Fears of 'extreme' TB strain (Robin McKie)

New drug-resistant infection is 'nightmare' say health experts Robin McKie, science editor -- The Observer Sept 2, 2006 -- Health experts are to hold an emergency meeting in Johannesburg this week, f ...

Released Documents Expose Subservient Congress (Sibel Edmonds)

"National Security" Converts the United States into a Monarchy Sibel Edmonds -- National Security Whistleblowers Coalition Sept. 3, 2006 -- The National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC) has ...

Mitofsky, 'Father Of Exit Polling,' Dies At 72 (Keating Holland)

Keating Holland WASHINGT0N (CNN) -- Warren Mitofsky, considered by many to be the "father of exit polling," died of heart failure in New York Friday. He was 72. Mitofsky changed the way the media cov ...

New Orleans Banks, Brokers Thrive on Insurance Checks | Will Edwards & Bradley Keoun

Will Edwards and Bradley Keoun Sept. 1, 2006 (Bloomberg) -- Banks and brokerage firms in New Orleans say they're faring better than before Hurricane Katrina caused a record $80 billion of damages alo ...

Basra Oil Workers Strike Could Resume Sunday | Kathlyn Stone

Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust Aug. 31, 2006 – Oil pipeline workers in Basra, Iraq, will resume their strike as early as Sunday if authorities do not meet the remaining demands of workers, the Fed ...

Mexico Leftist To Create Parallel Government | Mark Stevenson

Aug. 30, 2006 -- MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, convinced he won't be awarded the presidency, has vowed to create a parallel leftist government and is urging Mexicans not to recogni ...

110-Building Site in N.Y. Is Put Up for Sale | Charles V. Bagli & Janny Scott

CHARLES V. BAGLI and JANNY SCOTT -- New York Times Aug. 20, 2006 -- Metropolitan Life is putting Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village -- a stretch of 110 apartment buildings along the East River ...

Treasury Official Henry Due 20 Percent Of Gleacher Fund Profits | Robert Schmidt

Robert Schmidt -- Bloomberg Aug. 24, 2006 -- The U.S. Treasury official leading a government inquiry into the hedge-fund industry is owed up to $2.5 million in payments keyed in part to hedge-fund in ...

Bush White House To Be Subpoenaed By Wiretap Lawyers | Raw Story

Aug 29, 2006 (Raw Story) -- Two attorneys representing claimants in a lawsuit over wiretapping by the National Security Agency will subpoena the White House today. Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer, who rep ...

Protesters Swift-Boat Bush | Kathlyn Stone

Minnesotans Were Not Deterred By Blocked Roads When Bush Came To Town Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust Aug. 28, 2006 -- George W. Bush was in Minnesota Tues., Aug. 22, fundraising for a Republican c ...

International Labor Leaders Predict More Iraq Labor Strikes | Kathlyn Stone

Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust Aug. 28, 2006 -- A 48-hour strike led by oil and gas workers in Basra, Iraq, last week signals a growing impatience with the U.S. occupation of Iraq, said a spokespe ...