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NewsTrust - Most Recent Stories Copyright (c) 2008 NewsTrust en-us Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:00:55 -0800 http://newstrust.net/images/logos/newstrust-logo_20px.gif NewsTrust http://newstrust.net/stories/top_stories http://newstrust.net/stories/top_stories NewsTrust helps people find good journalism online. We rate the news based on quality, not just popularity. Our social news network features top-rated stories from hundreds of mainstream and independent sources. Find out more at http://newstrust.net/ The Memory Scrub About Why Ft. Hood Happened Is Almost Complete ... If It Weren't for Archives Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450172 http://newstrust.net/stories/450172 <span><a href="/sources/alternet">AlterNet</a> - By Mark Ames - Nov. 24 (News Analysis) - Reading through these credible accounts now, you can see how everyone from the PR flaks in the military to the rightwing machine would want somehow distract people from all the accounts of their pigheaded refusal to exempt or discharge Maj. Hasan, and you can then start to imagine how a lot of editors and viewers wouldn't put up much of a fuss if the story changed to something more palatable to the American public. So with no one interested in protecting Maj. Hasan's motives, and everyone interested in protecting the Army's behavior, the story gets changed from one of "it could have been prevented if Army bureaucrats/officers weren't such raging assholes to Maj. Hasan" to a barrage of leaks from unnamed Army officials, who argued that Maj. Hasan never said peep to anyone about wanting out of the service</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450172">4.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/450172">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450172">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Department of Defense Ethics in Journalism Bad Journalism Psychology Racism Pesticides that kill rodents also poison owls. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450400 http://newstrust.net/stories/450400 <span>environmentalhealthnews.org - By Karen Kidd (synopsis) - Nov. 24 (Special Report) - Bait laced with the chemicals is eaten by the rodents. However the mice, rats and other rodents may live for several days after eating the bait. The poisoned animals often have different behaviors after they are poisoned and may spend more time out in the open, making them vulnerable to predators, including owls and other raptors. Birds of prey, like owls, are beneficial because they eat rodents and help keep their populations in check. The birds can be exposed to the rodenticides through their diets, and sometimes this has led to larger-scale poisonings.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450400">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/450400">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450400">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Op-Ed Columnist: The Phantom Menace Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446978 http://newstrust.net/stories/446978 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Paul Krugman - Nov. 23 (Opinion) - The scare stories from Wall Street seem to be intimidating Washington from doing more to rescue the economy.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446978">4.5 average</a> - <a href="/stories/446978">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446978">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Economy Jobs Finance Yes, Sarah, There is a Media Conspiracy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/448485 http://newstrust.net/stories/448485 <span>True/Slant - By Matt Taibbi - Nov. 23 (Opinion) - Is the media out to get Sarah Palin? It seems like most of the letters I get are insisting that I admit it. “Surely you can’t deny,” writes one woman from Florida, “that no political figure in American history has had to put up with what Sarah Palin has had to put up with from the mainstream media.” Now, this is the part of this red-blue schtick where I’m supposed to strike back without thinking and re-hash the history of, say, the Monica Lewinsky scandal in rebuttal and then, as the argument progresses, do the whole “I know you are but what am I?” thing until the end of time. I’ve decided from now on that I’m just not going to go there with any of this culture-war bullshit. It’s exhausting. I mean, hell, if you want to argue over who’s more justified in wallowing in media victimhood, that’s not a fight I mind losing. Mazel tov!</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/448485">3.9 average</a> - <a href="/stories/448485">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/448485">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Media and Politics Sarah Palin Culture Wars Scenes from Iowa's recession Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447665 http://newstrust.net/stories/447665 <span><a href="/sources/desmoines_register">Des Moines Register</a> - By Michael Bugeja - Nov. 23 (Special Report) - They arrive at Gray's Lake Park in the morning, basking on borrowed time of a mild mid-November, realizing the winter can arrive any day like layoffs without warning. They are the unemployed, strolling with friends, partners or retirees, or sometimes alone. Everyone has a story to tell. Everyone knows someone else out of work in what some call "The Second Depression." They are neighbors, acquaintances, family members, colleagues, friends. They may be you. They belong to "The New Poverty," people who followed the rules, paid bills and mortgages on time and whose lives were scuttled by Ponzi and subprime schemes happening far away.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447665">3.8 average</a> - <a href="/stories/447665">5 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447665">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Economy Fed under fire as public anger mounts Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447260 http://newstrust.net/stories/447260 <span><a href="/sources/associated_press">Associated Press</a> - By Tom Raum - Nov. 23 (News Analysis) - Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag. Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say. The chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is always fair game for criticism and second-guessing, usually over interest rate actions. But this year the criticism is much broader as Congress responds to widespread public anger that the Fed bailed out Wall Street but not ordinary Americans, and with unemployment in double digits.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447260">3.4 average</a> - <a href="/stories/447260">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447260">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Finance Money U.S. Economy Lessons From the Japanese: Time to Stop Borrowing Money and Start Printing It Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/449607 http://newstrust.net/stories/449607 <span><a href="/sources/truthout">TruthOut</a> - By Ellen Hodgson Brown - Nov. 23 (Opinion) - Miners used to keep canaries in coal mines as an early warning device. If the air was so bad that it killed the canary, the miners would soon be next. Japan may be the canary for the out-of-control deficit spending policies now being pursued in the United States and the United Kingdom.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/449607">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/449607">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/449607">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Economy Japan Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450156 http://newstrust.net/stories/450156 <span><a href="/sources/democracy_now">Democracy Now</a> - By Naomi Klein, Amy Goodman - Nov. 23 (Interview) - With the Copenhagen climate summit two weeks away, best-selling journalist Naomi Klein examines the grass-roots movement behind the climate debate proposal that argues all the costs associated with adapting to a more hostile ecology—everything from building stronger sea walls to switching to cleaner, more expensive technologies—are the responsibility of the countries that created the crisis. Klein also discusses the 10th anniversary of the Seattle WTO protests and the 10th anniversary of her first book, “No Logo.”</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450156">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/450156">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450156">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Environment Money Population & Environment: a Progressive, Feminist Approach Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446434 http://newstrust.net/stories/446434 <span><a href="/sources/truthout">TruthOut</a> - By Laurie Mazur - Nov. 23 (Opinion) - If we take seriously the need to protect the planet and distribute its resources more equitably, it becomes clear that it would be easier to provide a good life—at less environmental cost—for 8 billion rather than 11 billion people. This is especially true for climate change: an analysis by Brian O'Neill at the National Center for Atmospheric Research estimates that stabilizing world population at 8 billion, rather than 9 billion or more, would eliminate one billion tons of CO2 per year by 2050-- as much as completely ending deforestation.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446434">3.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446434">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446434">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Bio-fuel growth raises concerns about forests Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446534 http://newstrust.net/stories/446534 <span><a href="/sources/seattle_times">Seattle Times</a> - By John Flesher - Nov. 23 (News Report) - Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too scarce, harming the woodlands. For centuries, forests have provided</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446534">3.6 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446534">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446534">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Energy Green Technology Florida coalition targets pending federal pollution rules Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446395 http://newstrust.net/stories/446395 <span><a href="/sources/miami_herald">Miami Herald</a> - By Curtis Morgan - Nov. 23 (News Report) - The target: A settlement a federal judge in Tallahassee approved last week in a lawsuit brought by five environmental groups against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It requires that federal regulators, for the first time, step in and set a state's water quality standards for nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus that flow into waterways from fertilized lawns, sewage plants, farms fields, cattle pastures and a host of other sources.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446395">3.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446395">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446395">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Pollution Water Leaked documents reveal No 10 cover-up over Iraq invasion Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/444466 http://newstrust.net/stories/444466 <span><a href="/sources/the_guardian">The Guardian</a> - By Richard Norton-Taylor - Nov. 23 - • Inquiry to hear how Blair hid true intentions for war • Military ?ill-prepared? for aftermath of invasion Military commanders are expected to tell the inquiry into the Iraq war, which opens on Tuesday, that the invasion was ill-conceived and that preparations were sabotaged by Tony Blair?s government?s attempts to mislead the public. They were so shocked by the lack of preparation for the aftermath of the invasion that they believe members of the British and US governments at the time could be prosecuted for war crimes by breaching the duty outlined in the Geneva convention to safeguard civilians in a conflict, the Guardian has been told. The lengths the Blair government took to conceal the invasion plan and the extent of military commanders? anger at what they call the government?s "appalling" failures emerged as Sir John Chilcot, the inquiry?s chairman, promised to produce a "full and insightful" account of how Britain was drawn into the conflict. Fresh evidence has emerged ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/444466">4.