Housing market: 13% of all U.S. homes are vacant
Dees Illustration Les Christie CNN Money High residential vacancies are killing many housing markets, as foreclosed homes sit on the market and depress sale prices…
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Garden As If Your Life Depended On It, Because It Does
There are at least five reasons why more of us should take up the spade, make some compost, and start gardening with a vengeance. Garden…
Google, FTC reach Google Buzz privacy settlement
The US Federal Trade Commission announced it has reached a settlement with Google over privacy concerns with Google Buzz. © AFP/DDP/File AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) –…
China economist blasts dollar dominance on eve of G20
Dollar/yuan AFP image Reuters BEIJING – Dollar dominance is sowing the seeds of financial turmoil, and the solution is to promote new reserve currencies, a…
Arming Libya rebels not allowed by UN resolutions, legal experts warn US
Washington questioned over its assertion that UN mandate permits supply of arms to anti-Gaddafi rebels Libyan rebels/Wkimedia/Phil Ittner image Robert Booth Guardian The US is…
Introducing Kestrel, The First Road-Ready Car Built Out Of Hemp
Fast Fiber Plastics and hemp make for a strong, light, fuel-efficient body. Motive Industries Steven Kotler PopSci Marijuana’s fibrous cousin hemp has a long history…
Cronyism and Dictatorship in Michigan (Video)
Activist Post In this clip, Rachel Maddow naturally uses left-right political labeling to explain the situation. Beyond this, however, the situation in Michigan is truly…
Surviving Nuclear Toxicity
Dr. Mark Sircus IMVA What does radiation do to us? It burns the cells, kind of like burning down a house. It is well known…
US Supreme Court hears landmark sexism case
Betty Dukes (C), one of the six named plaintiffs in the Dukes v Wal-Mart case © AFP/Getty Images Alex Wong AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The…
DHS Emails: Insiders worried over political ‘meddling’
FOI logo/Wikimedia Commons Ted Bridis AP News WASHINGTON (AP) – The Homeland Security Department official in charge of submitting sensitive government files to political advisers…
Bahrain Government Massacre, Emergency Room (Video)
YouTube — ActivistPost An incredible influx of wounded and dying civilians after the Bahrain Government opens fire on protestors. var linkwithin_site_id = 557381; linkwithin_text=’Related Articles:’
Obama administration restricts findings on Gulf’s dead dolphins
Wikimedia Commons Image Lynn Herrmann Digital Journal BILOXI — The Obama administration has issued a gag order on data over the recent spike of dead…
Court doesn’t say if it will hear NJ man’s appeal
Dees Illustration Mark Sherman Yahoo/AP WASHINGTON – Albert Florence was strip-searched twice in seven days in two New Jersey jails after he was arrested on…
Vegan parents charged in death of baby raised on mother’s milk; facing 30 years in prison
Mike Adams Natural News In the latest outrage of the global “vegan police” striking out against those who follow a healthy diet, a couple in…