Monsanto drops GM crop plan in EU
Biotechnology giant Monsanto is scrapping plans to win approval to grow new types of genetically modified crops in the European Union. It says the move is due to the lack of prospects for cultivation...
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Law enforcement agencies have millions of digital records on the location and movement of every vehicle with a license plate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chances are, your local or state police departments have photographs of your car in their files, noting where you were driving on a particular day, even if you never did anything...
Obamacare Privacy Fears Loom as Computer Links Agencies
The biggest overhaul of the U.S. health-care system in 50 years has spawned one of the most complex computer projects in the government’s history. Dubbed the Hub, the $267 million computer system built by a unit...
Administration makes another ObamaCare change
The Obama administration reportedly is easing requirements on those seeking government aid through ObamaCare, making it easier to apply for subsidies just days after making another major change to the law’s implementation. Reuters first...
WHITE HOUSE VIOLATES LAW WITH OBAMACARE DELAY
Obama administration officials are illegally delaying enforcement of a central provision in the president’s namesake legislation in a desperate attempt to manipulate the 2014 midterm elections and swell the ranks of those who look...
Bees dying by the millions: Is GMO corn to blame?
ELMWOOD – Local beekeepers are finding millions of their bees dead just after corn was planted here in the last few weeks. Dave Schuit, who has a honey operation in Elmwood, lost 600 hives, a total...
Seeds of Doubt: UK pushes GMO despite fears of global Monsanto monopoly
Britain is calling on the EU to ease its tight regulations on genetically modified food with the country’s Environment Secretary saying GM farming is actually safer than many of the alternatives. Anti-GM activists are...
Judicial Watch: Obama Admin Collecting Financial Data From Private Citizens Without Warrants
Well, we almost made it through a whole week without a new Obama Regime scandal, but the good folks at Judicial Watch never rest, and they announced today that they’ve obtained records from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
Lula Default Scare Echoed in Brazil’s Worst Bond Sell-Off
Brazilian government bonds are suffering the biggest quarterly losses since the run-up to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s election in 2002 led to speculation that the nation would default. Dollar-denominated bonds from Brazil, Latin America’s biggest...
Egypt clerics warn of ‘civil war’ as rallies begin
(Reuters) – Egypt’s leading religious authority warned of “civil war” on Friday and called for calm after a member of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood was killed ahead of mass rallies aimed at forcing the...
