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Health

Judge Orders FDA to Make Plan B Accessible to Teenagers Younger than 17

Judge Orders FDA to Make Plan B Accessible to Teenagers Younger than 17

A federal judge has asked the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its decision to restrict...
» read full story March 24th, 2009 - 15:46
Former Mayor Marion Barry OK after Kidney Transplant Surgery

Former Mayor Marion Barry OK after Kidney Transplant Surgery

Washington Mayor Marion Barry is in good condition after undergoing kidney transplant surgery on...
» read full story February 22nd, 2009 - 14:11
Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry to Undergo Kidney Transplant

Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry to Undergo Kidney Transplant

Washington Mayor Marion Barry was admitted to Howard University Hospital Thursday to prepare for...
» read full story February 20th, 2009 - 14:00
Obama Will Lift the Ban On Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Obama Will Lift the Ban On Embryonic Stem Cell Research

U.S. President Barack Obama will soon issue an executive order lifting an eight-year ban embryonic...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 01:21

FDA To Approve Eli Lilly’s Anti-Clotting Drug Prasugrel

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve Eli Lilly and Co.’s and Daiichi...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 16:36
Ely Lilly Settles For More Than $800 Million In Zyprexa Lawsuit

Ely Lilly Settles For More Than $800 Million In Zyprexa Lawsuit

  Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to pay approximately $800 million for unapproved marketing and...
» read full story January 21st, 2009 - 16:06
Coca-Cola Sued Over Misleading Claims

Coca-Cola Sued Over Misleading Claims

The Center for Science in the Public Interest sued Coca-Cola last week saying the label of its...
» read full story January 19th, 2009 - 15:22
CSPI Sues Coca-Cola Over Vitaminwater Claims

CSPI Sues Coca-Cola Over Vitaminwater Claims

The Center for Science in Public Interest (CSPI) have filed a class action lawsuit against...
» read full story January 17th, 2009 - 10:54
Two Existing Drugs May Help Obese People Lose Weight

Two Existing Drugs May Help Obese People Lose Weight

Two drugs already approved by the Food and Drug Administration together with hormone leptin may...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 12:53
FDA Cancelling The Registration Of Handgun For The Disabled

FDA Cancelling The Registration Of Handgun For The Disabled

The US Food and Drug Administration has revoked the registration for the single-bullet Palm Pistol...
» read full story December 09th, 2008 - 14:10

Supreme Court To Decide On Drug Lawsuits

Unquestionably, there are thousands of suspended cases across the United States that hang on the...
» read full story November 02nd, 2008 - 18:23
Emory Denied Federal Grant over Payment Disclosure Conflict

Emory Denied Federal Grant over Payment Disclosure Conflict

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) froze a $9.3 million research grant to Emory ...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 15:05
Leading Emory Psychiatrist ‘Fails’ to Report $1.2 Million of Drug Income

Leading Emory Psychiatrist ‘Fails’ to Report $1.2 Million of Drug Income

Emory University psychiatrist Charles Nemeroff has been accused of not reporting almost half of the...
» read full story October 04th, 2008 - 19:54
Emory Psychiatrist Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff  Did Not Report Drug Income

Emory Psychiatrist Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff Did Not Report Drug Income

Congressional investigators have revealed that Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff of Emory University, one...
» read full story October 04th, 2008 - 16:09
San Francisco Healthcare Program Declared Legal

San Francisco Healthcare Program Declared Legal

Tuesday, a panel of federal judges ruled that San Francisco’s federal labor law that requests...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 18:54
Court Declares Healthy San Francisco Plan Legal

Court Declares Healthy San Francisco Plan Legal

San Francisco’s landmark universal health care program won considerably on Tuesday when a panel of...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 14:08
90% of  U.S. Nursing Homes Cited for Violating Federal Care Standards

90% of U.S. Nursing Homes Cited for Violating Federal Care Standards

More than 90% of U.S. nursing homes surveyed were cited for violating federal care standards in...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 14:30
Staten Island University Hospital to Pay $88.9M in Fraud Case

Staten Island University Hospital to Pay $88.9M in Fraud Case

New York’s Staten Island University Hospital will have to pay $88.9 million to federal and state...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 16:00
Americans Reject Lowering Drinking Age by Large Margin

Americans Reject Lowering Drinking Age by Large Margin

A recent poll by Nationwide Insurance has found that Americans oppose lowering the minimum drinking...
» read full story August 23rd, 2008 - 15:28
Scheme to Defraud Health Care System Unmasked In California

Scheme to Defraud Health Care System Unmasked In California

The owner and chief executive of City of Angels Medical Center and a patient recruiter of a...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 11:11
Detergents and Air Fresheners Smell Nice but Possibly Intoxicate

Detergents and Air Fresheners Smell Nice but Possibly Intoxicate

Some of us spend a good deal at the supermarket poring over household items that make our rooms,...
» read full story July 24th, 2008 - 17:26
Loyola’s Medical School Slammed Over Mistreating Animals

Loyola’s Medical School Slammed Over Mistreating Animals

Inspections of Loyola University’s medical school run by the US Department of Agriculture...
» read full story July 22nd, 2008 - 16:31
Bush Administration Vows to Veto Medicare Bill, Override Likely

