Government
Get a Kit, Make a Plan, Be Prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse
There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency. more »
Seafood Safety: FDA Needs to Improve Oversight of Imported Seafood
About half of the seafood imported into the US comes from farmed fish (aquaculture). Fish grown in confined aquacultured areas can have bacterial infections, which may require farmers to use drugs like antibiotics more »
Report of the Preliminary Inquiry Into the Matter of Senator John E. Ensign
"Further, although concealment is part of the anatomy of an affair, the concealment conduct in this case by Senator Ensign exceeded the normal acts of discretion and created a web of deceit that entangled and compromised numerous people, including a loyal Chief of Staff, was an abuse of the Senator's power, and raised serious issues of violations within the Committee's jurisdiction" more »
PBS' Frontline Presents Kill/Capture
Behind the strike that killed Osama bin Laden on May 1st was one of the US military's best kept secrets: an extraordinary campaign by elite US soldiers to take out thousands of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters. A six-month investigation by Frontline has gone inside the "kill/capture" program to discover new evidence of the program's impact — and its costs more »
