Archives for General News
March 2014
Monday, March 31:
Senate report claims Caterpillar avoided $2.4bn in US taxes (1 comments)
Israeli court convicts ex-PM Olmert of bribery
CIA misled on interrogation program, Senate report says
MH370: Hopes dashed as orange objects turn out to be fishing equipment
Boehner on Obamacare: "House Republicans will continue to work to repeal this law" (1 comments)
Another Round Of Food Stamp Cuts Hits States
Healthcare.gov stumbles twice on deadline day (1 comments)
New IPCC report: The planet is warming, and it’s going to get worse.
Liesl Bradner: Iraqi Law Would Legalize Marriage for 9-Year-Old Girls
How Vladimir Putin became evil (7 comments)
Tomgram: In Memoriam: Jonathan Schell (1943-2014)
Sunday, March 30:
Senate NSA critic urges Barack Obama to end bulk data collection now
"Nothing has yet been verified as being from MH370," says Australian Maritime Safety Authority (1 comments)
Delphi told panel GM approved ignition switches below specifications
Kerry meets with Lavrov on Ukraine, urges troop pullback
Obama announces overhaul of NSA metadata collection (2 comments)
Jingo Journalism: Remember the Maine!!! (8 comments)
Russia sets tough conditions for diplomatic solution in Crimea (1 comments)
Spanish journalists freed in Syria after six-month ordeal
MH370 search: Captain Mark Matthews' paints pessimistic assessment of black box search
Der Spiegel: NSA Put Merkel on List of 122 Targeted Leaders
BP: Lake Michigan oil spill was actually twice as big as we originally said
Interview Transcript: Keith Farnish Interview Transcript. Undermining-- Legal and Illegal Ways To Fight the System (1 comments)
Saturday, March 29:
Facing Rising Seas, Bangladesh Confronts the Consequences of Climate Change
New G.O.P. Bid to Limit Voting in Swing States
Governors Christie, Walker and Kasich woo billionaire Sheldon Adelson at Vegas event (1 comments)
Pa Prosecutors Parry on Prejudice
Why pols call other pols "disingenuous"
Violence against U.S. homeless on the rise
NSA chief Keith Alexander avoids Snowden in retirement speech
Stress Tested: What Are They Trying To Tell Us? (1 comments)
Netanyahu told Kerry "gov't could fall if prisoners released"
Friday, March 28:
Obama seeks to reassure Saudi Arabia over Iran, Syria
Mysterious Antique Sphinx Discovered in the BahamasÂ
Press Release: March 27, 2014: Is MoveOn Breaking Faith with the Progressive Community? (1 comments)
Putin Calls Obama to Discuss Ukraine, White House Says
Port Authority Chairman Resigns, Christie Announces
No Justice for Keaton Otis yet... US DoJ v City of Portland (1 comments)
US human rights record chastised in UN report
Obama Seeks to Calm Saudis as Paths Split - NYTimes.com
UN slams US for torture, NSA spying
Thursday, March 27:
More than 6 million Americans enrolled under the ACA, WH says (1 comments)
Official Said He Told Christie of Lane Closings, Bridge Scandal Report Says
What are they hiding?: Some Serious Problems with the FBI’s Killing of a Witness in Florida (3 comments)
Tomgram: Nick Turse, America's Non-Stop Ops in Africa (2 comments)
Obama's Kony 2014 hunt totally forgets a bigger conflict in Uganda and beyond
"Bridgegate" report to be released, expected to clear Christie
Snowden welcomes Obama's plans for NSA reform as "turning point" (2 comments)
Barack Obama meets Pope Francis on visit to Vatican
We're Fed Up!: The People Need to Take Ownership of the Production of Money (3 comments)
Keystone XL: State Department Tells the Environment to Drop Dead
Wednesday, March 26:
General Who Led Takeover of Egypt to Run for President
Glass Houses (1 comments)
Bin Laden Son-In-Law Found Guilty On U.S. Terror Charges
Obama urges Europeans to bolster NATO to help deter an expansionist Russia
Don't Cry for the G8: It's Mostly a Waste of Time : The New Yorker
Russian 'blowback' on petrodollar
Alan Grayson on Psychopathic Corporations (3 comments)
New Report Reveals How Wall Street Impoverishes Los Angeles (3 comments)
Tuesday, March 25:
Keith Farnish Interview Transcript. Undermining-- Breaking the System that Has Broken OUR Connection (3 comments)
Rumsfeld: "Trained ape" could foster better diplomatic relations (1 comments)
Obama administration will allow more time to enroll in health care on federal marketplace (1 comments)
IRS says bitcoin is property rather than currency
Facebook buying virtual reality firm Oculus for $2 billion
It Saves Millions To Simply Give Homeless People A Place To Live
Franklin P. Lamb: President Assad and Ayatollah Khomeini are keeping their word. Will President Obama keep his?
