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Michael Hastings Sent Email About FBI Probe Hours Before Death
Huffington Post - Sun Jun 23, 2013
Hours before dying in a fiery car crash, award-winning journalist Michael Hastings sent an email to his colleagues, warning that federal authorities were interviewing his friends and that he needed to go "off the rada[r]" for a bit. More»

Bank of America Whistle-blower Bombshell: "We Were Told to Lie" to Rip Off Borrowers
AlterNet - Fri Jun 21, 2013
Bank of America's mortgage servicing unit systematically lied to homeowners, fraudulently denied loan modifications, and paid their staff bonuses for deliberately pushing people into foreclosure: Yes, these allegations were suspected by any homeowner who ever had to deal with the bank to try to get a loan modification - but now they come from six former employees and one contractor, whose sworn statements were added last week to a civil lawsuit filed in federal court in Massachusetts. More»

Unapproved genetically modified wheat from Monsanto found in Oregon field
Washington Post - Fri May 31, 2013
Japan, the largest market for U. More»

Detroit officer on trial in death of 7 year old girl
Associated Press - Wed May 29, 2013
DETROIT - Police accompanied by a reality TV crew fired a stun grenade through a window as they raided a Detroit home in search of a murder suspect. More»

NYC PBS President Freaks Out Over Documentary Critical of Koch Brothers
BuzzFlash - Wed May 29, 2013
Thom Hartmann recently wrote an extremely widely read article on how the Public Broadcasting Service has evolved into a sometimes self-censored television network, in large part because major donors represent the 1% who would be the subject of discussion when it comes to economic concentration in the hands of a few. More»

Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial
Associated Press - Sun May 19, 2013
KERRVILLE, Texas - The judge ascended the bench. More»

Right-wing radio host: I want to shoot Clinton right in the vagina
The Raw Story - Sat May 18, 2013
Fringe right-wing radio host Pete Santilli made disturbing comments about Hillary Clinton last week, calling for sexual violence against the former secretary of state because of her alleged involvement in a bizarre conspiracy theory. More»

FDIC closes banks in North Carolina, Georgia
Associated Press - Sat May 11, 2013
WASHINGTON - Regulators say they have closed banks in North Carolina and Georgia, bringing the number of US bank failures to 12 this year. More»

Cops Beat Woman For Filming Another Beating
AlterNet - Sat May 11, 2013
BALTIMORE, Maryland - Baltimore police beat up a woman and smashed her camera for filming them beating up a man, telling her: "You want to film something bitch? Film this!" the woman claims in court. More»

Diabetic High School Girl Beaten by Police Officer and Arrested -- For Falling Asleep in Class
AlterNet - Tue May 7, 2013
A student who was arrested and beaten for falling asleep at school is now suing an Alabama city, its police department and some school employees for civil rights violation, battery and negligent supervision and hiring. More»

Europe Bans Bee-Harming Pesticides; US Keeps Spraying
Mother Jones - Fri May 3, 2013
On Monday, the European Commission voted to place a two-year moratorium on most uses of neonicotinoid pesticides, which are a widely used class of chemicals suspected of contributing to a severe global decline in honeybee health. More»

Los Angeles launches probe of alleged 'patient dumping' by Nevada
Reuters - Thu May 2, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO - Nevada health officials acknowledged on Thursday that a state-run hospital improperly bused 10 newly discharged psychiatric patients out of the state with deficient plans for their care, while Los Angeles launched a criminal probe into the alleged "patient dumping. More»

Former Guantanamo chief prosecutor petitions Obama to close prison camp
The Raw Story - Thu May 2, 2013
A former chief prosecutor for the controversial American prison camp at Guantánamo Bay has called for the prison to be closed, launching an online petition that has gathered some 60,000 signatures in less than 24 hours. More»

Some US hospitals are deporting patients without consulting any court
Associated Press - Tue Apr 23, 2013
DES MOINES, Iowa - Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American health care system weighed what to do with the two immigrants from Mexico. More»

Powerful Texas blast left nearly 100-foot-wide crater
CNN - Tue Apr 23, 2013
West, Texas - Walls warped or blown off entirely, even ones made of brick. More»

