Archives for General News
January 2012
Tuesday, January 31:
Iran, perceiving threat from West, willing to attack on U.S. soil, U.S. intelligence report finds (1 comments)
EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Officials Confirm Criminal Election Fraud Investigation of Gingrich Campaign
AG Eric Holder on Assange prosecution: "We will see"
How a brokered convention would work
Rep. Dan Burton, Republican from Indiana, to retire
CBO: Tax Cuts, Especially Bush's, Are Causing "Lion's Share" Our Current And Future Budget Deficits
NYC Marches In Solidarity Following Oakland Mass Arrest
CEO Ted Rollins Is the "Ultimate Deadbeat Dad"
Michael Klare: No Exit in the Persian Gulf?
No Justice for Haditha Massacre (1 comments)
Obama green jobs program faces further investigation
Monday, January 30:
Gingrich delivers on "wild and wooly' vow
The Case of the Swinger for President
Gingrich Wants A Government That Respects 'Our Religion' [Code for HIS] Not 'Every Other Religion'
Tennessee Restaurant Throws Out Anti-Gay Lawmaker
Newt Gingrich's Deep Neocon Ties Drive His Bellicose Middle East Policy
Hauling the Koch brothers into Congress
U.S. Drones Patrolling Its Skies Provoke Outrage in Iraq
Catholic churches evangelize against Obama Administration en masse over contraception coverage
Randall Terry's Gory Super Bowl Abortion Ad Gets Intercepted
SEC Only Now Investigating CDOs Created At Deutsche Bank
Democrats' strategy on Medicare: Let Ryan, Republicans step in it again
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Afghan Woman Killed Apparently for Giving Birth to Girl, not Boy
Murdoch's WSJ Publishes Op-Ed From 16 Climate Deniers, Refused Letter From 255 Top Scientists
Lobbyist Grover Norquist: Republicans Will Impeach Obama If He Doesn't Extend Bush Tax Cuts
A Reporter Goes Undercover to Expose the Debt-Collection Industry
How Government Budget Cuts Significantly Reduced U.S. GDP Last Year
Gingrich labels Romney a 'liberal'
8 industries China leads where the US used to
Tom Engelhardt: Iran Through the Looking Glass
Gingrich and Romney Want to Say Adios to Bilingual Ballots
Freddie Mac Bets Against American Homeowners
Jeb Bush Remains Silent on Endorsement
ACTA is worse than SOPA, here's what you need to know (5 comments)
Sunday, January 29:
Audit: U.S. Defense Department can't account for billions for Iraq
Chris Hayes stunning 'Story of the Week' featuring Sheldon Adelson
Adelson under criminal investigation for alleged bribery of foreign officials
World Social Forum calls for global anti-corporate protest in June | The Raw Story
Journalists--Myself Included--Swept Up in Mass Arrest at Occupy Oakland (3 comments)
Pentagon Seeks Mightier 'Bunker Buster' Bomb vs. Iran
Numerous Arrests mark Move In Day in Oakland
Florida Man Arrested On Wiretapping Charges For Recording Traffic Stop (2 comments)
Police fire tear gas at Oakland, 200 arrested (4 comments)
Police use tear gas on Occupy Oakland protesters
Iranian-Imposed Oil Embargo Could Batter EU Firms with Buyback Deals
Saturday, January 28:
Setting the Stage for a Jeb Bush Draft in Tampa (5 comments)
Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran
Sherwood Ross: U.S. May Have Played Role in Jamaica's 2010 Tivoli Massacre (1 comments)
STUDY: The Press And The Pipeline
Bill Moyers: How ordinary people can fight "Citizens United'
The GOP empire strikes back at Gingrich
China And Japan Currency Swap: Nail In US Dollar's Coffin (2 comments)
New drone has no pilot anywhere, so who's accountable? (3 comments)
abbas sadeghian, Ph.D.: Clearing the Mine Fields in Dehloran, Iran .Peyvand Iran News (1 comments)
Multiple Israel False Flag Ops and How Supporters of Palestinians Fall Into the "Jewish" Word Trap (16 comments)
Friday, January 27:
Hillary Rodham Clinton dodging political 'high wire'
Pentagon wants commando "mothership" (1 comments)
Man spends 2 years in solitary after DWI arrest (1 comments)
Jon Stewart on Gingrich's Lunar Base Plan: Newt Wants To Divorce Feverish Earth For Younger, Healthier Moon (1 comments)
Are You Still Eating Butterball Turkeys? (1 comments)
Egypt Bars Sam LaHood From Leaving
More White People on Food Stamps than Blacks
VIDEO: The GOP's Racial Politics
Economics Stunner: "Oil and Coal-Fired Power Plants Have Air Pollution Damages Larger Than Their Value Added." (1 comments)
Thursday, January 26:
Living on Thin Ice (3 comments)
Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice in America
U.S. falls 27 places in worldwide freedom of the press rankings
The High Cost of Allowing Health Insurers to Continue Keeping Us in the Dark (1 comments)
What Would Peter Zenger Say: We are the Champions...of the World?
