Tuesday - January 6, 2008 - BART Police Shooting Unarmed Man Caught on Video, Yellowstone's Super Volcanoe Getting Ready to Blow?

Jet Blue/TSA pay Iraqi born man and human rights activist $240,000 settlement for discriminating against his T-shirt which sported an anti-Nazi saying in Arabic and English (video above)

Hyundai's new incentive: Can't make the payments on that new car you just bought? No problem -- just return it free of charge.

Where the jobs are: The FBI posted openings for 850 special agents and more than 2,100 professional support personnel.

Israel hits UN school, nears major Gaza towns

Gas from Russia is down 90 percent in Austria

The Unfortunate Reality Of Housing Subsidies

Sit down and take in Fortune Magazine's accounting just released minutes ago: The $8 Trillion Bailout

Scientists discover the Milky Way Galaxy is much bigger and denser than originally thought . . . we are the Andromeda Galaxy's equal!

The ATV accident this past weekend which killed a 2 year old boy was caused by his father reading a text mail

What the mainstream media has not told you about Somalia and its pirates

HDTVs are energy hogs . . . California readies to rein them in

Hugo Chavez discontinues giving US poor free heating oil




Do the 250 earthquakes in Yellowstone between December 26th and yesterday signal the super volcano which explodes about every 600,000 years is coming soon?

Choice of Leon Panetta as CIA Director is rocking many boats

Toyota will suspend plant production for 11 days in Japan

NRA Poster Child: 4 year old boy, miffed because babysitter stepped on his foot, shoots the 18 year old with a shotgun

European stocks advance for sixth straight trading day

Oil near $49 a barrel on worries about Russia cutting Ukraine's gas

First front page ad ever on the New York Times is a banner ad for CBS

Media Matters catches dozens of lies and makes mince meat of Ann Coulter's new book, "Guilty"

Just how big is Jimmy Buffett?

A winter storm brought blankets of snow across Europe on Monday, forcing the closure of an icy Eiffel Tower in Paris and causing flight cancellations.

Russia's gas price dispute with Ukraine began to entangle more of Europe on Tuesday

Afghans Rally in Support of Palestinians - Many Link United States To Israeli Assault in Gaza

San Francisco BART Police Chief asks for public calm after one of his policemen shoots 22 year old unarmed man lying belly down on subway platform. Video with this story (open link) shot by 19 year old girl who tells TV news reporter the young man never threatened officers, was complying with their requests, and that after the shooting, one officer asked her for her video cam. She refused.

Anaheim pastor from Faith in Action Church gets 90 years for molesting a 13 year old girl . . . which he videotaped . . . in his church office

Boeing wins $2.1 billion order for eight of its P-8 anti-submarine aircraft from India

Sixteen year old girl arrested for drowning her one day old baby in a toilet and tossing him into the trash. Her 41 year old father was arrested on 3 other charges. Body of baby found by police combing through 60 tons of trash at a waste site.



Four year old boy helps police nab murder suspect "He shot my Mommy"

Study warns of 3rd Hand Smoke

Is America aching for a Bush Dynasty?

From an interesting Motley Fool thread titled "Jeb Bush Future President?"

Monday - January 5, 2008 - Cokehead Bees Dance More, Internet Marrying the TV, Steve Jobs Explains Weight Loss,

Jim Kunstler's latest: "FAREWELL GWB"

A 282 pound bluefin tuna fetches $104,700 at Tokyo fish auction. Two sushi bar owners will share the prize

Watch out Starbucks! Topless coffee shop wants to open in Maine

TVA has six more retaining ponds for coal ash just like the pond which unleashed a toxic tsunami on Harriman, Tennessee

10 Indian airline attendants fired for not losing weight

Steve Jobs says hormonal imbalance has caused his big weight loss

Former Hooters waitress allegedly fired for bruises on her face from domestic abuse receives her unemployment benefits from understanding judge

GM's 2008 sales fall to 49 year low . . . Toyota, Honda,Nissan, Chrysler and Ford sales all fall in December

Amazing Filtered Things blog added to our blog roll at A1A News. Here's the latest post from that blog titled "Don Maitz Fantasy Pictures"

Who is blowing up Vancouver, Canada's Encana pipelines?

