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iPhone Goes on Sale Friday

Dakota — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:55:11 EDT

Today, the iPhone is in the hands of six million people. Clumsy touch-screen lookalikes from rival phone makers line the shelves. And Friday is the iPhone's second coming.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: iphone

China's economy to become world's biggest in 2035

Aidenag — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:02:06 EDT

China's economy will overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by midcentury, a study released Tuesday by a US research organization concluded.

Channel: Money Tags: China U.S. Economy Money

Nazi hunters search Chile for 'Dr. Death'

Aidenag — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:28:02 EDT

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has strong evidence that a former SS member known as "Dr. Death" is in southern Chile or Argentina, a top Nazi hunter for the human rights organization said Tuesday.

Channel: News Tags: Nazi Nazi Hunters Simon Wiesenthal Center Chile Dr. Death Aribert Heim

McCain Jokes About Killing Iranians (Again)

Neophile — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:58:06 EDT

Sen. John McCain hasn't had good luck joking about Iran. But he tried it again Tuesday. Responding to a question about a survey that shows increased exports to Iran, mainly from cigarettes, McCain said, "Maybe thats a way of killing them."

Channel: Politics Tags: john mccain iran smoking exports election 2008 statesman

Atheist soldier sues Army for 'unconstitutional' discrimination

david_nwpa — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:34:24 EDT

Hall said he met some atheists who suggested he read the Bible again. After doing so, he said he had so many unanswered questions that he decided to become an atheist. His sudden lack of faith, he said, cost him his military career and put his life at risk.

Channel: News Tags: Military Atheism Secretary Robert Gates Freedom from Religion

19% of Americans associate just one word with McCain

Aidenag — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:24:45 EDT

An AP-Yahoo poll asked Americans what word comes to mind when they think of the two presidential candidates. Although both had roughly the same favorable-unfavorable split, the specific images of the two men were very different. For John McCain, the most common response was "old," with 19%.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Old Age Politics 2008 election

Hagee Demands YouTube Remove 120 Videos of Him

Neophile — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:47:15 EDT

Late last week, with no prior notification, lawyers for the controversial evangelist John Hagee had a series of videos concerning the pastor removed from YouTube.

Channel: Religion Tags: john hagee youtube video christian censorship christianity bigotry pastor

Leaders Discuss Global Food Crisis Over 18-Course Meal

Aidenag — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:11:59 EDT

Just two days ago, Gordon Brown was urging us all to stop wasting food and combat rising prices and a global shortage of provisions. But yesterday the Prime Minister and other world leaders sat down to an 18-course gastronomic extravaganza at a G8 summit in Japan, which is focusing on the food crisis.

Channel: Food Tags: Food Food Crisis Extravaganza 18 course meal World Leaders G8 Summit

FDA issues warning on Cipro, similar antibiotics

STONERS — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:01:07 EDT

Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government's most urgent warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause tendon ruptures, a serious injury that leaves some patients incapacitated.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: FDA Warning Cipro Similar Antibiotics

Cheney Wanted Cuts in Climate Testimony

Neophile — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:21:43 EDT

Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on the public health consequences of climate change, fearing the presentation by a leading health official might make it harder to avoid regulating greenhouse gases, a former EPA officials maintains.

Channel: Politics Tags: dick cheney climate testimony climate change global warming environment epa suppression

Just Two of the Dishes at the G8 Food Shortages Summit

Neophile — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:13:13 EDT

The most powerful bellies in the world were last night compelled to stave off the great Hokkaido Hunger by fortifying themselves with an eight-course, 19-dish dinner prepared by 25 chefs. This multi-pronged attack was launched after earlier emergency lunch measures had failed to quell appetites enlarged by agonising over feeding the world's poor.

Channel: Food Tags: g8 food security summit hypocrisy poverty hunger

Proof Bee Decline Is Reducing Food Supply

Aidenag — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:50:14 EDT

What would we do if 1 in every 3 cows died? That's what's happening to bees, and now scientists have the first hard evidence of the loss of pollinators contributing to decline in food production.

Channel: Food Tags: Bees Food Agriculture Environment Nature Decline

Iraq Insists on Withdrawal Timetable

Neophile — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:53:32 EDT

Iraq's national security adviser says his country will not accept any deal with the United States unless the agreement sets specific dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces.

