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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:27
US Officials Sought To Testify In Gitmo 9/11 Trial
Defense lawyers in the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo are asking a military judge to order testimony from senior U.S. government officials in a motion to dismiss charges.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:24
Soldiers Fail To Seek PTSD Treatment Or Drop Out Of Therapy Early, Research Finds
Roughly half of the soldiers who return from war with post-traumatic stress disorder don’t seek treatment, and many more drop out of therapy early, according to military research presented at last week’s American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:22
Oklahoma Governor Signs Open-Carry Gun Bill
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed into law on Tuesday a bill that will allow Oklahomans to openly carry guns if they pass a criminal background check and take firearms training.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:21
Senator Seeks Expanded Visas For Foreign High-Tech Workers
A leading Republican in the Senate on Tuesday unveiled legislation to raise the number of temporary visas for skilled technical workers from foreign countries, but prospects of passage this year could be clouded by election-year politics.
An influential panel is calling for an 80 percent reduction of U.S. nuclear weapons and an elimination of all nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:18
Nearly $2M in Guns, Combat Gear Sold to Gangs
A wide-reaching investigation by military and civilian authorities has uncovered a criminal conspiracy within the Armed Forces to steal and sell nearly $2 million in guns and combat gear to gangs in the U.S. and foreign countries including China, military officials have confirmed.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:16
Defence Spending Cuts- The Informed Majority
IN MOST opinion polls, Americans appear reluctant to cut defence spending. Of course, in most opinion polls Americans appear reluctant to cut everything apart from foreign aid.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:14
US Drone Strikes in Yemen Kill Up to 12 Civilians
Two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed up to 12 civilians in southern Yemen on Tuesday, as the Obama administration’s escalated drone war in the unstable Gulf state begins to resemble the one in Pakistan more and more.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:13
US to Keep F-22s ‘Close to Airfields’ as Safety Woes Continue
The wisdom of the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on creating ever more advanced warplanes has come under even more doubt today, with the announcement that the F-22 fleet is going to be restricted to flights within a close proximity to airfields for the foreseeable future.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:13
Regulators Don’t Have Budget to Regulate Swap Market
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been told by Congress to do more with less, taking on the responsibility of regulating the multi-trillion-dollar swaps market while having its funding frozen at an inadequate level, according to the agency.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:12
Ominous Failure at “Too Big to Fail” JPMorgan Chase
The self-styled “Masters of the Universe” have done it again. Just three-and-a-half years after Wall Street’s best and brightest lost billions of dollars on bad bets and crashed the global economy, mega-bank JPMorgan Chase lost more than $2 billion (with perhaps more than another billion to come) on the same sort of risky trading.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:44
More People With PhDs Going on Food Stamps
Melissa Bruninga Matteau has a PhD in medieval history, and a job as an adjunct professor, but she's still relying on food stamps and Medicaid to get by.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:44
Student Loans Cripple Entire Generation
Wannabe college students have a lot to prepare for: all-night study binges, grueling exams, and the three jobs they'll need to pay off their crippling student debt.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:41
School Spells Own Name Wrong for Years
They may teach little kids their ABCs, but for the past nine years a school in Texas has misspelled its own name. The Sunrise Elementary School in Fort Worth added McMillian to its title in 2003 to honor its first teacher.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:41
Up to 1M Americans Too Poor to Go Bankrupt
Between 200,000 and 1 million Americans this year are so down-and-out they don't even have enough money to file for bankruptcy, a new study finds.