Pet store owners of the week: may they be imprisoned in a jail cell which will not allow them to lie down

The Euro turns 10 and it may replace the dollar as the world's favored currency

Time: Whither Apple? Dispatches from the Steve Jobs Rumor Mill

Advertising Recession Still With Us: Prominent Magazines Lose Weight, Shedding Nearly Half Their Ads

Investors dump $89B in U.S. securities in historic fire sale

After more than a decade of disappointment, the goal of marrying television and the Internet seems finally to be picking up steam.

Philadelphia Has Turned the Corner: Revived Eagles Seal Victory With Big Play: Eagles 26, Vikings 14

Two Democrats leak Obama is about to appoint Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia as new head of the DNC

Formerly competitors, daily newspapers in the same town are now allies to stay solvent



Like a William Gibson short story: How one cyberpunk came close to dominating the entire black market for credit cards

Speaking of William Gibson, here's his buddy Bruce Sterling and his State of the World 2009

After no winners in more than 20 drawings, the Powerball Lottery jackpot has grown to $105 million.

Honey bees on cocaine dance more

Whole lotta shakin' going on at Yellowstone

Sunday - January 4, 2008 - Got Khat?

China's gross domestic product growth is likely to slow to 8 to 9 percent in 2009

8 Dead in Louisiana copter crash


Peter Schiff: Predictions for 2009 (see video above)

Baltimore looking like a Super Bowl contender: Ravens defense pummels Dolphins, forces five turnovers, win 27-9

Mish: 44 States Face Huge Budget Shortfalls

Must Read of the Weekend: The End of the Financial World As We Know It. "Good God," the world seems to be saying, "if they (the Americans) don’t know what they are doing with money, who does?"




Governor Richardson (D - NM) withdraws his name as Commerce Secretary nominee as investigation into his dealings with big contributor heats up

Israeli troops split Gaza in halves, surround biggest city

Female suicide bomber kills 38 pilgrims at Bagdhad Shiite Mosque

CNN: Tennessee sludge contains elevated levels of arsenic

Latest on Microsoft: layoffs unlikely, but costs will be cut

Business Week: 10 Business Predictions for 2009


Alan Taylor's Big Picture Blog last post for 2008 was "Israel and Gaza"

Guard dogs save Namibian cheetahs

2 face charges for penis tattoo on fellow inmate

US researchers say they have harnessed the power of gold nanoparticles to devise a better way of delivering drugs to treat diseases such as cancer.

Over 200,000 veterans are homeless and living on the streets of America

Conn. man's last lotto ticket wins $10M for widow

Goodbye to you . . . Zima, Cherry Dr. Pepper, Linen 'N Things, and other deaths from 2008 in a slide show

Logos, packaging, colors . . . Slide Show of Big Name Makeovers during 2008



Got Khat?

If everything goes the way of Economists planning the stimulus under Obama, the Economy should bottom some time this Summer

Desperate retailers

Now the steel industry wants a bailout

2008 was the year of disappearing brands

NFL playoff games tomorrow: Baltimore Ravens vs. Miami Dolphins at 1 PM on CBS, Philadelphia Eagles vs. Minnesota Vikings at 4:30 PM on Fox.

Wow! What a game! San Diego Chargers eliminate Indianapolis Colts 23-17 in overtime!

Arizona Cardinals beat Atlanta Falcons 30-24 with Kurt Warner's arm and their defense

The perpetual election in Minnesota: Franken up 225 with recount complete; focus turns to court

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D) names school superintendent to fill Senate seat vacated by Ken Salazar who was tapped to be Obama's Secretary of the Interior

AJC: Atlanta builders on the ropes get little leniency from banks

Merrill 95-Year Run Ends as Bank of America Buys Firm