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PA guv takes over bankrupt capital city - Pennsylvania governor signs Harrisburg takeover bill
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Debt action stalls as France, Germany disagree on bailout
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Earthquake Shakes San Antonio Area
A rare earthquake shook the San Antonio area Thursday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake registered at 4.6 on the Richter scale at about 7:24 a.m. The epicenter of the quake was located about 50 miles southeast of San Antonio between Pleasanton and Karnes City.
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Series Of Earthquakes Recorded Near Genoa In Italy
At least ten earthquakes were recorded in northwestern Italy on Thursday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC
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China rare earths supplier suspends production
China's biggest producer of rare earths is suspending production for one month in hopes of boosting slumping prices of the exotic minerals used in mobile phones and other high-tech products. This week's move by Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth (Group) Hi-Tech might fuel tensions with the United States and Europe.
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University Of Zurich Study Finds One 'Super-Corporation' Runs Global Economy
A University of Zurich study 'proves' that a small group of companies - mainly banks - wields huge power over the global economy. The study is the first to look at all 43,060 transnational corporations and the web of ownership between them - and created a 'map' of 1,318 companies at the heart of the global economy. The study found that 147 companies formed a 'super entity' within this, controlling 40 per cent of its wealth. All own part or all of one another. Most are banks - the top 20 includes Barclays and Goldman Sachs. But the close connections mean that the network could be vulnerable to collapse. The 1318 transnational corporations that form the core of the globalised economy - connections show partial ownership of one another, and the size of the circles corresponds to revenue. The companies 'own' through shares the majority of the 'real' economy. 'In effect, less than one per cent of the companies were able to control 40 per cent of the entire network,' says James Glattfelder, a complex systems theorist at the Swiss Federal Institute in Zurich, who co-wrote the research, to be published in the journal PLoS One.
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Michelle Obama: Government Should Shape Kids Into What They Will Become Forever
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One In Four Believers Are 'Christians In Name Only,' According To Survey
Changing the Face of Christianity Inc., a non-profit corporation dedicated to reversing negative Christian stereotypes, has released the results of a quiz designed to determine how well Christians live the teachings of Jesus Christ. Through the quiz, the organization found that one in four self-proclaimed Christians admit that they do not live according to Christ's teachings. The anonymous assessment consisted of 10 multiple choice questions that returned a score to the participant at the end, which then indicated to that participant if he was 'Far from Christ," a "Worldly Christian," "A Good Christian," or a "Spiritually Mature Christian," which was the highest rank possible.
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White House Asked To Come Clean On ET
When the White House promised to answer citizen petitions on the most pressing problems of the day, it may not have had extraterrestrial life in mind. More than 10,000 petitions have poured in since the new initiative was announced last month in a bid to bring government closer to the people. And issues like massive federal deficits, two wars and high unemployment don't appear to be on the people's minds... Then there's Stephen Bassett, who wants to end the "truth embargo," or what he believes is the government's deliberate decision to withhold what it has long known about the existence of extraterrestrial life. "The fact is that there is an extraterrestrial presence. I know this because I'm familiar with the research and a couple hundred government witnesses have come forward in the last couple years," he said. "Acknowledging this E.T. presence is about open government."
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Biden Continues To Hype Rapes And Murders If Jobs Bill Isn't Passed
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The FBI by mid-January will activate a nationwide facial recognition service in select states that will allow local police to identify unknown subjects in photos, bureau officials told Nextgov. The federal government is embarking on a multiyear, $1 billion dollar overhaul of the FBI's existing fingerprint database to more quickly and accurately identify suspects, partly through applying other biometric markers, such as iris scans and voice recordings. Often law enforcement authorities will "have a photo of a person and for whatever reason they just don't know who it is [but they know] this is clearly the missing link to our case," said Nick Megna, a unit chief at the FBI's criminal justice information services division. The new facial recognition service can help provide that missing link by retrieving a list of mug shots ranked in order of similarity to the features of the subject in the photo.
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Highschoolers Horrified At Gay Male Kiss In Official School Play, But Officials Praise Their Exposure
Several students at a Hartford high school expressed horror and left the auditorium when two male members of a city-funded school play shared a passionate kiss onstage on Friday. School officials said they opted against informing parents about the event ahead of time, saying that the students needed exposure to homosexuality, and hailed the “chaotic” reaction as a victory for raising the gay issue. The kiss occurred during Hartford Public High School’s production of “Zanna, Don’t!,” a play depicting a world in which homosexuality is normative and heterosexuals take up the role of “outcasts.”...
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S&P: France Likely to Lose Top Rating
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Dem Senate kills Obama jobs bill -- again... FUNNY
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Israel Orders VeriChip for Israeli Defense Force
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U.S. girls just dropping dead
Unearthed documents reveal new deaths from 'mandated' shot
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Magma Plumes: Experts Concerned With Abnormal Seismic Activity In Azores
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European debt crisis talks plunged into chaos as leaders announce another summit
A statement released by the Elysee Palace said that Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel would meet to discuss their "ambitious and comprehensive response" to the crisis ahead of the European Council summit on Sunday. But in a tacit admission of the gulf between them, the statement added that resolutions would be "finally adopted" at a "second meeting no later than Wednesday". Insiders said the weekend's summit of European leaders came close to being cancelled altogether, with the French president Mr Sarkozy having to beg German Chancellor Mrs Merkel not to pull the plug during frantic telephone calls. The news came as US President Barack Obama praised Mr Sarkozy and Mrs Merkel for working "diligently" for a "politically sustainable" solution to the eurozone crisis in a video conference with the two...
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Greek protesters rampaged for a second day outside parliament with firebombs and stones, leaving one construction worker dead and at least 74 injured. Communist party supporters taking part in the rally came under repeated attacks from hundreds of masked protesters in motorcycle helmets. Fights broke out as the Communist party supporters retaliated. Chaos ensued as protesters and masked youths armed with clubs charged each other, and riot police fired volleys of tear gas to separate the two sides.
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President could drag down Dems in Senate
In 2008, President Barack Obama swept into the White House, and Senate Democrats eventually picked up nine seats, giving the new commander in chief the biggest Senate majority in decades. But as Obama heads into his 2012 reelection campaign, keeping that Senate majority will be a major challenge — and Obama’s weakness at the top of the ticket may be partly to blame. In every major race next year featuring a Senate Democratic incumbent, Obama is polling worse than the incumbent — in some cases, by a substantial margin...
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World Volcanic Activity Report – Katla, El Hierro, Tambora, Shiveluch
The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, a cooperative project between the Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey’s Volcano Hazards Program, covers the period 12-19 October, 2011. This week’s update features information on the...
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2nd earthquake - aftershock - rattles Bay Area
/MAUNA KEA: 4.5 earthquake shakes Hawaii Island
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Aftershock Predictions Hidden from Public
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Thai PM Admits Government Overwhelmed by Floods
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Massive Waves from Lake Michigan Flood Parts of Chicago
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Gateway to Hell: World's Most Impressive Volcanoes Revealed
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Turkey Sends 10,000 Elite Forces After Kurds
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Blair: Quartet Wants Border Proposals from Israel, PA
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The Emerging Priesthood Consecrated and Ready
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