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Bank Failure Tally for 2010 Hits 50
Eight more banks failed last week, bringing the 2010 total to 50. Three of the failures were in Florida, and two were in California. Massachusetts, Michigan and Washington had one bank failure each. http://www.blogging stocks.com/2010/04/18/bank -failure-tally-for-2010-hi ts-50/ Foreclosure... ...
Why are cops tasering grandmothers, pregnant women and kids?
AlterNet by Scott Thill 08/17/09 Thanks to the taser’s wildfire deployment, classification as non-lethal weaponry and pop-cultural appeal in films, television, comics and even cartoons, cops have nearly... ...
The Scorpion Syndrome
The authors writing as Favilla for France's premier business paper, Les Echos, use an ancient fable to try to understand Wall Street's "incorrigible obsession with bonuses, which has resumed like a wildfire."... ...
Still no end in sight to the corruption in Washington
Let the Thing Be Pressed Marc Ash, Truthout: "Still no end in sight to the corruption in Washington. While the Democrats now control both houses of Congress and the White House, the raging wildfire of... ...
Global warming 'underestimated'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi /science/nature/7890988.st m -------- Global glacier melt continues Glaciers around the globe continue to melt at high rates. Some glaciers in the European Alps lost up to... ...
Summers Hotter as Climate Changes
David A. Fahrenthold and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post: "Climate change will have a 'substantial' impact on human health in the coming decades, making wildfires and hurricanes more likely, cooking... ...
Global Warming's Twin Evil: Wildfires and Drought
Writing for AlterNet, Dr. Reese Halter says, "The hundreds of fires hitting California right now are a wake-up call to both government and California residents: we're unprepared for a rapid climate change... ...
Bush Budget Cuts Fire Money
The Associated Press and East Oregonian report that "President Bush's 2009 budget plan would slash money for fire prevention and preparedness in the wake of last fall's devastating wildfires in California,... ...
Judge Threatens Jail for Bush Official
Jeff Barnard, The Associated Press, writes: "A federal judge in Montana said Friday he's prepared to hold the US Forest Service in contempt of court for a 'duplicitous' strategy of skirting the law so... ...
Wildfires Rekindle Global Warming Debate
Adrianne Appel of Inter Press Service reports: "The massive wildfires that roared and twisted their way through southern California in 2007 are a glimpse of what a future of global warming may hold, scientists... ...