By Justin McCurry

Elite squad of technicians face fire, radiation and exhaustion in cramped and potentially lethal conditions to cool reactors.

The men and women struggling to avert disaster at th…

Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker will be featured in a tribute to former President George H. W. Bush. The 41st President of the United States is being honored for his …

By Sarah Parsons

Like most parents, Michigan resident Rachael Hilliker cares very much about the kinds of foods her kids eat. Hilliker has a three-year-old daughter, Claire, and her fiance is the f…

China has overtaken the UK as a global art market for the first time, a report suggests.

The UK was knocked from second spot to third place as a global market for antiques and arts, according to Th…

Nasa fears ‘Kessler Syndrome’, where there is too much space junk for it to be safe to fly out, leaving us trapped on Earth.

By Daniel Bates

Nasa is considering using lasers to deflect space j…

By Courtney Comstock

According to Gasparino, Lloyd Blankfein’s friends say he’s on the way out.

They say this is Blankfein’s last year at Goldman Sachs, according to Charlie.

What does Goldman sa…

By Meredith Lepore

It’s no wonder Goldman Sachs is having trouble trying to sell its mortgage servicing unit, Litton Loan.

The allegations against the unit are absolutely horrific– from not ret…

The Japanese yen has risen against the US dollar hitting the highest level since the end of the Second World War.

The yen climbed as high as 76.25 against the US dollar in US trading on Wednesday. …

By Gregory White

Today’s was a wild day for markets. Pretty much every dramatic movement in the Dow can be traced back to one source: The crisis in Fukushima.
Here’s a quick rundown:
• 11:01 AM ET:…

By Nachum Kaplan and Denny Thomas

Foreign bankers are fleeing Tokyo as Japan’s nuclear crisis worsens, scrambling for commercial and charter flights out of the country and into other major cities i…

Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application and notice by Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, to become a bank …

Well, I just activated and tested my radiation alert from SE International at The Farm here in Tennessee. S.E. International, Inc. is a manufacturer of radiation detection equipment for use in indus…

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By Terje Langeland

Toyota Motor Corp. (7203), the world’s largest carmaker, may lose output of at least 40,000 vehicles after Japan’s strongest earthqu…

By Barry Brook

Along with reliable sources such as the IAEA and WNN updates, there is an incredible amount of misinformation and hyperbole flying around the internet and media right now about the F…

By Lily Nonomiya and Mayumi Otsuma

The Bank of Japan began pouring cash into the banking system after the nation’s most powerful earthquake on record, while later today it may keep its asset- pur…

By Gabriele Steinhauser,

After harrowing late-night negotiations, the leaders of the 17-country eurozone thrashed out a strategy on how to deal with the debt crisis that has crippled the currency u…

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By: Greg Palast

I need to speak to you, not as a reporter, but in my former capacity as lead investigator in several government nuclear plant fraud and racketeering investigations.

I don’t know th…

(CNN) — An explosion has been reported at a nuclear plant in northeastern Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said Saturday, citing the country’s nuclear and industrial safe…

By Sam Smith

One of the things that has perplexed me about the current chaos is how did so many Republicans become so bizarrely crazy so fast? The closest example that comes to mind is the McCarthy…

By Jesse Russell

Update 3 p.m.: A call to M&I’s Capitol Square branch confirms the bank is closed for the rest of the day.
When the firefighters arrived at the Capitol this morning they started…

By Malcolm Foster

A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan’s eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes w…

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If you are a beginning farmer or rancher:
Land Link matches your interests with the farms and ranches in our data base. You will receive a description of those farms along with the landowner’s name …

Fountain House Roof Garden, New York

By Elliot Madison

“To know I had a part in growing my own food changed me from being a ‘consumer’ to a ‘producer.’ I know if I can do that, there is…

By David E. Gumpert

Here’s a Way to Eliminate the Regulators and Lawyers, and Build Community At the Same Time: Organize and Declare “Food Sovereignty,” Like Sedgwick, Maine

Maybe the citize…

By Clifford E Carnicom

Note: I am not offering any medical advice or diagnosis with the presentation of this information. I am acting solely as an independent researcher providing the results of ex…

Naomi Klein on Anti-Union Bills and Shock Doctrine American-Style

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California regulators will ask Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to set up a process so its customers can opt out of SmartMeters if they have concerns about the devices’ potential health effects.