Interview Transcript: Alan Grayson on Obamacare and Getting Progresssives In Office
Tomgram: Crump and Harwood, The Net Closes Around Us
Kent State Truth Tribunal Addresses the United Nations Human Rights Committee (1 comments)
Exclusive to Opednews: Alan Grayson Talks About TPP, GLobalization, NAFTA and Obama (9 comments)
Mysterious Series of Deaths in Banking Industry – Validated Independent News (1 comments)
Monday, March 24:
Russia Is Ousted From Group of 8 by U.S. and Allies (2 comments)
A List Of 97 Taxes Americans Pay Every Year
Obama to Call for End to NSA's Bulk Data Collection (1 comments)
Nathan Phelps issues statement on the death of his father
Thirty-two hurt in train derailment at Chicago's O'Hare airport
Malaysia says jet crashed in sea; China wants evidence
Living Legacy of Machismo: Rape Victim Charged for Self-Defense
Reducing Dependence on Fossil Fuels: The Work of Billy Rixon of 350 Maine (3 comments)
Inquiry Is Said to Clear Christie, but That’s His Lawyers' Verdict
City Orders Church to Stop Caring for the Homeless (1 comments)
Obama Calls For Russia to Be Removed From Group of Eight (3 comments)
Best of TomDispatch: Noam Chomsky, "The Most Dangerous Moment"
Sunday, March 23:
YouTube enrolls 'super flaggers' to watch for offending videos
Fake U.S. ship spotted in Gulf is a movie set, Iranian media say
U.S. sends Osprey aircraft, more Special Forces to Uganda to hunt warlord Joseph Kony
Burials go green; bodies interred in just a cloth bag or wicker basket (1 comments)
Jimmy Carter believes the NSA monitors his e-mails
Washington landslide: 3 dead, at least 18 missing
Warmer winters will limit Olympic snow
The Status of the battle against childhood malnutrition including Wasting and Stunting (1 comments)
Saturday, March 22:
Chatroom evidence questions BoE role in FX probe - sources
Palestinians killed in West Bank clashes
Tumultuous Day for Gay Couples in Michigan (1 comments)
Megacities' explosive growth poses epic challenges
Pope Appoints Former Victim to Serve on Church Sex Abuse Panel (2 comments)
Abbas said "no" to Obama on three core peace issues (1 comments)
We're Eating WHAT? Government Cuts Back Meat Inspectors as Food Risks Increase (8 comments)
Major Media “Rallies†In New York To Urge Press Freedom From Government Spies and Protection for Sources (5 comments)
Friday, March 21:
Hitler Escaped to Argentina: FBI releases purloined documents (3 comments)
China, India back President Putin in Crimean reunification with Russia (2 comments)
Fuku-Crimea (14 comments)
Inside the NSA’s Secret Efforts to Hunt and Hack System Administrators
Pope tells Mafia to stop evil or prepare for hell (2 comments)
Hillary Clinton says she is ‘personally skeptical’ about an Iran nuclear deal (4 comments)
California Conferred a Civil-Rights Award to Gov. Jerry Brown Amid Civil-Rights Violations
Hillary Clinton Subtly Creates Distance From Obama (4 comments)
Thursday, March 20:
Harry Reid Slams "Patently Absurd" Allegations Over CIA-Congress Dispute (9 comments)
One Man's Analysis of Adolph Reed's Harper's Magazine Article (4 comments)
Flight Into Egypt (1 comments)
Israel said to be budgeting billions for Iran strike (2 comments)
General Is Reprimanded, but Spared Jail, in Misconduct Case (1 comments)
US accuses Moshe Ya'alon of "undermining ties" with Washington - Telegraph (2 comments)
US tech giants knew of NSA data collection, agency's top lawyer insists
How Cold War-Hungry Neocons Stage Managed RT Anchor Liz Wahl’s Resignation (12 comments)
Scientists say destructive solar blasts narrowly missed Earth in 2012
The CIA impunity challenge (1 comments)
An Injunction Against the First Amendment (4 comments)
Do Chickens Make People Chubbier? Antibiotics and Obesity (5 comments)
Australia reports possible debris from Malaysian plane in Indian Ocean
Wednesday, March 19:
Making the whole US a war zone: Crime’s Down, So Why is Police Aggression Increasing? (1 comments)
Clinton: Putin trying to rewrite post-WWII borders (1 comments)
Netanyahu orders IDF to prepare for possible strike on Iran during 2014 (1 comments)
