Bridge collapse: Part of “aging infrastructure”
In his February State of the Union address, President Obama called for $50 billion in new spending on “an aging infrastructure badly in need of repair.” The I-5 bridge collapse in Washington state Thursday evening calls attention to an all-too neglected infrastructure in the context of decade of expensive war-waging. According to AP analysis the collapsed bridge, built in 1955, was not considered “structurally deficient” but is listed as being “functionally obsolete” – “a cate[more]
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Bridge collapse: Part of “aging infrastructure”
In his February State of the Union address, President Obama called for $50 billion in new spending on “an aging infrastructure badly in need of repair.” The I-5 bridge collapse in Washington state Thursday evening calls attention to an all-too neglected infrastructure in the context of decade of[read more]
Conservative economists endorse immigration reform bill
WASHINGTON -- More than 100 conservative economists will call on Congress to approve an immigration overhaul, highlighting the potential economic benefits. The letter by the American Action Forum, to be released Thursday, is the latest volley from conservative economic thinkers, who have been d[read more]
APOCALYPSE NOW
by David Bender... Last Saturday night, like millions of my fellow Americans, I went to see Star Trek: Into Darkness, the second installment of J.J. Abrams' re-imagination of the continuing voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Sitting there, in the actual darkness of the crowded theater, I eagerly[read more]
Carl Pope: The Big Lie on Natural Gas Exports
Last week the Department of Energy gave approval to the Freeport LNG export terminal. Combined with an earlier approval at Sabine Pass, the US has now committed the first 2.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas it produces each day over the next 20 years to foreign consumers – because under thes[read more]
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By Arturo Garcia Protesters in more than 50 countries mobilized on Saturday for a series of demonstrations against agricultural business titan Monsanto, far surpassing the organizer’s expectations, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. “[more]
By Agence France-Presse US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday again pressed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to make concrete progress on economic reforms and rights, warning continued US and global aid was at stake. The Egyptians vowed[more]
By Agence France-Presse US credit card giants Visa and Mastercard sued retailers that rejected a multibillion-dollar settlement over transaction fees and asked the court to rule the fee practices weren’t illegal. The latest legal maneuve[more]
By Agence France-Presse Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged the United Arab Emirates not to deport migrant building workers for staging a rare strike to demand better pay and conditions. “It would be scandalous if the UAE deported worke[more]
By Robin McKie, The Observer Decision to approve patent for embryo cell data could make IVF fertility treatments prohibitively expensive, says expert A fresh international row has erupted over granting US patents to processes which many scient[more]