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October 1, 2009
E.P.A. Moves to Curtail Greenhouse Gas Emissions
John M. Broder
The New York Times

Obama's Last Iran Option
Reza Aslan
The Daily Beast

The Cheney Interview: Judge Sullivan Rebukes Obama, but Still Shields Crucial Info
emptywheel
FDL

Wall Street's Latest Trick
Kevin Drum
Mother Jones

Romanian government falls apart
BBC News

A Truly Shocking Gitmo Story
Andy Worthington
CounterPunch

Supreme Court decision may open up other gun laws to challenges
David Savage
Los Angeles Times

Pentagon airs criticism of ‘don’t ask’
Bryan Bender
The Boston Globe

Playing by Unfamiliar Rules
Steve Benen
The Washington Monthly

'Ardi' Skeleton Sheds Light on Origin of Human Species
Joel Achenbach
The Washington Post

Scientists 'reverse ageing process'
The Independent

October 5, 2009
Don’t Frack with Our Water!
Polly Howells
In These Times

Suicide bomber hits UN food office in Pakistan
Jonathan Adams
The Christian Science Monitor

Deadly Attack By Taliban Tests New Strategy

Joshua Partlow and Greg Jaffe
The Washington Post

Obama quietly tries to shore up Senate support for public option
Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook
Los Angeles Times

Celebrating Slaughter: War and Collective Amnesia
Chris Hedges
TruthDig

Caught On Tape: A Naked Swindle
Matt Taibbi
True / Slant

E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Beef Inspection
Michael Moss
The New York Times

Will California become America's first failed state?
Paul Harris
The Guardian
 

October 6, 2009
Dollar Hysteria
Mike Whitney
CounterPunch


Pakistan goes for militants' jugular
Syed Saleem Shahzad
Asia Times

U.S. Ally Mahmoud Abbas in Serious Trouble
Simon McGregor-Wood
ABC News

Schwarzenegger Endorses Obama Health Care Effort
ABC News

On Guantanamo, Lawmakers Prove They Are Still Dick Cheney’s Pawns
Andy Worthington
The Public Record

Homeland Security plans to scan air travelers’ bodily functions
David Edwards and Daniel Tencer
The Raw Story

Michael Moore’s Problems Are Our Fault
Matt Taibbi
True / Slant

Dim Bulbs
Michael Heberling
Freeman


October 7, 2009
Afghan Taliban say they pose no threat to the We
st
Sayed Salahuddin
Reuters

Army 'concern' over Pakistan aid
BBC News

Fighting Biopiracy
Silvia Ribeiro and Kathy Jo Wetter
Project Syndicate

Mexico calls U.S. a "stumbling block" in U.N. climate talks
David Fogarty and Chisa Fujioka
Reuters

Investigators Document Repeat Illegal Sales at Gun Shows
David S. Fallis
The Washington Post

Conservative Bible Project Aims to Delete 'Liberal Bias' from the Bible
Daniel Tencer
AlterNet

Why Minds Are Not Like Computers
Ari N. Schulman
The New Atlantis

New ring detected around Saturn
Jonathan Amos
BBC News


October 8, 2009
Indian embassy blast kills 17 in Afghan capital
Yousuf Azimy
Reuters


Barack Obama: Taliban can be involved in Afghanistan future
Tim Reid
Times

Pakistanis Balk at U.S. Aid Package
Karen DeYoung and Scott Wilson
The Washington Post

Is Medea Benjamin Naive or Just Confused?
Scott Horton
AntiWar.com

Seawater plants yield green aviation fuel in new research
UPI

Warning over global oil 'decline'
Sarah Mukherjee
BBC News


October 9-11, 2009
Senate Panel Extends Controversial Patriot Act Provisions
Jason Leopo
ld
TruthOut

Iran activist sentenced to death for election protests
Robert Tait
The Guardian

The Coburn amendment
Paul Krugman
The New York Times

China reportedly detects deadly nerve gas at border with Nkorea
Channel News Asia

Peru Indian tribes join forces to fight off Amazon sale to oil companies
Ramita Navai
Times

