The incredible shrinking polar bear

Polar bears are shrinking, along with the ice on which they live – and are turning to cannibalism – as global warming increasingly stops them getting enough to eat.

Obama tells Spanish radio: Immigration reform coming

Obama further said his administration plans to “convene leadership” on the issue “so that we can start getting that legislation drawn up over the next several months.”

“Comprehensive immigration reform” became catchwords in the 109th and 110th Congresses for the legislation co-sponsored by Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy and Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain to create a “path to citizenship” and a “guest worker program” for the more than 12 million illegal immigrants the federal government admits are living in the U.S.

Optimal Running Speed Associated With Evolution Of Early Human Hunting Strategies

ScienceDaily (Mar. 30, 2009) — Runners, listen up: If your body is telling you that your pace feels a little too fast or a little too slow, it may be right.
A new study, published online March 18 in…

US Hospitals Extremely Slow To Adopt Electronic Health Records, Study Shows

ScienceDaily (Mar. 30, 2009) — There is broad consensus that electronic health records (EHR) have the potential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare providers. Yet, to date, there has been no reliable estimate of the prevalence of EHR…

Researchers: Cyber spies break into govt computers

In an online abstract for “The Snooping Dragon: Social Malware Surveillance of the Tibetan Movement,” Shishir Nagaraja and Ross Anderson write that while malware attacks are not new, these attacks should be noted for their ability to collect “actionable intelligence for use by the police and security services of a repressive state, with potentially fatal consequences for those exposed.”

Luke Rudowski Arrested for Attempting to Question Mayor Bloomberg

WeAreChange founder and activist Luke Rudowski was arrested at the Hilton Hotel on Manhattan today for attempting to question New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg about his refusal to pay for the health care of 9/11 first responders. Rudowski had Infowars press credentials and a video camera when he was singled out by Bloomberg’s security in the lobby of the hotel located at West 53rd Street and Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue).

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Plutocrats To Meet In Greece

High on the Bilderberg agenda will be how to manipulate the global economic crisis for their selfish interests. They will pressure both European and North American nations to pull back from “protectionism” in the later meetings of heads of state. Since the international financiers and high officials of government see themselves as “citizens of the world” and scorn “nationalism,” their only loyalty is bankrolls, not their country. They love free trade, essential for world government.

GPs ‘too busy with non-English speakers for us’

A shocked father yesterday told how his local GPs’ surgery turned his family away claiming they could not take on more patients, partly because staff were too busy dealing with people who did not speak English.

Poland reverses to spare wetland

Poland has proposed a new route for a disputed motorway to save a pristine wetland, the environment minister says.
“It appears there is an alternative… which is less expensive and just 2km [1.2 miles] longer than the originally planned…

Roman wall escapes archaeologists’ trowels

MEDIEVAL recyclers may have helped themselves to parts of Gloucester’s Roman wall to build their own homes. That’s one of the more unusual theories to come out of an archaeological investigation in the centre of Gloucester.