Good News for Obama From N.C.: Dem Gov. Declines to Run in '12
New NBC/Wall St Journal poll shows improved ratings for Obama
Meet the Bundlers Behind the Money - Or Not
K-Street vs. Super PACs? Lobbying Expenditures Slump in 2011 (1 comments)
Sheila Dean: Activists Talk to POGO about Human Trafficking and Government Contractors
BREAKING: TransCanada's Dirty Keystone XL Jobs Claims Draw Complaint To SEC
Gingrich Lies About His Past Lobbying Again
Wikileaks Chief Julian Assange Lands Talk Show Gig On RT
Frustrated US rambles on Iran: Gary Sick
Conservatives' Use of Animal Abuse Should Come As No Surprise (7 comments)
Obama's new mortgage-fraud unit met with skepticism
Christian Parenti: Big Storms Require Big Government (3 comments)
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Recall: Wisconsin United submits 1 million signatures. (2 comments)
Wednesday, January 25:
Gingrich's Anti-Muslim Sugar Daddy Funded Film Shown To NYPD
Fidel Castro Calls Republican Race 'Competition Of Idiocy And Ignorance' (1 comments)
Mormon Church's Prior Baptism Of Dead Jews Could Raise Concerns For Florida Voters
Cruise ship captain admits 'mistake' in deposition
Occupy Wall Street Journalist Arrests Cost U.S. Dearly In Latest Survey
A Victim of Child Sexual Abuse Uses the Web to Speak Out and Fight Back (1 comments)
You Can't Make This Up: Rick Santorum Launches C.U.M. Moneybomb
FDA Birth Control Pill Safety Panel's Ties to Industry: Conflict of Interest
Michele Bachmann says she'll seek 4th term in Congress after failed presidential bid
Fed says it is unlikely to raise key interest rate until late 2014, extending time frame (1 comments)
U.S. military raid in Somalia frees American, Dane
Help Vermonters Combat Federal Overreach (1 comments)
Supreme Court Ruling Restricts Police Use of GPS Device | Common Dreams
*Agent Orange Brand Cigarettes (4 comments)
Has the Army Placed a Poor Joke in the "Joint and National Intelligence Support to Military Operations" Document? (2 comments)
The Bludgeoning Of Cats: The South's Right Wing Politics Has Never Left Us. But What's Good For Gingrich ... (6 comments)
Tuesday, January 24:
Scalia Passes The Buck On Citizen's United
U.S. to grant three-year extension of loan guarantees to Israel (2 comments)
George Soros on the Coming U.S. Class War (2 comments)
Complete Barack Obama #SOTU State of the Union Address (47 comments)
Oklahoma Republican Senator Wants Ban on Human Fetuses in Food (1 comments)
Obama Being Forced to Show Up to Lame Birther Court Hearing in Georgia (4 comments)
US Number One in Global Weapons Sales
Google tracks consumers across products, users can't opt out
IAEA reviews Japan's nuclear power safety
Ruling could force Americans to decrypt laptops
Salala tragedy: Pakistan Army rejects US probe on NATO air raid
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to host own TV show (1 comments)
Westboro Baptist Church Plans To Protest Joe Paterno's Funeral
Judge: Fifth Amendment doesn't protect encrypted hard drives
Anti-Muslim Movie Shown On "Continuous Loop' To NYPD (1 comments)
FBI: Conn. cops behaved like 'bullies with badges'
Number Of Homeless Women Veterans Doubled Between 2006 And 2010
Are the Koch brothers teaching you?