Congratulations President Obama on the Nobel Peace Prize -- Now Please Earn it!
Michael Moore

DNC official: GOP siding with terrorists
Ben Smith
Politco

New Oklahoma abortion law being challenged
Feminists for Choice

Altruism vs. Selfishness
David Sloan Wilson
Seed


October 12, 2009
Suicide bomber kills 41 near Pakistan's Swat
Robert Birsel

Reuters

Insurers mount attack against health reform
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Mlive

Was the Financial Bailout Just a Slick, Friendly Takeover of the Federal Government?
Bill Moyers
AlterNet

Ukraine fears for its future as Moscow muscles in on Crimea
Like Harding
The Guardian

Steep Losses Pose Crisis for Pensions
David Cho
The Washington Post

New White House Line Against Fox: It's War
Ari Melber
The Nation

4 Supreme Court Cases That Will Say a Lot About the Direction of Our Country
Liliana Segura
AlterNet

How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect
Benedict Carey
The New York Times


October 13, 2009
Support Troops Swelling U.S. Force in Afghanistan
Ann Scott Tyson

The Washington Post

Al-Qaeda 'faces funding crisis'

BBC News

Palestinian faith in Obama 'evaporates'
Rory McCarthy
The Guardian

Senate Finance Committee Approves Health Care Reform 14-9
Ryan Grim
The Huffington Post

On the Nobel Prize for Occasional Peace
Matt Taibbi
True / Slant

Whiner-in-Chief
John Nichols
The Nation

Himalayan sherpas bugged by the sight of house flies at 5,000m
John Vidal
The Guardian

Understanding What Beyond Cutting Edge Means
Steve Benen
The Washington Monthly

 

 

  October 14, 2009
Geithner Aides Reaped Millions Working for Banks, Hedge Funds
Bloomberg

Saudis Seek Payments for Any Drop in Oil Revenues
Jad Mouawad and Andrew C. Revkin
The New York Times

Half a trillion barrels more than we thought?

Euan Mearns
Energy Bulletin

A Historic Success In Military Recruiting

Ann Scott Tyson
The Washington Post

Bush Administration covered up global warming finding, then deliberately kept from Democrats

The Raw Story

JPMorgan Chase Reports Strong Profit of $3.6 Billion
Eric Dash
The New York Times

Public Health Before Wall Street Wealth

Robert Scheer
TruthDig

The Democrats: Really, You Just Gotta Laugh
Dave Lindorff
The Public Record

FBI Putting Driver's Licenses in Virtual Lineup
Steven J. Dubord
The New American

"Only the Rich Can Save Us"
Ralph Nader
Video Clip of the Day

Recruited by MI5: the name's Mussolini. Benito Mussolini
Tom Kington
The Guardian

October 15, 2009
UN update: climate change hitting sooner
and stronger
Noreen Parks
Environmental Science and Technology

The Arctic will be ice-free in summer within 20 years, research says
Ben Webster
The Times

Pakistan rocked by fresh attacks
BBC News

Goldman Strikes Gold Again
Nomi Prins
The Daily Beast

No cost-of-living increase for Social Security
Kansas City Star

Chamber of Horrors
Eliot Spitzer
Slate

For Insurers, a Question of Trust (and Antitrust)
David M. Herszenhorn
The New York Times

The S-Word and Dr. Kevorkian's Accountant
Greg Palast
TruthOut

Good News on Wall Street Means… What Exactly?
Matt Taibbi
True / Slant

Agent Orange in Vietnam: Ignoring the Crimes Before Our Eyes
Dave Lindorff
The Public Record

California appears poised to be first to ban power-guzzling big-screen TVs
Marc Lifsher
Los Angeles Times

Modern man 'a wimp', says anthropologist
The Independent


October 16-18, 2009
U.S. tells Poland it could host new interceptors
Gareth Jones

AlterNet

SEC unit hires ex-Goldman Sachs worker as chief operating officer
Los Angeles Times

$400 per gallon gas to drive debate over cost of war in Afghanistan
Roxana Tiron
The Hill

