
Food & Health – Week of 6.26.11
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Vimeo (19 May 11)
Top 10 Things You Should Know About The Farm Bill
En…

Life – Week of 6.26.11
New Mexico Wildfire Forces Evacuations, Government Lab Closure
FoxNews.com (26 June 11)
Atop TV Sets, a Power Drain That Runs Nonstop
The New York Times (25 June 11)
Six Designs For Houses That Cost…

Science & Technology – Week of 6.26.11
Ghostly Apparition of Entire City Appears Over Chinese River… But is it Just a Mirage?
MailOnline (26 June 11)
Video Games Given Full First Amendment Protection
CNET News (27 June 11)
The Living D…

Money & Markets – Week of 6.19.11
10 Tax-Unfriendly States for Retirees 2011
Yahoo Finance (23 June 11)
Morgan Keegan Agrees to Pay $210M Fine; Could Be Sold by Parent Firm
Advisor One (22 June 11)

Precious Metals – Week of 6.19.11
World Gold Council Says It Produced Draft Plan to Combat ’Conflict Gold’
Bloomberg (17 June 11)

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 6.19.11
Local Wetland Wonder
Rounder Home and Farm (19 June 11)
HUD “Cover-Up” Causes Panic On Marina del Rey $125 million Loan Guarantee
Full Disclosure (16 June 11)

Geopolitical – Week of 6.19.11
FTC to Issue Subpoenas in Google Antitrust Probe
Yahoo Finance (23 June 11)
For 2012 Republicans, the Economy Trumps the Culture War
Yahoo Finance (23 June 11)
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO…

Food & Health – Week of 6.19.11
Trouble With Cell Phone Radiation Standard
CBS News (2 June 11)

Life – Week of 6.19.11
Man Robs Bank so he Can go to Jail and Get Health Care
Current (20 June 11)
Reality Check
Undernews (21 June 11)

Science & Technology – Week of 6.19.11
13 Places Google Doesn’t Want You To See
Tru TV (22 June 11)
Zero Point Energy
Project Earth Online
World’s Oceans in ‘Shocking’ Decline
BBC News (20 June 11)
The Hazards of Electronic Health Data …

Money & Markets – Week of 6.12.11
Capital One to Buy ING’s U.S. Online Bank For $9 billion
Reuters (17 June 11)
Mantega: Sound Policies Driving Brazil CDS Below US
Reuters (15 June 11)

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 6.12.11
SEC Could File Civil Charges Against Some Raters: Report
Reuters (17 June 11)
Treasury Says Remains Vigilant on US Housing Market
Reuters (9 June 11)

Geopolitical – Week of 6.12.11
Ian Puddick Accused of Twitter Harassment In Landmark Trial
Huffington Post (16 June 11)
Kids Lemonade Stand At U.S. Open Fined $500 And Shut Down By Montgomery County
wusa9.com (16 June 11)
No Leg…


Life – Week of 6.12.11
Income Disparity Causes Unhappiness – Study
Reuters (17 June 11)
Caring For The Elderly
The New York Times (17 June 11)
Ask an Elder Law Attorney: Late-Life Marriage Issues
The New York Times (16 Ju…

Science & Technology – Week of 6.12.11
Volcanic Eruptions
Dr.Sirus’ Blog (15 June 11)
Google Adding Search by Voice, Pictures
CNN (14 June 11)

Money & Markets – Week of 6.5.11
The Story Of The Berserk Nat Gas Algo Just Got Really Strange
Zero Hedge (9 June 11)
Trichet Rejects ECB Participation in Greece Bailout
Bloomberg (9 June 11)

Precious Metals – Week of 6.5.11
Golden State is Poised to Outlaw Gold Prospecting
GATA (5 June 11)

Geopolitical – Week of 6.5.11
Vietnam Plans Live-fire Drill Amid South China Sea Row
BBC News (10 June 11)
White House Wants Debt Deal by July 4
Politico (9 June 11)
In Saudi Arabia, Royal Funds Buy Peace for Now
The New York Ti…

