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U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 27, 2007 @ 9:27am mrmdc

Independent -- The number of Americans living in severe poverty has expanded dramatically under the Bush administration, with nearly 16 million people now living on an individual income of less than $5,000 (£2,500) a year or a family income of less than $10,000, accord.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Feb 27, 2007 @ 9:21am mrmdc

Washington Post -- Authorities are considering taking an 8-year-old boy who weighs 218 pounds into protective custody unless his mother improves his diet, officials said Monday. Social service officials will meet with family members Tuesday to discuss the health of Connor M.. Read More

CONFLICTS / OPINION Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 4:54pm mrmdc

Alter Net -- Noam Chomsky explains what he thinks the U.S. will do to Iran, what is really at stake for America in Iraq, and why Palestinians are more likely to uphold their peace agreements than Israelis. Michael Shank recently interviewed Noam Chomsky, noted ling.. Read More

LIFE / OPINION Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 4:53pm mrmdc

New York Times -- For Muslims and non-Muslims alike, the stock image of an Islamic scholar is a gray-bearded man. Women tend to be seen as the subjects of Islamic law rather than its shapers. And while some opportunities for religious education do exist for women — t.. Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 4:52pm mrmdc

New York Times -- Carol Lam, the former United States attorney for San Diego, is smart and tireless and was very good at her job. Her investigation of Representative Randy Cunningham resulted in a guilty plea for taking more than $2 million in bribes from defense contracto.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 4:47pm mrmdc

Guardian Unlimited -- A TV cameraman is getting an inside view of life at Guantanamo Bay prison - only he is unable to get out and tell the story. Sami al-Hajj, of the Al-Jazeera TV network, was stopped at the Afghanistan border by Pakistani authorities in December 2001, tu.. Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 3:01pm mrmdc

MSNBC -- The woman who brought the world the book “Sex” has become a prudish mom. Madonna has banned her 10-year-old from dating until she’s 18. “No boys for [Lourdes] until she turns 18,” the “Papa Don’t Preach” crooner says, according to WENN. “She’s a good girl, though. She doesn’t have it easy. Late-night TV, junk food and mess are not tolerated in my house.”.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 3:00pm mrmdc

MSNBC -- It may be the stickiest scam on the Internet — a nine-year saga o deceit that has seen thousands o altered postage stamps sold to unwitting collectors on eBay and other Internet auction sites. More striking than its longe ity, though, is that the mast.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 3:00pm mrmdc

CNN -- The lucky ones li e in this ormer rebel stronghold secured by a hand ul o rench and go ernment orces. The unlucky li e in the lawless countryside, their illages abandoned, their li es at the mercy o bandits, rebels and renegade soldiers. Central.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 9:53am mrmdc

BBC News -- Perfectionists are more prone to developing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) after an infection, a study has suggested. University of Southampton researchers asked 620 people with gastroenteritis about stress and their illness. Those who pushed themse.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 9:41am mrmdc

www.news.ucdavis.edu -- Soil bacteria could be used to help steady buildings against earthquakes, according to researchers at UC Davis. The microbes can literally convert loose, sandy soil into rock. When a major earthquake strikes, deep, sandy soils can turn to liquid, with.. Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / OPINION Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 9:39am mrmdc

Guardian Unlimited -- In today's comeback news, Michael, Jermaine, Janet et al may reform, while Take That is gearing up for a "huge UK tour." Meanwhile, James Blunt gives an overzealous fan a special souvenir: a run-over foot. It's the year of the reformation - which in ol.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 9:37am mrmdc

Guardian Unlimited -- Serbia was guilty of failing to prevent the genocide of some 8,000 Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995, the UN's highest court ruled today. But the international court of justice cleared Serbia of direct responsibility for genocide and complicity in.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 9:36am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- The U.S. military showed on Monday what it said was further evidence of Iranian-made weapons being used by Iraqi militants, including explosives linked to sophisticated roadside bombs. The weapons, which included mortar bombs and 122 mm rockets, were f.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 9:35am mrmdc

USA Today -- Iraq's vice president escaped an apparent assassination attempt Monday after a bomb exploded in municipal offices where he was making speech — knocking him down with the force of the blast that left at least 10 people dead. Adel Abdul-Mahdi received.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 8:57pm mrmdc

The Register -- When is a U-turn not a U-turn? In a TV interview in Australia, the Vice President parroted a stance against the scientific consensus on global warming which is well past its use by date, even among his colleagues... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 8:56pm mrmdc

Wired -- Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday criticized China's recent anti-satellite missile test, calling signs of Chinese militancy "not consistent" with the country's goal to grow peacefully as a world power... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 8:54pm mrmdc

PC World -- Here's the skinny on signing up for and using Google's new premium version of its apps package... Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 5:31pm mrmdc

USA Today -- In a largely invisible cost of the war in Iraq, nearly 800 civilians working under contract to the Pentagon have been killed and more than 3,300 hurt doing jobs normally handled by the U.S. military, according to figures gathered by The Associated Press... Read More

ODD / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 5:30pm mrmdc

CBC -- The first beaver spotted in New York City in more than 200 years has biologists hopeful the Bronx River is making an environmental comeback. Biologists with the Wildlife Conservation Society on Wednesday videotaped a beaver swimming in the once filthy.. Read More