Bush Administration Vows to Veto Medicare Bill, Override Likely

While the Bush administration again threatened to veto the Medicare bill which rejects a 10.6...
» read full story July 13th, 2008 - 22:31
Addictive Drugs Available “With The Click Of A Mouse”

Addictive Drugs Available “With The Click Of A Mouse”

Despite efforts by governmental agencies to control illegal Internet sales of prescription-free...
» read full story July 10th, 2008 - 12:55
Food Allergy Guidelines Pushed for All US Schools

Food Allergy Guidelines Pushed for All US Schools

A mother and her daughter from Charleston are hoping that their efforts to enforce food allergy...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 17:20
Online Storage of Medical Records Raises Privacy Issues

Online Storage of Medical Records Raises Privacy Issues

Following Microsoft and Google’s intentions to enter the medical field with programs designed to...
» read full story April 18th, 2008 - 11:23
FDA Requests Seizure of Illegal Dietary Supplements

FDA Requests Seizure of Illegal Dietary Supplements

U.S. Marshals, at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s request, seized nearly $1.3 million of...
» read full story April 07th, 2008 - 14:14
NIH Delay to Notify Patients on Stolen Data Raises Questions

NIH Delay to Notify Patients on Stolen Data Raises Questions

The unencrypted medical information of nearly 2,500 participants in a cardiac study conducted by...
» read full story March 25th, 2008 - 10:45
Federal Judge Clears Mandatory Anthrax Vaccination

Federal Judge Clears Mandatory Anthrax Vaccination

A federal judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by members of the U.S. military against the U.S....
» read full story March 01st, 2008 - 14:04
U.S. Senate Supports Indian Health Care Improvement Act

U.S. Senate Supports Indian Health Care Improvement Act

The U.S. Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would allow American Indians a better access to health...
» read full story February 27th, 2008 - 15:10
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U.S.

Pilot Involved in 2007 San Francisco Oil Spill Pleads Guilty

Pilot Involved in 2007 San Francisco Oil Spill Pleads Guilty

The pilot behind the massive oil spill in the San Francisco Bay in a November 2007 incident pleaded...
» read full story March 08th, 2009 - 18:16
Obama Presses Lawmakers on Remaining $350 Billion of Stimulus Plan

Obama Presses Lawmakers on Remaining $350 Billion of Stimulus Plan

In order to get his presidential administration off to a fast start, President-elect Barack Obama...
» read full story January 14th, 2009 - 12:54
California Experts Puzzled By Mysterious Pelican Deaths

California Experts Puzzled By Mysterious Pelican Deaths

An estimated 270 dead or ailing California brown pelicans have been found in recent weeks from...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 22:39

Decades-old child murder case solved; father is US crime show host

Washington - One of the best known and longest running child murder cases in the United States has...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 07:50
Blagojevich Corruption Scandal Amplifies

Blagojevich Corruption Scandal Amplifies

Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich is continuing to act like nothing has happened and the...
» read full story December 13th, 2008 - 12:10
Bush Administration Eases Rules on Endangered Species Act

Bush Administration Eases Rules on Endangered Species Act

Six weeks before Democratic President-elect Barack Obama takes office, the Bush administration is...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 11:07

Fourteen Felons Granted Clemency In the 12th Hour Of Bush's Term

In addition the more high-profile commute of rapper John Edward Forte’s sentence, President George...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 18:00
Hillary Clinton To Be The Next Secretary Of State?

Hillary Clinton To Be The Next Secretary Of State?

Reports suggest US president-elect Barack Obama is considering naming Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 14:00
New Federal Rules for Banks Target Online Gambling

New Federal Rules for Banks Target Online Gambling

The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve finalized a set of rules on Wednesday that will put...
» read full story November 13th, 2008 - 14:23
Obama will move immediately on economic crisis

Obama will move immediately on economic crisis

Washington - US president-elect Barack Obama pledged Friday to move toward resolving the country's...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 08:22

US Supreme Court To Decide On Drug Lawsuits

Unquestionably, there are thousands of suspended cases across the United States that hang on the...
» read full story November 03rd, 2008 - 13:14

Nazi-sympathizers charged with threat to assassinate Obama

Washington - Two Nazi-sympathizers have been charged with making threats against Barack Obama after...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 23:18
Palin Opposes the Listing of Beluga Whales as Endangered

Palin Opposes the Listing of Beluga Whales as Endangered

Given that the beluga whale population in Alaska’s largest city Anchorage decreased by...
» read full story October 19th, 2008 - 14:49
United States Declares Beluga Whale Endangered

United States Declares Beluga Whale Endangered

On Friday, the United States federal government declared the population of beluga whales in...
» read full story October 19th, 2008 - 11:14

McCain vows tax cuts to jump-start economy

Washington - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Tuesday pledged to cut taxes and...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 20:11
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Movies

Tom Cruise Named in $250 Million Lawsuit against Church of Scientology

Tom Cruise Named in $250 Million Lawsuit against Church of Scientology

A former Scientologist has filed a lawsuit against the Church of Scientology for a quarter of a...
» read full story August 01st, 2008 - 15:03
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Music

Blogger Kevin Cogill’s Next Years-Not a Bed of Roses

Blogger Kevin Cogill’s Next Years-Not a Bed of Roses

After posting 9 tracks from the unreleased Guns N’ Roses album “Chinese Democracy” on his blog in...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 16:41
Rapper T. I. Expected to Enter Guilty Plea, Faces Jail Time

