(CNN) — A California lettuce grower has recalled 2,498 cartons of chopped or shredded romaine lettuce shipped to wholesale food service distributors in 19 states and Canada over concerns the produce may be contaminated with the same bacteria that caused 13 deaths in an outbreak traced to tainted cantaloupes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration [...]
Archives: September 2011
September 30, 2011
September 30, 2011
Wall Street protests enter 14th day
(CNN) — Protests to draw attention to the power of Wall Street firms in the United States and world economies will continue for a 14th straight day Friday in New York City. Demonstrations are addressing various issues including police brutality, union busting and the economy, said Occupy Wall Street protest group. The group, taking its [...]
September 30, 2011
More Latinos identify as Native American
Editor’s note: Soledad O’Brien reports on a Latina boxer about to face the fight of her life as she attempts to make her Olympic dream a reality. Watch “Latino In America: In Her Corner ” at 8 p.m. ET/PT Saturday. (CNN) — When Ana María Tekina-eirú Maynard filled out her census form last year, she [...]
September 30, 2011
September 30, 2011
Arkansas prepares for Clinton love-in
Bill Clinton will return to his old stomping ground of Little Rock in Arkansas on Friday to engage in a nostalgic celebration of the launch of his rise to the White House in a way that also carries a potential sting in its tail for Barack Obama. The two-day Clintonfest will mark the 20th anniversary [...]
September 30, 2011
California man found after car plunged off cliff days ago
A 67-year-old man who survived for five or six days on leaves and creek water after his car plunged 61m (200ft) off a remote mountain road was found by his children, who tracked him down like television detectives. Chardonnay, Sean and Lisa Lavau appeared on NBC’s Today show on Friday, describing how on Thursday they [...]
September 30, 2011
Amanda Knox said to have plane on standby if appeal is upheld
Amanda Knox was said to have a plane standing by to whisk her out of Italy if her appeal was upheld, whereas the family of her alleged victim, the British student, Meredith Kercher, were having difficulty getting air tickets to be in court for the decision, their lawyer said on Friday. Francesco Maresca was speaking [...]
September 30, 2011
September 30, 2011
Anwar al-Awlaki’s extrajudicial murder | Michael Ratner
Is this the world we want? Where the president of the United States can place an American citizen, or anyone else for that matter, living outside a war zone on a targeted assassination list, and then have him murdered by drone strike. This was the very result we at the Center for Constitutional Rights and [...]
September 30, 2011
Taking down Anwar al-Awlaki shows the US is winning against al-Qaida | Wesley Clark
With the takedown of Anwar al-Alwaki, one more leadership piece of al-Qaida has been smashed. But even more importantly, this demonstrates the effectiveness of the US’s adaptation to strike directly and covertly at terrorists, anywhere in the world. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the United States had to strike at al-Qaida in Afghanistan. And [...]
September 30, 2011
Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen
2.44pm: Also on Cif America, former Nato commander in chief Wesley Clark says the death of Anwar al-Alwaki demonstrates the US’s newfound ability to strike terrorists anywhere in the world: Instead of deploying tens of thousands of troops in dozens of countries, we have worked with allies, honed intelligence, and developed remarkable precision-targeting and strike [...]
September 30, 2011
September 30, 2011
Michael Jackson death trial: paramedic describes ‘chaos’ at scene
The first paramedic to reach Michael Jackson‘s bedroom has told a jury that the information he received from the physician charged in the singer’s death did not add up. Paramedic Richard Senneff says Dr Conrad Murray told him that Jackson wasn’t being treated for any specific condition. The paramedic says that didn’t seem right because [...]
September 30, 2011
Biden: Voters Can Blame Obama for the Poor Economy
Vice President Joe Biden hadn’t been making much news lately, but that changed yesterday. One of the most interesting stories of the past 24 hours was Biden’s admission to public radio station WLRN in Miami that Americans can justifiably blame President Obama for the state of the economy. “Right now, we are the ones in [...]