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Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top Story Bush aides facing subpoenas over firings
WASHINGTON - Flexing their political muscle against the White House, Democrats in the House and Senate are insisting that President Bush's top aides describe their roles in the firings of eight federal prosecutors on the record and under oath. Humor Ink
The WorldIraq Bombers Blow Up 2 Children Used as Decoys
Insurgents detonated a bomb in a car with two children in it after using them as decoys to get past a military checkpoint in Baghdad.
Russia will not back excessive Iran sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will not support "excessive sanctions" against Iran in the United Nations Security Council, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
U.S. bemoans lost opportunity at North Korea talks
BEIJING (Reuters) - Talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear threat languished on Wednesday as Pyongyang waited to receive freed funds, prompting delegates to warn that the chance to press forward a disarmament plan was being lost.
Australian PM admits Iraq war unpopular
CANBERRA, Australia - Prime Minister John Howard conceded Wednesday that his country's commitment to the Iraq war is unpopular, but said he is willing to sacrifice his government over the issue in elections this year. The NationPaying The Price Of Ineptitude
As the White House bears the burden of one scandal after another and the war in Iraq, it has gone from looking invincible to incompetent ? a problem that won't go away soon, thanks to a Democratic Congress.
Defense vows crackdown on fraud in Iraq
WASHINGTON - Defense Department investigators said Tuesday they are going to be more aggressive suspending or barring companies from doing U.S. contract work in Iraq if they are involved in war profiteering there.
Lawmakers warn FBI over spy power abuse
WASHINGTON - Republicans and Democrats alike sternly warned the FBI on Tuesday that it risks losing its broad power to collect telephone, e-mail and financial records to hunt terrorists because of rampant abuses of the authority.
House Democrats seek to boost spending
WASHINGTON - House Democrats are seeking to boost spending for domestic programs while assuming that a variety of popular tax cuts expire at the end of the decade. MediaTale of two NYT reporters: one cites scientists' praise of Gore film, the other presents fringe criticism as mainstream
In May 2006, when Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth premiered, The New York Times published an article by Andrew C. Revkin reporting that mainstream scientists, while taking issue with details in the film, embraced its premise, subscribing to Gore's "main point." But ten months later, the Times ran an article by William J. Broad that again purported to represent the views of "mainstream" scientists on the accuracy of the film, while citing a parade of sources who have to various degrees rejected the scientific consensus on global warming.
A tale of two headlines: AP, “Home construction rebounds in February”’; Reuters, “Homes picture mixed after starts data”.
How to save newspapers from themselves and old thinking
Mark Glaser's suggestion: "Get out of the doomsday mentality and actually look around at the ways that serious journalism, even investigative journalism, are happening online, and consider how they can make that work in (the) newsroom." He says investigative journalism will take place in many mediums, from the web to cable TV to network TV to blogs. "Journalists should start opening themselves up to new ways of newsgathering, hybrid pro-am efforts, and get readers involved."
Where Are the News Org Wikis?
Lately I've been thinking and learning a lot about wikis -- sites comprised of pages that can be collaboratively edited either by anyone or a defined community or team. I've been wondering why more news organizations haven't been putting wikis to use for engaging and involving their communities. Technology & ScienceUS scientists create mosquito resistant to malaria
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US researchers have created genetically-modified mosquitoes resistant to a malaria parasite, raising the possibility of one day stopping the spread of the disease, a new study says.
Um, are we really sure we’re not creating Franken-squitos? —Caro
Brain Can Learn Fear By Seeing Others’ Fears
Whether you get stung by a bee or simply watch as a friend gets stung, you might start to run and hide every time a bee buzzes across your path. A new study reveals why you do this: It turns out the brain areas that respond when fear is learned through personal experience are also triggered when we see someone else afraid.
Right wingers are trying their best to make us all catch their fears. —Caro
New Family of Stars Found in Milky Way
New telescope images reveal a previously unknown rich cluster of stars in the inner parts of the Milky Way. This closely-packed star family, consisting of about 100,000 stars and located some 30,000 light-years away, was spotted with the European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla, Chile.
Hubble Catches Saturn’s Orbital Dance in New Movies
Astronomers have created three stunning movies of Saturn and its rings, using special techniques to extend still images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope into moving pictures that show the ringed planet in novel splendor. EnvironmentStar in New Role, Gore Revisits Old Stage
WASHINGTON, March 20 — The last time Al Gore appeared publicly inside the United States Capitol, he was certifying the Electoral College victory of George W. Bush. He returns on Wednesday, a heartbreak loser turned Oscar boasting Nobel hopeful globe trotting multimillionaire pop culture eminence.
Politics of Climate Change On Display at Congressional Hearing
WASHINGTON — A former NASA political appointee accused of trying to muzzle the U.S. space agency’s top climatologist said at a March 19 hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that he never censored anybody. For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
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