It's been here for decades, but that didn't stop them from continuing the horrible practice of feeding cows meat and blood products. Now the Federal government will have even more excuses to get involved in the destruction of independent agriculture in the United States, when it's big corporate farms that have caused this:

USDA Probes First Mad Cow Case in U.S.

AP

Mad cow disease has never been found in the United States before this incident despite intensive testing for it.

Condi and the 9/11 Commission

Time

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice is apparently not keen on going under oath for the Kean 9/11 commission.

United States leaps back into nuclear arms race

Aberdeen News

Buried in the energy bill signed by the president earlier this month are three little lines. The amounts are small, but together they do nothing less than put the United States on the road to developing and eventually testing new nuclear weapons for the first time since the end of the Cold War.

Across US, jobless losing benefits

Boston Globe

More than 90,000 people who have been out of work for months will lose their federal benefits today, when a program to aid the long-term unemployed expires.

Calif. Quake Kills Two, Injures Dozens

AP

Rescue efforts were called off as darkness fell over this central California city following a magnitude-6.5 earthquake that rocked the state's coast, killing two people, injuring dozens more and prompting fears that aftershocks might cause more damage in the days to come.

NTSB to investigate FedEx jet fire today

WMC-TV

Employees at businesses near Memphis International Airport were going about their daily routines when they heard two loud explosions and felt the walls of their buildings quake. It wasn't a bomb, but a FedEx cargo jet that had caught fire while landing Thursday.

Al-Qaida may target both major cities, remote areas

Los Angeles Times

Al-Qaida operatives may be plotting several unrelated attacks in the United States, targeting not only major cities but also remote bulwarks of the "critical infrastructure" in an effort to cause mass casualties and major economic damage throughout the nation, U.S. officials said Monday.

Terror threat to extend through January

MSNBC

Authorities raised the terrorist threat assessment over the weekend after new intelligence indicated that operatives of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network, possibly trained and licensed to fly passenger jets, may now be pilots for some foreign airlines, ideally positioning them to carry out suicide attacks

Cash-Strapped Cities Grapple with Security Costs

Reuters

For cash-strapped U.S. cities and states, this week's heightened national threat alert level has reignited concerns about costs alongside fears of a new terror attack.

US to fingerprint all visitors

ABC Newsonline

All visitors to the United States will be photographed and have a fingerprint scan from early in the new year.

Pentagon to conduct terror drill

CNN

The Pentagon Tuesday morning is scheduled to conduct a so-called "continuity-of-government" exercise, scheduled as a direct result of the heightened terror threat level, U.S. officials said.

Jet will stage terror in its aisle

St. Petersburg Times

The jet, which was donated to the Sheriff's Office by a cargo transport company in Orlando, is the first training tool of its kind for law enforcement officers who aren't federal agents.

Cop Boasted online about beating suspects and issuing bogus tickets

AP

Alongside pictures of motorcycle trick riders, naked women, photographs with comical captions and pictures of human oddities, he posts messages supposedly about his job and, in some instances, his own misconduct. Any one of the offenses he describes could cost him his job 3

Drinking Water Pathogens and Their Indicators: A Reference Resource

EPA

Cryptosporidium : A Drinking Water Supply Problem 

University of North Carolina

Several waterborne outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis have occurred over the past ten years in the United States and a great deal of concern has been raised about this organism and drinking water supplies.

E. coli 0157:H7 in drinking water -- US EPA

EPA

Fecal coliforms are bacteria that are associated with human or animal wastes.  They usually live in human or animal intestinal tracts, and their presence in drinking water is a strong indication of recent sewage or animal waste contamination. 

Prozac, other drugs detected in streams and their inhabitants

CNN

number of aquatic and amphibian species are being exposed to small amounts of everything from Prozac to perfume to birth control pills that make their way into U.S. rivers and streams.

Had Enough? How do You Protect Yourself?

Infowars.com

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Caution over 'computerised world'

BBC

" Privacy could be an inhibiting factor in the development of the technology," warned Prof Hilty. "Pervasive computing means that we would have to change our view of privacy."

Drink-drivers beware: the car that shops you

London Guardian

It is the ultimate nightmare for drink-drivers - a car which tells you that you are unfit to drive and contacts police if you ignore its warning.

Bilderberg Almighty

Prison Planet

The Bilderberg does not plan to stop with the establishment of its New World Order and its semi-secret, behind-the-scenes control over all mankind.  Its plans include total dominion over the planet including its atmosphere, oceans, land, and all creatures whether great or small, existing or yet to be created.

Above the law: Guardsman pardoned to deploy to Iraq

CNN

New Hampshire National Guardsman was pardoned Monday for an assault conviction involving his wife and son so he could be deployed to Iraq

Hitmen target former Baathists in Shiite cities

Gulf News

Gunmen in the holy Shiite city of Najaf are wreaking deadly revenge on those who served Saddam Hussain.

Top Iraq WMD hunter 'will resign'

BBC

The White House has declined to comment on reports that the man leading the US's hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is to quit.

U.S. Arms Sales to Israel End Up In China, Iraq

common Dreams

The real danger comes in Israel's habit of reverse engineering U.S. technology and selling to nations hostile to U.S. interests. Israel's client list includes Cambodia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the South Lebanon Army, India, China, Burma and Zambia.

UN satellites eye Israeli barrier

BBC

The UN is keeping a close eye from space on the path of Israel's controversial West Bank barrier.

Iran warns against Israeli strike

BBC

President Mohammad Khatami of Iran has said Israel would be making a mistake if it carried out its threat to destroy Tehran's nuclear capabilities.

White-tailed deer cloned at A&M

CVM

In what is believed to be the first success of its kind, researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University have cloned a white-tailed deer. A fawn, named "Dewey," after Duane Kraemer, one of the researchers, was born to "Sweet Pea" a surrogate mother, on May 23, 2003.

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