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Disabled cruise ship previously had electrical problems, Carnival admits

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…

Kucinich: Afghanistan is ‘spy versus spy carnival of corruption’

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…

Stewart: No winning in GOP health care ‘carnival game’

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…

Study: Haiti quake devastation worse than 2004 tsunami

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…