Food & Health – Week of 6.5.11
Deadly Fungus Strikes Joplin Tornado Survivors, Volunteers
Yahoo News (9 June 11)
GMO Food Toxin Found in the Blood of Pregnant Moms
Fresh The Movie (6 June 11)
Senior Plant Pathologist Warns Secret…

Life – Week of 6.5.11
Why Can’t More Poor People Escape Poverty?
The New Republic (6 June 11)
Kicked Out For Doing Good: Hastings Man Who Volunteered on Scene of North Minneapolis Tornado Was Thrown Out
Hastings Star Ga…

Science & Technology – Week of 6.5.11
Global Warming and Climate Change in Perspective: Truths and Myths About Carbon Dioxide, Scientific Consensus, and Climate Models
Bahamas Post (4 March 09)
A Russian A.T.M. With an Ear For The Truth
…

Money & Markets – Week of 5.29.11
Chinese Economic Slowdown May Lead to 75% Plunge in Commodities, S&P Says
Bloomberg (2 June 11)
The ENTIRE Global Economy In One Gigantic Chart
Business Insider (1 June 11)

Precious Metals – Week of 5.29.11
Gold Holds up After Dollar Drops on Soft U.S. Jobs
Reuters (3 June 11)
Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts – Silver Advances While Gold Is Capped
Jesse’s Café Américain (31 May 11)
Utah Law Makes …

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.29.11
Fannie and Freddie’s Regulator Opposes Making Mortgage Giants Subject to FOIA
Pro Publica (31 May 11)
Survey Says?¡?! Owning a House is “Dumb”
Reasons Magazine (25 May 11)

Geopolitical – Week of 5.29.11
Embedding YouTube Videos May Soon Be a Felony
Infowars.com (2 June 11)
For a Whistle-Blower, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
New York Times (1 June 11)
Debt Ceiling: Moody’s Just Threatened To Slash Th…

Food & Health – Week of 5.29.11
E.Coli Crisis Intensifies
The Wall Street Journal (3 June 11)
German Cucumber E.coli Outbreak ‘May Last Months’
BBC News (2 June 11)
Scientists Probe Why E. Coli Strain Is So Virulent
NPR (2 June 11…

Science & Technology – Week of 5.29.11
Quantum Mechanics Rule ‘Bent’ in Classic Experiment
BBC News (3 June 11)
Brazil: £10bn Amazonian Dam Approved
The Independent (2 June 11)
Shale Gas ‘Fracking’ Halted After Possible Quake Link
T…

Money & Markets – Week of 5.22.11
Second Biggest Weekly Drop Ever In Treasurys Held In The Fed’s Custodial Account As Foreigners Dump
Zero Hedge (26 May 11)
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ft.com/video (16 May 11)
Chevron Chiefs Face Sharehol…

Precious Metals – Week of 5.22.11
Gold, Silver Coins to be Legal Currency in Utah
CNBC (22 May 11)
Shanghai Gold Exchange Planning to Start ETFs, Chairman Wang Zhe Says
Bloomberg (21 May 11)


Geopolitical – Week of 5.22.11
Obama, in Europe, Signs Patriot Act Extension
MSNBC (27 May 11)
Tension Marks Clinton’s Visit to Pakistan
The New York Times (27 May 11)
Citi Seeks to Keep $1 billion Lehman Collateral
Reuters (27…

Food & Health – Week of 5.22.11
Lawsuit Seeks to Invalidate Monsanto’s GMO Patents
Global Research.ca (2 April 11)
With Resources Scarce, Food Banks Are Joplin’s Lifeline
The Huffington Post (25 May 11)
PLU Codes Do Not Indicate…

Life – Week of 5.22.11
Super Typhoon Churns Through Pacific, Threatens Okinawa
CNN (26 May 11)
Powerful Storms Pound Several Central US States
ajc.com (26 May 11)
A Directory of Rare Wonders
The New York Times (13 May 11)…