Many Inured in Texas Plant Explosion
Huffington Post - Wed Apr 17, 2013
West, Texas - An explosion Wednesday night at a fertilizer plant near Waco sent flames shooting high into the night sky, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin, causing major damage at nearby buildings and injuring numerous people. More»

Agony of mother whose TWO sons each lost a leg as doctors say up to 10 had their limbs blown off
The Daily Mail - Tue Apr 16, 2013
Two brothers both lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings and were among the 176 injured and up to 10 victims who had a limb torn off. More»

Officials: 23 injured, 2 dead, "more devices" as two huge blasts rock Boston Marathon finish line
Boston Herald - Mon Apr 15, 2013
Two huge explosions rocked the Boston Marathon finish line at Copley Square just before 3 pm today, apparently causing numerous casualties, some possible with traumatic injuries on streets crowded with runners, spectators and post-race partiers, while a top city official said police were finding "more devices". More»

New Mexico Police Dept. Scrutinized Over Attorney's Death
Associated Press - Wed Mar 13, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Mary Han was a successful civil rights attorney who for decades battled over the rights of abused women, accused prostitutes and the homeless. More»

6 underground Hanford nuclear tanks leaking
Associated Press - Fri Feb 22, 2013
YAKIMA, Washington - Six underground tanks that hold a brew of radioactive and toxic waste at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, federal and state officials said Friday. More»

Oklahoma sheriff: 'Spontaneous human combustion' killed 65-year-old man
The Raw Story - Tue Feb 19, 2013
The sheriff of Sequoyah County in Oklahoma believes that a 65-year-old man recently died by spontaneously bursting into flames. More»

The A-Bomb off our coast
Associated Press - Thu Feb 14, 2013
BRUNSWICK, Georgia - On a winter night nearly 55 years ago, the pilot of a B-47 bomber carrying a nuclear bomb collided with a F-86 fighter jet at 36,000 feet during a training exercise. More»

New coroner's report on death of Hollywood star Natalie Wood reveals she sustained injuries BEFORE going into the water
The Daily Mail - Mon Jan 14, 2013
An explosive new coroner's report reveals Hollywood star Natalie Wood sustained bruises to her face and other parts of her body on her yacht before she went overboard and drowned in 1981. More»

Georgia - Another judge accused of misconduct
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Mon Dec 17, 2012
A South Georgia judge is under investigation over allegations that he let politics and friendships dictate his actions in court. More»

Pediatricians call to keep thimerosal in vaccines
Reuters - Mon Dec 17, 2012
A mercury-containing preservative rarely used in the United States should not be banned as an ingredient in vaccines, US pediatricians said Monday, in a move that may be controversial. More»

20 Children Died in Newtown, Connecticut, School Massacre
ABC - Fri Dec 14, 2012
Twenty children died today when a heavily armed man invaded a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school and sprayed staff and students with bullets. More»

Fracking is transforming our energy economy-but it's also causing earthquakes
MSNBC - Sun Dec 9, 2012
In just the past few years a revolution in carbon extraction technology has radically transformed our energy economy. More»

Dust storm shuts down interstate in northern Oklahoma
Associated Press - Sat Oct 20, 2012
TULSA, Oklahoma - A massive dust storm swirling reddish-brown clouds over northern Oklahoma triggered a multi-vehicle accident along a major interstate Thursday, forcing police to shut down part of the heavily traveled roadway amid near blackout conditions. More»

State investigates Narconon Georgia after death at Scientology-linked facility
WSB-TV - Tue Oct 2, 2012
ATLANTA, Georgia - A Georgia drug rehab program with ties to the Church of Scientology is now under a state investigation after Channel 2 Action News showed inspectors new evidence. More»

Man fatally shoots self on TV after Arizona chase
Associated Press - Sun Sep 30, 2012
PHOENIX, Arizona - A man fatally shot himself in the head Friday on live national television at the end of a high-speed carjacking chase that began in Phoenix and ended about 90 minutes later within 80 miles of the California border. More»

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