Rapper T. I. Expected to Enter Guilty Plea, Faces Jail Time

Rapper T. I. is expected to plead guilty Thursday to federal weapons charges stemming from an...
» read full story March 27th, 2008 - 17:45
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People

Lori Drew Case Started Today. Open Statements Made

Lori Drew Case Started Today. Open Statements Made

In what promises to be one recent times’ most convoluted cases, 49 year old Lori Drew is accused...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 22:35
Federal Prosecutors File More Documents Against TI

Federal Prosecutors File More Documents Against TI

Federal prosecutors filed additional documents Monday, Nov. 26, against rapper T. I., currently...
» read full story November 27th, 2007 - 14:22
David Copperfield Allegations Investigated by Grand Jury

David Copperfield Allegations Investigated by Grand Jury

A Seattle federal grand jury is considering allegations by an aspiring model from Washington who...
» read full story October 28th, 2007 - 21:37
T. I. Released On Bond After All

T. I. Released On Bond After All

Rapper Clifford “T. I.” Harris, who has been in police custody since mid-October, was...
» read full story October 27th, 2007 - 14:32
Jailed Rapper T. I. Requests Pre-Trial Release

Jailed Rapper T. I. Requests Pre-Trial Release

Clifford T. I. Harris, currently in custody for illegal possession of weapons, requested release on...
» read full story October 20th, 2007 - 19:39
T. I. Remains in Custody until Oct. 19

T. I. Remains in Custody until Oct. 19

Rapper Clifford T. I. Harris will remain in custody until this Friday after being charged over the...
» read full story October 16th, 2007 - 11:01
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Specials

Scammers Behind Super Bowl Porn Clip Not Caught Yet

Scammers Behind Super Bowl Porn Clip Not Caught Yet

Philadelphia-based cable television provider Comcast apologized and promised to find the ones...
» read full story February 03rd, 2009 - 16:29
Supreme Court Kills Child-Porn Law

Supreme Court Kills Child-Porn Law

  On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court decided not to change a ruling that stated...
» read full story January 22nd, 2009 - 19:11
California Experts Puzzled by Mysterious Pelican Deaths

California Experts Puzzled by Mysterious Pelican Deaths

An estimated 270 dead or ailing California brown pelicans have been found in recent weeks from...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 13:40

FDA Raises Objections To Diet Coke Plus Current Label

Federal regulators asked the Coca-Cola Company to change the label on a version of its Diet Coke...
» read full story December 26th, 2008 - 17:46
Coca-Cola Asked To Remove ‘Plus’ Claim From Diet Coke Plus Label

Coca-Cola Asked To Remove ‘Plus’ Claim From Diet Coke Plus Label

The FDA is warning the Coca-Cola Company that one of its products contains inappropriate...
» read full story December 25th, 2008 - 13:53

FTC squeezes 1 million bucks out of Sony as penalty for COPPA violations

Sony Music  has become 1 million dollars poorer. That is how things came out after the company’s...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 14:29
Lori Drew Convicted On Three Misdemeanor Counts In MySpace Hoax Case

Lori Drew Convicted On Three Misdemeanor Counts In MySpace Hoax Case

The highly debated case related to the MySpace hoax that led to the suicide of 13 year old Megan...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 12:43
Opening Statements in Cyberbullying Case

Opening Statements in Cyberbullying Case

Recently, a woman in the United States went on trial after she was charged with posing as a boy...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 18:54
Eliot Spitzer Cleared of Charges in Hooker Scandal

Eliot Spitzer Cleared of Charges in Hooker Scandal

Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer won’t face charges in connection with the hooker scandal...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 15:37
United States Government Declares Beluga Whale Endangered

United States Government Declares Beluga Whale Endangered

On Friday, the United States federal government declared the population of beluga whales in...
» read full story October 18th, 2008 - 15:26
FTC's Big Win Over Spam Senders

FTC's Big Win Over Spam Senders

After receiving more than 3 million complaints, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) managed to...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 16:04
President Bush Signs Copyright Infringement Bill

President Bush Signs Copyright Infringement Bill

Yesterday, United States President George W. Bush signed a bill related to the highly debated...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 14:26
Tennessee Student Indicted In Palin’s E-mail Hacking Case

Tennessee Student Indicted In Palin’s E-mail Hacking Case

Tuesday, a federal grand jury in Knoxville indicted David Kernell of Knoxville, Tennessee, for...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 10:55
Emory Psychiatrist Did Not Report Drug Income

Emory Psychiatrist Did Not Report Drug Income

Congressional investigators have revealed that Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff of Emory University, one...
» read full story October 03rd, 2008 - 20:55
Jammie Thomas Gets A Mistrial And Hopes For A Better Decision

Jammie Thomas Gets A Mistrial And Hopes For A Better Decision

The case of Jammie Thomas, the woman found guilty and ordered to pay a $220,000 fine, takes a new...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 14:12
Governor Palin’s E-Mail Hackers Could Steer Clear of Prosecution

Governor Palin’s E-Mail Hackers Could Steer Clear of Prosecution

This week, Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! account gov.palin@yahoo.com was broken into, after hackers who...
» read full story September 21st, 2008 - 16:43
Results of Anthrax Investigation Called into Question