Science & Technology – Week of 5.22.11
Man Invents Machine To Convert Plastic Into Oil
Flixxy.com (13 April 09)
Iceland Volcano Shuts Island’s Airspace
Bloomberg (22 May 11)
The AT&T Employee Who Got Mad
Forbidden Knowledge TV (28 Ja…

Money & Markets – Week of 5.15.11
Norway Stops Aid Payments To Greece
Zero Hedge (20 May 11)
All the President’s Money: Where The Obamas Invested in 2010
CBS MoneyWatch (17 May 11)
Update:Charles Schwab Posts April Asset Outflows
…

Precious Metals – Week of 5.15.11
Bullion Banks Sharply Reduce Silver Shorts
GATA (18 May 11)
Endure Your Way to Gold $2000
Financial Sense (17 May 11
J.P. Morgan Seeks Gold in Afghanistan, as China Has Head Start
Advisorone (13 May…

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.15.11
Audit Reveals Housing Authority Misused Stimulus Funds
The Hill (17 May 11)
A Trail of Stalled or Abandoned HUD Projects
The Washington Post (14 May 11)

Geopolitical – Week of 5.15.11
Top Lawmakers Agree to Patriot Act Extension
Associated Press (19 May 11)
President Obama Will Call For Billions in Aid to Arab Nations
Azcentral.com (19 May 11)
Breaking: Jerome Corsi’s Birther Boo…


Life – Week of 5.15.11
The Top 10 Most Diverse Cities in America
CNBC (May 2011)
Farmers Across America Ditch Tractors For Oxen in Bid to Beat Rising Fuel Prices
Mail Online (9 May 11)

Science & Technology – Week of 5.15.11
Google Cautions Against Anti-privacy Measures
GMA News Online (19 May 11)
Atmosphere Above Japan Heated Rapidly Before M9 Earthquake
Technology Review (18 May 11)
Dropbox Caught With Its Finger in T…

Money & Markets – Week of 5.8.11
Fuel Prices Squeeze Shoppers
The Wall Street Journal (13 May 11)
Gas Prices Could Drop 20 Cents by Memorial Day, Experts Say
CSMonitor.com (12 May 11)
Investors Favor Cash Over Commodities in Dim …

Precious Metals – Week of 5.8.11
G-10 Minutes From 1997 Show Central Bankers Conspiring About Gold
GATA (18 Feb 11)
Forbes Predicts U.S. Gold Standard Within 5 Years
Human Events (11 May 11)
Gold Mania in The Yukon
The New York Tim…

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.8.11
Borrowing Trouble – Sergio Cortez
Slate (9 May 11)
Borrowing Trouble – Gregory and Paula Sherman
The New York Times (1 April 11)
Banks Float $5 Billion Deal to End Foreclosure Probe
The Wall Street …

Geopolitical – Week of 5.8.11
Court: No Right to Resist Illegal Cop Entry Into Home
NWI Times (13 May 11)
Texas TSA Nullification Passes House, Moves on to Senate
The PJ Tatler (13 May 11)
Lawmakers Look to Limit Taxes on Digita…

Food & Health – Week of 5.8.1
Latest Bedbug Worry: MRSA
Chicago Sun-Times (12 May 11)
Local Honey For a Runny Nose
The New York Times (9 May 11)
Bedbugs With ‘Superbug’ Germ Found
USA Today (11 May 11)
Food Rebels, Guerrilla Ga…

Life – Week of 5.8.11
Floodwaters to Stay High in Memphis After Mississippi River Crests
Recordnet.com (11 May 11)
Sales of Home Safes Surge, Driven by the Recession and Recent Disasters
The New York Times (4 May 11)
The…

Science & Technology – Week of 5.8.11
New “Doomsday Scenario” Map From The Corps Explained
WAFB.com (12 May 11)
It’s Time to Break Up AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner and the Rest of the Telecoms
AlterNet (11 May 11)
NASA Sets Shutt…