*So, Senator ____ what are YOU going to do about the NSA? (6 comments)
Scalia Licks His Chops: Upcoming SCOTUS Case May Be Even Worse than Citizens United
Ending the 'Passionate Attachment' (1 comments)
Karl Widerquist: USBIG NewsFlash Vol. 15, No. 72, March-April 2014
Poll: Americans' Knowledge About Global Warming Is Inverse to Their Confidence About It. (11 comments)
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Inimitable Colonel Manners
Tuesday, March 18:
US to consider war games in Baltic, warns Biden
Lynching Adegbile (1 comments)
MH370: Maldives Islanders claim to have spotted "low flying jet" (4 comments)
The truth is out: money is just an IOU, and the banks are rolling in it (2 comments)
Attend First Washington, D.C. Screening: "JFK: A President Betrayed" (1 comments)
NSA surveillance program reaches "into the past" to retrieve, replay phone calls
World Cup Fans May Face Water Dearth in Largest Brazil City
Mitch McConnell Freaks Out and Calls The Police on Reporter Who He Feared Questions From
Obama urges hard work for Mideast peace (1 comments)
Defying West, Putin Signs Treaty to Annex Crimea
Paul Ryan isn't the wonk of Washington – it's time to listen to more good ideas
A Georgist in Congress? (7 comments)
Monday, March 17:
McCain: "Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country" (2 comments)
Thousands Confront Governor Jerry Brown: "Don't Frack with California!"
West’s drought and growth intensify conflict over water rights (1 comments)
Tomgram: Lewis Lapham, How "Revolution" Became an Adjective (3 comments)
Joining Russia's Fast-Growing Economy Could be Good Move for Crimea (2 comments)
U.S. Ranks No. 19 in Global Retirement Index
US navy Seals take over oil tanker seized (1 comments)
NASA-Funded Study Sounds Alarm for Civilization (2 comments)
Sunday, March 16:
*Jailed Journalist Sends Shocking 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' (12 comments)
U.S. rejects Crimea referendum, warns Russia of imminent sanctions (1 comments)
Focus turns to pilots as hunt for jet widens
Compare the NSA's Facebook Malware Denial to its Own Secret Documents (1 comments)
Syria army recaptures rebel bastion Yabroud
Anniversary of Boston Marathon Bombing Looms, Many Questions Remain (3 comments)
U.S. Leads World in Support of Ukrainian Nationalist Government
Police Violence Against CCSF Students: Get the Facts
35 countries where the U.S. has supported fascists, drug lords and terrorists
Do You Like Direct to Consumer Drug Ads? Get Ready for Direct to Consumer Radiation Ads (7 comments)
Saturday, March 15:
NATO websites hit in cyber attack over Crimea stance
Obama national security aides meet to discuss Ukraine
Obama tackling overtime pay in weekly address
Trader kills self in finance world’s latest suicide (3 comments)
Scott Brown launches exploratory committee in New Hampshire
Russia isolated over Crimea after UN vote (1 comments)
Senator Bernie Sanders (possibly presidential campaign) Speech on Childhood Poverty in America
Friday, March 14:
The world is SCREAMING for a new financial system (4 comments)
U.S. regulator sues 16 banks for rigging Libor rate
U.S. to relinquish remaining control over the Internet
When The Government Compounds Crimes Rather Than Fights Them: The Case of Mortgage Fraud (2 comments)
CIA spying on Congress: 'Undercover' officer duped JFK investigators in'78 (7 comments)
Ron Paul: Putin Has "Law on His Side" with Crimean Invasion
NSA mimics criminals in bid to infect millions of computers, report says (+video)
Are Soft Drinks Making You Fat? Research Shows Calories Are Not Only Problem
One-Quarter of U.S. Greenhouse Gases Come From Just 43 Companies (3 comments)
White House withholds thousands of documents from Senate CIA probe, despite vows of help (1 comments)
Senate Investigation of Bush-Era Torture Erupts Into Constitutional Crisis
Thursday, March 13:
Russia holds war games near Ukraine; Merkel warns of catastrophe
Senate reaches bipartisan deal to extend unemployment benefits
Barack Obama: A Monarch For Our Times