Channel: News Tags: war withdrawal iraq united states timetable occupation

Growing parade of conservatives backing Obama

Aidenag — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:30:40 EDT

An increasing number of disaffected Republicans fed up with what they see as President Bush's broken promises and unimpressed with John McCain say they may be switching teams in November to vote for Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

Channel: Politics Tags: Barack Obama Conservatives Politics 2008 election Republicans

Marijuana initiative would allow pot sales at Ore. liquor stores

Aidenag — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:29:44 EDT

Relax it and tax it. That's the motto behind a new cannabis initiative that would allow Oregon's state-controlled liquor stores to legally sell marijuana to adults.

Channel: News Tags: Marijuana Oregon Legalize Tax Cannabis Pot

Taking aim at the next Karl Rove

Aidenag — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:26:13 EDT

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who has primary jurisdiction over the executive branch, is considering legislation to eliminate Karl Rove-type advisers in future administrations.

Channel: Politics Tags: Henry Waxman Karl Rove Advistors White House Administration Politics

British Officials Believe Russia Backed Litvenko Murder

CUTtotheNEWS — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:06:55 EDT

Former Russian agent was a fierce critic of Putin.

Channel: News Tags: Russia Putin Litvenko Alexander Litvinenko

Sex Crimes in the White House

Aidenag — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:27:42 EDT

We now know that the torture was the result of a policy set in the White House by Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Rice -- who actually chaired the torture meetings. The Pentagon has acknowledged that it had authorized sexualized abuse. And documents obtained by the ACLU have Rumsfeld, in his own words, checking in on the sexualized humiliation of prisoners.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Sex Crimes Torture Detainees Donald Rumsfeld Condoleezza Rice Dick Cheney War Crimes White House Bush Administration Bush

DoD controlling Iraq War films?

Aidenag — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:39:54 EDT

Paul Haggis, writer and director of the Iraq war movie "In the Valley of Elah," said he concluded that the Army was not interested in telling honest stories about the war or soldiers. "They are trying to put the best spin on what they are doing," Haggis said.

Channel: Movies Tags: Iraq War Movies Hollywood Military DOD Paul Haggis

Save the whale, save the world [from heart disease]

_kam0_ — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:55:50 EDT

Scientists have been tapping into nature's resources for inspiration on how to treat humans. Humpback whales, sea cucumbers and Australian red algae are just a few of the species leading the way in modern medicine. The humpback whale has a design within its heart that could help save the lives of many patients suffering from heart disease.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: whales heart disease medicine marine biology

Gas Stations Hit Skids

STONERS — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:41:02 EDT

Shuttered gas pumps in Blue Point, N.Y. New York state has lost 200 gas stations during the past year, and the closures stretch across the country.

Channel: Money Tags: Gas Stations Closures Across Country

How McCain Is Skirting His Own Spending Caps

ybdogsct — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:45:36 EDT

Even though McCain has agreed to an $84.1 million spending cap by accepting public funds--a decision he likes to portray as a principled stand against the corrupting influence of money on politics--at least double that sum will be spent on his behalf thanks to loopholes in the law that allow largely unregulated "soft money" contributions.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Barack Obama RNC DNC soft money

'Shrink ray' hits consumers' wallets

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:49:40 EDT

With fuel and delivery costs rising, food manufacturers are faced with raising their prices or giving you less, and it seems that less is the growing trend.

Channel: Money Tags: Gasoline Economy REcession

Mrs. Obama: Wife, Mother, Intellectual

TimALoftis — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:08:50 EDT

As this November's presidential election draws closer, many people want to know more about Michelle Obama. Who is this mother of two, who rose from the rough South Side of Chicago to become a force in her own right during this crucial run for the White House?

Channel: Politics Tags: michelle obama 2008 election barack obama

US military planned nerve gas test on Aussie troops

Aidenag — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:37:07 EDT

Defence files have revealed the United States military was planning to test deadly nerve gas on Australian troops in a far north Queensland rainforest in the 1960s.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: U.S. Australia Nerve Gas WMD Chemical Weapons

Zogby Poll: Building Mo-bama! Democrat Leads McCain in Electoral College Tally, 273-160

cosmogenium — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:34:49 EDT

The Democrat also leads 44% to 38% in the nationwide horserace test as Libertarian Bob Barr wins 6%

Channel: Politics Tags: obama mccain zogby poll electoral college

Africa dominates first day of Group of Eight summit

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:33:30 EDT

Africa dominates the agenda at the annual summit of the Group of Eight, as the leading industrialized nations discuss a range of issues, including whether enough aid has been forthcoming to help alleviate poverty.