Cali…

By B. Blake Levitt

Things are move quickly with citizen/legislative actions regarding SmartGrids/Meters: A total of 32 California towns and counting now have either legal ordinances or resolutions ba…

By Amanda Verzello

Utah might be one step closer to its own gold standard after the Senate approved a bill Thursday that would require the state to recognize gold and silver coins as legal tender.
…

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By Laurence Kotlikoff

The notion that education pays and that better education pays better is taken for granted by almost everyone. For college professors like me, this is a very convenient idea, p…

Michael Moore Speaks in Madison, WI — March 5, 2011

Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you’ll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-…

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Legislators in at least ten states have introduced bills in the past few years to allow state commerce to be conducted with gold and silver.

Georgia, Montana, Missouri, Colorado , Idaho , Indiana ,…

By B. Blake Levitt

Area Democrats were recently asked to endorse Chris Murphy for his upcoming bid for the U.S. Senate. Full disclosure—I am a lifelong Democrat, an ardent environmentalist, and v…

By Michael Powell and Gretchen Morgenson

FOR more than a decade, the American real estate market resembled an overstuffed novel, which is to say, it was an engrossing piece of fiction.

Mortgage br…

By Clifford E Carnicom

Note: I am not offering any medical advice or diagnosis with the presentation of this information. I am acting solely as an independent researcher providing the results of …

By Paritosh Bansal and Nadia Damouni

The London Stock Exchange is eyeing a takeover of its rival Nasdaq just weeks after announcing a merger with the Toronto stock exchange, the Sunday Times report…

“Board Member of Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Charged in Insider Trading Scheme”

Washington, D.C., March 1, 2011 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading…

By Daniel Indiviglio

Is the 30-year, fixed rate mortgage — so beloved by Americans — in danger of extinction? That’s what banks, investors, and realtors would have you believe. They have been war…

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Last Thursday night, I attended a dinner party for Darlene Zschech and her Hillsong team and then attended their concert at the Jubilee Christian Center in San Jose on Friday night.

I learned that Zs…

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Products made with synthetic chemicals have hidden costs that affect all of us—these externalized costs are called ag “externalities,” and they include damage and the chemical contamination of…

By Owen Fletcher and Juro Osawa

Beijing—Asia’s major telecom operators scrambled Monday to eliminate the impact on their operations from damage to several submarine cables following the massive e…

Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the Economic Council of Finland

10th February 2011, Helsinki, Finland

Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen,

It is my great pleasure …

By Thomas Content

Under the budget-repair bill passed by the Assembly on Friday, no bids would be required for the state to sell up to 37 heating and cooling plants across the state.

The bill woul…

Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops

For years the biotechnology industry has trumpeted that it will feed the world, promising that its genetically engineered crops will produ…

I am participating in a new loan through Kiva to Mary – To buy stock items for her store as well as items to equip her husband’s upholstery shop.

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A Greenpeace statement on today’s vote on zero tolerance for GM contamination in animal feed will be sent once the vote has taken place.

February 22 – Industry data released on Tuesday is expected …

How much iodine do we need? What are the best sources? What happens if we don’t get enough? Or get too much?

The Iodine Group is gathering information on iodine in an attempt to understand how iodi…

Before November’s election, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives solemnly promised that they would cut spending by $100 billion this year alone if voters put their party in charge. V…

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Thursday issued a final rule that amends the regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) regarding Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and…

By Dennis Cauchon

Americans strongly oppose laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The poll found 61% would oppose a l…

By Joe Weisenthal

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By Yves Smith

American leadership is reliable in one respect: it consistently undershoots my already low expectations.

Or maybe I have it backwards because I keep forgetting who the authorities ar…

By Cassandra Anderson

Farmers like genetically modified (GM) crops because they can plant them, spray them with herbicide and then there is very little maintenance until harvest. Farmers who plant M…

By Tripoli

A defiant Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday he was ready to die “a martyr” in Libya, vowing to crush a growing revolt which has seen eastern regions break free of his 41-year rule and brou…