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- House Votes to End NPR Funding
The House voted to block all federal funding for NPR, a week after the embattled public radio station found itself the subject of a conservative activist's undercover video recording that led to the ouster of its chief executive, ABC News reported. The bill passed by a... - Senate Sends 3-week Funding Bill to Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has approved $6 billion in spending cuts as part of legislation to keep the government running for three more weeks and give President Barack Obama and congressional leaders time to negotiate a far more sweeping package of reductions demanded by... - Libya Threatens Counterattack to Any Military Action
TRIPOLI Libya warned foreign powers on Thursday, only hours before a United Nations Security Council vote on a no-fly zone, that any outside attack on it would trigger retaliation and destabilise the Mediterranean region. The defense ministry said foreign military action... - Gadhafi: West Oil Firms Out, Russia and China In
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has vowed to expel Western energy companies from the country and replace them with oil firms from China, India, and Russia. Gadhafi made the comments on the heels of recent successes against rebel forces. We are ready to bring in India and... - Reactor 3 Breach To Free Toxic Plutonium Cocktail
News that one Japanese reactor contains a substance far more toxic than regular uranium fuel is leading experts to warn that Japan s nuclear meltdown could displace Chernobyl as the worst nuclear accident in history. David Albright, president and founder of the Institute... - Libya Intervention Needed Now, NATO Chief Says
WARSAW The head of NATO said on Thursday he did not think it was too late to intervene in Libya but much depends on the United Nations. Time is of the essence, time is rapidly running out, but I don't think it's too late, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen... - Low Radioactive Plume Projected to Reach Calif. Friday
VIENNA Low concentrations of radioactive particles are heading eastward from Japan's disaster-hit nuclear power plant, and scientists are projecting that the radioactive plume could hit Southern California by Friday. Lars-Erik De Geer, research director at the Swedish... - Japan Bank Restarts ATMs After More Outages
- Libyan Rebels Prepare to Defend Main Stronghold
TOBRUK, Libya Libya's opposition says it is ready to defend its main stronghold in the rebel-controlled east if Moammar Gadhafi's forces try to advance toward it.The rebels are battling to hold Ajdabiya, the last major city on the road to Benghazi.Opposition spokesman... - Japan Trade Min: Major Blackout Possible in Tokyo
TOKYO - An unscheduled, large-scale power outage is possible in Tokyo and surrounding areas on Thursday evening if power demand exceeds that of this morning, Japan's trade minister said.Trade minister Banri Kaieda said demand this morning almost reached the available... - Japan Takes Desperate Steps to Cool Reactors
TOKYO - Operators of a quake-crippled nuclear plant in Japan again deployed military helicopters on Thursday in a bid to douse overheating reactors, as U.S. officials warned of the rising risk of a catastrophic radiation leak from spent fuel rods. Japanese... - Muhammad Ali Pleads With Iran to Free US Hikers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Boxing champ Muhammad Ali is seeking the release of two American hikers from Iran by lobbying the country's supreme leader in a way that few American dignitaries can: as a brother in Islam.Arguably the most prominent U.S. Muslim, Ali made his simple,... - Japan Close With New Power Line for Nuke Plant
FUKUSHIMA, Japan Nuclear plant operators trying to avoid complete reactor meltdowns said Thursday that they were close to finishing a new power line that could end Japan's crisis. Yet, several ominous signs have also emerged: a surge in radiation levels, unexplained... - Gadhafi Attacks Benghazi, War ‘Finished’ in 48 Hours
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi s warplanes bombed the Benghazi airport, rebels said, bringing the war to the opposition capital for the first time since loyalist forces were driven out of the city last month.Gadhafi s son, Saif al-Islam, scoffed at yesterday s United... - US Military Deaths in Iraq War at 4,439
As of Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at least 4,439 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action.At least 3,501 military personnel died as a... - Heroic Japanese Reactor Workers on 'Suicide Mission'
Japanese workers who are not afraid to die are struggling to head off a nuclear disaster at the stricken Fukushima reactors in an effort some are calling a suicide mission. On Wednesday, 180 workers bravely headed back to the plant to pump water onto the over-heating... - Dr. Brownstein: Japanese Nuke Workers True Heroes
Dr. David Brownstein, one of the foremost practitioners of holistic medicine, agrees that Japanese workers who are fighting to head off a nuclear disaster at the stricken Fukushima reactors are heroes on a suicide mission. On Wednesday, 180 workers headed into the power... - Nuke Agency Chief Heads to Japan to Face Crisis
VIENNA - The U.N. atomic energy chief said he planned to fly to Japan on Thursday to seek first-hand information of what he called a very serious situation at a stricken nuclear power plant in his home country. Director General Yukiya Amano of the International Atomic... - Japan's Emperor Offers Condolences in Rare Speech
Japan s emperor addressed his embattled nation Wednesday offering condolensces for the dead and hope that the nuclear crisis will soon come to an end. Emperor Akihito spoke in his first televised national address following upheaval a fairly rare event that highlights... - WH: We'll Ensure Safety of Japanese Food Imports
WASHINGTON The White House said on Wednesday that U.S. food inspectors will ensure the safety of food imports from Japan, which is battling a nuclear crisis amid fears of a significant release of radiation. The agencies that check food imports do that every day and of... - WikiLeaks: Nuclear Agency Warned Japan 2 Years Ago
The International Atomic Energy Agency warned the Japanese two years ago that strong earthquakes would pose a serious problem for its nuclear power plants. In addition, the plant s safety rules were out of date, an agency official said in December 2008, The Daily... - Zooming Food Prices Intensify US Inflation Pressure
- Housing Starts Post Biggest Drop Since 1984
- Japan Crisis May Doom US Nuclear Renaissance
- ATMs Stop Working Across Japan, Cause Unknown
TOKYO Mizuho Bank said that all of its automatic teller machines throughout Japan and its Internet transaction system have stopped working on Thursday, after computer glitches disrupted $7.3 billion worth of transactions over the previous two days. A spokesman for
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