9/11 coverup intensifies as Able Danger whistleblower punished by PentagonThe Pentagon has begun punishing and smearing the officer who was set to reveal details of how 9/11 terrorist Mohamed Atta was identified by secret intelligence programs over a year before the attacks.
The Associated Press reports:
An officer who has claimed that a classified military unit identified four Sept. 11 hijackers before the 200... (more)
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Study: Adept Liars' Brains Are Built DifferentlyIn the lexicon of lying, there are white lies and bare-faced lies. Facts can be fudged, forged or shaded. There are fibbers, fabricators and feckless fabulists. By whatever clinical term, the truth simply is not in some people.
Now scientists have an anatomical inkling why.
A new study from the University of Southern California, published in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, suggests that the talent for compulsive deception is embedded in the s... (more)
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One-Fifth of High School Seniors Fail California Exit ExamNearly 100,000 California 12th graders — or about 20% of this year's senior class — have failed the state's graduation exam, potentially jeopardizing their chances of earning diplomas, according to the most definitive report on the mandatory test released today.
Students in the class of 2006, the first group to face the graduation requirement, must pass both sections of the English and math test by next June.
The exit exam, which has come under criticism... (more)
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Magazine ad 'unleashes hell' for Boeing and BellBoeing and its joint-venture partner Bell Helicopter apologized yesterday for a magazine ad published a month ago — and again this week by mistake — depicting U.S. Special Forces troops rappelling from an Osprey aircraft onto the roof of a mosque.
"It descends from the heavens. Ironically it unleashes hell," reads the ad, which ran this week in the National Journal and earlier in the Armed Forces Journal. The ad also stated: "Consider it a gift from above."
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Inside the secretive Bilderberg GroupHow much influence do private networks of the rich and powerful have on government policies and international relations? One group, the Bilderberg, has often attracted speculation that it forms a shadowy global government. As part of the BBC's Who Runs Your World? series, Bill Hayton tries to find out more.
The chairman of the secretive - he prefers the word private - Bilderberg Group is 73-year-old Viscount Etienne Davignon, corporate director and former European Commissioner.... (more)
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Hyperactive disorder drug 'raises risk of suicidal thoughts in children'A drug taken by 15,000 children in the UK has been found to increase the risk of suicidal thoughts, the Government's medicines safety watchdog says.
Strattera, which is manufactured by Lilly and is used to treat attention deficit and hyperactive disorder (ADHD), was licensed in the UK in July 2004.
Yesterday's warning was issued by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which said it would re-examine the risks and benefits of the drug. It follows the... (more)
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Oil Reserves Are IncreasingEugene Island is an underwater mountain located about 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1973 oil was struck and off-shore platform Eugene 330 erected. The field began production at 15,000 barrels a day, then gradually fell off, as is normal, to 4,000 barrels a day in 1989, Then came the surprise; it reversed itself and increased production to 13,000 barrels a day. Probable reserves have been increased to 400 million barrels from 60 million. The field appears to be fil... (more)
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Car which will book you for speeding: Vehicles will automatically cop themselves for speedingRoadside speed cameras will be redundant eventually because vehicles will automatically cop themselves for speeding.
This is the plan of the Department for Transport, which has commissioned companies to develop aircraft-style black boxes for cars.
They will record every aspect of a vehicle's performance and automatically issue a ticket every time the vehicle exceeds a speed limit.
The black boxes will be linked to central computers via the Global Posi... (more)
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County on Cutting Edge With Cell Phone Tracking09/29/2005 OCEAN CITY – Being a popular vacation destination, there are certain things that come with the territory such as care-free beach goers who are often times not familiar with there surroundings at no fault of their own, but new cell phone technology tracking people in emergency situations has already been a success and will continue to save lives.
Michael Cosgrove, an executive vice president of a Maryland marketing communications company and Chevy Chase resident,... (more)
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At Nation’s Largest Project, Residents Welcome Big BrotherNina Adams wants her CCTV. For six years, the chairwoman of the Queensbridge Tenants’ Association has been badgering elected officials for funds to install security cameras at her public housing development.
