December 14, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Ontario polar bears doomed, expert says 13 Dec 2011 Say goodbye to Ontario’s polar bears. Warmer weather will likely make it impossible for the iconic bears to survive on the shores of Hudson’s Bay in Ontario and Manitoba in 20 to 30 years, says the world’s best-known polar bear [...]
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December 14, 2011
December 2, 2011
Al-Qaeda says it has US citizen
1 December 2011 Last updated at 22:37 GMT Warren Weinstein has been living in Pakistan for at least five years Al-Qaeda says it has 70-year-old US aid expert Warren Weinstein, who was kidnapped by armed men in the Pakistani city of Lahore nearly four months ago. In a video, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri said he [...]
November 20, 2011
Water utility hackers destroy pump, expert says
November 20, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Water utility hackers destroy pump, expert says –SCADA breach ‘a really big deal’ 17 Nov 2011 Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility after gaining unauthorized access to the industrial control system it used to operate its machinery, a computer security expert said. Joe Weiss, a [...]
November 17, 2011
Iran expert: U.S. elections increase likelihood of Israeli strike
November 17, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Iran expert: U.S. elections increase likelihood of Israeli strike –Former State Department official says Israel may feel it has more room to act alone in an election year, and may only inform the U.S. after the planes take off 16 Nov 2011 An Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites [...]
November 11, 2011
IAEA Report Alters Iran Nuclear Debate
Analysts say a recently released International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report makes it difficult for Iranian officials to claim their country’s nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes. The IAEA has detailed how Iran has carried out computer simulations of nuclear explosions, worked on detonators and made more than a dozen designs for fitting atomic [...]
November 1, 2011
‘Improper care’ given to Jackson
31 October 2011 Last updated at 23:08 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Dr Paul White said during cross-examination that he had never heard of propofol being used in a bedroom Dr Conrad Murray deviated from accepted medical standards in his care for Michael Jackson, a medical expert said. Dr Paul [...]
October 28, 2011
Jackson trial told of ‘addiction’
28 October 2011 Last updated at 02:29 GMT Dr Robert Waldman testified about records from Jackson’s dermatologist Singer Michael Jackson was probably addicted to the painkiller Demerol, a witness for the defence in the trial of his doctor, Conrad Murray, has said. Dr Robert Waldman testified that records from Jackson’s dermatologist show the singer was [...]
October 28, 2011
Expert: Michael Jackson likely addicted to pain medication
An addiction expert testifying for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson‘s death told jurors Thursday he believes the singer developed an addiction to a powerful pain medicine in the months before his death. Dr Robert Waldman told jurors that Jackson was receiving “above-average doses” of the painkiller Demerol. “I believe there is evidence that he [...]
October 23, 2011
Fatal dose ‘not down to Jackson’
21 October 2011 Last updated at 02:34 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Dr Steven Shafer: ”The possibility of a direct self-injection seems extremely unlikely” Michael Jackson was so heavily sedated shortly before he died that he could not have self-administered an additional, lethal dose of the sedative propofol, a medical [...]
October 22, 2011
Defense shows strain in trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor
Tune in to HLN for full coverage and analysis of the Conrad Murray trial and watch live, as it happens, on CNN.com/Live and CNN’s mobile apps. Los Angeles (CNN) — Dr. Conrad Murray’s defense team challenged the motives and methods of the prosecution’s anesthesiology expert Friday, while the judge threatened to hold the defense propofol [...]
October 20, 2011
Michael Jackson’s doctor should have said no, says expert
Medical expert Dr Steven Shafer tells jurors Conrad Murray failed in his duty as a physician Link to this video Michael Jackson‘s doctor made repeated and flagrant violations of the standard of care involving a powerful anaesthetic that led to the death of the singer, a medical expert has said. Dr Steven Shafer told jurors [...]
October 20, 2011
Meet the Guy Who Snitched on Occupy Wall Street to the FBI and NYPD
October 19, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Meet the Guy Who Snitched on Occupy Wall Street to the FBI and NYPD 15 Oct 2011 …The FBI and NYPD have had help tracking the Occupy Wall Street protesters’ moves thanks to a conservative computer security expert who gained access to one of the group’s internal mailing lists, [...]
October 11, 2011
October 9, 2011
Herman Cain: Pizza boss, radio host, ballistics expert, minister. President?
He is the latest Tea Party favourite to burst through in the increasingly heated race for the Republican presidential nomination and see their poll numbers rocket them to frontrunner status. However, unlike previous rightwing darlings such as Texas governor Rick Perry and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann, wealthy businessman Herman Cain, 65, can claim to be [...]
US journalists launch campaign for ‘op-ed transparency’
More than 50 journalists and journalism academics have signed a letter calling on the New York Times to be more transparent about conflicts of interests involving contributors to its op-ed pages. The letter, sent to the the paper’s public editor Arthur Brisbane, is part of an online campaign – launched last Thursday (6 October) – [...]