July 11, 2009

Dispute over flag protest erupts in Wisc. village

Cemetery shut down, declared a crime scene (video included)

British FM Defends Afghan Mission

5 Young Lives Lost On Train Tracks

9 Lightning Strikes Cause NASA to Delay Shuttle Launch

July 10, 2009

The Big Picture Blog Looks At Ethnic Clashes In Urumqi, China

Torture of young mentally challenged woman by 4 bullies who were supposed to be caring for her horrifies Winnipeg, Canada

400,000 leave their homes after quake in China

Time: Mortgage Defaults: Many Are Intentional, Study Finds

WSJ: Expect More Home Price Declines Almost Everywhere

Canada Has Record C$1.42 Billion Trade Deficit as Exports Fall


WSJ: Photos For The Day - 10 July 09

Australia: Knifeman kills himself after leaving trail of destruction

Craigslist post from the Bike Shop

A man has become the first person to be gored to death during the running of the bulls in Pamplona for 14 years

Panic At Retail: Sears Starts Christmas Sales In July

British troops bear brunt of south Afghan assault

FBI Finds Rampant And Deep Fraud In Real Estate Industry

Obama Says Economic Recovery Still Far

Levi Johnson, father of Bristol Palin's baby, says Sarah resigned over money concerns

Crude Oil Slips Below $60 On Economic Concerns

Senator Ensign's "Creepy" Affair

NJ brewery draws ire for naming beers after exits

GM's Website touts "reinvention"
GM CEO: "Business As Usual Is Over"
GM Emerges From Bankruptcy After Government Bailout

Judge Sonia Sotomayor Denied My Appeal and I Spent 16 Years in Prison For a Crime I Didn't Commit

Look at Depression Era Unemployment Rate

July 8, 2009

Dr. Housing Bubble: 10 Charts Explaining Why There Will Be No 2nd Half Recovery in 2009

Stop Short Sales?

It's the Right-Wingers Who Are Unloading the Harshest Critiques About Palin’s Bizarre Departure

Republican nominees for Governor in NJ and VA shun Sarah Palin

Congress Blasts 'Outrageous' Security Breaches at Nation's Federal Buildings

Energy speculators Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are being targeted by CFTC review

FDA Slaps Strong Warning on Darvon, Darvocet

Suspected U.S. missles strike 5 vehicles killing many Taliban in Pakistan

FBI arrest six ex-employees of NY brokerage for fraud

A British soldier has become the seventh to die in a week of fighting in Afghanistan

Health co-op offers model for overhaul

`WSJ: Photos for the Day - 7 July 09

Google Plans a PC Operating System

Caitlin Boyle's Post-it message, Web site, give women important message: You're beautiful

Soldiers' kids' mental health requests hit double pre-Iraq number

Falling oil prices are becoming another sign of investors' deflating hopes for a speedy economic recovery

Intelligence official says North Korea believed behind cyber attacks on SKorean, US Web sites

Murder-suicide likely in McNair case, official says

US, Russia Agree to Cut Nuclear Stockpiles

Pro-marijuana ad pushes pot as Calif. budget fix

Chinese troops flood into restive Urumqi

Connecticut man angered by divorce holds wife hostage during 13-hour standoff, burns home, police say

July 7, 2009

Paul Krugman: HELP Is On The Way

Plugging in, taking off: Eight electric vehicle startups to watch

7 U.S. troops in Afghanistan are killed

Police raid at gay club in Texas stirs ugly memories

Florida Keys rethinking hurricane evacuations

Where's the moola? With the cows

WSJ: Photos for the Day - 6 July 09

Grand-daughter of the week: Woman Allegedly Prank Calls Grandmother 45 Times in a Day

Hundreds of armed Han Chinese protest in Muslim sector of Urumqui, Xinjiang

Fortune: Bernanke's $1 trillion hangover

Forbes: How Sarah Palin should have quit

Panel urges huge increase in outdoor spending

As California struggles, Fitch cuts debt rating

Heat records tied or broken 6 times in the last two months in Miami-Dade, Florida

Mish: Office Vacancies Near 4-Year High; 24% Vacancies in Suburbs; Rents Fall

Suspected South Carolina Serial Killer Shot Dead

U.S. should plan 2nd fiscal stimulus: economic adviser

July 6, 2009

The Big Picture Blog Looks At President Obama's First 167 Days In Office

Home foreclosures expected to surge in coming months
Communities confront 'ghostbox' buildings when big-box retailers leave

James Kunstler's latest: "The Free And The Dead"

Frank Rich: Bernie Madoff Is No John Dillinger

Mom Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen She Met At 'Furry' Gathering

Robert McNamara, who served as United States defence secretary in the 1960s, has died.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard takes command

Woman left newborn in portable toilet, police say

In California, "modified loan" scammers find easy pickings

Nigerian militants say Chevron facility destroyed

Mexico's Ruling Party Is Seen Losing Ground

Jim Webb Puts His Writerly Skills to Work in a Modest Proposal: Reform The Nation's Prisons -- And Drug Laws

July 6, 1947: The AK-47, an All-Purpose Killer

Think twice before buying a house in these cities any time soon

Police Open Fire on Protesters in Honduras

Oil falls to near $64 on dollar, equities

Vegans Have Lower Bone Density

Report: Iran to prosecute satellite TV contributors

Costa Rica tops list of 'happiest' nations

Big scandal develops over the weekend in alledged theft of proprietary software at Goldman Sachs trading offices

Poor sport: Colombian soccer player shoots and kills fan for calling him "lousy"

4 go on trial for roles in Texas school fight club

Hybrids boost Toyota and Honda car sales

Violent protests in China's restive western region of Xinjiang has left at least 140 people dead and more than 800 people injured

More female veterans are winding up homeless

Survey Says Bigger Downpayments Prevent Foreclosures

Unemployed and on the Verge of Losing Everything: "I Don't Know How I'll Make It"

Earnings Drop Worldwide as Job Losses Hurt Consumers

Sarah Palin's Latest Crazy Move: Are Republicans a Danger to the Republic?

Rove Calls Palin's Resignation 'Risky', While Huckabee Says Alaska Governor's Decision to Leave Office Is Liability

Snowfall on Mars? NASA's Phoenix Lander recorded it

McNair death ruled a homicide; possible lover’s quarrel

As the threat of Global Warming grows, Scientists are floating possibilities on how to re-engineer the Earth

July 5, 2009

It Came from Wasilla

Sarah Palin, Lost In Her Backyard

Sarah Palin, Quitter

Amazing Mexico Photos from Amazing Filtered Things Blog



Smoke on the Race Track . . . Last Lap

Tony Stewart snatches victory from Kyle Busch in Coke Zero 400's last lap Intimidator type "Get Out Of My Way" caused crash

Ex-Tennessee Titan's QB Great, Steve McNair, Found Shot To Death In His Apartment With Dead Female