Bank of America slumps to $1bn loss
The Independent

Barney Frank the Bankers' Consort
Ralph Nader
CounterPunch

Photos of Military Deaths in Afghanistan Banned
Daryl Lang
Editor and Publisher

Powell warned of ‘terror-industrial complex’ in 2007 interview
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
The Raw Story

The Spread of New Diseases: The Climate Connection
Sonia Shah
E360


October 19, 2009
Karzai 'stripped of outright win'
BBC News


BP set for Iraqi oil license as cabinet approves deal
Alistair Dawber
The Independent

A Reality Check from the Brink of Extinction
Chris Hedges
TruthDig

Obama eases policy on medical marijuana
Devlin Barrett
The Houston Chronicle

Cuba's spy `walk-ins' target U.S., experts say
Juan O. Tamayo
The Miami Herald

Energy Star Appliances May Not All Be Efficient, Audit Finds
Matthew L. Wald
The New York Times

Marching Toward Zombieland
By James Howard Kunstler
Clusterfuck Nation

The Service-less Service Economy
Lance Mannion


October 20, 2009
Hersh: Military waging war with White House
Neil Offen
The Herald Sun

Obama to Karzai
: Thanks for Recognizing Your Illegitimacy
John Nichols
The Nation

Oil prices hit high but report warns of supply crunch
Ashley Seager
The Guardian

US gives Shell green light for offshore oil drilling in the Arctic
Ed Pilkington
The Guardian

Baffin Island reveals dramatic scale of Arctic climate change
Steve Connor
The Independent

Terrorist plots with D-FW ties are nothing new

Aman Batheja
Star-Telegram

Private Worlds
Roland Kelts
Adbusters

Message from the Gyre
Chris Jordan

Pope Sets Plan for Disaffected Anglicans to Join Catholics
Rachel Donadio and Laurie Goldstein
The New York Times


October 21, 2009
Support for Public Option Collapses If Real Public Option Polled

Ian Welsh

Zooming In on the Year’s Biggest Hoax
Robert Scheer
TruthDig

All schools, colleges closed in Pakistan
Daily Times

New Crack Cocaine Bill Leaves Thousands Behind Bars
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
New America Media

The Next Financial Crisis Hits Wall Street, as Judges Start Nixing Foreclosures
Pam Martens
CounterPunch

How Wall Street is Making Its Billions
Phillip Greenspun

States can't afford death penalty
Bill Mears
CNN

Moon scientist Stewart Nozette held as Israeli spy in FBI sting
Giles Whittell
The Times

Electric promise
Roger Harrabin
BBC News
 

 

  October 22, 2009
Four-year drought pushes 23 million Africans to brink of starvation
Tristan McCon
nell
The Times

U.S. to cut pay for bailed-out bosses
Tomoeh Murakami Tse and Brady Dennis
The Washington Post

Bill giving FDA new powers to oversee food supply has wide support
Andrew Zajac
Los Angeles Times

Documents in Bank of America Probe Apparently Show CEO Misled Federal Officials
Sue Reisinger
Law.com

Pickens says U.S. firms 'entitled' to Iraqi oil
Tom Doggett
Reuters

Elizabeth Warren for President
Matt Taibbi
True / Slant

US raids hit Mexican drug cartel
BBC News

Even NPR
Steve Benen
The Washington Monthly

October 23-25, 2009
New Weiner Study Shows 151 Members of House and Senate Get the “Public Option” Now
Anthony Wei
ner

Senate adds sexual orientation, gender identity to federal hate crimes law by passing Matthew Shepard Act
Steve Rothaus
The Miami Herald

Judge Refuses to Dismiss War Crimes Case Against Blackwater
eremy Scahill
The Nation

Rethinking the Drone Wars
Scott Horton
Harper’s

McCain introduces bill to block FCC's net neutrality rules
Grant Gross
Reuters

Reid Is Only One Or Two Votes Shy On Opt-Out Public Option
Sam Stein and Ryan Grim
The Huffington Post