Money & Markets – Week of 5.1.11
15 Web Sites for Finding Deals Online
Kiplinger (April 2011)
Paying up: Baghdad Makes KRG Payment
Upstream Online (5 May 11)
Religious Groups Question Goldman on Pay
Yahoo News (5 May 11)
Char…

Precious Metals – Week of 5.1.11
Silver Has Biggest Weekly Drop Since 1980
MarketWatch (6 May 11)
Inflationary Guerilla Tactics Resume As Comex, Nymex Hike Margins On Gold, Silver, Cracks, Spreads And Other Products
Zero Hedge (20 J…

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.1.11
Deutsche Bank Hit With U.S. Mortgage Fraud Suit
Market Watch (3 May 11)

Geopolitical – Week of 5.1.11
The Y Article
Foreign Policy (13 April 11)
Attorney General Holder Confirms Sony Data Breach Probe
Reuters (4 May 11)
Sony Says “Anonymous” Set Stage For Data Theft
Reuters (4 May 11)
Tax Breaks Fo…

Food & Health – Week of 5.1.11
From Chernobyl to Japan: Treating Radiation Sickness with Rock Dust
Zerorads
Radioactive Water Pumped Into Mississippi River
WJTV (4 May 11)

Life – Week of 5.1.11
Flood Warning – New Event for Orleans County
Interactive NWS – Alert Information (5 May 11)
All Hail the PUBLIC Library
On The Commons
14 Signs That The Collapse of Our Modern World Has Already Beg…

Science & Technology – Week of 5.1.11
Google, Facebook Consider Separate Skype Deals, Reuter Reports
Bloomberg (5 May 11)
Sony Apologises For Online Data Breach
Financial Times (1 May 11)
Sony Details Restoration Plans for PlayStation N…

Orwellian Method of the Year 2010: Optogenetics
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Money & Markets – Week of 4.24.11
Most States Seen Raising Jobless Tax on Businesses
New York Times (27 Apr 11)
Fed Forecasts Show Transitory Inflation and Lower Growth in 2011
Bloomberg (27 Apr 11)
Most Americans Say U.S. in Rece…

Geopolitical – Week of 4.24.11
U.S. Reacts Cooly to Palestinian Reconciliation
Reuters (27 Apr 11)
Reducing Influence Peddling in Government Contracting
Truthout (27 Apr 11)
FCC to Review AT&T Merger as Supreme Court Reviews …

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.24.11
Beyond ForeclosureGate – It Gets Uglier
The Economic Populist (20 Apr 11)
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Precious Metals – Week of 4.24.11
More Silver Than You Imagined – 321Gold (25 Apr 11)


Life – Week of 4.24.11
Rolling Stone Readers Pick the Top 10 R&B/Soul Singers of All Time
Rolling Stone
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Money & Markets – Week of 4.17.11
Study Suggests Feds Could Recoup Billions in Unpaid Taxes by Withholding Passports
FoxNews (12 Apr 11)
Amaranth Kill Shot: Collateral Damage in a 78-Trillon Dollar Derivatives Book Compliments of J.P…

Geopolitical – Week of 4.17.11
BP’s Secret Deepwater Blowout
Greg Palast (19 Apr 11)
Jury Convicts Exec in $3B Mortgage Fraud Case
Yahoo News (19 April 11)
US Gave $6m to Syrian Opposition
The Australian (19 April 11)
Secret M…

Food & Health – Week of 4.17.11
Chemicals Were Injected Into Wells, Report Says
CNBC (17 April 11)
The War on PDD-NOS, Pervasive Denial Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified
Age of Autism (18 April 11)
Apples: Even Better For You Than …

Life – Week of 4.17.11
Largest Earthquakes by State
USGS
Hold it, Whippersnappers. Study Finds Older Employees More Productive
The Globe And Mail (18 April 11)
Dubai on Empty
Vanity Fair (April 2011)
Severe Storms Kill a…

