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CNN fires host Rick Sanchez over controversial remarks
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 03:17 pm PDT
The Upshot - CNN host Rick Sanchez came under fire Friday after making controversial remarks the previous day on a satellite radio show. Sanchez called out Comedy Central host Jon Stewart as a "bigot" for mocking him, and complained that Jews — like Stewart — don't face discrimination. He also suggested that CNN, and perhaps the media industry [...] Full Story | Top |
U.S. apologizes to Guatemalans for secret STD experiments
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:04 am PDT
The Upshot - U.S. scientific researchers infected hundreds of Guatemalan mental patients with sexually transmitted diseases from 1946 to 1948 -- a practice that only came recently to light thanks to the work of an academic researcher. On Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued a formal apology to the [...] Full Story | Top |
US apologizes for '40s syphilis study in Guatemala
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:51 pm PDT
 AP - American scientists deliberately infected prisoners and patients in a mental hospital in Guatemala with syphilis 60 years ago, a recently unearthed experiment that prompted U.S. officials to apologize Friday and declare outrage over "such reprehensible research." Full Story | Top |
Pentagon burns book and makes it a best-seller
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:36 am PDT
The Upshot - Publishers know that controversy fuels book sales. Apparently, so does burning them. The Pentagon has only helped build buzz around "Operation Dark Heart," a firsthand account of special operations in Afghanistan, by burning 9,500 copies -- nearly all the first run. (Some review copies, released before publication, have filtered out and sold for more than [...] Full Story | Top |
FBI says cyber-thieves stole $70 million
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 02:01 pm PDT
AP - The FBI and law enforcement agencies in Ukraine, the Netherlands and Britain are tracking down international cyber criminals who stole $70 million by using malware that captured passwords and account numbers to log onto online bank accounts. Full Story | Top |
Israel: Principal faces hearing over textbook
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 04:35 am PDT
 AP - An Israeli high school principal has been summoned for a hearing by the country's Education Ministry for using a textbook that presents the Palestinian narrative about events surrounding Israel's creation in 1948, officials said Friday. Full Story | Top |
Real estate broker found in desert doing well
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:54 pm PDT
AP - The Los Angeles real estate broker who survived six days without food or water in a remote desert canyon and wrote messages to his family on his hat has been upgraded from fair to good condition in a hospital in Joshua Tree. Full Story | Top |
Giant penguins with no tux? Fossil feathers say so
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:12 pm PDT
 AP - Some ancient penguins may have been twice as big as today's Emperor penguin but they lacked the dashing tuxedo. Researchers unearthed remains of a nearly 5-foot-tall penguin that roamed what is now Peru about 36 million years ago, and they also discovered fossilized feathers that show back then, the flightless bird was a more motley mix of reddish-brown and gray. Full Story | Top |
South Africa to research mood-lifting plant
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:00 am PDT
 AP - For hundreds of years, indigenous South Africans have chewed a plant they say reduces stress, relieves hunger, sedates and elevates moods. Now they have a license to study and market it, and plan to sell it over-the-counter worldwide. Full Story | Top |
Anti-American cleric vies for more power in Iraq
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:22 pm PDT
 AP - A Muslim cleric who once used a militia to resist the American invasion positioned himself as a big winner in Iraq's monthslong political deadlock Friday when his party threw its support behind the beleaguered prime minister. Full Story | Top |
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