The conventional theory that burning jet fuel c...   read more
  • Is Geithner Covering Up Massive Bank Fraud?

    Monday, April 06, 2009
    A former federal litigator who investigated the savings and loan scandal of the 1980s has accused Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner of being a part of cover-up attempts by banking executives to conceal large-scale fraud that has left many...   read more
  • Heading Towards Legal Marijuana: Paul Jacob

    Monday, April 06, 2009
    To date, 13 states (Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington) have adopted laws legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Most of these states ado...   read more
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