A Family's Cat Is Murdered In the Name of Politics and Conservatism (9 comments)
Abortion Safer For Women Than Childbirth, Study Claims
Japanese Delegation Wants the U.S. Out of Okinawa (4 comments)
The Alarming Outlook for Urban Water Scarcity
Democrats want Koch reps to testify on Keystone XL pipeline
Romney Gave More To Mormon Church Than He Paid In Taxes In 2010
Tennessee Tea Party 'Demands' That References To Slavery Be Removed From History Textbooks (2 comments)
Russia Gives New U.S. Envoy, McFaul, Cold Shoulder
William Astore: Confessions of a Recovering Weapons Addict
Should Michigan create a registry of animal abusers?
Court to Vermont: "Drop Dead" (7 comments)
Once Again, Believers Have it Wrong: Atheists Don't Just Want Sex, Drugs, and Lack of Morality (1 comments)
Romney's Tax Rate in 2010: 13.9 Percent
TARP pay czar caved on executive pay limits, bonuses
Monday, January 23:
Georgia judge orders President Obama to appear in court over 'birthers' suit (1 comments)
Burial problems found at VA cemeteries
How Can Communities Defend Themselves From Corporate Interests?
Twitter / @RalstonFlash: BREAKING: $5M more from Casino King for Newt
Anonymous to launch file sharing service
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Santorum: Rape Victims Should Make the Best of a Bad Situation
ACLU: Anti-abortion bills assume women can't make sound judgments
Obama Team to Break Silence on al-Awlaki Killing
Atlanta Jewish Times publisher out over Obama "hit' column (1 comments)
Obama Assassination Column Publisher Resigns
*Please Call for the Closure of Guantanamo By Signing the White House Petition (5 comments)
Iran 'definitely' closing Strait of Hormuz over EU oil embargo
Park City Vantage Point Puts Tragedy of American Health Care in Vivid Relief (5 comments)
Sen. Mark Kirk undergoes surgery after stroke (1 comments)
This Might Explain Why Newt Gingrich Actually Could Become President
Rupert Murdoch blocked my book, says Lord Patten to Curry Favor With China
Obama Paying Bush II Interest Costs Neutralizes Deficit as Election Weapon
EU approves tough oil embargo on Iran
Obama to Use Pension Funds of Ordinary Americans to Pay for Bank Mortgage "Settlement" (3 comments)
Gun Lobby Suffers Rare Setback in Fight to Sell Weapons to Drug Cartels (1 comments)
We're All In This Together: On the Commons Reinforces the 99 Percent Movement (1 comments)
Ellen Cantarow: An Environmental Occupy Fracks Corporate America
Sunday, January 22:
Ten NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
Authority for NYPD-CIA collaboration questioned (1 comments)
Stung By Defeat, Romney Ready to Right Tax "Mistake"
AZ Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to resign from Congress
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords resigning from Congress
Do Drones Undermine Democracy?
Ex-Representative May Lobby for Project He Helped Finance
Technological Innovations Help Dictators See All
Official: Yemen's Saleh leaves Sanaa
Forecast The Facts Exposes America's Climate-Denier TV Weathermen
Saturday, January 21:
Wary, Japanese Take Food Safety Into Their Own Hands
U.S. AG Eric Holder, DoJ Head Lanny Breuer Linked To Banks Accused Of Foreclosure Fraud (3 comments)
Gingrich wins huge come-from-behind victory in South Carolina
BREAKING: Gingrich Wins, Santorum Loses SC Primary
Jude Law: Murdoch's News International hacked me on U.S. soil (1 comments)
Republicans Serving On FEC Are Making Citizens United Even Worse
Gingrich Agrees To Meet With Rev. Sharpton After Being Confronted
Stephen Colbert Draws 10 Times More People Than Mitt Romney Does
War Architects Have Written a New Script- This Time with Azerbaijan in the Lead Actor Role (1 comments)
Outlawing dissent: Rahm Emanuel's new regime (1 comments)
Atlanta Jewish Times owner says sorry for Obama 'hit' column (3 comments)
Beijing caves to public, releases pollution data
Yemen grants Saleh immunity to try to end crisis
Reversing Itself, Iowa GOP Officially Declares Santorum The Iowa Caucus Winner
MTV (Viacom Inc.) REFUSES Ad For The Last War Crime Movie (1 comments)
Friday, January 20:
CIA collaboration with New York Police Department was never legally approved
Surprise! Al Franken defends SOPA (3 comments)
Scott Walker Recall Webcam Wisconsin's Favorite New TV Show
Natl Jewish Democratic Council Condemns Editorial Suggesting That Israel Assassinate President Obama
Obama Administration Stands Firm On Birth Control Coverage (1 comments)
LOL!! Newt Gingrich Would Eliminate Federal Income Tax for Mitt Romney
Brits Ask - Will Christianity rule Republican vote in South Carolina?