Results of Anthrax Investigation Called into Question

Bruce E. Ivins did not act alone. That’s what Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy told the...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 20:54
Spammer Walks Free as Virginia Anti-Spam Law Is Declared Unconstitutional

Spammer Walks Free as Virginia Anti-Spam Law Is Declared Unconstitutional

Jeremy Jaynes, described as a notorious American spammer, had his nine year prison sentence...
» read full story September 14th, 2008 - 15:52
Virginia Supreme Court Struck Down Anti-Spam Law

Virginia Supreme Court Struck Down Anti-Spam Law

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday decided that the state's anti-spam law is unconstitutional....
» read full story September 13th, 2008 - 23:28

New Bush Administration Proposal Poses Threats to Endangered Species

The Bush administration has issued a proposal that paves the way for federal agencies not to...
» read full story August 17th, 2008 - 17:41

Jackson Browne Is Not On McCain’s Side

The songwriter and liberal political activist Jackson Browne has filed a lawsuit today against...
» read full story August 15th, 2008 - 08:31

The Bush Administration Might Make It Hard for Endangered Species

The Bush Administration slows down the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with another...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 20:08
Bush Administration Proposes The Extinction Of Endangered Species Rules

Bush Administration Proposes The Extinction Of Endangered Species Rules

The Endangered Species Act, which became a financial “nightmare” that hinders development and, to...
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 16:18
Scrabulous Resurrected  As Wordscrapper On Facebook

Scrabulous Resurrected As Wordscrapper On Facebook

A new version of Scrabulous is back on Facebook and it is called Wordscraper. The old one...
» read full story August 01st, 2008 - 13:20

Top Senator in New York Retires

Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who has run the Republican chamber for more than a dozen...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 11:04
Missouri Woman Pleads Not Guilty To MySpace Harassment Charges

Missouri Woman Pleads Not Guilty To MySpace Harassment Charges

The Missouri mother accused of harassing a 13-year-old girl via MySpace until the teen killed...
» read full story June 18th, 2008 - 18:07
Copyright Pirate Faces Five Years In Prison

Copyright Pirate Faces Five Years In Prison

Barry Gitarts, 25, member of the Apocalypse Production Crew (APC), was found guilty on Thursday of...
» read full story May 24th, 2008 - 14:50
Trapped Sea Lion Dies at Tacoma Zoo during Health Exam

Trapped Sea Lion Dies at Tacoma Zoo during Health Exam

A 1,454-pound sea lion died Tuesday during a health examination at the Point Defiance Zoo &...
» read full story April 30th, 2008 - 14:41
Private Eye, Pellicano, Wiretapped His Own Clients

Private Eye, Pellicano, Wiretapped His Own Clients

During the opening statements of the trial of private eye Anthony Pellicano on Thursday, a federal...
» read full story March 07th, 2008 - 16:42
ABC Faces $1.4 Million Fine Over 'NYPD Blue' Nude Scene

ABC Faces $1.4 Million Fine Over 'NYPD Blue' Nude Scene

US television network ABC is facing a $1.4 million fine brought by the Federal Communications...
» read full story January 26th, 2008 - 20:27
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Business

Signs that US may be headed slowly toward recovery

Washington - More than a year into one of the longest and deepest US recessions in living memory,...
» read full story April 15th, 2009 - 10:49

US Treasury to buy stake in GMAC; GM gets additional loan

   The Treasury will buy a 5-billion-dollar stake in GMAC and also lend GM an additional...
» read full story December 30th, 2008 - 09:53
Facebook Cashes In On Spam

Facebook Cashes In On Spam

According to a decision of the US District Court of North Carolina, Canadian citizen Adam Guerbuez...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 12:07
Facebook Wins Trial And Should Receive $873 Million

Facebook Wins Trial And Should Receive $873 Million

Justice was served in an exemplary manner in the case of Facebook vs. Canadian spammer Adam...
» read full story November 25th, 2008 - 16:29

Microsoft Moves for Dismissal in ‘Vista Capable’ Lawsuit

On Thursday Microsoft asked a federal judge to dismiss claims of plaintiffs in the class-action...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 17:30
Major Movie Studios Sue to Ban DVD Copying Software

Major Movie Studios Sue to Ban DVD Copying Software

Tuesday, six Hollywood movie studios have sued RealNetworks over the latter’s software program...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 17:35
RealNetworks And MPAA Go At It In Federal Court Over RealDVD

RealNetworks And MPAA Go At It In Federal Court Over RealDVD

United States movie studios and digital media pioneer RealNetworks will battle each other in the...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 22:14

Uncertainty as House rejects financial bail-out

Washington - In a shocking development Monday that plunged the United States back...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 21:08
Royalty Rates For Internet Radios Might Be Finally Set

Royalty Rates For Internet Radios Might Be Finally Set

An extremely debated issue concerning the royalty rates that Internet radios should pay might reach...
» read full story September 28th, 2008 - 16:11

Virginia Court Frees Spammer Convicted Under Anti-Spam Law

Today, in a precedent-setting ruling, the Virginia Supreme Court invalidated a 2003 anti-spam law...
» read full story September 13th, 2008 - 20:09
Psystar Fights Back By Sending Apple To Court

