Will Obamacare Fail? T. R. Reid Thinks It Might

Seeded on Wed Oct 6, 2010 10:42 PM EDT (thesunbreak.com)

Our Editor reviews TR Reid's presentation on health care: "In Seattle, Reid implied, we're spoiled for choice.

health, heath

Welcome to America

Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:26 AM EDT

Just in case you forgot... The New Colossus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

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immigration, us-news, statue-of-liberty

3 arraigned in robberies of fast-food eateries

Seeded on Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:45 PM EDT (The Detroit Free Press)

Roseville police said detectives received information that Sawyer is employed by the Transportation Security Administration.

us-news, tsa

Iran calls for new nuclear body

Seeded on Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:41 PM EDT (AL JAZEERA)

Iran criticised the 47-nation nuclear security summit hosted in Washington earlier this week by Obama on the grounds that the US holds one of the world's largest stocks of nuclear weapons.

iran, world-news, nuclear-disarmament

Supreme Court calls for more security money, citing increased threats

Seeded on Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:31 PM EDT (TheHill.com)

Justice Clarence Thomas told a House Appropriations subcommittee on Thursday that the court wants money for 12 additional police officers, although security personnel want 24 ideally.

budget, supreme-court, us-news, clarence-thomas

Shippers Face Steep Air Cargo Rate Hikes

Seeded on Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:27 PM EDT (Rockefeller Promises Rail Reform This Year | Journal of Commerce)

Higher rates will immediately impact just-in-time manufacturers who have been replenishing inventories run down during the recession since the beginning of the year.

shipping, world-news, transportation, air-freight

EU to Allow Some Flights Tuesday

Seeded on Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:25 PM EDT (Rockefeller Promises Rail Reform This Year | Journal of Commerce)

Airline losses reached more than $1 billion since Thursday as some estimates range to $300 million in losses per day.

world-news, transportation, iceland

Why Mitch McConnell, Senate minority leader, deserves our pity - Times Online

Seeded on Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:25 PM EDT (The Times)

In other circumstances Republicans should have no difficulty supporting this Bill.

politics, gop, republicans, obama, bailout, mcconnell, finance-reform

Food Safety in the US: We're on Red Alert

Seeded on Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:26 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

It is a sad fact: since 9/11, far more Americans have been killed, injured or hurt because of our lack of a coordinated food safety system than by terrorist acts that challenge our Homeland Security system.

e-coli, us-news, 9-11, bioterrorism, food-safety

U.S., Brazil Agree Upon Path Toward Negotiated Solution of Cotton Dispute

Seeded on Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:07 PM EDT (USTR)

The Cotton dispute is a long-running dispute brought by Brazil against the United States. In 2005 and again in 2008, the World Trade Organization (WTO) found that certain U.S.

brazil, wto, trade, cotton, agriculture, world-news, subsidies, export, import

WaMu's Killinger: The forgotten goat

Seeded on Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:17 PM EDT (CNN)

Former WaMu CEO Kerry Killinger vents to Congress - Apr. 13, 2010 Killinger took home more than $100 million between 2003 and 2008, even as his policies were sowing the seeds for investors in the bank to be wiped out.

business, washington-mutual, wamu, financial-crisis, killinger

Ex-Members of U.S. Military Were Members of Hutaree Militia Extremist Group - Declassified Blog - Newsweek.com

Seeded on Tue Apr 13, 2010 5:09 PM EDT (Newsweek)

Federal investigators have discovered that two members of the extremist Michigan-based Hutaree militia group charged with plotting to assassinate law-enforcement officers are former U.S.

militias, us-news, domestic-terrorism, hate-groups

Police officers under fire

Seeded on Tue Apr 13, 2010 5:06 PM EDT (The Baltimore Sun)

Increasingly, law enforcement is being targeted by domestic extremist groups

police, racism, militias, us-news, domestic-terrorism, hate-groups, white-supremicists

