T O D A Y ' S H E A D L I N E S
Attacks on Gore backfire
Yesterday, conservatives across the blogosphere, citing a People magazine article and a poorly-researched Austrailian Daily Telegraph article, smeared Al Gore by claiming that he ate Chilean Sea Bass.
...............................
Taking apart Bill O'Reilly's
shoddy journalism
It's not the first time Bill O'Reilly has targeted the progressive blogosphere with with disingenuous attacks. Now, the netroots movement returns the fire.
...............................
Is the Right really rising up
against the Iraq occupation?
 Getting Republicans to jump ship is central to the anti-war movement's strategy to get out of Iraq. But activists need to be wary of their intentions and not let them co-opt the message that it's time for withdrawal.
...............................
Bush also earns low marks for economic policy
 As Economic Policy Institute analysts Jared Bernstein and Elise Gould reported last year, for the five-year period from 2000 to 2005, inflation-adjusted household incomes dropped 2.7 percent for all households but declined 5.4 percent for non-elderly households.
...............................
Troop levels in Iraq unsustainable
after mid-2008: Powell
Colin Powell said Wednesday that the current level of US troops in Iraq cannot be maintained beyond mid-2008.
...............................
Bush veto threat on
health bill draws criticism
A veto threat by Bush over a measure to expand a government health program for children triggered outrage from advocacy groups.
...............................
NFL's Vick faces media
outrage in dog-fight case
 Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick faced condemnation in the media on Wednesday and an uncertain future following his federal indictment on Tuesday over alleged involvement in a dog-fighting operation.
...............................
Earthshaking evidence:
Nuclear power not safe
The nuclear mishap caused by Monday’s earthquake in Japan has unleashed another wave of environmental concerns about the use of nuclear technology to meet the world’s energy needs.
...............................
Vitamin C useless for
preventing or treating colds
For the average person, popping vitamin C pills is unlikely to ward off the common cold or shorten its length or severity. However, for people exposed to short bouts of extreme physical exercise or cold temperatures, vitamin C may markedly reduce their risk of catching a cold.
...............................
White House to lobby
lawmakers on Iraq
The White House is pushing hard to buy time for its Iraq strategy, offering Congress unusual access to President Bush's top military and diplomatic advisers.
...............................
Obama, Edwards shift
focus to US poverty
 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday challenged John Edwards' claim as the anti-poverty candidate and reminded voters of his experience working with the inner-city poor. Edwards bemoaned the plight of the downtrodden in rural Appalachia.
...............................
Giuliani: More ethanol,
nuclear power
Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani argued he can lead the country away from reliance on foreign oil with increases in ethanol production and nuclear power.
...............................
The McGovern reunion
As evidenced by the turnout for this reunion, McGovern’s race attracted and trained a generation of young people who are the heart and soul of the Democratic Party today.
...............................
Suit against Clinton
pollster dropped
A lawsuit accusing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief strategist of illegally intercepting e-mails has been withdrawn and the legal battle between him and former associates has been resolved, the parties said Wednesday.
...............................
Several top Bush officials
'would like to leave'
In his political report today, Robert Novak hints that other members of President Bush’s Cabinet would like to follow the example of VA Secretary Jim Nicholson and resign
...............................
McCain, Kyl rush to blame
for Reid for 'obstruction'
McCain and Kyl were quick to dishonestly politicize Reid’s maneuver, after obstructing passage of the bill over opposition to an Iraq redeployment amendment.
...............................
Vermont town bans public
nudity after brash displays
A Vermont town that is gaining national attention for brash displays of nudity -- from teens in the buff to naked elderly people -- awoke on Wednesday to an emergency ban on nakedness in most public places.
...............................
Americans would hit
brakes if gas hits $3.50
Some 40 percent of Americans would curb their driving habits if retail gasoline prices shot up to $3.50 a gallon, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
...............................
iPhone may be
disrupting network
Apple Inc.'s flashy new iPhones may be jamming parts of the wireless network, where technology officials worked with the company Wednesday to fix problems before classes begin next month.
...............................
FDA warns of botulism
risk in Kroger chili sauce
Some cans of hot dog chili sauce sold under various brand names may be contaminated with the bacteria that causes botulism and should not be eaten, the Food and Drug Administration warned on Wednesday.