Psystar Fights Back By Sending Apple To Court

Psystar, the Mac clone maker taken to court by Apple on copyright infringement accusations,...
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 13:00
FDIC Says U.S. Bank System “Absolutely Safe”

FDIC Says U.S. Bank System “Absolutely Safe”

On the background of trouble signs given through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s (FDIC)...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 17:57
IndyMac Seized by U.S. Government, to Open Monday as Federal Bank

IndyMac Seized by U.S. Government, to Open Monday as Federal Bank

IndyMac Bank was seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), under orders from the...
» read full story July 12th, 2008 - 23:14
Comcast Denies Claims Of Network Discrimination

Comcast Denies Claims Of Network Discrimination

Comcast, the US second-largest Internet provider, told the FCC in formal comments that its policy...
» read full story February 13th, 2008 - 23:33
Fed Makes Emergency Rate Cuts To 3.5 %

Fed Makes Emergency Rate Cuts To 3.5 %

The Federal Reserve cut down its benchmark interest rates by 75 basic points, from 4.25% to 3.5%,...
» read full story January 22nd, 2008 - 16:37
Massey to Pay $20 Million EPA Fine to Settle Lawsuit

Massey to Pay $20 Million EPA Fine to Settle Lawsuit

Massey Energy Co, the fourth largest producer of coal in the United States by revenue, announced on...
» read full story January 18th, 2008 - 12:18
Bernanke Vows Fed Is Ready to Act

Bernanke Vows Fed Is Ready to Act

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke assured Friday the Fed is watching the economy and is ready...
» read full story August 31st, 2007 - 20:30
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Video Games

German rating system targets violent computer gamesBy Florian Oertel, d

German rating system targets violent computer gamesBy Florian Oertel, d

Berlin - Violent computer games are sparking controversy all over the world. Legislation recently...
» read full story August 24th, 2008 - 20:11
Some Games Do Need An ID Check

Some Games Do Need An ID Check

A new bill on the video game ratings was introduced yesterday into the House of Representatives....
» read full story May 09th, 2008 - 16:37
Feds Raid Console Modders’ Camps

Feds Raid Console Modders’ Camps

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided more than 30 businesses and homes in 16...
» read full story August 02nd, 2007 - 11:34
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Science

Big Changes For The Endangered Species Act

Big Changes For The Endangered Species Act

The Interior Department has just finalized the rules which change the way the Endangered Species...
» read full story December 14th, 2008 - 12:44
Bush Administration Loosens ESA Consultation Process

Bush Administration Loosens ESA Consultation Process

The U.S. Department of the Interior yesterday released modifications to ease the consultation...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 14:08

EPA Adopts Tighter Medical Waste Management Regulations

The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to move forward with the proposed regulations over...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 15:34
Another Attempt For Delisting Gray Wolves

Another Attempt For Delisting Gray Wolves

The Bush administration will once again try to take the gray wolf of the northern Rockies off the...
» read full story October 26th, 2008 - 21:12
Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative medicine by developing a safer way of...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 14:40
EPA Rejects Yazoo Backwater Project Over Environmental Concerns

EPA Rejects Yazoo Backwater Project Over Environmental Concerns

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejected the Yahoo Pumps Project proposal for the...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 14:30
Unusual Polar Bear Spotting Highlights Disasters of Global Warming

Unusual Polar Bear Spotting Highlights Disasters of Global Warming

Ten polar bears were seen swimming in open water off the northern coast of Alaska, an unusual...
» read full story August 25th, 2008 - 18:47
Navy Agrees To Low-Frequency Sonar Restrictions For Mammals’ Sake

Navy Agrees To Low-Frequency Sonar Restrictions For Mammals’ Sake

The U.S. District Court in San Francisco approved on Tuesday an agreement between the U.S. Navy...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 14:08
Group: Wolves Repopulating Washington Again

Group: Wolves Repopulating Washington Again

Wolves are again repopulating Washington, according to Conservation Northwest, an environmentalist...
» read full story July 24th, 2008 - 21:32
Agency Finally Meets Deadline, Declares Polar Bear Threatened

Agency Finally Meets Deadline, Declares Polar Bear Threatened

Three years after the Fish and Wildlife Services was asked to review the situation of the polar...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 14:54
Environmentalists Take Gray Wolf Matter To Court

Environmentalists Take Gray Wolf Matter To Court

The infamous Federal Endangered Species Act is not that protective it seems, and environmentalists...
» read full story April 29th, 2008 - 13:39
Gray Wolves To Be Hunted after Delisting

Gray Wolves To Be Hunted after Delisting

A major environment-related decision was taken for the northern Rocky Mountains region, as the...
» read full story March 29th, 2008 - 18:15
Federal Agency Sued Over Delaying Polar Bear Decision

Federal Agency Sued Over Delaying Polar Bear Decision

Fed up with the Fish and Wildlife Service’s constant failure to meet deadlines and make a decision...
» read full story March 11th, 2008 - 10:27
Conservationists To Fight In Court For Gray Wolves

Conservationists To Fight In Court For Gray Wolves

Environmental conservationists groups plan to fight in court against the US Department of the...
» read full story February 25th, 2008 - 00:02
The Wolf No Longer Endangered in the Northern Rockies