REDDIT AMA With WWW Inventor Tim Berners-Lee on Snowden, Dark Web, New Monetary approaches
Earth has a secret reservoir of water, say scientists
Tomgram: Nick Turse, American Proxy Wars in Africa
Wednesday, March 12:
An Abortion Provider Wins in Kansas
Brewer in Arizona Won’t Seek Re-election (1 comments)
Exploiting California’s Drought
US Congress probe of deadly defect in GM cars expands
Tuesday, March 11:
Republican Jolly wins Florida special election
Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Passengers' Mobile Phones Ring But Not Answered
Crisis in Ukraine: The View from Beyond Kiev
Facebook in talks to acquire drone company for $60 million
US investigates illegal military equipment shipments from Israel to Iran
Bernie Sanders Destroys The Koch Fueled Republican Plot To Steal Your Government
By the Way, Your Home Is on Fire, The Climate of Change and the Dangers of Stasis
The Democrats Stand Up to the Kochs
Ukraine’s Ousted Leader Urges Military to Resist New Government - NYTimes.com
CIA Interfered With Senate Committee, May Have Violated Constitution (30 comments)
China Details Plans to Liberalize Interest Rates and Encourage Private Banks
Snowden at SXSW: "The Constitution was being violated on a massive scale"
Monday, March 10:
Poverty is driving people to sell their internal organs on the black market
News Corpse » Foxettes On Parade: Is Fox News Breaking The Massachusetts Upskirting Law? (1 comments)
U.S. Nuclear Agency Hid Concerns, Hailed Safety Record as Fukushima Melted
U.S. Subpoenas Port Authority Records Tied to Chairman, a Christie Ally
Watch Colorado’s three new stoned driving PSAs (1 comments)
Tomgram: David Bromwich, The Leader Obama Wanted to Become and What Became of Him
The Minnesota Peace Project: A Model For All 50 States
Sunday, March 9:
Ukrainian prime minister will visit White House to discuss Crimea
Ron Paul on Liz Wahl's claim: What RT reported was exactly what I said
As CPAC ends, Republican factions remain adamant in disagreements
Military Suicides Not Caused By Pharma Drugs Say Pharma-funded Military Consultants (3 comments)
Passport Theft Adds to Mystery of Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet (3 comments)
Saturday, March 8:
Palin closes CPAC 2014, praising Cruz, criticizing Obama and GOP establishment
2014 CPAC: Rand Paul wins second consecutive CPAC straw poll
Kill the Snowden interview, congressman tells SXSW (1 comments)
What Happens When Corruption Is Legal? (12 comments)
Franklin P. Lamb: Resisters of Sykes-Picot Land Grab Perform Key Fighting Roles in Syria (2 comments)
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Ralph Reed Compares Obama to George Wallace at CPAC (1 comments)
Lying Liars: The Lies and Half-truths They Tell (4 comments)
Polio Continues To Be A Major Threat For Millions Of Children
Friday, March 7:
Ukraine standoff intensifies; Russia says sanctions will "boomerang"
A Daily Beast Ideologue Tries But Fails To Slay RT (2 comments)
Assad hails Russia's takeover of Crimea
Boeing reports wing cracks on 787 Dreamliners in production
Elizabeth Warren: Let's Tax Millionaires To Allow Students To Refinance Their Debt
Apartheid Wall in Arizona? Israeli Company Contracted to Build U.S.-Mexico Border Fence (1 comments)
What Europe Should Know about US Mass Surveillance
RT: Kiev snipers hired by Maidan leaders - leaked EU's Ashton phone tape (1 comments)
Secrets & “spiesâ€: The government’s increasingly dangerous war on whistleblowers - Salon.com
Thursday, March 6:
Remembering Chokwe Lumumba-- Revolutionary and Mississippi Mayor
Bernie Sanders: "I Am Prepared to Run for President of the United States" (77 comments)
Greens elect new leaders in Philadelphia
Détente in Ukraine? New Talks Show Promise of De-Escalation (3 comments)
Bernie Sanders: 'I Am Prepared to Run for President of the United States'
US imposes visa restrictions on Russian officials as Obama signs sanctions order (3 comments)
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: A Portrait in Courage (1 comments)
Florida’s seniors are being ripped off.
