A Stanford University study has researchers shocked at how fast the middle class is disappearing in the United States: “We already kind of knew that segregation by income had been going up from 1970 to 2000, though I was struck by the magnitude of that increase. One of the striking findings […] Continue Reading…
A 12 page U.S. Department of Defense report, given to Congress, says all options are on the table for dealing with computer hackers: “When warranted, we will respond to hostile attacks in cyberspace as we would to any other threat to our country. We reserve the right to use all necessary means; diplomatic, […] Continue Reading…
“To determine whether lethal injection executions are fairly and humanely administered, or whether they ever can be, citizens must have reliable information about the ‘initial procedures’ which are invasive, possibly painful and may give rise to serious complications.”-9th U.S. Circuit Court, 2002 ruling
On November 18, Idaho will execute a man using […] Continue Reading…
The Fukushima Prefectural government says rice from a field in the Oonami district, in Fukushima City, are contaminated with 630 becquerels per kilogram of cesium.
The rice came from one farm. There are 154 farms in the Oonami district in Fukushima City, they will now test all the farms.
Officials claim the contaminated rice is still […] Continue Reading…
Scandal with Japan’s Olympus only gets deeper. Now the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed they are investigating.
The SFO, located in a building known as Elm House, says they’re getting help from a former Olympus CEO, Michael Woodford. He’s already turned over corporate documents he kept after he was fired from Olympus last […] Continue Reading…
WalMart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, saw its 3rd quarter profits fall below what they expected. They blame price cutting in an effort to boost overall sales.
WalMart says that compared to the same time last year (3rd quarter, ending October 31), their net income was down 2.9%. The lower prices did increase […] Continue Reading…
Finally, after more than a year (the last 8 weeks in deliberations), a California jury has decided in Micron’s favor, ending the possibility of Micron having to pay $11.9 billion in restitution.
A California company was suing Idaho’s Micron, along with a South Korean company, claiming they worked together (colluded) to fix computer chip prices, […] Continue Reading…
In 2010, Boise County was found guilty of violating the Federal Fair Housing law. They must now pay $5.4 million in fines, with 5.5% yearly interest.
Boise County tried to file for bankruptcy, but a Federal bankruptcy judge found the county can afford the bill.
Now, the Federal district court has ordered Boise County to violate […] Continue Reading…
A team at the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine has been conducting research on a gene called TTF-1. It’s associated with lung cancer, adenocarcinoma, which is the hardest to treat among all lung cancers.
Now researchers say it also fights cancer. In healthy adults, where the TTF-1 gene has not gone renegade, […] Continue Reading…
Japan’s Environment Ministry reports that radiation levels in rivers, downstream of the radiation spewing Fukushima Daiichi, are only increasing.
The latest official readings come from samples taken back in September.
In northern Fukushima Prefecture, the cesium levels were 3,200 becquerels per kilogram in the upstream Niida River. The cesium levels in the downstream side of the […] Continue Reading…