The Wolf No Longer Endangered in the Northern Rockies

Canis lupus, better known as the gray wolf, will no longer be protected under the Endangered...
» read full story February 21st, 2008 - 20:53
NASA: Orbital Granted $170 Million To Develop Spaceship Cargo

NASA: Orbital Granted $170 Million To Develop Spaceship Cargo

Orbital Sciences Corp. was chosen to develop NASA’s future space cargo, capable of commercial...
» read full story February 20th, 2008 - 10:48
Scientific World Loses Genetics Pioneer Joshua Lederberg, 82

Scientific World Loses Genetics Pioneer Joshua Lederberg, 82

Scientific world has lost Joshua Lederberg, University Professor and president emeritus of the...
» read full story February 05th, 2008 - 12:14
The Endangered Species Act Will Be Revised

The Endangered Species Act Will Be Revised

The Fish and Wildlife Service decided today to revise seven decisions on protecting species across...
» read full story November 28th, 2007 - 16:45
Landmark Greenhouse Emissions Bill in Senate Subcommittee

Landmark Greenhouse Emissions Bill in Senate Subcommittee

A landmark bill which requires mandatory, not voluntary, limits on greenhouse gases with the goal...
» read full story October 19th, 2007 - 10:41
American Electric Power Settles with EPA for $4.6 Billion

American Electric Power Settles with EPA for $4.6 Billion

The largest electricity generating utility in the United States, American Electric Power, as agreed...
» read full story October 13th, 2007 - 18:04
DOI Could Overturn MacDonald's Biased Environmental Decisions

DOI Could Overturn MacDonald's Biased Environmental Decisions

The Department of the Interior is expected to overturn politically-biased environmental decisions...
» read full story July 22nd, 2007 - 12:06
Trout Not an Endangered Species in Yellowstone- Study

Trout Not an Endangered Species in Yellowstone- Study

A study from 2006 showed that trout found in the shallow waters of Yellowstone National Park is no...
» read full story July 19th, 2007 - 13:23
Causes of Human Depression Studied in Mice

Causes of Human Depression Studied in Mice

One of the most common and mysterious mental illnesses, depression, might have found an explanation...
» read full story July 09th, 2007 - 22:29
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World

Al-Qaeda suspects arrested in Belgium ahead of EU summit

Brussels - Belgian police said Thursday they had thwarted a possible terrorist attack by arresting...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 20:01

India gears up for ban on smoking in public places

New Delhi - An estimated 120 million smokers in India will have one more reason to try to kick...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 16:51

Senate to Vote Wednesday on Rescue Package

Washington - The Democrats who control the US Senate and minority Republicans have agreed to hold a...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 09:47

Bold action needed to rescue financial institutions, Bush says

Washington - President George W Bush said Saturday that bold action was needed to bailout US...
» read full story September 21st, 2008 - 01:27
Virginia Anti-Spam Law Declared Invalid

Virginia Anti-Spam Law Declared Invalid

Following the much-publicized case and subsequent release of “Spam King” Jeremy Jaynes by the...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 16:23

Storm revamps Republican plans, Bush speech dropped

Washington - Hurricane Gustav Sunday played havoc with Republican Party plans to nominate their...
» read full story September 01st, 2008 - 00:14

Reports: Hurricane could prompt Bush to cancel convention plans

Washington - As Hurricane Gustav took aim Sunday at New Orleans, reports said that US President...
» read full story August 31st, 2008 - 18:17
Medicare Payment Error Rate Higher Than Said

Medicare Payment Error Rate Higher Than Said

The inspector general at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services denounced Medicare for...
» read full story August 26th, 2008 - 15:16
Bush Administration Wants To Ease Rules On Endangered Species

Bush Administration Wants To Ease Rules On Endangered Species

According to a new measure which the Bush administration wants to implement, the Endangered Species...
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 16:40
Ohio Inmate: Too Fat for Death Penalty?

Ohio Inmate: Too Fat for Death Penalty?

How about: “No…Don’t kill me. I’m too fat.” Although it sounds like a comic act, it really...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 20:04

Report: Cheney’s Office Linked to Global Warming Policy Change

A recent congressional investigation has come up with new details regarding the fact that senior...
» read full story July 19th, 2008 - 15:30
Software Engineer Gets 2 Years in Jail for Espionage

Software Engineer Gets 2 Years in Jail for Espionage

A software engineer who had worked in the Silicon Valley will spend the next two years in prison....
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 12:50
'Colorblind' Policy In Transracial Adoption Criticized

'Colorblind' Policy In Transracial Adoption Criticized

It seems the “color blind” policy is not always the right one. It would be wonderful if we treated...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 14:50
Polar Bears Are Now Protected

Polar Bears Are Now Protected

Polar bears were announced to be added to the list of animals protected by the Endangered Species...
» read full story May 17th, 2008 - 21:28
Decision On Polar Bears Expected Today

Decision On Polar Bears Expected Today

The US Interior Department will announce today if the polar bear is to be listed as threatened and...
» read full story May 14th, 2008 - 20:24
Baby Whale Found Dead Under San Francisco Pier

Baby Whale Found Dead Under San Francisco Pier

The body of a 30-foot long whale was found under Pier 27 along the Embarcadero, just south of...
» read full story May 09th, 2008 - 15:52

