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John Edwards to Debate Karl Rove

Neophile — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:35:41 EDT

GOP strategist Karl Rove and former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards will debate the issues of the presidential campaign Sept. 26 as part of the university's Distinguished Speakers Series, The Buffalo News has learned.

Channel: Politics Tags: john edwards karl rove debate buffalo new york

Nas - Sly Fox (Fox News Diss)

Neophile — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:51:50 EDT

Nas goes in on the racist Right Wing news station.

Channel: Music Tags: nas sly fox fox news

Homeless People Die After Bird Flu Vaccine Trial in Poland

Neophile — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:46:40 EDT

Three Polish doctors and six nurses are facing criminal prosecution after a number of homeless people died following medical trials for a vaccine to the H5N1 bird-flu virus.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: homeless poland bird flu vaccine death trials

UK's Top Intelligence Official Falls Into Coma

Neophile — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:22:15 EDT

Britain's top intelligence official is in a coma in a London hospital after collapsing at home, police and his office said on Friday.

Channel: News Tags: united kingdom coma intelligence london

The Fight For The Right to Serve

Neophile — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:36:05 EDT

Benjamin joined the Navy in 2003, the 10th anniversary of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law. He knew the country was desperate for Arabic linguists for the war in Iraq, so he applied to become a translator and was sent to the military's prestigious Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Calif.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: dont ask dont tell military service discrimination dadt

Disaster Capitalism: State of Extortion

Neophile — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:11:24 EDT

Disaster capitalists have been busy--from private firefighters already on the scene in Northern California's wildfires, to land grabs in cyclone-hit Burma, to the housing bill making its way through Congress.

Channel: Money Tags: disaster capitalism capitalism iraq oil extortion energy war shock food security food prices

Leaked Report: Biofuels are Prime Cause of Food Crisis

Neophile — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:27:37 EDT

Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% -- far more than previously estimated -- according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. The damning unpublished assessment is based on the most detailed analysis of the crisis so far, carried out by an internationally-respected economist at global financial body.

Channel: Food Tags: report leak world bank food crisis food security biofuel biofuels

Mexico City's Food Crisis Solution: Grow Your Own

Neophile — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:22:23 EDT

Mexico City, one of the world's most populous and polluted metropolitan areas, is working on its own solution to the rapidly rising cost of food: grow your own.

Channel: Food Tags: mexico city agriculture food crisis food security mexico farming food production

Cuba's Urban Agrarians Flourish

Neophile — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:05:55 EDT

"Buy local. Eat seasonal. Eat organic." All now commonplace admonitions in the US. But while none of these slogans are household words in Cuba, 70 percent of the vegetables and herbs grown on the island today are organic and the urban gardens where they are raised are usually within walking distance of those who will consume them.

Channel: Food Tags: cuba food production food security organic local seasonal agriculture farming

Pastors' Daughter Turns Pseudo-Lesbian Pop Princess

Neophile — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:25:31 EDT

First she sang for God. Then she kissed a girl -- and she liked it. Such is the contrast between Katy Hudson, Christian singer, and Katy Perry, chart-topper. Same girl, two stage names, two vastly different personas. And fans who loved the Katy who billed herself as the God-loving daughter of two pastors aren't pleased with her new image.

Channel: Music Tags: katy perry katy hudson christianity christian pop i kissed a girl

Washington's Boyhood Home Found, Cherry Tree At Large

Neophile — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:52:52 EDT

George Washington's boyhood home has been found. On the subject of legend, the archaeologists who made the discovery could no more tell a lie than young George. No, there was not a single cherry tree anywhere around, not even a stump or a rusty hatchet.

Channel: Science Tags: george washington cherry tree virginia legend archaeology

Big Trouble for Big Three Automakers

Neophile — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:25:11 EDT

America's automobile industry may be facing the biggest turnaround challenge in its history, a problem punctuated Tuesday as the carmakers released monthly sales results.

Channel: Money Tags: auto industry general motors ford chrysler

Counting Monkeys Tick Off Yet Another 'Human' Ability

Neophile — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:07:49 EDT

Rhesus macaques have been shown to possess yet another numerical talent once thought unique to humans -- they can simultaneously count audible beeps and dots on a computer screen.