Tomgram: Mattea Kramer, Is the Pentagon Doomed -- To Be Flush Forever (2 comments)
Senate Intelligence Committee Pulls a Snowden
Wednesday, March 5:
Poll finds Republicans resistant to Chris Christie presidential candidacy
U.S. House votes to delay Obamacare penalty for non-enrollment
Ukraine Folly (17 comments)
U.S. Senate Uses Abu-Jamal to 'Tar' Obama Nominee (3 comments)
You can thank Warren Buffett for many of those exploding oil trains
Highest Minimum-Wage State Washington Beats U.S. Job Growth (1 comments)
Tuesday, March 4:
Baptist God Seduces the Unchurched with Free Guns (2 comments)
Palestinians won’t recognize Israel: Fatah leader (1 comments)
Netanyahu says he is prepared to make "a historic peace" with Palestinians
Ukraine crisis: US condemns Russian "aggression"
Tomgram: Peter Van Buren, The Next Battleground in the War on Whistleblowers
Message to the Masses (1 comments)
Inside Ukraine: Observer Who Speaks Ukrainian and Russian Challenges Western Media View of Events
Monday, March 3:
5 tycoons who want to close the wealth gap (1 comments)
At White House, Israel's Netanyahu pushes back against Obama diplomacy
IRS "Scandal" Lives On, Still Bogus (1 comments)
Americans for Properity's "No Climate Tax" website (1 comments)
Hundreds Arrested In Protest Of Keystone XL Pipeline
Food poverty now bigger public health concern than diet – expert claims
Giving Early Taste of GOP Tactics, Texans Make a Stand Against Obama
Tomgram: Engelhardt, A New World Order? (1 comments)
IBM Solar Collector Magnifies Sun
Sunday, March 2:
Èzili Dantò: Tourism is not development, Haiti Liberate Yourself! (3 comments)
Seniors on Medicare overpay $1,000 per year for drugs thanks to corruption in Congress (4 comments)
Are George Zimmerman and Michael Dunn "protecting" us? (63 comments)
Obama and Putin engage in 90-minute phone call about Russia's seizing of Crimea (16 comments)
Saturday, March 1:
Dozens killed in China stabbing spree (2 comments)
As Africans Surge to Europe’s Door, Spain Locks Down
Saudi Arabia: besieged and fearful
Rouhani says Iran will not acquire nuclear weapons "on principle"
Veterans Speak Out Against a Debilitating Federal Workplace Harming the Health of America's Returning Military (2 comments)
Don't Mess With Glenn Greenwald (1 comments)
Gold Fix Study Shows Signs of Decade of Bank Manipulation (1 comments)
Russian parliament approves troop deployment in Ukraine (1 comments)
Limit surveillance to "terrorist communication," says outgoing NSA boss (2 comments)
FCC dumps controversial media study (2 comments)
New Public Interest Trade Commission Dismissed As Toothless
Franklin P. Lamb: Return to Seyeda (lady) Zeinab—now secured and in protective hands (3 comments)
Hillary Clinton Likes Obamacare, and Opposes Single-Payer Health Insurance (23 comments)
Ash Spill Shows How Watchdog Was Defanged - NYTimes.com
Ukraine has not experienced a genuine revolution, merely a change of elites (1 comments)