...............................
Study predicts 75 percent
overweight in US by 2015
 If people keep gaining weight at the current rate, fat will be the norm by 2015, with 75 percent of U.S. adults overweight and 41 percent obese, U.S. researchers predicted on Wednesday.
...............................
Millionaire farmers
could lose subsidies
The House Agriculture Committee voted Wednesday to ban federal subsidies to farmers with incomes averaging more than $1 million a year and stop farmers from collecting payments for multiple properties. Only farmers whose incomes exceed $2.5 million a year are now disqualified from such aid.
...............................
Mother charged with
beating children on plane
A California mother was charged with beating her children, aged 2 and 4, on a commercial aircraft and interfering with the flight crew.
...............................
Older drivers play safe
on roads, study finds
Young drivers between 15 and 24 years old are three times as likely to cause car accidents as senior citizens, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday, noting that the findings contradict policies that make it harder for older drivers to renew their licenses.
...............................
Bush may try to provoke Iran during
Congressional recess in August
As Congress prepares for its August recess, the probability of U.S. air strikes on Iran rises with each week. A third carrier, the USS Enterprise, is joining the Nimitz and Stennis.
...............................
Reid pulled Defense Authorization
bill off floor
 After forcing conservatives to stand all-night and filibuster the Levin-Reed Iraq redeployment bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has pulled the entire Defense Authorization bill from consideration on the Senate floor.
...............................
Military.com poll:
War support waning
Nearly 60 percent of readers who participated in a recent Military.com poll said the United States should withdraw its troops from Iraq now or by the end of 2008.
...............................
Bush approval rating sinks
to Jimmy Carter level
Welcome back, Carter? For decades, Jimmy Carter has been maligned as a profoundly unpopular president.
...............................
E A R L I E R H E A D L I N E S
Democrats demand US focus
on bin Laden's network
 A new appraisal that Al-Qaeda is back in business fueled an angry Democratic clamor for President George W. Bush to end the war in Iraq and focus on eliminating Osama bin Laden's resurgent network.
...............................
When you’re a failure like Bush,
blame someone else
The White House’s latest spin on the National Intelligence Estimate is that it’s Pakistan’s fault for allowing Osama bin Ladin to reemerge as strong as ever along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border
...............................
Bush aides concede failure in
fight with al-Qaeda in Pakistan
President Bush’s top counterterrorism advisers acknowledged Tuesday that the strategy for fighting Osama bin Laden’s leadership of Al Qaeda in Pakistan had failed.
...............................
If this is such a rich country, why are we getting squeezed?
The commercial media is telling us two perfectly contradictory stories about the American economy. The first is how wonderfully rich we are in the United States.
But, at the same time, we're also told that we don't have the money to pay for a robust social safety net.
...............................
Publisher implies US deaths in Iraq not bad, because they're volunteers
Fox News contributor and Forbes Magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard asserted that the deaths of U.S. troops in Iraq weren't so bad because, hey, they volunteered to serve their country.
...............................
White House gets more time
to respond to subpoenas
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy granted the Bush administration more time on Tuesday to respond to congressional subpoenas demanding documents in a probe of its warrantless domestic spying program.
...............................
Obama tries to peel
away Clinton backers
 Barack Obama says people are sure to love him once they get to know him. For now, though, Democrats seem to love Hillary Rodham Clinton more, so Obama is trying to turn heads with select jabs at his chief rival.
...............................
Edwards ad touts
him as a tough guy
Elizabeth Edwards tells voters her husband, Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, is a tough guy "who can stare the worst in the face and not blink" in an ad set to start airing Wednesday in New Hampshire.
...............................
Oprah Winfrey to raise
money for Obama
Forget the girl of YouTube videos. The real Obama girl is doing her part for the candidate. Talk show host Oprah Winfrey plans to hold a Sept. 8 fundraiser for Democratic hopeful Barack Obama at her palatial estate near Santa Barbara, Calif., according to campaign spokesman Dan Pfeiffer.
...............................
Scaife newspaper questions Bush's mental stability
A newspaper owned by billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, backer of conservative causes, has called the Bush administration's plans to stay the course in Iraq a "prescription for American suicide." The Tribune-Review said "we have to question his mental stability."