Fox News 'A-Team' Psychologist: Being Married Three Times Could Make Gingrich A Better President
France Suspends Training in Afghanistan
Keystone XL oil pipeline battle has only just begun
SOPA, PIPA votes to be delayed in House and Senate
How Murdoch's News Group hid the phone-hacking scandal
U.N. asked to probe U.S. efforts to squelch Spain torture probe
GOP Contest Rattled Before SC Primary as Perry Exits, Newt's Ex-Wife Speaks Out, Santorum Takes Iowa
News Flash for Newt Gingrich: Americans Do Not "Own" Their Jobs (1 comments)
'OWS plans massive protests for Spring'
BREAKING: Harry Reid Cancels Senate Debate Over Protect IP Act
Living In A Real World House of Lies
Supreme Court Rejects Judge-Drawn Maps in Texas Redistricting Case
Vermont Yankee Wins Court Case (2 comments)
Zbig: Israelis "bought influence" and outmaneuvered Obama - Salon.com (1 comments)
Thursday, January 19:
Iowa Finally Has Definitive Winner: The Voters
Bone Scan Mania: A 12 Year Drug Industry Con Finally Exposed. (1 comments)
Iranian Fishermen Rescued By U.S. Navy, Again
What the @#$!%# is 'popular capitalism'?
Study: States With Higher Taxes Are Better For Children
SOPA: Anti-Piracy or Censorship? Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales vs. Copyright Alliance's Sandra Aistars
The Walker Recall: A Victory For Democracy and Fighting Bob LaFollette
Taliban peace talks 'at risk' as Obama stalls on Guantánamo (1 comments)
Iran to return US secret drone... as a toy (2 comments)
Newt Gingrich: I would ignore supreme court as president (5 comments)
Romney's offshore accounts draw scrutiny; Candidate's multi-country tax havens avoid US taxes (2 comments)
Murdoch pays Jude Law $200,000 over phone hacking
Certified Results: Santorum Won Iowa But GOP Is Calling It A Tie (3 comments)
Responding To Koch Attacks, First Obama Campaign Ad Hits 'Secretive Oil Billionaires'
Despite Publicly Backing One Man-One Woman Marriage, Newt Asked Ex-Wife To 'Share Me' With Other Women, Current Wife (5 comments)
GOP Hopefuls Still Not Disclosing Bundlers
Ancient Mysteries Month On Paranormal Palace Radio Part1 Resceduled
Wednesday, January 18:
Defense Sec. Panetta: Possibly 19,000 military sex assaults each year (3 comments)
Survey: Republicans Trust Fox News And Nothing Else (2 comments)
Mitt Romney Sent Millions to Mormon Church
Romney Tax Plan: Cut Mitt Romney's Taxes Nearly In Half (2 comments)
Five key senators-- All Republican-- abandon online piracy bills amid Web protests (2 comments)
Who are the anti-Obama billionaires supporting the Keystone pipeline?
Handful of protesters arrested during "Occupy Congress'
Interview with Rocky Anderson- Justice Party Presidential Primary Candidate (13 comments)
Chevron Involved In Another Accident, Stock Unaffected As Nigerians Protest High Fuel Prices
Defamation Judgment Against Montana Blogger Reflects the Messy Nature of U.S. Courts (3 comments)
Why So Many Critics After 17,000 EV Sales in First Year?
