by Patti Neighmond Article Reprint The good news: cigarette sales are down by about a third over the past decade. Not so for little cigars and ‘cigarillos’. Their sales more than doubled over the same
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Corporate Biopiracy and the Terminator Seed
It is arguably the most fiendish product yet devised by corporate genetic engineers By: Bruce A. Dixon Article Reprint Ever since humans started farming about ten thousand years ago, farmers have saved the seed from
Read moreHispanics Join Civil Rights March on Washington
beforeitsnews.com Article Reprint Hispanics joined forces with African-Americans on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington during which, among other issues, they again pressured Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform. The speakers, several
Read moreMubarak leaves prison for house arrest
webindia123.com Article Reprint Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak arrived in a military hospital in Cairo Thursday after being freed from a prison to be put in house arrest even as supporters of ousted president Mohamed
Read moreFormer Chicago cop accused of plotting murder of witness from behind bars
By: KIM JANSSEN Article Reprint Alleged extortionist and murder plotter Steven Mandell tried to arrange the murder of a federal witness from behind the bars of Chicago’s downtown Metropolitan Correctional Center, prosecutors alleged Thursday.
Read moreChris Paul elected president of NBA players union
Clippers star Chris Paul elected president of NBA players union By w.g. Ramirez Article Reprint Chris Paul has already seemingly done the impossible by turning the long-languishing Los Angeles Clippers into a force in the
Read moreMaine Governor: ‘Obama Hates White People’
yourblackworld.net Article Reprint Party leadership at the Republican National Committee (RNC) meeting last week seemed committed to changing the hateful message of the GOP, but someone forgot to give Maine Gov. Paul LePage the memo.
Read moreWarrantless Cellphone Tracking Is Upheld
By SOMINI SENGUPTA Article Reprint In a significant victory for law enforcement, a federal appeals court on Tuesday said that government authorities could extract historical location data directly from telecommunications carriers without a search warrant.
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