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Early forecasts show strong turnout for Iraqi election
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraq’s general election saw a strong turnout of at least 50 percent in most areas, initial forecasts showed Monday, even after rocket, mortar and bomb attacks had already killed 38 people. Millions voted in the poll, winning international praise for their courage and determination in a crunch…
One in four Germans wants microchip under skin: poll
HANOVER, Germany — It sounds like something from a sci-fi film, but one in four Germans would be happy to have a microchip implanted in their body if they derived concrete benefits from it, a poll Monday showed. The survey, by German IT industry lobby group BITKOM, was intended to…
Long-time cannabis use linked to psychosis: study
WASHINGTON — (AFP) The longer people use cannabis or marijuana, the more likely they are to experience hallucinations or delusions or to suffer psychosis, according to a study released Saturday.…
Coffee producers ‘getting hammered’ by global climate change
Coffee producers say they are getting hammered by global warming, with higher temperatures forcing growers to move to prized higher ground, putting the cash crop at risk. “There is already evidence of important changes” said Nestor Osorio, head of the International Coffee Organization (ICO), which represents 77 countries that export…
GOP Rep. implies blacks were better off as slaves’
Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) is well known as a diehard opponent of abortion. He formerly served as the executive director of the Arizona branch of the Family Research Institute and has called President Obama an “enemy of humanity” because of his pro-choice stance. Franks may have gotten himself in more…
Government a ‘threat to rights and freedoms,’ majority says
A majority of Americans believe that the federal government is “an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens,” a new poll suggests. According to a poll conducted for CNN, 56 percent believe the federal government has grown so large and powerful that it poses a risk to…
Oops: Going for an insult, Gingrich unwittingly calls Obama a Nazi-fighter
President Obama is a man of the people, bravely working against a tyrannical dictatorship to help throw off the chains of Nazi oppression … And that’s according to former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who mistakenly called Obama a Nazi fighter while trying to hang a thread of…
Wall Street bonuses jumped 17% after bailouts
NEW YORK — Bonuses paid to Wall Street securities industry employees in New York rose 17 percent to $20.3 billion in 2009, state officials said Tuesday. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said total compensation at the largest securities firms grew even faster and industry profits could hit a record…
Pot use among seniors rises
MIAMI — In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her…
Fox News scrambles to discredit CPAC after Ron Paul wins presidential poll
Update at bottom: Paul tells CNBC he’s “leaning to being undecided” Remember the big conservative conference Fox News has been hyping over the past 10 days? The Conservative Political Action Conference’s presidential straw poll, a key marker of the mood among conservative voters, apparently didn’t mean anything to the network.…
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