(MintPress) — Over 300,000 American farmers are awaiting a trial date for a landmark lawsuit filed last year against giant biotech company, Monsanto. The case, Organic Seed Growers & Trade Association, et. al. v. Monsanto, is one of dozens of lawsuits faced by Monsanto in the past decade over patents, biotechnology, and safety. In March 2011, […]
(MintPress) — Over 300,000 American farmers are awaiting a trial date for a landmark lawsuit filed last year against giant biotech company, Monsanto. The case, Organic Seed Growers & Trade Association, et. al. v. Monsanto, is one of dozens of lawsuits faced by Monsanto in the past decade over patents, biotechnology, and safety. In March 2011, […]
New York, NY, September 15, 2001 — The sun streams through the dust over the wreckage of the World Trade Center. (Photo by Ashley Morgan) NEW YORK (AP) — A $2.76 billion aid program for people sickened by World Trade Center dust should be expanded to include those who have at least some types of […]
New York, NY, September 15, 2001 — The sun streams through the dust over the wreckage of the World Trade Center. (Photo by Ashley Morgan) NEW YORK (AP) — A $2.76 billion aid program for people sickened by World Trade Center dust should be expanded to include those who have at least some types of […]
Ron Paul speing at LPAC in Las Vegas, NV 2011 (MintPress) – It might be one of the few things Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and business mogul Donald Trump have in common: Having once toiled with the idea of running as an Independent in the 2012 presidential election. Paul, with his outlier views, has been […]
Ron Paul speing at LPAC in Las Vegas, NV 2011 (MintPress) – It might be one of the few things Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and business mogul Donald Trump have in common: Having once toiled with the idea of running as an Independent in the 2012 presidential election. Paul, with his outlier views, has been […]
Congressman Sean Duffy of Wisconsin speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Gage Skidmore) (NEW YORK) MintPress — What was supposed to be a rare feel-good bill in Congress has instead sparked vitriolic debate in both chambers and once again pitted the interests of Wall Street against those of main street. Earlier […]
Congressman Sean Duffy of Wisconsin speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Gage Skidmore) (NEW YORK) MintPress — What was supposed to be a rare feel-good bill in Congress has instead sparked vitriolic debate in both chambers and once again pitted the interests of Wall Street against those of main street. Earlier […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday that Occupy organizers have created a “relatively successful” movement because they focused national discussion on wealth disparity despite lacking leadership and a unifying set of goals. The Georgia Democrat said at an event in Atlanta that Occupy organizers have succeeded in forcing the media and Congress to realize the […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday that Occupy organizers have created a “relatively successful” movement because they focused national discussion on wealth disparity despite lacking leadership and a unifying set of goals. The Georgia Democrat said at an event in Atlanta that Occupy organizers have succeeded in forcing the media and Congress to realize the […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities are investigating an Arizona officer’s decision to shoot a man holding a baby, as officials point out that the same policeman had been involved in six previous shootings since 2002, five of them fatal. James Peters was one of several Scottsdale officers called to a home in the Phoenix suburb on […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities are investigating an Arizona officer’s decision to shoot a man holding a baby, as officials point out that the same policeman had been involved in six previous shootings since 2002, five of them fatal. James Peters was one of several Scottsdale officers called to a home in the Phoenix suburb on […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Banks took back more U.S. homes in January than in the previous month, the latest sign that foreclosures are accelerating after slowing sharply last year while lenders sorted out foreclosure-abuse claims. Foreclosures rose 8 percent nationally last month from December, but were down 15 percent from a year earlier, foreclosure listing […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Banks took back more U.S. homes in January than in the previous month, the latest sign that foreclosures are accelerating after slowing sharply last year while lenders sorted out foreclosure-abuse claims. Foreclosures rose 8 percent nationally last month from December, but were down 15 percent from a year earlier, foreclosure listing […]
