On Wednesday, September 3, USDC Judge Timothy Corrigan began hearing testimony to determine whether Florida's prisons will continue the inhumane practice of gassing their mentally ill inmates. As a child, I watched The Diary of Anne Frank . . .

Why do the lowest on the payroll have to subsize the extravagance at the top to such a degree??

The FDA is initiating quarterly listings of pharmaceuticals it's investigating. There will be a list every three months on the FDA website. Of course, it will give us only partial info so as not to tick off Big Pharma, but it's probably worth checking.

Comcast Cable, which has already given us who use it bandwidth limits of 250G monthly, is now challenging the Federal Communication Commission's authority to impose rules on internet service providers. Major threat ahead if the FCC loses!

An intoxicated man with four previous drunken-driving arrests and an invalid license sped away from a sheriff's deputy before crashing into two sport-utility vehicles, killing a newlywed couple and injuring several other people, authorities said.

E. coli, campylobacter, salmonella & other pathogens cause misery in their acute stages, but medical research is now linking food-borne pathogens to long-term afflictions with serious consequences that surface long after the acute stage has subsided.

In the latest "beige report" issued by the Federal Reserve, businesses report that rising prices and and a greatly diminished job market are affecting orders, sales and the shopping habits of US consumers. Read all about it.

Audit reports obtained by the Washington Post reveal that the plan to monitor and prevent the smuggling of radioactive materials - one of BushCo's & Homeland Security's most highly touted initiatives - is a massive boondoggle. Why are we not surprised?

Palin's church, the Wasilla Bible Church, gave its pulpit over to a figure viewed with deep hostility by many Jewish organizations: David Brickner, the executive director of Jews for Jesus.

Google has released the beta version of a new browser, hoping to rival Microsoft Explorer.