Protesting SOPA: how to make your voice heard
How Rick Santorum Ripped Off American Veterans
Sadism in the Cell: Thanks to a Vindictive Prison System, Abu-Jamal is Still in 'The Hole'
Tuesday, January 17:
Google backs Anti-SOPA protest, Shows Solidarity with Wikipedia
White House Locked Down after 'Smoke Bomb' is Tossed Inside (1 comments)
Single State Defies OBAMA Detention Plan (1 comments)
Haiti-Bound Cholera Vaccine "Absolutely Useless' According to Bangladesh Field Trial | Haiti Chery
Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia blackout to protest SOPA on Wednesday
Charlottesville, Va., City Council Passes Resolution Opposing War on Iran
'Recharged' Occupy movement greets lawmakers back from recess
Occupy the Dream Pastors Spell Out Demands
North Korea's leader will not last long, says Kim Jong-un's brother
Holder decries states' efforts to restrict ease of voting
Google Takes Objection to Murdoch's Tweets
Over a million signatures filed to force recall of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
Google Joins Online SOPA Protest, Activists To Picket Schumer, Gillibrand
*Wikipedia blackout, why we fight (1 comments)
Wisconsin Democrats to submit one million signatures to recall Scott Walker
Since August, 88,000 Pennsylvania children have lost Medicaid benefits
Did a Conservative Newspaper Help Pave the Way for a Serial Child Molester?
Pepe Escobar: Sinking the Petrodollar in the Persian Gulf (1 comments)
Announcement: Raw Story to go dark on January 18 to protest SOPA/PIPA (2 comments)
Why Is NBCUniversal Threatening To Report Commenters They Disagree With To Their Employers?
Romney's most glaring lie of the night: There Is No Obama Job Plan - He has one; it's online
Polls: Republican Voter Enthusiasm Drops, Dems Not Far Behind
The Federal Reserve Knew About the Housing Bubble in 2004 (1 comments)
Research Bought, Then Paid For
Liars For Yahweh! How the Tikun Olam Charter School Got a $600,000 Federal Grant (1 comments)
Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory - Adventures in Corporate Misbehavior
Wikipedia to Go Black for One Day in Protest of SOPA (1 comments)
Monday, January 16:
For the Maya, the World Isn't Ending -- the Environment Is
Spanish judge reopens U.S. torture probe
Not on trial yet: those who knew of Manning's unstable history
Asserting Its Sovereignty, Iraq Detains American Contractors
Jackson Thoreau: First Lady shocks iCarly co-star, puts others at ease
Major US-Israel military drill postponed
Greyhound Driver Evicts OWS Fares with Texas Police Support (17 comments)
Sherwood Ross: Oil Companies Big Winners in Iraq War (3 comments)
Mitt Romney's Health Care Fantasy World (1 comments)
Occupy protesters kicked off bus on way to Washington (1 comments)
Sunday, January 15:
Nick Turse: Drone Disasters (2 comments)
Huntsman expected to leave GOP race Monday and endorse Romney (1 comments)
Bed, Bath & Beyond pulls radioactive tissue holders off shelves
Two More Bodies Found in Sinking Cruise Ship
US, Israel in open rift over Iran: Big joint military drill cancelled
EU Iran Oil Embargo Over Nuclear Work Said Likely to Be Delayed Six Months
Israelis Facing a Seismic Rift Over Role of Women (2 comments)
25 of Big Pharma's Most Offensive Ads (10 comments)
Saturday, January 14:
'Stop Romney' Christian conservatives decide to back Santorum (1 comments)
Lieberman: Obama would attack Iran if necessary (3 comments)
Ahmedinejad Visits Latin America, Washington Implores and Seethes
The $U.S. Dollar Centric Derivatives Complex: Progenitor of Parasitic, Ponzi Price-Fixing
Occupy's 99 Pledge (2 comments)
Mohamed ElBaradei quits Egyptian presidential race
Kansas GOP House Speaker 'Prays' That Obama's 'Children Be Fatherless And His Wife A Widow'
Israel's top court backs bar on Palestinian spouses
U.S. Warns Israel Against Iran Strike (1 comments)
'Israeli Mossad agents posed as CIA spies to recruit terrorists to fight against Iran' (1 comments)
A New America: Rocky Anderson's Vision and Acceptance Speech (16 comments)
A win for progressives on Israel - Israel-Palestine - Salon.com
Iran blasts US, UK for N-assassination
