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BP shuts down Georgia pipelines
Energy giant BP says it has shut two of three pipelines that run through Georgia as a precautionary measure. A spokeswoman for the firm said the oil and gas pipelines, which run from the
Read More »Bush Is the Worst Commander in Chief Ever
By Matthew Rothschild | Here’s the news flash from Wednesday’s New York Times: “Al Qaeda is more capable of attacking inside the United States than it was last year.” That’s not my conclusion. Or
Read More »South Africa Hearing Claims Elite Unit Controlled by CIA, MI5
iol | British intelligence organisation MI5 and the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) are the masters of South Africa’s elite crime fighting unit, the Scorpions, a public hearing into their dissolution heard in
Read More »Busting the Anthrax Myth
By Fred Burton and Scott Stewart of Stratfor.com | Dr. Jeffrey W. Runge, chief medical officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, told a congressional subcommittee on July 22 that the risk of
Read More »Credit Card Debt: 5 Ways to Dig Yourself Out
The Street | How do you stop digging yourself deeper into debt? Americans carry a lot of debt, and it is easy for mounting debt to grow. Sometimes, it grows faster than you can
Read More »As many U.S. contractors as troops in Iraq
Army Times | The U.S. has about the same number of private contractors in Iraq as uniformed service members, a new congressional report says — a history-making ratio that presents problems in keeping track
Read More »Auditors Question Blackwater Contracts: But Is It Really $107 Million?
By Elizabeth Olson | Blackwater Worldwide, the contractor whose provision of private security in Iraq has been under scrutiny, and its affiliated companies may have improperly obtained more than $100 million in contracts meant
Read More »Most Corporations Don’t Pay Income Taxes
By Richard Rubin | Most corporations, including the vast majority of foreign companies doing business in the United States, pay no income taxes, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Tuesday. During the
Read More »Bush administration proposes major cut to endangered species protections
By Naomi Spencer | With an eye to the approaching elections, the Bush administration has drafted proposed changes to the enforcement of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that would take effect within 30 days
Read More »Where Are the Weapons of Mass Destruction?
Truthdig | In the past two decades I have had the opportunity to participate in certain experiences pertaining to my work that fall into the category of “no one will ever believe this.” I
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