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Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top Story Bush Promises Fixes At Walter Reed
WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush is setting up a bipartisan commission to investigate the quality of care at all military and veterans hospitals in the wake of published reports of poor treatment of patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The Radical Fringe
The WorldRaid on Iraqi intelligence HQ reveals torture
BASRA, Iraq -- Iraqi special forces backed by coalition troops raided a government intelligence headquarters on Sunday and uncovered evidence of torture and links to bomb attacks, the British military said. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki reacted with fury to the raid and demanded that those members of the security forces who took part be punished.
Arabs want U.N. timetable for U.S. withdrawal
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League said on Sunday the United Nations Security Council should set a timetable for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Iraq.
Afghan Bomb Attack Prompts U.S. Backlash
U.S. Marine Special Forces fleeing a militant ambush involving a suicide car bomb and gunmen opened fire on civilians in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, wounded Afghans said. Ten people were killed and 35 wounded in the violence.
Aussie charged with aiding Taliban
The Bush administration has filed charges against David Hicks, an Australian citizen suspected of aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan and the first terrorism-war era detainee to be charged by the Pentagon under new rules for military commissions. The NationSenators vow quick action, seek commission in wake of scandal at Walter Reed
Lawmakers promised a quick response and sought an independent commission as they expressed outrage Sunday over the poor conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Woes will trail Bush to Latin America
WASHINGTON - Second-term presidents often find comfort in foreign policy and overseas travel as they lose clout at home. A statesman-abroad strategy, however, will not work particularly well for President Bush on a six-day Latin American trip designed to signal a revitalized U.S. commitment to the region.
Domenici acknowledges he asked fired U.S. attorney about criminal investigation
New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici acknowledged Sunday that he called a federal prosecutor to ask about a criminal investigation, but insisted he never pressured nor threatened his state's U.S. attorney.
Diebold weighs strategy for voting unit
CLEVELAND - Diebold Inc. saw great potential in the modernization of elections equipment. Now, analysts say, executives may be angling for ways to dump its e-voting subsidiary that's widely seen as tarnishing the company's reputation. Media'Wash Post' Launches Epic 25-Part Web 'K Street' Series
NEW YORK In a bold move, and experiment, The Washington Post launched today an unprecedented 25-part series, starting in print but continuing on the Web. It's written by longtime Post writer and editor Robert G. Kaiser, and will run Monday through Friday for five weeks. Called "The Citizen K Street Project," it focuses, as the title would indicate, on lobbying in the nation's capital.
Let’s hope that this series will prompt investigations, as did their stories on Walter Reed. How can the Washington Post’s reporting be so strong, and its editorial page so weak? —Caro
Action Alert: NYT Hypes Venezuelan Threat
A February 25 report in the New York Times on Venezuela's international arms purchases used selective information and an alarmist tone to suggest that Venezuela's military spending was a potential threat to regional stability… s the article reveals further down, it was based on information provided by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency. The Pentagon has a well-earned credibility problem when it comes to making intelligence claims about the threats posed by official enemies, and the fact that it was the source of the article's assertions should have been mentioned in the lead.
Controversial columnist draws fire for gay slur
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outspoken U.S. conservative columnist Ann Coulter is drawing fire from Republicans and Democrats alike after publicly using a derogatory gay slur in reference to Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards.
Reuters, CBS, UPI, and Fox News all covered the slur. I didn’t see anything from AP. —Caro
AAR Sale May be in Trouble
Usually reliable allaccess.com reported on Friday that the Air America Radio sale may be scuttled if the new owners are not able to re-negotiate the carriage deal that the liberal talk radio network has with its New York station WWRL, owned by Access 1 Radio. According to allaccess.com the trouble with the deal may involve a reported $3 million yearly fee paid to Access 1 by AAR. Technology & ScienceTime Change a ‘Mini-Y2K’ in Tech Terms
Companies are scrambling to reset computing devices as daylight saving time begins three weeks earlier.
Don’t forget, the time change starts this coming Sunday, March 11. —Caro
Wireless Technology Speeds Health Services in Rwanda
Cellphones are now being used to report from the field in Rwanda, enabling health care workers to better track and manage patients.
Police turn to YouTube to catch suspects
A handful of police departments have utilized YouTube as a law enforcement tool, putting up video of suspects and eliciting help from the Internet-using public in identifying them. Experts say the idea has promise, but it's too soon to tell whether it will have staying power amid constantly evolving technologies and the difficulty of making a video stand out among millions. Some also see a risk of fruitless tips, misidentifications or privacy problems.
How Vikings Might Have Navigated on Cloudy Days
Vikings navigated the oceans with sundials aboard their Norse ships. But on an overcast day, sundials would have been useless. Many researchers have suggested that the on foggy days, Vikings looked toward the sky through rock crystals called sunstones to give them direction. Crystals such as cordierite, calcite or turmaline work like polarizing filters, changing in brightness and color as they detect the angle of sunlight. EnvironmentEurope to unplug from common light bulbs
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The world's three largest light bulb makers said Thursday they will push European consumers to switch to energy-saving bulbs in a bid to cut carbon dioxide emissions that are believed to contribute to global warming. They estimated that if all inefficient traditional incandescent bulbs sold in Europe were to be replaced with more efficient bulbs — such as compact fluorescent lamps or CFLs — the continent would need 27 fewer power plants.
Australia has made the switch, too. —Caro
Tech firms go green as e-waste mounts
ROSEVILLE, Calif. - This is where computers go to die a green death. Inside Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cavernous recycling plant in the Sacramento suburbs, truckloads of obsolete PCs, servers and printers collected from consumers and businesses nationwide are cracked open by goggled workers who pull out batteries, circuit boards and other potentially hazardous components. For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
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