SAGUACHE, COLO. – A 31-year-old Indiana man says he had not food but kept himself hydrated with Mountain Dew and snow while he was stuck in his snow-covered SUV in southwestern Colorado for three days. Jason Pede was rescued Sunday morning after his vehicle ran out of gas and he walked seven miles …
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Israel submitted its formal response
last month to a U.N.-commissioned probe that accused both Israel and
Hamas of war crimes during last winter’s war in the Gaza Strip. Israel
defended its conduct and pledged to fully investigate the U.N.
allegations, but stopped short of a U.N. demand to appoint an
independent commission to probe its army’s conduct.
A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77. He had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. In 1974, Murtha became the first combat veteran of the Vietnam War elected …
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — There are more private security contractors from Xe, formerly Blackwater, operating in Islamabad than capital police, a religious leader said.
Maulana Fazal-ur-Rahman, the leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, a Deobandi political party in Pakistan, said there were as many as 9,000 Xe contractors working in Islamabad, compared with just 7,000 capital police, Pakistan’s News International reports.
View full size AP Photo/David J. Phillip New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees celebrates with his son, Baylen, after winning the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints won 31-17. Brees was named game MVP. NEW ORLEANS …
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Michael Pollan, the author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, discusses the link between healthcare and diet, the dangers of processed foods, the power of the meat industry lobby, the “nutritional-industrial complex,” the impact industrial agriculture has on global warming, and his sixty-four rules for eating. “The markets are full of what I call edible food-like substances that you have to avoid,” says Michael Pollan. “So a lot of the rules are to help you, you know, navigate that now very treacherous landscape of the American supermarket.” Today we air an excerpt of the Oscar-nominated documentary Food, Inc. and then spend the rest of the show with Michael Pollan. [includes rush transcript]
The price of power has always been a political issue — but now campaigners argue it could be the key to starting a green energy revolution.
On February 1, the British Government announced details of the rates that will be paid for renewable power generated by homeowners and communities.
Called the Clean Energy Cashback, or feed-in tariff (FIT), the aim is to provide an above-market bonus that will encourage individuals and groups to invest in solar panels, wind turbines and other forms of green power.
MIAMI, Fla. — The ultimate underdogs, they ain’t. Not anymore. The New Orleans Saints are Super Bowl champions now. Who Dat? Try Drew Brees, Sean Payton and a team that has reversed its embarrassing past, carrying an entire city to the top with it. Put away those paper bags forever. Brees and the …
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MIAMI (AP) — Marshall Faulk ran as far as he could from the dead-end Desire Projects. He bolted the New Orleans streets to play college ball in San Diego, then blossomed into an NFL star with the Indianapolis Colts. Forced to pick sides in this Super Bowl, it was easy. Faulk rooted for his roots …
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JERUSALEM - Human Rights Watch said on Sunday that Israel has failed to properly investigate alleged crimes committed during last winter’s devastating Gaza war as demanded by the United Nations.
"Israel claims it is conducting credible and impartial investigations, but it has so far failed to make that case," said Joe Stork, HRW’s New York-based group’s deputy director for the Middle East.
"An independent investigation is crucial to understand why so many civilians died and to bring justice for the victims of unlawful attacks," Stork said in a statement.