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U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 19, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

USA Today -- A plurality of Americans say Gen. David Petraeus' proposal to begin withdrawing some U.S. forces from Iraq is on the right track, but his long-awaited testimony to Congress last week failed to change fundamental attitudes toward the war. A USA TODAY/Ga.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jul 11, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

Washington Post -- The rumors waft along the boardwalk, floating from the lips of gossipy locals, strong as the scent of ketchup and sauerkraut on frankfurters under the scorching Brooklyn sun. Didyahear? The rides may soon be closing. See, the go-karts, they're already gon.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 23, 2007 @ 11:37pm neoform

CBS News -- There's been little change in Americans' views on gun control in the wake of last week's shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, according to a CBS News poll. A majority favors tighter handgun laws, but not in higher numbers than in the past. More than half.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 1, 2007 @ 2:34pm mrmdc

BBC News -- A delegation of Inuit has travelled to Washington to argue that the US government's climate change policies violate human rights. The group has filed a legal petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, demanding that the US limits its em.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 12, 2007 @ 10:24am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- The Pentagon has abandoned its limit on the time a citizen-soldier can be required to serve on active duty, officials said Thursday, a major change that reflects an Army stretched thin by longer-than-expected combat in Iraq... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri Nov 3, 2006 @ 1:21pm mrmdc

Vanity Fair -- If the blue states are sinkholes of moral decay, as right-wing pundits insist, how come red states lead the nation in violent crime, divorce, illegitimacy, and incarceration, among other evils? To a bus-riding innocent on Manhattan's stroller-filled Uppe.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 26, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- Global warming is likely to increase illegal immigration, create humanitarian disasters and destabilize precarious governments and could add to terrorism, all of which could threaten U.S. national security, according to an assessment by U.S. intelligence.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 28, 2007 @ 10:52am neoform

FOX News -- Three former leaders of an international ministry that counsels gays to change their sexual orientation apologized for their efforts, saying that though they acted sincerely, their message had caused isolation, shame and fear. The former leaders of the.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 12:33pm neoform

Alter Net -- The Arctic is not the only theater of unequivocal climate change and polar bears aren't the only heralds of a new age of chaos. Global warming is already affecting the U.S. The polar bear on its shrinking ice floe has become the urgent icon of global w.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 28, 2007 @ 2:51pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Lawrence Roach agreed to pay alimony to the woman he divorced, not the man she became after a sex change, his lawyers argued Tuesday in an effort to end the payments. But the ex-wife's attorneys said the operation doesn't alter the agreement. The lawye.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 5:00pm neoform

FOX News -- Most Americans believe in global warming, according to the latest FOX News poll, and a majority thinks it is caused at least in part by human behavior, though many believe normal climate patterns are a factor... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 6:43pm neoform

Alter Net -- Find out which banks are part of the problem, and which are part of the solution, in the fight against global climate change... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 12, 2007 @ 10:33am mrmdc

MSNBC -- Oil major Exxon Mobil Corp. is engaging in industry talks on possible U.S. greenhouse gas emissions regulations and has stopped funding groups skeptical of global warming claims — moves that some say could indicate a change in stance from the long-time.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Oct 29, 2006 @ 12:03am neoform

Newsvine -- David M. Walker sure talks like he's running for office. "This is about the future of our country, our kids and grandkids," the comptroller general of the United States warns a packed hall at Austin's historic Driskill Hotel. "We the people have to r.. Read More