Report Links Cellphones to Brain Tumors
A group known as the International EMF Collaborative has released a report stating that consistent cellphone use significantly increases the risk of brain tumors, the Los Angeles Times said...
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Poverty Rate Highest in 11 Years
According to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, the poverty rate is at an 11-year high while household incomes are at a 10-year low, all thanks to the worst...
Cheap Chinese Tires Keep Rolling In
As inexpensive Chinese-made automobile tires keep rolling into the United States and U.S. tire manufacturers struggle to stay in business, President Obama will soon have to decide whether or...
Many Filings on Google Books Settlement
The time has expired for interested parties to file either for or against Google’s proposed settlement with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers. As the September...
China Orders Use of Real Names Online
Communist China in August secretly ordered certain Chinese news websites to require new users to log on using their real names and identification numbers, the New York Times reported...
MIcrosoft Gets Reprieve on Word Ban
Microsoft has obtained a stay against a court injunction that would have prevented the company from selling its Microsoft Word software until an appeal could be filed, Channel Web...
Obama Advisers Differ on Afghanistan
President Barack Obama’s top advisers differ on what course of action to take with the war in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported on September 3. ...
Democrats May Fund Health Reform With Taxes
Senate Democrats are once again looking at the option of taxing those with higher incomes to fund healthcare reform, the Wall Street Journal wrote on September 4. ...
Reporters Dragged Into North Korea
The American television reporters who were imprisoned in North Korea, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, say they were “violently dragged” from Chinese soil into North Korea by North Korean...
UN Computer Upgrade Slow & Costly
A planned computer hardware and software upgrade for the United Nations is more than three months behind schedule and appears headed to exceed its budget by over $50 million,...
U.S. Seniors Opt for Mexican Healthcare
“Mexicare: $250 a year covers it all” declared the Arizona Republic website headline on August 29. The Mexican Social Security Institute, known as IMSS, provides healthcare with no limits...
Carrie Prejean Files Discrimination Suit
Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against the franchise that operates the Miss California Organization, K2 Productions, naming specifically co-executive directors Keith Lewis...
American Sex Tourists Caught in Cambodia
Three American sex tourists to Cambodia have been arrested and are being returned to the United States for trial, Fox News reported on August 31. ...
Bill Would Give President Internet Control
CNET News reported on August 28 that it had obtained a draft copy of a Senate bill (S. 773) that would “permit the president to seize temporary control of...
FCC to Investigate Wireless Industry
The Federal Communications Commission is launching an investigation of the nation’s wireless industry to root out any anti-competitive practices and to decide what regulations should be imposed for the...