U.S. Trade Deficit Widens

Seeded on Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:58 PM EDT (Rockefeller Promises Rail Reform This Year | Journal of Commerce)

President Obama has announced a goal of doubling exports within five years, and the $143.2 billion in goods and services exports during February was the highest monthly total in five years.

business, shipping, deficit, export, import

Savannah Box Throughput Jumps 32.5 Percent

Seeded on Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:19 PM EDT (Journal of Commerce)

Container volume handled by the Port of Savannah jumped to 227,860 20-foot equivalent units in March, an increase of 32.5 percent over the same month last year, making March the fourth consecutive month of double-digit growth.

business, economy, exports

Newt Gingrich on Barack Obama: Trust me, I'm a historian

Seeded on Fri Apr 9, 2010 7:29 PM EDT (The Economist)

The Republican Party's pell-mell flight from intellectual seriousness is the most worrying problem American party politics faces.

politics, gop, barack-obama, newt-gingrich, sarah-palin

Survey finds racial disparities under anti-foreclosure program

Seeded on Fri Apr 9, 2010 5:54 PM EDT (The Minnesota Independent)

Black homeowners are roughly 50 percent less likely than whites to receive help under the largest of the administration's anti-foreclosure programs, according to a new survey of qualified families.

race, mortgage, class, us-news, foreclosure, hamp

Court Rules it is Perfectly Reasonable to Taser Pregnant Women

Seeded on Fri Apr 9, 2010 5:51 PM EDT (Change.org)

I have to say, being pregnant in America right now is a scary prospect. Your doctor can force you into hospital against your will, you can be arrested for thinking about abortion, and you can be tasered repeatedly for refusing to sign your name.

us-news, pregnancy, womens-rights

Old-School Video Games Take Over the World

Seeded on Thu Apr 8, 2010 4:36 PM EDT (New York Magazine)

The world gets blocky in Patrick Jean's Pixels.

entertainment, video-games, cool-stuff, space-invaders, patrick-jean

Mine deaths highlight powerbroker's role

Seeded on Thu Apr 8, 2010 4:33 PM EDT (West Virginia Gazette)

Long before Don L Blankenship garnered national attention for operating the West Virginia mine where at least 25 workers died in Monday's underground explosion, he was well known in the state for his temper and role as a political powerbroker willing to spend millions of dollar …

gop, coal, us-news, massey, blankenship

Juneau County DA warns districts on sex ed law

Seeded on Thu Apr 8, 2010 4:25 PM EDT (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Teaching curriculum could lead to criminal charges against teachers, he writes Southworth, a Republican, says in his letter that he could charge teachers with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, depending on the specifics of cases he reviews.

health, republicans, contraception, teens, sex-ed

Michael Steele SPEAKS On 'Bondage-Gate,' How Race Impacts His Job (VIDEO)

Seeded on Thu Apr 8, 2010 2:22 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Even as Steele and the national committee are being criticized for lavish spending habits, Steele has hired a special finance assistant who himself was fined by the District of Columbia three years ago for improperly spending money from a political action committee, according to …

race, politics, steele, rnc

The Oracle Rewrites History

Seeded on Thu Apr 8, 2010 2:01 PM EDT (MotherJones.com)

Greenspan's own intransigence played a direct role in the Fed's hands-off philosophy.

politics, alan-greenspan, revisionist-history, financial-crisis

Domestic Violence

Seeded on Wed Apr 7, 2010 3:13 PM EDT (The New York Observer)

When the Department of Homeland Security released a cautiously worded report on the potential dangers of right-wing extremism last April, the talk-radio wingnuts and certain Republican lawmakers went into spasms of indignation.

conservatives, christians, militias, us-news, domestic-terrorism

Alex Lin, Teenage Activist

Seeded on Tue Apr 6, 2010 4:06 PM EDT (Take Part)

He's overseen the recycling of 300,000 pounds of e-waste. He's successfully lobbied the Rhode Island state legislature to ban the dumping of electronics.

environment, recycling, generation-y, e-waste

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