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Amiri Told CIA Iran Has No Nuclear Bomb Program
Washington - Contrary to a news media narrative that Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri has provided intelligence on covert Iranian nuclear weapons work, CIA sources familiar with the Amiri case …
Spies, Lies and Bye-Byes
The Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri has returned to Tehran, and immediately the critics are accusing the Central Intelligence Agency of mishandling the situation. Was Amiri an Iranian plant? Was …
Animal Rights Activists Win Dissent Victory
Police reports state that on October 21, 2007, a group of about 20 people trespassed onto the front lawn of the home of a Berkeley professor involved in bio-medical …
Downsizing Higher Education: Disciplinarity at the Expense of Interdisciplinarity?
At a time in our world history when more people, not fewer, are needed who have both an acute awareness of the implications of globalization and a capacity to …
Obama Blasts GOP Over Blocking of Jobless Benefits
Washington - President Barack Obama on Monday escalated his attacks on Republicans, blasting them for opposing an extension of benefits for the out-of-work while pushing tax cuts for the …
Despite 54 Percent for Afghan Exit, Petraeus Move Could Nix Peace Talks
The majority of Americans want the Obama administration to establish a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, CBS News reports. Fifty-Four percent think the US should …
Kids, Condoms, Controversy
Pregnancy-related deaths are the leading cause of mortality for girls aged 15 to 19 worldwide. A few weeks ago, a tiny resort community on the tip of Cape Cod …
Nick Mottern | Sit Down and Shut Up
For more than a year, I participated in the Bloggers Roundtable, a Pentagon conference-call forum in which internet reporters ask questions of military personnel and civilians involved in the …
J.P. Morgan CEO Fesses Up to Monopolistic Pricing
Those Wall Street boys are loads of fun. Their irresponsible lending practices fueled the housing bubble, the collapse of which has given us the worst economic disaster in 70 …
The Retirement Nightmare: Half of Americans Have Less Than $2,000 Banked for Their Golden Years
The days of quietly retiring with a nest egg built up from years of savings from a long career on the verge of disappearing. For tens of millions of …