U.S. troops quietly surge into Middle East
Friday, January 13:
The Progressive Honor Roll of 2011, by John Nichols of The Nation Online (1 comments)
Obama asks for new power to merge agencies
Is your Senator Representing Charles and David Koch? (2 comments)
France Loses AAA Credit Rating, S.&P. Says
What do voters know about the GOP field? Very little
Military Cutbacks: Thousands of US Soldiers Set to Leave Europe
Investigation of Lawyer's Murder Already Is Sending Out a Stench (1 comments)
The 20 Biggest Donors of the 2012 Election (So Far) are Conservatives
Lexicon for Liberation: An A-Z Of Occupation (8 comments)
Survey: Illegal Corporate Campaign Contributions Up 400%
GOP Presidential Candidates Would Have A Hard Time Finding Coverage Under Their Health Reform Plans
Thursday, January 12:
Rising Awareness in Class Divide, Many Point to OWS
Bradley Manning moves step closer to full court martial
Recess appointments constitutional, Justice Department says
California GOP Rep. Jerry Lewis Retiring
Daily Kos: New Hampshire officials say James O'Keefe should be arrested for voter scam
The Rise and Consequences of Inequality
U.S. probes video of marines urinating on dead Afghans
Abramoff warns Kentucky lawmakers of slipping into corruption (1 comments)
Guantanamo Bay lawyers to halt written communication
Scandal Brewing Over Nigerian Fuel Imports (2 comments)
Grover Norquist explains how trickle down works, in this 22 second video
More Than 7,000 Protest YouTube's Censorship of "The Last War Crime" Film
Wednesday, January 11:
It's Now or Never! (6 comments)
Gitmo: 10 years of injustice and disgrace
Child leukaemia doubles near French nuclear plants: study
Mitt Romney Tells the 99% to Stop Being Jealous & Quiet Down
More Conflict Seen Between Rich and Poor, Survey Finds
Moody's Downgrades Illinois Credit Rating To Worst In Nation
Corporate Welfare: State Taxpayers Pay to Train Workers for Large Corporations (3 comments)
Rio+20: The Moment When Everything Changed?
Court rejects petition from WikiLeaks, Julian Assange
Phone Hacking: Mail on Sunday used investigator after he was charged, editor admits
South Carolina Has The Nation's Second Worst Graduation Rate -- Will The GOP Offer Solutions?
Bill Moyers Coming Back to a TV Near You
The Obama Administration's 'New' Bank Fraud Deal: Still Unfair, Still Unjust, Still Unbalanced
Who Is Flying Unmanned Aircraft in the U.S.?
How Genetically Modified Foods Could Affect Our Health in Unexpected Ways
On 10th anniversary, Guantanamo Bay's future is unclear
Elizabeth Warren kicks Wall Street's butt, raises $5.7 million to Scott Brown's $3.2 million
As Romney rises, private equity titans tremble in fear of 'vulture' spotlight
Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi Is Criticized on Wave of Pardons
Conservative activists scrambling for a strategy to block Romney
Five U.S. Senators Are Perfect Koch Brothers Servants, Americans For Prosperity Reports
Backers Of Radical Anti-Abortion Bill Shamelessly Use Kids Carrying Teddy Bears To Lobby Lawmakers
The Truth About Romney's 'Fire' Comment From Former MA Aide: "Insurers Have The Right To Fire You"
PEW: Rising Share of Americans See Conflict Between Rich and Poor
Mitt Romney Welcomes Endorsement of South African Apartheid Sympathizer
Guantanamo Bay 10th Anniversary: Obama's Detention Law Could Fill Prison Obama Tried To Close
Bomb kills Iran nuclear scientist as crisis mounts
Farmers Sue Jon Corzine Over Missing Millions
CEO of Campus Crest Communities Was a Fugitive From Justice for Failure to Pay Child Support
Arizona Wants to Buy Back State Capitol It Inexplicably Sold
MapLight Launches "Company" Pages To Track Corporate Influence In US Politics
Data Show German Economy Stalling
Syria president's denunciation exposes Mideast power struggle
Tensions rise as Pakistan PM fires defense secretary
Iranian nuclear scientist killed in Tehran bomb explosion
Robbers with AK-47s hit Walmart in Atascocita, TX
Tuesday, January 10:
Sherwood Ross: Americans Ignored NDAA Precedents At Their Peril (8 comments)
Doomsday Clock one minute closer to doom
US ships 'in second rescue of Iranians in Gulf' (2 comments)
