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Updated: 1:19pm pt Saturday 19
 
BREAKING: CBS News projects New York Senator Hillary Clinton will be the winner of the Nevada Democratic caucuses
 
Breaking: CBS News projects former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney will be the winner of the Nevada Republican caucuses
 
 
TOP 10 News Headlines
 
WORLD NEWS
 
 
 
The NYT had a story Wednesday reporting that the Iraqis just can’t seem to spend its reconstruction money as quickly as it’s supposed to be spending it
 
 
Omar Khadr’s lawyers say they can’t understand why Canada is not doing more to help their client in light of new evidence that Ottawa has put the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on a watch list for torture
 
 
 
BUSINESS
 
 
by Richard Backus
 
 
Thanks to a "White Knight" (in VERY shiny armour!) who came carrying a cheque for $55,600, the New Hampshire recount is BACK ON!
 
Deadline missed as Granny Warriors’ account is locked down
 
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MARKETS
 
by Richard Backus
 
 
BMO strategist Donald Coxe warns credit crunch and soaring oil prices will pale in comparison to looming catastrophe
 
by Greg Palast
The Lincolns have got to go – and so do the Hamiltons and Jacksons. Those bills in your billfold aren’t yours anymore. The landlords of our currency – Citibank, the national treasury of China and the House of Saud – are foreclosing and evicting all Americans from the US economy
 
 
ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE/TECH
 
BMO strategist Donald Coxe warns credit crunch and soaring oil prices will pale in comparison to looming catastrophe
 
by Carolyn Baker
I’ve just posted "Transforming Communities Through Locally–Grown Food" in which I interview Greg Cox of Boardman Hill Farms, West Rutland, Vermont and board president of the Rutland Area Farm and Food Links discusses food security and making local food the center of economic revitalization. I believe that people need to know that other communities are feeding themselves and that it can and must be done in the face of worldwide famine –LINK
 
from j grub–
Using solar power only, the catamaran "sun21" undertook the first motorized crossing of the Atlantic with solar power to promote the great potential of this technology for ocean navigation
 
More Tech/Environment/Science news
 
 
HEALTH
 
from Luc Majno
 
from Luc Majno
 
The makers of  antidepressants  like Prozac and Paxil never published the results of about a third of the drug trials that they conducted to win government approval, misleading doctors and consumers about the drugs’ true effectiveness, a new analysis has found
 
Owning too much stuff drives us into a spiral of sadness, says a new book. Or is the real problem "misery–creep", where everyday unhappiness is being rebranded as depression?
 
MORE Health News…
 
NATURE
 
 
from Luc Majno
Melting Arctic ice cap top Canadian weather story of ’07
 
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VIDEO/AUDIO
 
 
by Greg Palast
 
from j. grub–
 
I penned a piece asserting that the systemic emphasis on hyper–individualism in the US has a highly toxic effect on humanity, non–human animals, and the Earth. I logically deconstruct the American mythology relating to "rugged individualism" and call on readers to awaken to the reality of our interdependence.
by Jason Miller
 
by Walter Uhler
"Mission Accomplished", "Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job", and now "There will be a signed peace treaty by the time I leave office"
 
The "Success" Mantra in Iraq
 
On the website ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ Frequently Asked Questions, one finds this: "George W. Bush created U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). The decision was the culmination of a 10–year thought process within the Department of Defense acknowledging the emerging strategic importance of Africa, and recognizing that peace and stability on the continent impacts not only Africans, but the interests of the U.S. and international community as well"
 
History proves that ideas are more powerful than weapons. Sure, in the short–term, those who possess the strongest military and the deadliest weapons will prevail. But powerful new ideas bring greater change over the span of a couple of hundred years than military might
 
from Luc Majno
Transforming relationships with Aboriginals – By Ed Doherty
 
 
 
 
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