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OAKLAND, Calif. – A train passenger's video of an arrest shows heavy-duty glass shattering and showering down on a San Francisco area transit police officer and an unruly passenger in an incident that injured both men.

BROMONT, Quebec – A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.

WASHINGTON – As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemployment itself.

Reports on housing, home sales, unemployment coming ahead of holiday

About 150 employees were sent home Saturday afternoon

He'll have an official state dinner at the White House on Tuesday

WASHINGTON - Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.

A Queens man has been charged with murder in the deaths of his wife and teenage son, who were found in a closet wrapped in plastic with their throats slashed.

They reportedly call into question ex-Prime Minister Blair's statements

But retail observers say that won’t necessarily mean a great season

  FBI Concludes Hasan Not Involved in Terrorist Activities or Planning UPI November 10, 2009   The FBI said the man accused of the Fort Hood, Texas, massacre came to its attention in December 2008 but was not suspected of “terrorist activities.”   The FBI said it took notice of Nidal Malik Hasan as part of an unrelated investigation being carried ...

  India challenges Western data linking climate change, Himalayan melt Rama Lakshmi Washington Post November 22, 2009   NEW DELHI — As countries around the world prepare to flex their negotiating muscles at next month’s climate-change summit in Copenhagen, India has begun to question the Western model of computing global warming statistics.   Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh released a report last ...

  The Federal Reserve lies about United States Notes Exposing Faux Capitalism October 30, 2009 The Federal Reserve first starts off by telling the truth about United States Notes: “U.S. notes, the first national currency, began circulating during the civil war; they were authorized by the Legal Tender Act of 1862. The Department of the Treasury issued these notes directly. Issuance ...

  The Feds Have No Faith in Recovery Michael Pento Hellenic Shipping Worldwide November 7, 2009   The stock market has enjoyed a significant rally since the end of the first quarter. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported last week that the economy grew at a 3.5% annual rate in the third quarter–a figure they achieved by that claiming inflation was ...

  ‘Glitch’ could cut jobless benefits for a million Erik Eckholm The New York Times November 19, 2009   About one million laid-off workers will see their unemployment benefits end in January unless Congress acts quickly to renew existing federally paid extensions, according to a new report and legislators and state officials. The record-long extension of emergency benefits that was signed ...

  Dead or Alive? Osama bin Laden: A Marketing Tool for US-NATO Military Operations Elizabeth Woodworth Global Research September 11, 2009 In 1961, upon leaving office, President Eisenhower warned of the danger of a military-industrial takeover of information, power, and resources in a democracy[1] . His dark vision has been steadily unfolding. Since September 11, 2001, world, and particularly US military ...

  The lying game: how we are prepared for another war of aggression John Pilger October 15, 2009  In 2001, the Observer in London published a series of reports that claimed an “Iraqi connection” to al-Qaeda, It was all false. Supplied by US intelligence and Iraqi exiles, planted stories in the British and US media helped George Bush and Tony Blair ...

  Israel wants law of war changed RON BOUSSO AFP October 21, 2009 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his government to draw up proposals to amend the international laws of war after a damning UN report on its war in Gaza. The security cabinet did not, however, on Tuesday discuss calls made by ministers for an internal investigation into ...

  Largest Banks Reported Funding Production Of Internationally Banned Weapons Olesya Dmitracova Reuters October 31, 2009   Leading banks have funded arms manufacturers, whose products include cluster bombs, to the tune of $5 billion in the past two years, despite an international accord to ban such weapons, a study said Thursday.   The report by Profundo consultancy and several NGOs said ...

  The GOP Should Dump the Neocons Edward H. Crane CATO Institute November 9, 2009   The founders envisioned a federal government constitutionally limited to defending our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For that to happen, we must have at least one political party that strongly advocates limiting the power of government. For much of the 19th ...