Interpol Arrests New Jersey Pedophile

Wayne Nelson Corliss was arrested yesterday in New Jersey, as he was suspected of sexually abusing...
» read full story May 09th, 2008 - 15:08
UT Students Protest against Gun Law

UT Students Protest against Gun Law

This week, from Monday to Friday, the 25,000 members of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus...
» read full story April 21st, 2008 - 15:44
Presidential Candidates Honor ML King Jr. on Anniversary

Presidential Candidates Honor ML King Jr. on Anniversary

Two out of three presidential candidates were present in Memphis to pay tribute to Martin Luther...
» read full story April 05th, 2008 - 14:56
Coalition of States, Groups Sues EPA Over Emissions

Coalition of States, Groups Sues EPA Over Emissions

Eighteen states, led by Massachusetts, as well as several environmental groups sued the...
» read full story April 03rd, 2008 - 13:02
Bush Calls on Congress to Pass Housing Legislation

Bush Calls on Congress to Pass Housing Legislation

Before departing for Europe, where he will attend the NATO summit, President Bush called on the...
» read full story March 31st, 2008 - 15:54
Pilot’s Gun Goes Off in Cockpit during US Airways Flight

Pilot’s Gun Goes Off in Cockpit during US Airways Flight

The gun of a US Airways pilot went off in the plane’s cockpit during a flight, the Transportation...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 21:00
Paul McCartney Uses His Fame to Protest Against Kangaroo Cull

Paul McCartney Uses His Fame to Protest Against Kangaroo Cull

Sir Paul McCartney has decided to endorse a campaign initiated by the Bristol-based group Viva!,...
» read full story March 12th, 2008 - 17:05
Teen’s Web Speech Case Reaches Appeals Court

Teen’s Web Speech Case Reaches Appeals Court

A teenage girl who used bad language in an Internet blog regarding the school officials was...
» read full story March 05th, 2008 - 17:42
Rudd’s Gesture Towards the Aborigines

Rudd’s Gesture Towards the Aborigines

It seems that Australia’s new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wants to correct the historical acts of...
» read full story February 14th, 2008 - 16:13
EPA Did It Again! Federal Court Rejects ‘Clean Air Mercury Rule’

EPA Did It Again! Federal Court Rejects ‘Clean Air Mercury Rule’

The Bush administration took a nasty rejection from a federal court on Friday on their attempt to...
» read full story February 09th, 2008 - 09:00
Judge Rejects Bush’s Waiver On Navy Sonar Training

Judge Rejects Bush’s Waiver On Navy Sonar Training

President Bush’s attempt to make an exception for the Navy and allow it’s sonar training to...
» read full story February 05th, 2008 - 10:30
Australia Will Apologize to Aboriginals for “Stolen Generation”

Australia Will Apologize to Aboriginals for “Stolen Generation”

Australia’s government said it will issue a formal apology to Aboriginal people at the parliament’s...
» read full story January 30th, 2008 - 11:02
Johnson Denied California’s Waiver Despite EPA’s Wishes

Johnson Denied California’s Waiver Despite EPA’s Wishes

The EPA v. California discussions have not reached their limit yet, as Senate Democrats are...
» read full story January 24th, 2008 - 14:36
Polar Bears Can Wait

Polar Bears Can Wait

If “Heaven can wait,” why wouldn’t polar bears do the same? Unfortunately, the global...
» read full story January 09th, 2008 - 11:22
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FCC Working on Plan to Deliver Broadband to Americans

FCC Working on Plan to Deliver Broadband to Americans

As of yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission is concentrating its efforts to create a...
» read full story April 09th, 2009 - 15:50
Cook County Sheriff Sues Craigslist For Promoting Prostitution

Cook County Sheriff Sues Craigslist For Promoting Prostitution

Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart has filed a federal lawsuit against ad site Craigslist for...
» read full story March 06th, 2009 - 17:39
YouTube, Universal Music Reportedly Talking Business

YouTube, Universal Music Reportedly Talking Business

YouTube may be taking a new approach when it comes to music videos, which this time would not imply...
» read full story March 05th, 2009 - 13:55
Teens Face Kiddie Porn Charges

Teens Face Kiddie Porn Charges

Six Pennsylvania high school students are facing child pornography charges, after an increasingly...
» read full story January 16th, 2009 - 11:57
Wolf in sheep's clothing: Scareware on the rise

Wolf in sheep's clothing: Scareware on the rise

Sometimes crooks disguise themselves as friends. That's exactly what's happening when you're...
» read full story January 04th, 2009 - 11:08
Kids Need No Privacy, According to Sony BMG

Kids Need No Privacy, According to Sony BMG

Sony BMG Music Entertainment is to pay $1 million to settle federal charges that it violated the...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 00:17
No More Free Communication Over The Phone For Barack Obama

No More Free Communication Over The Phone For Barack Obama

Verizon Wireless admitted late Thursday that several of its employees broke company rules by...
» read full story November 22nd, 2008 - 00:57
Judge Dismisses Psystar’s Countersuit Claims As Ungrounded

Judge Dismisses Psystar’s Countersuit Claims As Ungrounded

A federal judge dismissed Psystar’s countersuit accusing Apple of anticompetitive business...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 14:52
Daily Spam Down 75% After ISP McColo Is Cut Off By Providers

Daily Spam Down 75% After ISP McColo Is Cut Off By Providers

Spam world received a major hit on Wednesday, when U.S. based ISP McColo Corp., which offered Web...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 08:43
Sprint Facing $1.2 Billion Class-Action Lawsuit Over Illegal ETFs

Sprint Facing $1.2 Billion Class-Action Lawsuit Over Illegal ETFs

Bad weather heading Sprint’s way these days, as the company faces yet another class-action lawsuit...
» read full story November 05th, 2008 - 15:26
Spammers, Watch Out: World’s Largest Spam Gang Busted!