Science & Technology – Week of 4.17.11
As Gas Prices Rise, Businesses Explore Opportunities of Electric Vehicles
The Globe And Mail (19 April 11)
NASA Releases Sky-mapping Archive
USA Today (15 April 11)
UC Computer Scientists Release Vi…

Money & Markets – Week of 4.10.11
Identity Fraud Continues to Rise
Guardian.co.uk (14 April 11)
Abolition of Cheques to be Reconsidered
Guardian.co.uk (14 April 11)

Precious Metals – Week of 4.10.11
A Rouble Re-run
Financial Times (15 April 11)
Will Silver Surge Following The Nationalization Of Bolivia’s Silver Mines By Embattled President Evo Morales?
Zero Hedge (14 April 11)

Geopolitical – Week of 4.10.11
US Senate Urges UN to Revoke Goldstone Report
Ynetnews (15 April 11)
The “Deep State” Behind U.S. Democracy
Voltaire Network (6 April 11)

Food & Health – Week of 4.10.11
Summer Drought Looms Following ‘Driest March For 60 years’
Guardian.co.uk (14 April 11)
A Generation of Autism, Coming of Age
The New York Times (13 April 11)
Pretty Food is Dangerous
Newsvandal (11…

Life – Week of 4.10.11
World’s Oldest Man Dies at 114
Guardian.co.uk (15 April 11)
The Lost Generation
Metropolis (6 March 11)
Congress, in a First, Removes an Animal From the Endangered Species List
The New York Times (1…

Science & Technology – Week of 4.10.11
Could This be The Biggest Find Since The Dead Sea Scrolls? Seventy Metal Books Found in Cave in Jordan Could Change Our View of Biblical History
Mail Online (30 March 11)
Glasses Free 3D on iPad 2
Ge…

Money & Markets – Week of 4.3.11
GE to Build Nation’s Largest Solar Power Plant
Yahoo Finance (7 April 11)
Why the Middle-Aged Are Missing Out on New Jobs
Yahoo Finance (1 April 11)

Precious Metals – Week of 4.3.11
Another Day, Another Record High For Gold
Zero Hedge (7 April 11)
Feds Move to Keep Liberty Dollar’s $7 million Metal Inventory
GATA (4 April 11)
Utah Doubles Down on Gold Laws Amid Inflation Fears,…

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.3.11
Florida’s ‘Shadow’ Real-estate Inventory Ranks No. 1 in U.S.
MiamiHerald.com (5 April 11)
Banks Win Again: Weak Mortgage Settlement Proposal Undermined by Phony Consent Decrees
Naked Capitalism…

Geopolitical – Week of 4.3.11
No Accord in Budget Talks as Policy Fights Hamper Deal
The New York Times (7 April 11)
Government Shutdown: Potential Furloughs For 800k Federal Workers, Disruption of D.C. Services
The Washington Po…

Food & Health – Week of 4.3.11
Antibiotic Superbugs CRKP & MRSA: Who’s at Risk?
Yahoo Health (7 April 11)
Screening the Day’s Catch for Radiation
The New York Times (5 April 11)
EPA to Raise Limits For Radiation Exposure While…

Life – Week of 4.3.11
Japan’s Disaster: A Spiritual Perspective
Huffington Post (30 March 11)

Science & Technology – Week of 4.3.11
Solar Power May Already Rival Coal, Prompting Installation Surge
Bloomberg (6 April 11)
Coping: With the Horrible Earthquake Trend
Urban Survival (4 April 11)
Ozone Layer Faces Record Loss Over Arct…

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Money & Markets – Week of 3.27.11
Tepco Downfall to Shatter ‘Myth’ of Safe Toshiba, Hitachi Nuclear Reactors
Bloomberg (31 March 11)
‘Lehman Shock’ Is Kid Stuff Next to Fukushima: William Pesek
Bloomberg Businessweek (31 Marc…

Precious Metals – Week of 3.27.11
Gold’s Hyperbolic Trajectory
Free Gold Money Report (28 March 11)

