A cruise ship that lost power in the Gulf of Mexico, trapping more than 4,000 people aboard, had already suffered electrical problems as recently as a few weeks ago, its operator Carnival said Wednesday. With the ship and its passengers still at sea being towed to safety, news of the…
In the wake of new revelations by the New York Times of CIA support for a corrupt Afghan official, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) accused the United States of turning Afghanistan into a “spy versus spy versus spy carnival of corruption.” “We are paying all sides to fight all sides and…
For the past year, Republicans’ demands for supporting health care reform have been a moving target. Jon Stewart has a simple question for the so-called party of no: “What the fuck do you really want?” Republican leaders called for health care reforms negotiations to be televised but changed their tune…
The scale of devastation in Haiti is far worse than in Asia after the 2004 tsunami, a study said Tuesday, predicting last month’s quake could be the most destructive disaster in modern history. The stark assessment from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) comes with Port-au-Prince still lying in ruins more…