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This story has mostly positive ratings. 98 votes / 3 sinks

Ex-State officials allege corruption in Iraq

Politics – The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees.

Voted for on May 12, 2008 09:50pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 28 votes / 2 sinks

The Earmark That Backfired

Politics – In 2005 Republican Rep. Don Young of Alaska championed a $10 million earmark for a highway interchange. The earmark appeared in an 835-page transportation bill called SAFETEA-LU

Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:48pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 32 votes / 2 sinks

Embedding the Analysts: Modern-Day Propaganda?

Do No Evil – Setbacks in Iraq - like the generals' revolt, the Abu Ghraib scandal, and the growing insurgency - brought pushback from the Pentagon by way of a new set of talking points for the well-schooled retirees.

Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:45pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / 1 sink

A Green Industrial Revolution?

Money – Does it matter if some staples run out, or will the same ingenuity that produced oil refining in the late 19th century and the "green revolution" in the late 20th century save us again in the future?

Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:35pm

Strong china quake felt as far as Thailand
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Strong china quake felt as far as Thailand

News – The quake was felt across much of China and as far west as Bangkok, Thailand's capital, some 3,300 km (2050 miles) away, where office buildings swayed for several minutes.

Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:29pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 48 votes / 3 sinks

The Prime Directive on Iran

Politics – U.S. war plans targeting Iran are all about "protecting" Israel

Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:29pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 8 votes / No sinks

Attack Iran? Why Not Just Paint Targets on the Backs of Kids Like Those on PBS's "Carrier"?

Politics – Like a bad penny, the administration's threat to attack Iran keeps turning up.

Voted for on May 12, 2008 09:44am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / 2 sinks

Domestic spying far outpaces terrorism prosecutions

Do No Evil – The number of Americans being secretly wiretapped or having their financial and other records reviewed by the govt. has continued to increase as officials aggressively use powers approved after 9/11. But the number of terrorism prosecutions, one measure of the effectiveness of such sleuthing, has continued to decline, in some cases precipitously.

Voted for on May 12, 2008 09:42am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 3 votes / No sinks

The World at 350: A Last Chance for Civilization

Science – If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on earth is adapted, atomospheric CO2 must be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm.

Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:25am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 62 votes / 2 sinks

The Suffering of Soldiers - New York Times

News – Several years into a pair of wars, the Department of Veterans Affairs is struggling to cope with a task for which it was tragically unready: the care of soldiers who left Afghanistan and Iraq with an extra burden of brain injury and psychic anguish. The last thing they need is the toxic blend of secrecy, arrogance and heedlessness that helped to se

Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:23am

McCain faces doubts among Republican conservatives
This story has mostly positive ratings. 132 votes / 9 sinks

McCain faces doubts among Republican conservatives

Politics – Republicans used the PA, IN, and NC primaries to register their unhappiness with McCain by voting for Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee, or Mitt Romney. In Penn, 27% opted for Huckabee or Paul; in N Carolina and Indiana, McCain opponents earned 23% of the vote. The Washington Times calculated that McCain had garnered no more than 45% of the Republican vote.

Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:22am

Lessons of the Quaternary [Debunking Global Warming]
This story has mostly positive ratings. 72 votes / 9 sinks

Lessons of the Quaternary [Debunking Global Warming]

Do No Evil – One of the world's leading journals focusing on the geology, geomorphology, geography, archaeology, soil science, palaeobotany, palaeontology, and palaeoclimatology of the Quaternary Period ... titled Quaternary Science Reviews. Three articles have been published recently ... we are calling the "Lessons of the Quaternary."

Sunk on May 12, 2008 01:36am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 32 votes / 2 sinks

Detainees in America: System of Neglect

Do No Evil – Yusif Osman's death at the Otay Mesa immigrant detention center outside San Diego is a single tragedy in a larger story of life, death and often shabby medical care within an unseen network of special prisons for foreign detainees across the country. Some 33,000 people are crammed into these overcrowded compounds on a given day.

Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:04am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 41 votes / 3 sinks

Torture: Straight from the Top?

Do No Evil – After 9/11, our highest government officials sanctioned a culture of cruelty that put our troops, our Constitution, and our own standing in the world at risk. The administration has been fighting to stop a public accounting of the internal decisions behind that policy. They fear they could one day face prosecution if their actions have been illegal

Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:01am

Democrats Attack Bush Energy Policy, Oil Industry Tax Breaks
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Democrats Attack Bush Energy Policy, Oil Industry Tax Breaks

News – Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow attacked the Republican Bush administration's energy policy and tax breaks for the oil industry, urging investment in alternative energy.

Voted for on May 11, 2008 09:43pm