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.27.11
Report Critical of Pay Practices at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Reuters (1 April 11)
LPS: Foreclosure Backlog Stands at 30x Foreclosure Sales Volume
DSNews (28 March 11)

Geopolitical – Week of 3.27.11
Amid Tweeted Frustration, Japan May Take Control of TEPCO
Time (1 April 11)
Ivory Coast Rebels Seize State TV, Control Gbagbo Palace
Bloomberg (1 April 11)
Anxiety Roils Libyan Capital Amid Top-Leve…

Food & Health – Week of 3.27.11
Asking Kidney Patients to Forgo a Free Lifeline
The New York Times (31 March 11)
Radiation in Mass. Rainwater Likely From Japan
Yahoo News (27 March 11)
Urban Homesteaders Find Ideal Ground in Altad…

Life – Week of 3.27.11
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Tweeting Cobra Found at Home in Bronx Zoo
The Wall Street Journal (1 April 11)
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Science & Technology – Week of 3.27.11
Highway Deaths Fall to Lowest Level Since 1949
SFGate (1 April 11)
Google Making App That Would Identify People’s Faces
CNN (31 March 11)
It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know
Th…

Money & Markets – Week of 3.20.11
Here’s What Hedge Funds Bought When They Piled Into Stocks Last Week
Business Insider (23 March 11)
Socially Responsible Investing: Reaching New Heights
Green Money (Spring 2011)

Precious Metals – Week of 3.20.11
Surf Warning: Tsunami to Lift Gold
Goldseek (23 March 11)
We Love Silver But We Respect The Trends – Be Careful
Financial Sense (21 March 11)
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Zero Hedge (24 Dec 10)
Think Like a Thief
Fina…

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.20.11
Treasury to Test Mortgage Market;
The New York Times (21 March 11)
Sleaze Watch: NY Fed Official Responsible for AIG Loans Joins AIG As AIG Pushes Sweetheart Repurchase to NY Fed
Naked Capitalism (22…

Geopolitical – Week of 3.20.11
Poland May Hold Nuclear Referendum, Says PM Tusk
Reuters (23 March 11)
Detroit’s Population Crashes
The Wall Street Journal (23 March 11)
Challenge to Obama’s Health Law Brews in Ohio House
The Colu…

Food & Health – Week of 3.20.11
“Water = Life” Providing Solutions to Help Combat The World Water Crisis
Safe Water Today
Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, California
Current and Upcoming Events
Scientists Warn of Li…

Life – Week of 3.20.11
How Musicians are Raising Money for Japan Relief
RollingStone (22 March 11)
Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami
The New York Times (15 March 11)
Yosemite Park Closed Fo…

Science & Technology – Week of 3.20.11
Reactor 1 Core Has Passed 400 Degrees Celsius
Zero Hedge(22 March 11)
The ‘Supermoon’ Rises Over US Cities
IB Times (21 March 11)
Auroras Invade the US
NASA (10 March 11)
Safe Nuclear Does Exis…

Money & Markets – Week of 3.13.11
Troubled Mizuho Has 500,000 Pending Transactions
NIKKEI.com (18 March 11)
Here’s Why We’re Not Surprised By The ‘Blankfein Might Resign’ Story
Business Insider (17 March 11)

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.13.11
Geithner Backs New Financing Approach for Mortgages
The New York Times (15 March 11)
Freddie Mac’s Former Chief May Face S.E.C. Action
Yahoo Finance (16 March 11)
Earthquake/Tsunami Factor of House …

Geopolitical – Week of 3.13.11
Clinton, in Tunisia, Says Democracy is Contagious
Yahoo News (17 March 11)
Japanese Engineers Strive to Restore Power to Avert Catastrophe
Reuters (17 March 11)
Angry Voters Oust Miami-Dade Mayor in…

Food & Health – Week of 3.13.11
Make Money as a Urban Farmer
Virtually Green
Study: Having a Bad Job Is Worse than No Job For Mental Health
Time Healthland (15 March 11)
Alzheimer’s Caregivers in The U.S. Number Almost 15 millio…