Channel: News Tags: world news africa

US Colonel Admits He Sanctioned Mass Killings in South Korea

Aidenag — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:32:03 EDT

The American colonel, troubled by what he was hearing, tried to stall at first. But the declassified record shows he finally told his South Korean counterpart it "would be permitted" to machine-gun 3,500 political prisoners, to keep them from joining approaching enemy forces.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: U.S. Korea South Korea Korean War War Mass Murder

The Iraq War Was About Oil, All Along

Aidenag — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:29:35 EDT

There you have it. After a long exile, Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP are back in Iraq. And on the wings of no-bid contracts -- that's right, sweetheart deals like those given Halliburton, KBR and Blackwater. The kind of deals you get only if you have friends in high places. And these war profiteers have friends in very high places.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Iraq War Oil Profiteering Big Oil Greed

Farewell to Jesse Helms, a Provincial Redneck

Neophile — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:18:50 EDT

It seemed somehow profane that Sen. Jesse Helms should have managed to depart this life on the 232nd anniversary of the declaration of American independence. One doesn't want the occasion sullied by the obsequies for a senile racist buffoon.

Channel: Politics Tags: jesse helms death racism bigotry

UK Asks Stores to Stockpile Food for Infrastructure Breakdown

Neophile — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:01:46 EDT

Ministers are in talks with supermarkets about emergency food reserves in case fuel protests lead to shortages at shops.

Channel: Food Tags: united kingdom infrastructure breakdown collapse energy food stockpile stores shortage fuel

New Cars in California Must Display Global Warming Score

Aidenag — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:48:37 EDT

California is making it mandatory for cars to be labeled with global warming scores, figures that take into account emissions from vehicle use and fuel production.

Channel: Autos Tags: California Cars Automotive Global Warming Environment propeller eco news

Mechanical problem forces Obama plane to land

YvonneOllen — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:32:40 EDT

Presidential candidate Barack Obama's plane landed unexpectedly in St. Louis on Monday after experiencing a mechanical problem. The pilot of the plane told passengers the problem had to do with "controllability of the pitch" before landing safely in St. Louis.

Channel: News Tags: obama problem plane

Medic in famous photo dies after PTSD struggle

Aidenag — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:18:26 EDT

During the first week of the war in Iraq, a Military Times photographer captured the arresting image of Army Spc. Joseph Patrick Dwyer as he raced through a battle zone clutching a tiny Iraqi boy. But rather than going on to enjoy the public affection for his act of heroism, he was consumed by the demons of combat stress he could not exorcise.

Channel: News Tags: Joseph Patrick Dwyer PTSD War Iraq

Waiting for the internet meltdown

Aidenag — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:10:50 EDT

The end of the internet is nigh - and in less than three years, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The problem is that the world is running out of internet addresses. More than 85% have already been allocated and the OECD predicts we will have run out completely by early 2011.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Internet IP Internet Addresses Technology Web OECD

Climate change report like a disaster novel

Aidenag — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:07:23 EDT

A new report by Australia's top scientists predicts that the country will be hit by a 10-fold increase in heatwaves and that droughts will almost double in frequency and become more widespread because of climate change.

Channel: Science Tags: Australia Global Warming Climate Change Environment propeller eco news

Deadliest Blast in Afghan Capital This Year Kills 40

daducha — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:04:40 EDT

A car bomb ripped through the front wall of the Indian Embassy in central Kabul on Monday, killing 40 people in the deadliest attack in Afghanistan's capital since the fall of the Taliban, officials said.

Channel: News Tags:

GOP Looks To Redistrict Itself Back Into Power

Aidenag — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:00:57 EDT

For months, a sense of dread has been percolating within Republican circles over potentially massive congressional losses in 2008. Facing the possibility of a more pronounced minority status in the House and more than a couple seats lost in the Senate, the GOP has begun setting its sights on a contingency plan: redistricting.

Channel: Politics Tags: GOP Republicans Redistricting Gerrymandering Politics

Iraq Asks for Timetable for U.S. Withdrawal

Neophile — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:04:47 EDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki raised the prospect on Monday of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops as part of negotiations over a new security agreement with Washington.

Channel: News Tags: iraq timetable withdrawal war united states occupation

Sacha Baron Cohen Dupes Israeli Intelligence

Neophile — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:53:06 EDT

A former Mossad official said he was the target of the latest undercover operation by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: sacha baron cohen borat bruno israel intelligence dupe