Spammers, Watch Out: World’s Largest Spam Gang Busted!

The Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that, in collaboration with authorities in New...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 14:31
House Passed Webcaster Act

House Passed Webcaster Act

The House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill also known as The Webcaster Settlement...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 22:19
Google Thinks It’s High Time The FCC Acted on Vacant Channels

Google Thinks It’s High Time The FCC Acted on Vacant Channels

Google co-founder Larry Page, who spoke at a Capitol Hill event Wednesday, wants the Federal...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 23:15
Judge Strikes Down RIAA Victory, Orders Retrial of Jammie Thomas Case

Judge Strikes Down RIAA Victory, Orders Retrial of Jammie Thomas Case

Judge Michael J. Davis overturned a landmark federal jury decision against single mom Jammie...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 21:35
Judge Drops Financial Claims Against Jammie Thomas

Judge Drops Financial Claims Against Jammie Thomas

On Wednesday, federal judge Michael Davis declared his previous decision on the Jammie Thomas case...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 15:53
Mukasey Seeks Immunity Protection Against Surveillance Allegations

Mukasey Seeks Immunity Protection Against Surveillance Allegations

Following the Electronic Frontier Foundation's move to file a lawsuit against the National Security...
» read full story September 21st, 2008 - 14:00
EBay May Be Sued By SIIA, Oregon Man In Jail For 4 Years

EBay May Be Sued By SIIA, Oregon Man In Jail For 4 Years

The Software & Information Industry Association threatens to sue eBay, frustrated by the lack...
» read full story July 26th, 2008 - 13:01
Comcast One Step Closer To Losing Dispute Over P2P Interference

Comcast One Step Closer To Losing Dispute Over P2P Interference

Comcast is getting one step closer to losing the P2P dispute, as three of the five members of the...
» read full story July 26th, 2008 - 13:00

Lori Drew Has “No Law” On Her Side, Seeks Dismissal Of All Charges

Lori Drew, the woman allegedly responsible for the suicide of 13-year-old MySpace user Megan...
» read full story July 24th, 2008 - 14:03
Viacom Is Not The Bad Guy Anymore: Agrees To Anonymization

Viacom Is Not The Bad Guy Anymore: Agrees To Anonymization

When it comes to privacy issues, even the most ardent rivals are able to reach a settlement, as we...
» read full story July 16th, 2008 - 11:41
Viacom and Google Reach Anonymization Agreement for YouTube Logs

Viacom and Google Reach Anonymization Agreement for YouTube Logs

Google and Viacom reached an agreement of the handing over of the YouTube logs. The two companies...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 19:33
FCC Chairman Wants Punishment For P2P Interference

FCC Chairman Wants Punishment For P2P Interference

Comcast will not get away that easily for interfering with Internet traffic, and Federal...
» read full story July 11th, 2008 - 12:25
Viacom Tramples Privacy of YouTube Users with Court Help

Viacom Tramples Privacy of YouTube Users with Court Help

The ruling which demands Google to hand over the YouTube access logs, which are to show the actual...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 19:13
Viacom Gets The Logs, Google Gets To Keep The Source Code

Viacom Gets The Logs, Google Gets To Keep The Source Code

Viacom got a partial victory in the $1 billion lawsuit against Google Inc. and its YouTube...
» read full story July 03rd, 2008 - 14:36
HP Private Investigators Fined $600,000 For Illicit Gains

HP Private Investigators Fined $600,000 For Illicit Gains

Private investigators in the infamous HP spying case, dating back to 2005, have been fined...
» read full story May 30th, 2008 - 15:24
Online Music Pirate Meets Jailers…Others Will Follow

Online Music Pirate Meets Jailers…Others Will Follow

Online piracy is something widely practiced these days, but things might change in the future, if...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 14:49
FBI Backs Off From NSL Request After Being Challenged In Court

FBI Backs Off From NSL Request After Being Challenged In Court

A Federal Bureau of Investigation’s request to access the personal files of a digital library...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 13:14
FCC: Nationwide Alert System For Mobile Phones Approved

FCC: Nationwide Alert System For Mobile Phones Approved

A nationwide alert system will be put in place for mobile phones, enabling the Federal...
» read full story April 10th, 2008 - 10:20
NTIA: Consumers Increasingly Aware Of Digital Transition

NTIA: Consumers Increasingly Aware Of Digital Transition

As America prepares for the digital TV transition, Kevin Martin, Chairman of the Federal...
» read full story April 09th, 2008 - 15:41
FCC Chairman Opposes Skype’s Request For Open Networks

FCC Chairman Opposes Skype’s Request For Open Networks

Skype’s petition with the Federal Communications Commission is doomed to fail after FCC Chairman...
» read full story April 02nd, 2008 - 14:57
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