Obama Now Leads in Texas AND Ohio According to Latest Polls

Obama has come back from large deficits in both states and now leads Hillary Clinton in the latest polls. According to the Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released Monday, Obama now leads 47-44 in Texas and 47-45 in Ohio.

AIPAC Traitor Trial Begins Soon

According to the indictment handed down in Federal court, the AIPAC defendants received classified documents from at least three U.S. Government moles that were then illegally passed on to Israeli officials. The trial threatens to expose the routine acts of treason and leaks of U.S. intelligence committed in the name of "supporting Israel."

Keith Olbermann rips Hillary for her McCain endorsement

"This is what you say if you want to be McCain's choice for Vice President. It is not what you say if you are running for the Democratic nomination."

U.S. Marine Corps Investigating Puppy-Tossing Video

A Marine Corps spokeswoman in the Pentagon on Monday afternoon said the Marines have just become aware of the video and they're investigating. "I have seen all the information on the Web but we haven't been able to verify anything," Capt. Blanca Binstock said.

In Russia, Medvedev Sweeps Presidential Election

After 24 hours of voting across 11 time-zones, Russians handed Dmitry Medvedev an overwhelming victory in the presidential election Sunday despite a lackluster campaign that was more coronation than contest from the moment last December when President Vladimir Putin endorsed him.

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McCainonomics

He defends the Bush tax cuts he voted against, adds caveats to "no new taxes."...

Show Some Love Diggers: Wikileaks is Back Online!

A federal judge on Friday allowed whistle-blower site WikiLeaks to resume operation in the United States.

Homeless Men Find Shelter in Book Club

A Cleveland outreach nurse says there's camaraderie and escape in discussion.

Bourne Identity is Real: Pentagon Admits To Testing

Thousands of people who may have been exposed to chemical or biological agents during military tests remain unaccounted for, and the Defense Department and Department of Veterans Affairs have given up on tracking them down, according to a new report. Some of the tests were conducted as part of a weapons testing program known as "Project 112,"...

Documenting the Planet's Endangered Languages

Every 14 days a language dies. By 2100, more than half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth—many of them never yet recorded—will likely disappear, taking with them a wealth of knowledge about history, culture, the natural environment, and how the human brain works.

How A Secret Pentagon Program Came To Abu Ghraib

"The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year [2003] by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to expand a highly secret operation, which had been focussed on the hunt for Al Qaeda, to the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq."

1 in 100 Americans Are Behind Bars: Highest Rate Ever

For the first time in the nation’s history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars, according to a new report. Nationwide, the prison population grew by 25,000 last year, bringing it to almost 1.6 million. Another 723,000 people are in local jails. One in every 99.1 adults is behind bars.

Answer Desk: Tax rebate riddles

As readers sit down to the annual brain-teaser of filing their income tax returns, this year offers a new enigma. Will I get one of these tax rebates from the government?

Credit crisis throws AIG into "uncharted waters" (Reuters)

Reuters - American International Group ,
on the heels of reporting its largest-ever loss, said on Friday
the subprime crisis had thrown it into "uncharted waters" that
were likely to remain choppy through 2008.