Channel: Science Tags: monkeys macaques counting

Believe Me, It's Torture

Neophile — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:08:45 EDT

What more can be added to the debate over U.S. interrogation methods, and whether waterboarding is torture? Try firsthand experience. The author undergoes the controversial drowning technique, at the hands of men who once trained American soldiers to resist -- not inflict -- it.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: waterboarding torture

Gitmo Torture Techniques Inspired by Communist China

Neophile — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:55:34 EDT

The military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart that had been copied verbatim from a 1957 Air Force study of Chinese Communist techniques used during the Korean War to obtain confessions, many of them false, from American prisoners.

Channel: News Tags: guantanamo bay gitmo torture interrogation china communism communist

Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran Facts

Neophile — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:59:14 EDT

A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb.

Channel: News Tags: cia intelligence iran

National Outbreak of Manhole Cover Theft in America

Neophile — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:55:02 EDT

Cities and counties are battling manhole-cover thefts, a crime spree that police tie to the weak economy.

Channel: News Tags: theft manhole manhole covers scrap metal united states crime

Note to Religious Right: Auto-Replace is Not Your Friend

Neophile — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:32:16 EDT

Auto-correct can be a very helpful feature of any word-processing program. But when conservatives use it, they run the risk of embarrassing themselves.

Channel: Politics Tags: religious right auto correct auto replace journalism spin incompetence

Gandhi: Christianity Disfigured When it Went to the West

Neophile — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:23:50 EDT

Millions of people around the world think they have heard Mahatma Gandhi speaking in English -- although it was actually Gandhi channeled through the voice of actor Ben Kingsley in the famous 1982 movie by Richard Attenborough.

Channel: Religion Tags: gandhi christianity speech recording christian

National Outbreak of Grave Robbing in America

Neophile — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:39:57 EDT

Rising scrap metal prices, coupled with the lagging economy, have triggered a string of cemetery thefts both locally and across the nation.

Channel: News Tags: grave robbery economy cemetery theft scrap metal united states

How Canada Stole the American Dream

Neophile — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:01:45 EDT

The numbers are in. Compared to the U.S., Canadians work less, live longer, enjoy better health and have more sex. And get this: now Canadians are wealthier too.

Channel: Money Tags: canada canada day america united states quality of life economy life span health wealth

America's Aviation System Could Collapse Early 2009

Neophile — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:58:39 EDT

That warning from aviation experts has prompted some industry leaders to call for re-regulation, something considered almost heresy until now. Others are urging Washington to do more to rein in the oil speculators pushing up fuel costs.

Channel: Money Tags: airlines collapse crisis energy economy

George Carlin's Last Interview

Neophile — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:59:13 EDT

Ten days ago, on Friday, June 13th, 2008, I had the extraordinary privilege of talking to George Carlin. As far as I know it was the last in-depth interview he gave before he passed away yesterday at age 71.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: george carlin interview

The Latest Wedge Document

Neophile — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:09:04 EDT

Creationist groups are turning to the Louisiana legislature with a new approach to challenge the teaching of evolutionary theory in schools.

Channel: Science Tags: creationism cdesign proponentsism evolution louisiana wedge document education scientific theory

U.S. Crop Damage From Weather Tops $8 Billion

Neophile — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:29:29 EDT

From the worst floods in the Midwest grain belt in 15 years to drought in California, damage to crops from inclement weather has topped $8 billion so far this year, the largest U.S. farm group said on Wednesday.

Channel: News Tags: crop damage weather floods drought farming agriculture

Evolutionary Basics: Synteny Explained with Playing Cards

Neophile — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:09:11 EDT

And what, please, is synteny? Synteny is the conservation of blocks of order within two sets of chromosomes that are being compared.

Channel: Science Tags: synteny cards genetics biology evolution basics

Spanish Parliament Approves 'Human Rights' For Apes

Neophile — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:04:39 EDT

Great apes should have the right to life and freedom, according to a resolution passed in Spanish parliament, in what could become the first national legislation to enshrine human rights for chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos.

Channel: News Tags: spain parliament human rights apes chimpanzees gorillas orangutans bonobos propeller weird news

My Interview With Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys

Neophile — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:41:55 EDT

Already a hip-hop pioneer, rock and roll hall of famer, punk bassist, Tibet activist and prolific MC, Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys can now add sports documentarian to his long list of titles. This Friday, Yauch releases his new film, "Gunnin' for That #1 Spot", a glimpse into the world of elite high school basketball.