'Family values' of Mexico drug gang
BBC News

Rich Germans demand higher taxes
BBC News


October 26, 2009
The Cover-Up Continues
The New York Times

Bombings rock Iraq's political landscape
Anthony Shadid
The Washington Post

Asian leaders seek to reduce Western trade ties
Jason Szep and Martin Petty
Reuters

New bill to make seizure of US companies easier: report
Yahoo! News

Madoff Secrets Go to the Grave

Allan Dodds Frank
The Daily Beast

Senators Slog While Unemployed Suffer
Mike Lillis
The Washington Independent


Healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year
Maggie Fox
Reuters

Rainforest treaty 'fatally flawed'
Michael McCarthy
The Independent

Detroit house auction flops for urban wasteland
Kevin Krolicki
Reuters

Controversial study suggests vast magma pool under Washington state
Les Blumenthal
McClatchy Newspapers

Clear the bong water, man
Minnesota Daily


October 27, 2009
Karadzic 'led ethnic cleansing'
BBC News

Iran wants big changes to nuclear deal with powers
Parisa Hafezi
Reuters

logi Energy Determines Saudi Oil Production Has Peaked
HedgeCo.Net

Palestinians denied water
BBC News

Insurance Stocks Plunged As Reid Announced Public Option, Spiked After Lieberman Vowed To Filibuster It
Think Progress

U.S. Official Matthew Hoh Resigns in Protest of Afghanistan War Policy
David Session
Politics Daily

Wall Street firms should not be called banks, US official says
Andrew Clark
The Guardian

Got Perfect Credit? You Could Be Charged For It!
Alexis Christoforous
CBS 2 HD News


October 28, 2009
More than 95 dead in blast as Hillary Clinton arrives in Pakistan
Zahid Hussain
The Times


US Drone Strikes May Break International Law: UN
Common Dreams

Six U.N. foreign staff killed in attack in Kabul
Golnar Motevalli and Sayed Salahuddin
Reuters

Brother of Afghan Leader Is Said to Be on C.I.A. Payroll
Dexter Filkins, Mark Mazzetti and James Risen
The New York Times

Coastal homes in Australia at risk from rising sea levels
Kathy Marks
The Independent

Lieberman Twists the Knife
Robert Scheer
TruthDig

America’s Real Death Panels
Diana Novak
In These Times

Jon Stewart Praises ‘SuperFreak’ Author: ‘I’m Sorry You’ve Taken So Much S**t’
Think Progress

Curry spice 'kills cancer cells'
BBC News

Arnold to SF: Fuck You
Tim Redmond
San Francisco Bay Guardian


October 29, 2009
U.N. Can’t Account for Millions Sent to Afghan Election Board
T. Christian Miller and Dafna Linzer
ProPublica

Pelosi's Not-So-Robust Public Option
John Nichols
The Nation

Iran proposes changes to nuclear deal
MSNBC

Farmers fight climate bill, but warming spells trouble for them
Renee Schoof and David Goldstein
McClatchy Newspapers

U.N. again condemns U.S. embargo of Cuba
Frances Robles
The Miami Herald

Black Hawk Up
Michael Massing
Columbia Journalism Review

Obama signs first major federal gay-rights law
Margaret Talev
McClatchy Newspapers

Football in L.A.
Dave Zirin
Los Angeles Times


Oct. 30 - Nov. 1, 2009
Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry
Ellen Nakashim
a and Paul Kane
The Washington Post

McChrystal Doesn’t Get It — Does Obama?
Scott Ritter
TruthDig

Iran Split on Nukes
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation

Colombia, U.S. sign military cooperation deal
Hugh Bronstein
Reuters

Honduras deal: Ousted President Zelaya can return to office
Sara Miller Llana
The Christian Science Monitor

Band of Dems Blasts Geithner Plan
Mike Lillis
The Washington Independent

US hits BP with record safety fine
Erwin Seba
The Independent

The Yes Men Get Sued
Chris Good
The Atlantic

Rep. Jay Inslee slams SuperFreakonomics
Climate Progress

The Cosmopolitan Tongue: The Universality of English
John McWhorter
World Affairs

Historic Hearing on Marijuana Legalization in the California Legislature
Stop the Drug War

 
 
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