This first appeared on the .EconocideBody Count 3By Nick TurseAfter David B. Kellermann, the chief financial officer of beleaguered mortgage giant Freddie Mac, tied a noose and hanged himself in the basement of his Vienna, Virginia, home, the New York

On Thursday morning, President Barack Obama decided to see what happened when America and the Muslim world stopped being polite and started getting real. In an hour-long speech in Cairo, Egypt, Obama bluntly discussed seven of the most vexing problems

You've heard of credit default swaps and subprime mortgages. Are carbon default swaps and subprime offsets next? If the is signed into law, it will generate, almost as an afterthought, a new market for carbon derivatives. That market will be

In 1927, was the richest man in the world—so when he needed cheap rubber, he simply bought a Brazilian rainforest and set about turning his little corner of the Amazon into a model American town. In this lively history, Greg

Mere semantics? Hardly. Linguist knows words are more powerful than we give them credit for. A professor of linguistics at the University of California-Berkeley, Nunberg has been a regular contributor to the National Public Radio program Fresh Air since 1988,

This first appeared on the website.The folks over at have taken to demonizing their MSNBC counterparts, accusing them of being radical tools of the far-left. But MSNBC's morning program is dominated by one of their own ideological brethren, Joe Scarborough.

The last few days we and the world have been trying to digest the Obama Cairo Speech. Here's my two and a half cents.I think it's been so hard for people to make out what happened because he did so

Help! I'm being outgunned on K Street! That's the message ambassador to the United States is sending home, according to an internal government (PDF) obtained by Mother Jones. His complaint signals that Kabul's man in Washington has learned a fundamental

This first appeared on the .Confronting the CIA's Mind MazeIf, like me, you've been following America's torture policies not just for the last few years, but for decades, you can't help but experience that eerie feeling of déjà vu these

This first appeared on the .As though we don't have enough to be afraid of already, what with armed lunatics mowing down military recruiters and doctors, the H1N1 flu virus, the collapse of bee populations, rising sea levels, failed and

Agricultural Research Service scientists have sequenced the genome of the invasive parasite Nosema ceranae that can kill honey bees. Photo courtesy of David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org. Bee-Killing Parasite's Genome Sequenced By June 5, 2009 (ARS) scientists have sequenced

This simulation illustrates a new understandingdeveloped by ARS that hydrogen bonds (yellow coils) are made and broken on thesurface of a cellulose crystal over time. Not as much activity occurs in thecrystal interior. This information will help researchers better understandprocesses

A Calgary man charged with first-degree murder in a gang-related attack was released on bail with a weapons prohibition just three days before the New Year's Day shooting.

An Alberta grizzly bear and one of her cubs were hit by a train and killed Monday near Canmore. A second cub survived the accident.

Calgary police are trying to track down four tricycles stolen from a school for children with disabilities.

A former car salesman and member of the Ontario legislature who moved to Calgary fewer than two years ago wants to be the city's next mayor.

A Calgary man wanted by police for abducting his infant son, who is now believed to be in Lebanon, has been arrested in a northeast home.

A peaceful morning in the quiet south Edmonton neighbourhood of Blue Quill was disrupted Sunday by dozens of bullets hitting three homes in the area, in one case just missing a young boy and his mother who were sleeping in

The price of oil settled Tuesday above $70 US for the first time since early November 2008.

Construction on Whyte Avenue is creating headaches for business owners who worry about how it will affect their business.