Channel: Movies Tags: adam yauch beastie boys documentary gunnin for that 1 spot basketball

The Price of Hunger

Neophile — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:31:37 EDT

Hunger is a growing crisis in America. With a stagnant economy and rising fuel prices the cost of food is soaring. Congress is reacting, but will their efforts be enough? ANP spends a week with Brian Duss who agrees to take the Food Stamp Challenge and live off a dollar per meal for 7 days.

Channel: Food Tags: Bread for the City Bread for the World Farm Bill Food Banks Food Stamp Food Stamp Challenge Hunger James McGovern We Are Family

Bush Spent $500M to Found Anti-American Arab TV Station

Neophile — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:08:02 EDT

An Arab-language television network and radio station, founded by the Bush administration to promote a positive image of the United States, has aired anti-American and anti-Israeli viewpoints, has showcased pro-Iranian policies and recently gave air time to a militant who called for the death of American soldiers in Iraq.

Channel: Politics Tags: bush iraq alhurra sawa war hearts and minds journalism anti american arab middle east iran

Suburban Life Becomes Untenable With Rising Gas Costs

Neophile — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:57:49 EDT

Suddenly, the economics of American suburban life are under assault as skyrocketing energy prices inflate the costs of reaching, heating and cooling homes on the outer edges of metropolitan areas.

Channel: Money Tags: suburbia suburban lifestyle energy gas economy

Afghanistan Attacks Up 40% in East, Pentagon Says

Neophile — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:14:35 EDT

Insurgent activity has spread into once stable areas, data show, prompting alarm among officials.

Channel: News Tags: pentagon afghanistan war attacks violence

New CCTV Cameras Can See and Hear

Neophile — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:28:55 EDT

A new generation of intelligent CCTV cameras that can hear as well as see will be able to alert police to crimes in progress by recognising clues such as a person running or the sound of a scream.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: surveillance big brother cctv camera artificial intelligence sound united kingdom privacy

US Retailers to Close Hundreds of Stores

Neophile — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:08:22 EDT

High and rising world oil and food prices, the implosion of the US housing bubble and the ensuing consumer credit vapour lock have cash-strapped US consumers staying out of retail stores in droves, and this is forcing dozens of US retailers to close hundreds of stores.

Channel: Shopping Tags: housing oil food energy stores closure retail bubble united states

Rich People Have Larger Eco-Footprint

Neophile — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:36:53 EDT

Those who are well off in Canada are far bigger eco-villains when it comes to harming the environment than those in lower-income groups, according to a study that is the first to try to quantify ecological damage done by Canadians based on income levels.

Channel: Science Tags: wealthy canada study environment footprint carbon climate change global warming propeller eco news climate

A Marine Recounts Torture in Iraq

Neophile — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:54:44 EDT

Andrew Sullivan prints an email he received from a US Marine serving in Iraq about torture by the Iraqi troops and the reaction of American soldiers to it.

Channel: News Tags: iraq torture marine war

UK Will Allow Anonymous Witnesses in Court Cases

Neophile — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:30:42 EDT

The government has vowed to change the law to allow anonymous witnesses in some court cases after a key Law Lords ruling effectively halted the practice.

Channel: News Tags: united kingdom law anonymous anonymity witness

States Reject Bush's Abstinence-Only Funding

Neophile — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:13:25 EDT

Skeptical states are shoving aside millions of federal dollars for abstinence education, walking away from the program the Bush administration touts for slowing teen sexual activity. Barely half the states are still in, and two more say they are leaving.

Channel: Politics Tags: bush abstinence education sex ed funding

House Subcommittee Subpoenas Douglas Feith

Neophile — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:06:00 EDT

A congressional subcommittee voted Tuesday to subpoena an adviser to former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about the Bush administration's harsh interrogation policies toward terror detainees.

Channel: Politics Tags: donald rumsfeld douglas feith subpoena congress torture

World Youth Day Condom Protest Against Pope

Neophile — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:31:43 EDT

Condoms will be handed out to pilgrims en route to a papal Mass at Randwick Racecourse on World Youth Day as part of a protest against the Catholic Church's attitude to homosexuality, contraception and abortion.

Channel: Religion Tags: pope world youth day condoms protest contraception homosexuality abortion catholic catholicism christian christianity