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Laura Hibbard After 25 years of research, Cuban officials have begun production on a vaccine for lung cancer, China’s Xinhuanet reported. The vaccine, or CimaVax-EGF, works through the active drug ingredient, which is based on “a protein we all have… Read More ›
Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen announced support on Monday C.R. Douglas, Q13 Fox News political analyst SEATTLE—Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen announced on Monday that she would support Senate Bill 6239 to allow same-sex marriage. Haugen, who had previously been undecided, gives… Read More ›
(AP) DETROIT — The federal government now says a 101-year-old Detroit woman it promised could move back into her foreclosed home four months ago can’t return because the building’s unsanitary and unsafe. Texana Hollis was evicted Sept. 12 and her… Read More ›
By Zack Whittaker Summary: Only days after the Megaupload website was taken offline by U.S. authorities, similar businesses are scrambling to protect themselves before any action is taken against them. File-sharing site FileSonic has announced that it is has disabled… Read More ›
The indictment the Justice Department obtained this month against MegaUpload, a popular online locker and file-sharing service, includes allegations that company executives personally uploaded and downloaded copyrighted content — a familiar accusation in online piracy cases. But it adds a… Read More ›
By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Opponents of Wisconsin’s Republican Gov. Scott Walker submitted nearly twice as many signatures Tuesday as required to force a recall election, but still face the challenge of transforming public outrage over… Read More ›
Beginning at midnight on January 18th, 2012, Wikipedia blacked out its website in protest to two bills, SOPA and PIPA, while other websites undertook similar actions. The following day, the federal government shut down Megaupload.com, a popular file sharing website,… Read More ›
By Jasmin Melvin WASHINGTON | Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:31pm EST (Reuters) – Lawmakers stopped anti-piracy legislation in its tracks on Friday, delivering a stunning win for Internet companies that staged an unprecedented online protest this week to kill the… Read More ›
Was Takedown a Personal Vendetta Over ‘Mega Song’ Lawsuit? by Jason Ditz, January 19, 2012 In what was either an attempt by the Obama Administration to thumb its nose at Wednesday’s massive public protests against the notion the federal government… Read More ›
Fullerton Homeless Man Kelly Thomas begged for his life from ‘menacing’ officer, D.A. says Scared and bleeding, Kelly Thomas begged for his life to no avail as Fullerton police officers beat him and Tasered him in a violent confrontation that… Read More ›
Today is the celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the United States. While it is ostensibly celebrated to promote the Civil Rights Movement, one wonders why MLK, among all other more active and progressive civil rights… Read More ›
Lisa Bryant Arab leaders and top officials are in Tunisia to share in celebrations marking the North African country’s one-year anniversary of the ousting of strong-arm President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Tunisia’s revolution sparked popular protests across the Arab… Read More ›
Join the Solidarity Caravan to Longview, Washington ILWU rank and file, Occupies in Longview, Portland, Seattle, Oakland, LA and other West Coast Occupies are organizing to blockade a grain ship coming to Longview. This ship is intended to load scab… Read More ›
By MATTHEW MOSK, BRIAN ROSS and RYM MOMTAZ Compelling new scientific evidence suggests United Nations peacekeepers have carried a virulent strain of cholera — a super bug — into the Western Hemisphere for the first time. The vicious form of… Read More ›
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