From Allie Malloy, CNN NEW YORK (CNN)– A group of rabbis face kidnapping charges after allegedly arranging assaults of Orthodox Jewish husbands to persuade them to grant divorces to their wives, authorities said Thursday. FBI raids on Wednesday night led to… Read More ›
Day: October 10, 2013
Radiation levels near Japan’s damaged Fukushima reactor hit two-year high
Friday, Oct 11, 2013 Reuters TOKYO – Radiation levels in seawater just outside one of the damaged Fukushima reactors spiked this week to the highest level in two years, the operator of the crippled Japanese nuclear plant said on Thursday.Radiation… Read More ›
Book by whistleblower at center of ‘Fast and Furious’ blocked by the ATF
Published time: October 08, 2013 00:20 Edited time: October 09, 2013 09:47 AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo A book authored by an agent at the center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ “Fast and Furious” gun running… Read More ›
Living Ohio man Donald Miller ruled ‘legally dead’
A US man declared dead after he disappeared nearly three decades ago cannot now be declared officially alive, though he has returned home and is in good health, a judge has ruled. Donald Miller of Ohio left… Read More ›
Terraforming Earth: Geoengineering megaplan starts now
09 October 2013 by Michael Marshall Magazine issue 2938. For similar stories, visit the Climate Change Topic Guide THIS is how we will hold off disaster. To help us avoid dangerous climate change, we will need to create the largest… Read More ›
Some baby formulas ‘contain up to 100 times more aluminium than breast milk’
Friday 11 October 2013 EXPERTS are calling on the Government to take action after new research showed some types of baby formula contain 100 times more aluminium than breast milk. A team led by Professor Chris Exley at Keele University… Read More ›
Brussels’ Revolving Door for Top EU Officials
Conflicts of Interest By Christoph Schult and Christoph Pauly Senior European Commission officials have a penchant for changing sides when they join the private sector. They take up positions with Chinese companies, cigarette manufacturers or PR firms — and potential… Read More ›
Using Brainwaves to Test Prices
Is Your Coffee too Cheap? By Frank Thadeusz A German scientist is developing a new way of testing prices by measuring brain waves. Some marketing critics are horrified by the idea of feel-good pricing, but others argue it could make… Read More ›
Obama’s efforts to control leaks ‘most aggressive since Nixon’, report finds ( “This is the most closed, control-freak administration I’ve ever covered.” )
Administration’s tactics, which include using Espionage Act to pursue leakers, have had chilling effect on accountability – study Karen McVeigh in New York theguardian.com, Thursday 10 October 2013 10.00 EDT Under Obama, the Espionage Act has been used to… Read More ›
CIA Halts Public Access to Open Source Service as of December 31, 2013
October 8, 2013 Steven Aftergood Categories: Intelligence, Resources For more than half a century, the public has been able to access a wealth of information collected by U.S. intelligence from unclassified, open sources around the world. At the end of… Read More ›
Krokodil the flesh-eating drug spreads to Chicago suburbs with three cases in a week
Krokodil, which is considered more addictive that heroin, originated in Russia Rob Williams Thursday, 10 October 2013 Use of a a flesh-eating heroin substitute that rots the skin of addicts has now spread to a Chicago suburb, according to local… Read More ›
INSIGHT-Big Pharma braces for retirement of favorite regulator
Source: Reuters – Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:59 AM Author: Reuters By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – The retirement of Dr. Janet Woodcock as head of the Food and Drug Administration’s pharmaceutical division is at least a… Read More ›
Former Libyan rebels say seized prime minister over al Qaeda capture
Source: Reuters – Thu, 10 Oct 2013 05:59 AM Author: Reuters TRIPOLI, Oct 10 (Reuters) – A group of former Libyan rebels said it seized Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from a Tripoli hotel on Thursday because of his government’s role… Read More ›