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/444466">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/444466">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Iraq The Cost of Dying Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/449709 http://newstrust.net/stories/449709 <span><a href="/sources/cbs_news">CBS News</a> - By Steve Kroft - Nov. 23 (Special Report) - Every medical study ever conducted has concluded that 100 percent of all Americans will eventually die. This comes as no great surprise, but the amount of money being spent at the very end of people's lives probably will. Last year, Medicare paid $50 billion just for doctor and hospital bills during the last two months of patients' lives - that's more than the budget of the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Education. And it has been estimated that 20 to 30 percent of these medical expenditures may have had no meaningful impact. Most of the bills are paid for by the federal government with few or no questions asked. You might think this would be an obvious thing for Congress and the president to address as they try to reform health care. But what used to be a bipartisan issue has become a politically explosive one - a perfect example of the costs that threaten to bankrupt the country and how hard it's going to be to rein them in</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/449709">4.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/449709">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/449709">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care U.S. Economy Medicare Rising sea levels threaten Caribbean region - Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446416 http://newstrust.net/stories/446416 <span><a href="/sources/los_angeles_times">Los Angeles Times</a> - By Chris Kraul - Nov. 23 (News) - The effect of climate change is anything but hypothetical to retired Colombian naval officer German Alfonso. Just ask him about the time his neighborhood in this historic coastal city became an island.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446416">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446416">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446416">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Escaping Taliban May Widen War as Pakistan Pays Cost Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447248 http://newstrust.net/stories/447248 <span><a href="/sources/bloomberg">Bloomberg</a> - By James Rupert - Nov. 23 (News Report) - Taliban fleeing a Pakistani offensive are regrouping in the country’s northwest, threatening to spread and prolong a conflict that has strained the nation’s economy and may hamper efforts to attract foreign investment.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447248">3.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/447248">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447248">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Pakistan Taliban War Dems 'In Deep Trouble' On Health Care, The Only Options Are A Bad Bill Or 2010 Losses Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/448700 http://newstrust.net/stories/448700 <span><a href="/sources/huffington_post">Huffington Post</a> - By Sam Stein - Nov. 23 (Interview) - One of the leading progressive champions of health care reform is pessimistic about the state of the debate in the Senate, saying he sees virtually no path to passing strong legislation and predicting potential congressional losses for Democrats as a consequence.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/448700">3.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/448700">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/448700">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care Democratic Party Chomsky condemns 'immoral' Afghan war Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446565 http://newstrust.net/stories/446565 <span><a href="/sources/bbc_news">BBC News</a> - By Noam Chomsky - Nov. 23 (Interview) - (video)</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446565">4.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446565">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446565">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Afghanistan War Should We Laugh? Cry? Both? Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/445949 http://newstrust.net/stories/445949 <span><a href="/sources/new_republic">New Republic</a> - By Jonathan Cohn - Nov. 23 (News Analysis) - The ritual is becoming familiar. Health care reform passes a major political hurdle. And progressives don?t know whether to laugh or cry. Last time, the occasion was a vote in the House of Representatives. Health care reform passed by the slimmest of margins, but not before conservative Democrats had extracted a major concession on abortion rights. This time, it was a vote in the Senate--not on whether to pass a bill, but whether to begin debating one. This measure, too, passed by the slimmest of margins, but not before conservative Democrats and one notorious independent made clear they were prepared to shut things down later if legislation includes a public insurance option. It?s no fun to watch this unfold. And yet this is the exactly the sort of drama you should expect for the next few weeks, as the Senate deliberations play out. The bill Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced last week is not everything it could be--not by a long shot. And progressives will try their ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/445949">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/445949">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/445949">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care