On Monday, she saw the result of her persistence, as Councilman Eric Gioia and New York City Housing Authority General Manager Douglas Apple announced a $2.25-million initiative to wire Queensbridge Houses with surveillance equipment. “This is a long time coming, a... (more)
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Anti-yob powers trigger police state gibeTONY BLAIR denied that he was creating a police state atmosphere in Britain after pledging to give officers any extra summary powers they needed to crack down on yobs.
Mr Blair argued that traditional law was failing to protect the elderly from the fear of violence and intimidation. The Prime Minister also gave his strongest warning yet that “traditional civil liberties” would not stand in the way of new anti-terrorism laws.
Civil rights groups said that... (more)
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Scholar says Bush has used obscure doctrine to extend power 95 timesThe Bush administration has been using an extreme version of an obscure doctrine called the Unitary Executive Theory to justify executive actions that far exceed past presidents' power, RAW STORY has learned.
The doctrine assumes, in its extreme form, nearly absolute deference to the Executive branch from Congress and the Judiciary.
According to Dr. Christopher Kelley, a professor in the Department of Political Sciences at Miami University, as of April 2005, Preside... (more)
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Abu Ghraib images 'must appear'A judge in New York has ruled that pictures of Iraqi inmates abused by US troops should be released.
The judge made the order after a request by the American Civil Liberties Union for access to 87 unseen images.
District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected government arguments that this could fuel anti-US feelings.
Pictures of Iraqi inmates being abused at Abu Ghraib jail in Baghdad last year have caused an outcry around the world. Several US soldiers ha... (more)
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Taser Manufacturer Removes The makers of a stun gun used by many Wisconsin law enforcement departments, is taking their non-lethal description off their weapon.
Taser International is removing the words from their marketing materials. Deaths and injuries related to the gun's use have caused some departments to stop using it and others to question circumstances under which it should be used.
Taser International's gun is used by about a fifth of the nation's law enforcement agencies including t... (more)
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Company run by Frist's brother made $630m deal two days before he announced he would be leaderBill Frist, it seems, needs a doctor.
The Senate's plaintive Southern physician -- envisioned as the Republicans’ antidote to a seemingly racist Trent Lott -- is hemorrhaging political capital. The doctor who so memorably assuaged a terrified nation in the wake of the 2001 anthrax attacks is now dancing to a dangerous duet of swirling stock probes.
Today, a RAW STORY investigation has turned up more intrigue surrounding Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's affi... (more)
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Dutch 'marriage', 1 man, 2 women: Trio becomes 1st officially to tie the knotsThe Netherlands has legalized polygamy in all but name, granting a civil union to a man and two women.
Victor de Bruijn, 46, of Roosendaal "married" both Bianca, 31, and Mirjam, 35, in a ceremony Friday, the Brussels Journal reported.
"I love both Bianca and Mirjam, so I am marrying them both," said de Bruijn who previously was married to Bianca.
The couple met Mirjam Geven two and a half years ago through an Internet chatroom, and eight weeks later M... (more)
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Is It The Republican Party Or Just G.W. Bush?The Republican Party professes to stand for less government and more freedom. It claims to be a conservative party. However, ever since assuming control of the entire federal government, it has revealed itself to be something entirely different.
For example, since the White House and both houses of Congress have been under Republican Party domination, the federal government has increased federal expenditures and deficits to levels never before seen. Beyond that, individual liberti... (more)
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Israelis urge U.S. to stop Iran's nuke goalsThe United States and its allies must act to stop Iran's nuclear programs -- by force if necessary -- because conventional diplomacy will not work, three senior Israeli lawmakers from across the political spectrum warned yesterday.
As a last resort, they said, Israel itself would act unilaterally to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear arms.
Iran will not be deterred "by anything short of a threat of force," said Arieh Eldad, a member of Israel's right-wing National Union Pa... (more)
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Bird flu 'could kill 150m people'A new flu pandemic could happen at any time and kill between 5-150 million people, a UN health official warned.
David Nabarro, who is charged with co-ordinating responses to bird flu, said a mutation of the virus affecting Asia could trigger new outbreaks.
"The consequences in terms of human life when the pandemic does start are going to be extraordinary and very damaging," Dr Nabarro told the BBC.
Bird flu has swept through poultry and wild birds in ... (more)
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