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A Drug Maker's Playbook Reveals a Marketing Strategy
Seeded on Tue Sep 1, 2009 6:01 PM EDT (The New York Times)
The pharmaceutical industry has developed thousands of medicines that have saved millions of lives, but it has also used its marketing muscle to successfully peddle expensive pills that are no more effective than older drugs sold at a fraction of the cost.
Report Shows Tight C.I.A. Control on Interrogations
Seeded on Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:15 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Reading the excerpts from the memos this story quotes is absolutely chilling. The physicians and psychologists who were present for this torture should absolutely lose their licenses to practice.
Proposal to Ease Aid for G.I.'s With Stress Disorder
Seeded on Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:32 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Katrina J. Eagle, a veterans' lawyer in California, said the proposed rule would also require veterans to receive diagnoses from department-employed or approved psychiatrists and psychologists. Currently, veterans can receive diagnoses from their own psychiatrists.
Feds Urge Dismissal of High-Profile Spy Case
Seeded on Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:55 PM EDT (Wired News)
The Obama administration is urging a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit weighing whether a sitting U.S. president may lawfully create a spying program to eavesdrop on Americans' electronic communications without warrants or congressional authorization.
Google Forced to Reveal Identity of Offensive Blogger
Seeded on Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:13 AM EDT (Mashable!)
When she discovered that a blog called Skanks in NYC, hosted on Google's Blogger, had been referring to her as "skank" and "old hag," she decided to press Google (Google) to reveal the identity of the blogger through court, and the court has now decided in her favor.
7 N.C. Men Charged With Terror Plot
Seeded on Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:07 PM EDT (The New York Times)
A father, his two sons and four other North Carolina men are accused of military-style training at home and plotting ''violent jihad'' through a series of terror attacks abroad, federal authorities said Monday.
Health Care Reform's Moment Arrives — Again
Seeded on Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:57 PM EDT (The New York Times)
And yet, students of history in the White House and Congress realize they are only now entering the riskiest phase, when real details begin to generate real opposition.
Justices Rule Inmates Don't Have Right to DNA Tests
Seeded on Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:53 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Justice John Paul Stevens wrote a dissent expressing his dismay that the majority had chosen to approve of Alaska's denial of the evidence sought by the defendant.
The Exodus Obama Forgot to Mention
Seeded on Tue Jun 9, 2009 2:42 PM EDT (The New York Times)
The president never said a word about me. Or, for that matter, about any of the other 800,000 or so Jews born in the Middle East who fled the Arab and Muslim world or who were summarily expelled for being Jewish in the 20th century.
A Study in Why Major Law Firms Are Shrinking
Seeded on Sat Jun 6, 2009 6:54 PM EDT (The New York Times)
THE gentleman's profession of the law is becoming a vestige of the past, removed enough from reality to be remembered, like phone booths or fedoras.
Lazarus-style comeback
Seeded on Sat Jun 6, 2009 10:03 AM EDT (Times Higher Education)
Theology is returning to the intellectual scene, says John Milbank, professor of religion, politics and ethics at the University of Nottingham. "That's why people like Richard Dawkins are so frightened, and why we're getting a more militant atheism."
Behind the Scenes: A New Angle on History
Seeded on Thu Jun 4, 2009 5:03 PM EDT (The New York Times)
New photo of the Tiananmen Square protest
Objections to some books are on the rise
Seeded on Thu Jun 4, 2009 9:02 AM EDT (The Nashville Tennessean)
Book challenges — written complaints, filed with a public or school library, requesting that materials be removed or restricted — increased nationally from 420 in 2007 to 513 in 2008.
Digital library/search engine created
Seeded on Tue Jun 2, 2009 6:17 PM EDT (Times of the Internet)
Discussion of a new, free library for scientific papers, data, algorithims, and more.
Obama Outlines Coordinated Cyber-Security Plan
Seeded on Fri May 29, 2009 5:31 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Mr. Obama's speech delved into technology rarely discussed in the East Room of the White House: He referred to "spyware and malware and spoofing and phishing and botnets," all different approaches to what he called "weapons of mass disruption."
GPS On Verge Of Break Down, Report Finds - CBS News
Seeded on Mon May 25, 2009 7:01 PM EDT (CBS News)
U.S. officials are concerned that Global Positioning Systems (GPS) are on the verge of breaking down as soon as 2010, they tell The Guardian.
Bids to Push States' Rights Falter in Face of Stimulus
Seeded on Fri May 8, 2009 7:31 AM EDT (The New York Times)
The sovereignty push has been fueled by Republican lawmakers and governors who say the Democratically controlled Congress and President Obama have attached too many strings to the stimulus package.
Putting Things in Perspective
Seeded on Wed May 6, 2009 9:21 PM EDT (www.drjeffcornwall.com)
A great perspective on the current recession in comparison to previous recessions, the differences in recovery strategies, and the media's vested interest in making their own news.
Australia to boost military might: government
Seeded on Sat May 2, 2009 9:59 AM EDT (Times of the Internet)
Australia will spend more than 70 billion US dollars boosting its defences over the next 20 years in response to a regional military build-up and global shifts in power, the government said.
Assault costs playwright honorary degree
Seeded on Sat May 2, 2009 9:57 AM EDT (Times of the Internet)
A Scottish playwright's past has caught up with him, forcing him to turn down an honorary degree from Stirling University because of an undergraduate assault.
Kaine to probe black college-terror claim
Seeded on Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:55 PM EDT (Times of the Internet)
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Soldier faces year in prison for desertion
Seeded on Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:10 AM EDT (Times of the Internet)
"Cliff is being punished for what he believes, for his comments to the press," said James Branum, the lawyer who represented Cornell during the court-martial.
Education Standards Likely to See Toughening
Seeded on Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:41 AM EDT (The New York Times)
"Obama's fundamental strategy is the same as George Bush's: standardized tests, numbers-crunching; it's the N.C.L.B. approach with lots of money attached," Diane Ravitch, an education historian often critical of the education law, said in an interview.
'Hyperlocal' Web Sites Deliver News Without Newspapers
Seeded on Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:25 AM EDT (The New York Times)
If your local newspaper shuts down, what will take the place of its coverage? Perhaps a package of information about your neighborhood, or even your block, assembled by a computer.
Brain Researchers Open Door to Editing Memory
Seeded on Mon Apr 6, 2009 7:26 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Suppose scientists could erase certain memories by tinkering with a single substance in the brain. Could make you forget a chronic fear, a traumatic loss, even a bad habit.
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