...............................
20.5 million decisions
to classify documents
There were 20.5 million decisions to classify government secrets last year, and a report to the president found serious shortcomings in the process.
...............................
Report: Anti-gang
strategy failing badly
Anti-gang legislation and police crackdowns are failing so badly that they are strengthening the criminal organizations and making U.S. cities more dangerous, according to a report being released Wednesday.
...............................
Sick 9/11 workers sue
$1 billion insurance fund
Ailing ground zero workers are going to court to demand that the company overseeing a $1 billion Sept. 11 insurance fund uses it to pay for their health care.
...............................
NYC traffic fee
proposal is all but dead
With his traffic-fee proposal all but dead, Mayor Michael Bloomberg lashed out Tuesday at lawmakers who blocked it, saying they were gutless and had jeopardized a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
...............................
Miers’ second
subpoena rejection
The Committee has previously warned that if Miers does not comply with the subpoena, she may face contempt of Congress.
...............................
Afghanistan breaks
opium record
Afghanistan's heroin-producing poppy crop set another record this season
...............................
Scandal-prone Nicholson
resigns Veterans Affairs post
Nicholson’s primary qualification for the VA job was serving as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1997 to 2000, “raising close to $380 million for the 2000 cycle.”
...............................
Hackers steal US government,
corporate data from PCs
 Hackers stole information from the U.S. Department of Transportation and several U.S. companies by seducing employees with fake job-listings on advertisements and e-mail, a computer security firm said.
...............................
AP Poll: GOP pick
is 'none of the above'
The latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that nearly a quarter of Republicans are unwilling to back top-tier hopefuls
...............................
Back to TOP
|
|
|  |
Did US intelligence assets kill
Antioch College?
At the time of its announced closure, Antioch College, perhaps America’s most progressive and well-known peace college, had a few visible capitalist hawks on its Board of Trustees.
Studies: Restless legs
syndrome is real
Scientists have linked certain genes to restless legs syndrome, suggesting the twitching condition described as "jimmy legs" in a "Seinfeld" episode is biologically based and not an imaginary disorder.
Forbes.com: Bundchen
is richest model
Gisele Bundchen tops Forbes.com's list of the world's richest models, earning $33 million in the last 12 months.
Brazil plane crash
may haunt government
Critics condemned the government for failing to invest in safety measures adopted by other urban airports, as officials confirmed that a plane crash killed all 186 people onboard, the nation's second major air disaster in less than a year.
Texas man battles
flesh-eating bacteria
A Nacogdoches man was in critical but stable condition after three surgeries aimed at saving him from a flesh-eating bacteria that infected him during a swim off the coast of Galveston County.
7 kids removed from
squalid Texas home
A judge on Wednesday ordered seven young children removed from their home after authorities discovered it was infested with rats and filled with garbage, including stacks of dirty diapers nearly 4 feet high in closets.
Poor Memory Tied to
Sleep Woes in Aging Women
Older women with memory problems are more likely to have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep than those without memory loss, a U.S. study finds.
Fears grow of fallout
from Ukraine toxic spill
Scores of people sought medical help on Wednesday after a poisonous chemical spill in Ukraine, Greenpeace said.
Text messages cited
in fatal NY crash
Text messages were sent and received on a 17-year-old driver's cell phone moments before the sport utility vehicle slammed head-on into a truck, killing her and four other recent high school graduates, police said.
$1 billion for
emergency radios
The government announced Wednesday it will distribute nearly $1 billion to states and cities to fix communications problems that still plague police and fire departments six years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
Ex-Beatle McCartney and estranged
wife far apart on settlement
Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and his estranged wife Heather Mills are not close in terms of negotiations for a settlement in their messy divorce.
Skulls confirm we're
all out of Africa
An analysis of thousands of skulls shows modern humans originated from a single point in Africa and finally lays to rest the idea of multiple origins..
Merv Griffin treated
for prostate cancer
Merv Griffin has been hospitalized for a recurrence of prostate cancer, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
|
|
|
Former President Bill Clinton on Thursday criticized President George W. Bush's administration for failing in Iraq, saying their was no evidence of much-needed political or diplomatic progress.
Hit REFRESH or RELOAD for latest updates .::