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Soros: US Is Already in Double-Dip Recession

By   /  September 22, 2011  /  Economy, World  /  No Comments

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CNBC Billionaire investor George Soros said he believed the United States was already experiencing the pain of a double dip recession and that Republican opposition to Obama’s fiscal stimulus plans was to blame for sluggish growth. Asked by CNBC if he believed the US risks falling into a double-dip recession , Soror said: “I think we are [...]

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US: Petition to formally acknowledge an extraterrestrial presence

By   /  September 22, 2011  /  In Other News  /  No Comments

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Disclosure Petition – Paradigm Research Group Whitehouse.gov Paradigm Research Group started a petition on White House’s website. Deadline for 5000 signatures is October 22, 2011.   We, the undersigned, strongly urge the President of the United States to formally acknowledge an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race and immediately release into the public domain all [...]

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Global Meltdown: Investors Are Dumping Nearly Everything

By   /  September 22, 2011  /  Economy, World  /  No Comments

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CNBC With no solution in sight for Europe and new fears of a global recession, investors dumped stocks and commodities and ran to the safety of U.S. Treasurys. Treasury yields  , as a result,slipped to historic lows with the 10-year yielding 1.75 percent and the 30-year at 2.86 percent. The dollar was also a beneficiary of a massive [...]

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Russian Nuclear Sub Lightly Damaged in Collision

By   /  September 22, 2011  /  World  /  No Comments

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AFP via Defense News A Russian nuclear-powered submarine suffered light damage to its hull after being hit by a fishing boat in the Pacific and is undergoing repairs in port, naval officials said Sept. 22. No one was injured or radiation released in the accident, which occurred on the southeastern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula [...]

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Israeli Military Storm Villages, Break Into West Bank Homes

By   /  September 22, 2011  /  Conflict, World  /  No Comments

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IMEMC Israeli military stormed the villages of Burqin and al-‘Arqah near the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday. Military vehicles patrolled the streets of the villages, no arrests were reported. Palestinian sources said that an Infantry division was deployed among olives groves in Jenin. In the meantime, Israeli armed settlers from the nearby [...]

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‘Mind-reading device’ recreates what we see in our heads

By   /  September 22, 2011  /  Science & Technology, World  /  No Comments

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The Telegraph Mind reading could become a reality after scientists unveiled a device which translates what we are seeing in our heads onto a screen. By monitoring the brain activity of people while they watched Hollywood movie trailers, researchers were able to recreate a moving picture similar to the real footage being played. While the [...]

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Use of Nuclear Power Growing Despite Japanese Accident

By   /  September 22, 2011  /  Environment, World  /  No Comments

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Voice of America The head of the U.N.’s nuclear monitoring agency said Thursday that global use of nuclear power will continue to grow, despite the shock waves sent through the industry after a massive earthquake and tsunami caused an accident at a Japanese nuclear power plant earlier this year.  At the United Nations, there was [...]

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55 Ill, Eight Dead as Listeria Outbreak Spreads to 14 States

By   /  September 22, 2011  /  Health, World  /  No Comments

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Food Safety News So far, at least 55 people across 14 states have been infected and eight have died in the deadly outbreak caused by Listeria-contaminated cantaloupe, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Wednesday. As of 5 p.m. Eastern Time, the number of confirmed cases and deaths had doubled since last week, [...]

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What You Eat Affects Your Genes: RNA from Rice Can Survive Digestion and Alter Gene Expression

By   /  September 22, 2011  /  Science & Technology, World  /  No Comments

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Discover It’s no secret that having lunch messes with your biochemistry. Once that sandwich hits your stomach, genes related to digestion have been activated and are causing the production of the many molecules that help break food down. But a new study suggests that the connection between your food’s biochemistry and your own may be more [...]

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Iran’s President Hammers West at UN Meeting

By   /  September 22, 2011  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

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VOA Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday slammed the United States, Israel, and the West, accusing them of provoking wars, promoting global discord and spreading “totalitarianism.” During a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Ahmadinejad also blamed what he called “arrogant powers” of the West for causing worldwide recession and social inequalities. While [...]

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Best Case Scenario: Another Great Depression

By   /  September 22, 2011  /  Economy, World  /  No Comments

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ExoHuman The Ayn Rand Institute held its annual “Atlas Shrugged Revolution”dinner last Thursday night in New York City. In attendance were a number of financial luminaries and hedge fund managers, including Peter Schiff of EuroPacific Capital, John Tamny of RealClearMarkets, Dmitry Balyasny of Balyasny Asset Management and Scott Schweighauser of Aurora Investment Management. The setting [...]

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China’s Largest Microblog Steps Up Censorship Measures

By   /  September 22, 2011  /  Police State  /  No Comments

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John Wang & Mimi Li The Epoch Times Needled by government warnings to keep more stringent tabs on its users, China’s most popular microblog Sina Weibo is taking considerable new measures to censor millions of its posts that it and authorities deem are “Internet rumors.” Sina, the Internet company that operates Weibo, a Twitter-like microblog [...]

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