Senate Dems Beat GOP Flibuster, Health Care Bill Moves On
huffingtonpost.com — Invoking the memory of Ted Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare (60-39). (Submitted by ArrowheadAddict) More…
Students shout down Klan at Ole Miss rally
commercialappeal.com — A rally by the Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan fizzled soon after it began this morning as students shouted down the 11 KKK members who were protesting a University of Mississippi decision to bar the school band from playing “From Dixie with Love” — a medley that some football fans append by shouting, “The South shall rise again.” (Submitted by amprather) More…
Obama Calls for More U.S. Exports to Asia
hpb.online.wsj.com — U.S. President Barack Obama, fresh from his first presidential trip to Asia, called for the U.S. to increase exports to that region, saying even small gains would help put many unemployed Americans back on the job. (Submitted by medost) More…
Woman's Body Found in Lake 12 Years After Disappearance
foxnews.com — The body of a Broward County woman missing for 12 years has been found at the bottom of a lake near her home. Gail Schoening of Broward County was a month shy of her 36th birthday when she disappeared in April 1997 on her way to catch a flight for a job interview. (Submitted by ChronicColonic) More…
Traffic cameras used to stalk peaceful protestors
boingboing.net — Any police officer can add any license number to the database of "people of interest" and every time that license plate passes a camera, the local police force will receive an urgent alert, and can pull over the car, detain the driver, and search the car and its passengers... (Submitted by pwarnock) More…
Missouri Billboard Calls for Revolution: War Against America
dailykos.com — Look, I'm all for reasonable and rational criticism of our government as the representatives of the people - but at a certain point you have to pull over the crazy train before it goes completely off the tracks. (Submitted by bepeace) More…
Unburied bodies tell the tale of Detroit-a city in despair
timesonline.co.uk — The abandoned corpses, in white body bags with number tags tied to each toe, lie one above the other on steel racks inside a giant freezer in Detroit’s central mortuary, like discarded shoes in the back of a wardrobe.Some have lain here for years, but in recent months the number of unclaimed bodies has reached a record high. (Submitted by bettverboten) More…
Who leaked the Hadley CRU files and why
examiner.com — The anonymous tipster, whom many people initially assumed had "hacked" into the computers at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia (repeatedly called the "Hadley Centre" by mistake), was probably an insider, seeking to expose certain sharp practices and unscientific methods of his bosses. (Submitted by Temlakos) More…
Landrieu Says She'll Back Democrats on Key Health
online.wsj.com — Democrat Landrieu said she would vote to move forward with debate on health-care legislation, as the chamber moved toward an evening vote on whether to bring the bill to the floor. The support of at least one other centrist Democrat remained in doubt. (Submitted by pavelstropov) More…
'Random' Shooting Rampage On Resort Island Kills Five
ca.news.yahoo.com — A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan Friday, first at a shooting range and then at a World War II historical site, killing four people and wounding six others before fatally shooting himself, officials said. (Submitted by HabsChick) More…
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is