U.S. Congress Democratic Party Republican Party Sarah Palin's Going Rogue going great guns at the tills Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446988 http://newstrust.net/stories/446988 <span><a href="/sources/the_guardian">The Guardian</a> - By Alison Flood - Nov. 23 (Other) - Former vice-presidential candidate?s memoir racks up 300,000 sales on its first day in shops Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, has become one of the bestselling non-fiction books in history after it sold 300,000 copies in its first day on sale. Palin's publisher HarperCollins told American press that Going Rogue has proved so popular it has been forced to print an extra 300,000 books after an initial print run of 1.5m, with about 300,000 sold on 17 November – its day of publication – alone. Going Rogue is currently sitting at the top of Amazon.com?s bestseller list, ahead of Stephenie Meyer, Dan Brown and Stephen King. Palin's first-day sales are behind Bill Clinton?s, whose 2004 memoir My Life sold 400,000 in its first 24 hours, but ahead of Hillary Clinton's, whose autobiography Living History broke records when it was published in 2003, selling 200,000 copies on publication day. The figures are nonetheless a long way behind fiction sales</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446988">2.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446988">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446988">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Sarah Palin Books Philippine poll attack 'kills 21' Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446545 http://newstrust.net/stories/446545 <span><a href="/sources/bbc_news">BBC News</a> - Nov. 23 (News Report) - Twenty-one politicians and journalists abducted in the southern Philippines have been found dead, the army says. The group were seized on the southern island of Mindanao early on Monday. The military said they were taken by armed men as they tried to file nomination papers for a candidate in local elections next year.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446545">3.6 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446545">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446545">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> EPA: Uranium from polluted mine in Nev. wells Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446194 http://newstrust.net/stories/446194 <span><a href="/sources/associated_press">Associated Press</a> - By Scott Sonner - Nov. 23 (News Report) - A new wave of testing by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that 79 percent of the wells tested north of the World War II-era copper mine have dangerous levels of uranium or arsenic or both that make the water unsafe to drink. And, more importantly to the neighbors, that the source of the pollution is a groundwater plume that has slowly migrated from the 6-square-mile mine site.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446194">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446194">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446194">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Pollution Nuclear Power Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446943 http://newstrust.net/stories/446943 <span><a href="/sources/wall_street_journal">Wall Street Journal</a> - By Julia Angwin, Geoffrey A. Fowler - Nov. 23 (News Report) - (Subscription required) Wikipedia.org is losing unprecedented numbers of the millions of online volunteers who write, edit and police the world's fifth-most-popular Web site.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446943">3.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446943">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446943">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Technology Internet Social Networks Journalism A Coming Food Crisis? Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447482 http://newstrust.net/stories/447482 <span><a href="/sources/npr">National Public Radio</a> - By Daniel Costello - Nov. 23 (News Analysis) - After decades of decline, the number of undernourished people around the world has risen 20% since the middle of the last decade and the trend is expected to continue for many years even with a new global intervention.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447482">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/447482">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447482">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Hunger Food Global Economy Russia 'is now a criminal state', says Bill Browd Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/445317 http://newstrust.net/stories/445317 <span><a href="/sources/bbc_news">BBC News</a> - Nov. 23 (Special Report) - "When Putin first showed up and said he was going to tame the oligarchs, I was the biggest fan of that particular concept. Then I realised that what he meant by taming the oligarchs was sticking law enforcement people in their place," he says.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/445317">2.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/445317">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/445317">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Russia Human Rights Rep. David Obey Warns President Obama of Afghanistan War Surtax Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447276 http://newstrust.net/stories/447276 <span><a href="/sources/abc_news">ABC News</a> - By Jonathan Karl - Nov. 23 (Interview) - The powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee has a stark message for President Obama about Afghanistan -- sending more troops would be a mistake that could "wipe out every initiative we have to rebuild the economy."</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447276">3.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/447276">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447276">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. House of Representatives Afghanistan Taxes