Musician David Byrne sues Florida governor over campaign song
David Byrne, the former lead singer of 1980s art punk band Talking Heads, is suing Florida governor Charlie Crist over the latter's use of the Talking Heads song "Road to Nowhere" in an election commercial. Byrne alleges that Crist made use of the song in a campaign commercial without the artist's permission, and that if...
Oil from Gulf spill reaches major current
US scientists say that oil from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the Loop Current, which could propel the oil towards the coast of Florida.According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), limited amounts of oil have entered the current, and could reach Florida's coast in as few as six days,...
COMMENT: Margaret Atwood should not have accepted Tel Aviv prize
Novelists Amitav Ghosh and Margaret Atwood have accepted the Dan David prize at Tel Aviv University, an institution at the heart of Israel’s military-industrial complex. By doing so they have spurned Palestinian civil society’s call for boycott, divestment and sanctions on the Zionist state. Atwood has specifically ignored this...
WALBERG: In the British election, everybody lost
Britain is poised for a long period of political instability as it enters its first coalition government since WWII, when the wartime unity government was led by Winston Churchill with Labour in tow.There was an almost identical situation to the current hung parliament in February 1974, when the Conservatives tried to form ...
UK elections: Gordon Brown offers resignation to secure Labour-Liberal coalition
In the latest developments in discussions between the Liberal Democrats and the two largest parties, Gordon Brown has announced his resignation as Labour Party leader and Prime Minister.Gordon Brown made his statement at 5.00 pm local time in front of 10 Downing Street, London, following a meeting he had yesterday with Nick...
Judge opens door to case against General Electric’s Omniscan
By Jeff GIrth in ProPublica.In a key ruling covering hundreds of lawsuits against General Electric’s health care unit, a federal judge has given plaintiffs’ lawyers wide latitude to present evidence and expert testimony that GE’s Omniscan imaging drug caused a crippling disease in MRI patients.The 58-page opinion by District...
Interview: Dr. Phil Klotzbach on the upcoming hurricane season
On June 1, hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean and surrounding areas will commence, signaling the potential for a tropical storm to develop at any time. After last year's relatively quiet season, with only nine named cyclones, meteorologists are on-guard for increased activity over the upcoming summer and autumn. Hurricane...
Eurozone approves bailout of Greece
The European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed to provide the ailing Greek economy with 110 billion euros (US$146 billion) worth of loans over three years. Finance ministers from the sixteen countries that use the euro – known as the eurozone – approved the plan yesterday.According to the plan, the EU...
Controversial wind farm approved by US government
The US government today approved plans for a controversial wind power project off the coast of Cape Cod inMassachusetts, which, if built, would be the nation's first wind farm located offshore of the coast.The company responsible for the project, Cape Wind, received a permit from the federal government to commence construction...
Gulf of Mexico oil spill expanding; submarines to try to stop leak
After an explosion aboard an oil rig four days ago, an oil spill caused by the sinking of the rig has expanded to cover an area of around 600 square miles (1550 square kilometers), and efforts to shut off the leak have thus far been unsuccessful.Officials have begun to use robotic submersible vehicles to stop the leak. The...