Romney's Bogus Jobs Claim, A Review
States Attempt to Instill 'Work Ethic' by Rolling Back Child Labor Protections (1 comments)
Americans Drastically Overestimate Number Of Undocumented Immigrants In US By Factor of 6-7
Super Bowl Viewers Will See Graphic Anti-Abortion Ads With Pictures Of Bloody Fetuses (2 comments)
SPUSA Presidential Candidate Has a Big Plan
Cuban Missile Crisis, the Sequel; $3,000 Gold Possible (1 comments)
The Foreclosure Crisis: A Government In Denial
Must See: This Video is Absurd as 'Corporate Personhood'
Alabamians Are Blinded By the Light of College-Football Glory
Ever so humble?? NOT The homes of the GOP contenders
Romney Dilemma: Americans Don't Like Capitalism as Much as Conservatives Think
GOP plan: No HS diploma? No unemployment check (2 comments)
Homeland Security monitors journalists
Rick Santorum Would be Best President Health Insurers' Money Could Buy (1 comments)
SEC: Banks' Exposure To European Debt Not Shared With Investors
Credit Card Firms: They Don't Just Steal From Cardholders (5 comments)
Michael Klare, Energy Wars 2012
Sheila Dean: 5 things you should know about the FBI's massive new biometric database
'I Did Not Want To Be On The Side Of History That Remained Silent' (1 comments)
Monday, January 9:
Reuters on Romney's Private-Equity Past
How Wall Street Turned a Crisis Into a Cartel: William D. Cohan
US: Iran has not yet decided to build nuclear bomb
Iran death sentence for 'CIA spy' Amir Mirzai Hekmati
A Republican Stronghold Spawns a Serial Child Molester (1 comments)
Sherwood Ross: Iran Has Chance To Reconsider Death Penalty of Convicted CIA Agent (3 comments)
Meet the Billionaire Who Wants to Help Newt Gingrich Destroy Mitt Romney
The Rise of American Fundamentalism 2006-2008 (1 comments)
Examining Romney's Business Record - Bain & Investors Win; Most Companies Go Bust
Study challenges Roberts court's image as defender of free speech (1 comments)
Sunday, January 8:
Thomas Frank: Why the Tea Party Needs Mitt
Mitt Romney: Don't Run For Office If You Need The Salary
NYPD raids studio used by OWS live-streamers
The Gekko Institute Comes to Washington
35 Romney endorsers received contributions first (2 comments)
Tennessee Gets The Call: Slouching Towards Africa, The Lou Engle-Honored State Proudly Touts The Right To Bully (2 comments)
Tony Blankley, conservative commentator and former Gingrich press secretary, dies at 63
Palestinian Sesame Street falls victim to US Congress
Study Challenges Supreme Court's Image as Defender of Free Speech
Franklin P. Lamb: Muslim Brotherhood Strongest Contender in Libya's Coming Elections
Saturday, January 7:
Michelle Obama's Evolution as First Lady
Earth's climate unraveling? Winter disappears across portions of the northern hemisphere (1 comments)
Another tyrannical success for Lieberman: Enemy Expatriation Act now law under NDAA (2 comments)
Obama's Leaner, Meaner Military
Terry Carrico, Ex-Guantanamo Prison Commander, Says Facility Should Close
Lynn Buske: Wholesale Approval of Genetically Engineered Foods -- Obama Administration Disappoints/Angers Public (3 comments)
Sherwood Ross: U.S. & Iran Obligated To Resolve Dispute Legally (4 comments)
Why the collapse of MF Global may have 'apolyptic' consequences
8 Western troops die in 24 hours in southern Afghanistan
Friday, January 6:
Republicans Seek Legal Ruling on Obama Recess Appointments (1 comments)
US navy frees Iranians held by pirates (2 comments)
NDAA: Open Season for the Police State
Truthdigger of the Week: Daniel Ellsberg
How Romney's Firm Drove Steel Plant Into Bankruptcy, But Still Profited Thanks To Federal Bailout | ThinkProgress (1 comments)
House Democrats Rush Floor Demanding Republicans Come Back To Work, GOP Cuts Off C-SPAN
Romney tax plan would most benefit wealthy
End of the Road Trip: The Revolution Returns to Egypt
U.S. adds 200,000 jobs in Dec.; unemployment drops to 8.5%
Tea Party House Members Even Wealthier Than Other GOP Lawmakers
"Occupy: Dissecting Wall Street," A New Dissection by Danny Schechter
Thursday, January 5:
Two Ex-Scott Walker Staffers Arrested In Ongoing Investigation
