Obama: Twelve months on, the star falls back to earth – Amer
Oct 30, 2009 Opinion
If there was a degree of déja vu for fans of Obama crammed inside a university athletic arena in Hackensack, NJ, the other evening, it was entirely deliberate. They only had to close their eyes and listen to the deafening chants of “Yes We Can” to imagine they had been transported back to the heady days of a year ago when their candidate was
The Growing Rift Between Libertarians and Republicans
Oct 30, 2009 Opinion
Although a temporary truce between Libertarians and Republicans has been in effect for the Tea Parties, divisions over legalizing marijuana, domestic espionage, abortion, torture, gay marriage, the separation of church/state, immigration, and de-militarization are starting to toll. The schism between Libertarians and Republicans is widening.
House health bill clocks in at 1,990 pages – Politico.com
Oct 30, 2009 Politics
It runs more pages than War and Peace, has nearly five times as many words as the Torah, and its tables of contents alone run far longer than this story.
Michigan Raid Reveals a Mysterious Islamic Sect
Oct 30, 2009 World
A mysterious Islamic sect that apparently seeks to establish an independent state based on Sharia law on American soil.
Mafia killing in Italy caught on camera
Oct 30, 2009 World
Shocking video footage of an alleged gangster being shot dead at point blank range by a mafia hit man sparked outrage in Italy on Thursday.
French trial could shed light on Cheney’s Halliburton years
Oct 30, 2009 World
In the already shady world of big oil, Angola truly is the heart of darkness, and the sleazy details of its dealings, are hard for anyone doing business with it to escape. Back in the 1990s, Dick Cheney was among those people. Cheney had moved from his position as secretary of defense in the Bush administration to head up Halliburton…
Man Aged 112 marries 17 year old girl(OMG)
Oct 30, 2009 World
A Somalian man who claims to be 112 years old has married for the sixth time, to a 17-year-old girl.
Worried Iran Pilot Asks Passengers To Pray
Oct 30, 2009 World
A worried Iranian airline pilot asked passengers to start praying after his plane was hit by a technical glitch early on Thursday, highlighting once again the notorious record of Tehran’s aircraft.
Sex, Alcohol, Bacon Among World’s Big Killers
Oct 30, 2009 World
Poor childhood nutrition, unsafe sex, alcohol, bad sanitation and hygiene, and high blood pressure are to blame for around a quarter of the 60 million premature deaths around the world each year, the WHO said in a report.
Lawyer: CIA kept detainees alive to keep torturing them
Oct 30, 2009 World
According to human rights lawyer John Sifton, the CIA tortured detainees so severely that it had to take measures to keep them alive so they could continue being tortured.