Overly-Excited Price Is Right Contestant Dry Humps Drew Carey And Neil Patrick Harris
Sectarian Conflict Flares in Iraq
Joseph Kennedy III takes steps toward run for Congress
Report Says ALEC Wields "Disturbing Level of Influence' In Virginia | TPMMuckraker
Gov Scott Walker -- DA. Announces Charges Against Ex-Walker Aide, Two Others In "John Doe' Probe
Obama vows US will stay world's top military power
Verizon sends workers condescending 'give in to us now' video; union responds with parody
"We've Created A Monster!" Super PACs Hot Topic Of Conversation Among GOP Candidates (1 comments)
US pressured Spain to implement online piracy law leaked memo reveals
Keystone XL pipeline: API oil chief, Jack Gerard, threatens Obama (2 comments)
Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs
A Bill of Rights for Occupied Communities (1 comments)
Sherwood Ross: "Game Over" For Planet if Keystone Pipeline Built (6 comments)
Bill McKibben, Buying Congress in 2012 (1 comments)
Wednesday, January 4:
Occupy Wall Street's Livestream Operators Arrested
Why The Appointment Of Richard Cordray Is A Victory For Middle Class Families
WikiLeaks: US targets EU over GM crops
Bill Gross Warns Of Financial Market Implosion And The End Of Economic Life As We Know It
Federal judges reject West Virginia redistricting plan as unconstitutional
New Hampshire GOP Bill Mandates That New Laws Find Their Origin In 1215 English Magna Carta (1 comments)
Richard Cordray appointed by Obama to head consumer watchdog bureau
Game On: Our Media Fostered Media Circus Moves North (3 comments)
Dan Froomkin: Santorum Called Mormonism 'Dangerous Cult' In Minds Of 'Some Christians' In 2007
A Call for the Tea Party and Occupy Movements to "Occupy the Courts"
Signs that China's property bubble is imploding
Romney endorsed by McCain; Bachmann quits; Santorum, Gingrich take battle to N.H.
Richard Cordray Nomination: Obama Using Recess Appointment Amid GOP Opposition
1,600 Georgia Soldiers Deploy to Afghanistan
The Family Behind Orkin Pest Control Has Connections to Massive Accounting Fraud (2 comments)
Tuesday, January 3:
Jordan: Israelis, Palestinians to Resume Dialogue
Who Would Intentionally Kill Blackbirds? (1 comments)
Iran threatens U.S. Navy as sanctions hit economy
Anti-Wall Street protesters make a show at Rose Parade
BP asks Halliburton to pay for Gulf of Mexico spill
Taliban says it will open Qatar office for talks with U.S.
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Santorum's Racist Welfare Rant
Up next: Indiana anti-union bill
Santorum: States Should Have The Right To Outlaw Birth Control
Chief Justice Draws Guffaws With His Claim That Federal Courts Operate Honestly (1 comments)
Tom Engelhardt: Lessons from Lost Wars in 2012 (1 comments)
Preparing to Attack Iran with Nuclear Weapons - "No Option can be taken off the Table." (1 comments)
URGENT Call to Action Against NDAA by OWS in New York (3 comments)
Monday, January 2:
Great (if Hypocritical) News! Iowa GOP Caucuses Will Vote on Publicly Hand-Counted Paper Ballots!
Rick Santorum Says He Would bomb Iran Nuclear Facilities
A "Culture of Domination" Helps Produce Child Sex-Abuse Scandals (3 comments)
Palestinians and Israelis to Hold Talks This Week
American Paradox: 18.5 Million Vacant Homes and 3.5 Million Homeless (2 comments)
Rupert Murdoch Has a Lot to Learn About Twitter -- Among Other Things...
Sunday, January 1:
Nuclear benchmark: A rod for nuclear Iran
Montana high court upholds ban on election spending (1 comments)
*Chief Justice's Annual Report Ducks Judicial Ethics Scandals (9 comments)
Whether Permit Is Approved Or Not, "Occupy Congress' Will Still Happen On National Mall In January
Officials: 4.0 magnitude quake in northeast Ohio related to wastewater injection well (3 comments)
68 Occupy demonstrators arrested in New York
U.S. Agrees to $30 Billion Arms Sale to Saudis
It's Official: Gov Stats Shows the Middle Class is Dead (25 comments)
Congo: What's Rwanda got to do with it?
Hundreds Storm Police Barricades And Retake Zuccotti Park (6 comments)
Man found with explosives at Midland International Airport (1 comments)