Clinton bucks the trend and rakes in cash from the US weapons industry - Independent Online Edition > Americas

Clinton bucks the trend and rakes in cash from the US weapons industry - Independent Online Edition > Americas: "The US arms industry is backing Hillary Clinton for President and has all but abandoned its traditional allies in the Republican party. Mrs Clinton has also emerged as Wall Street's favourite. Investment bankers have opened their wallets in unprecedented numbers for the New York senator over the past three months"

Sex every day is prescription for improving sperm quality - Times Online

Sex every day is prescription for improving sperm quality - Times Online: "Men who suffer fertility problems because of low sperm quality may be able to improve their chances of fatherhood by having sex every day, research has suggested. While those trying for a baby are often told to refrain from ejaculating too often to protect their sperm count, Australian scientists have shown that this can be counterproductive and may lower male fertility."

ABC News: Atlanta Drought: 3 Months of Water Left

ABC News: Atlanta Drought: 3 Months of Water Left: "An unprecedented drought stretching across the southeastern United States has forced some of the region's largest cities to declare water emergencies. The situation has become so serious that officials in Atlanta, where rainfall totals are more than 16 inches below normal, said they could run out of drinking water in a matter of weeks."

� Perceived Quality of Life Influenced by Height - Psych Central News

Perceived Quality of Life Influenced by Height - Psych Central News: "A new study suggests adult height influences quality of life as researchers discover short people report worse physical and mental health than people of normal height. The large peer reviewed study which shows that short people judge their state of health to be significantly lower than their normal height peers do, is found in the journal Clinical Endocrinology."

Fury at DNA pioneer's theory: Africans are less intelligent than Westerners - Independent Online Edition > Science & Tech

Fury at DNA pioneer's theory: Africans are less intelligent than Westerners - Independent Online Edition > Science & Tech: "Celebrated scientist attacked for race comments: 'All our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really'"

The Blotter: After Comments, U.S. Terror Chief Resigns

The Blotter: After Comments, U.S. Terror Chief Resigns: "Three days after Americans saw the Bush administration's counterterrorism chief say the Iraq war has likely not made the United States safer from terrorism, the official announced his resignation, citing health reasons."

Press TV

Press TV: "Turkey is to defy international pressure on Wednesday and grant its troops permission to enter northern Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels. "

The Raw Story | Army ex-captains want US out of Iraq or a new military draft

The Raw Story | Army ex-captains want US out of Iraq or a new military draft: "Twelve former US army captains Tuesday urged Washington to either abandon Iraq or dramatically increase its military presence there by reinstating mandatory military service."

Putin warns US against attacking Iran - Yahoo! News

Putin warns US against attacking Iran - Yahoo! News: "TEHRAN, Iran - Russian leader Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Tuesday and implicitly warned the U.S. not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran."

Radiohead's warm glow: Rutland Herald Online

Radiohead's warm glow: Rutland Herald Online: "After Radiohead announced it would allow fans to download its album for whatever price they chose, about a third of the first million or so downloads paid nothing, according to a British survey. But many paid more than $20. The average price was about $8. That is, people paid for something they could get for free."

Police could not find any fingerprints on Dr Kelly's 'suicide' knife | the Daily Mail

Police could not find any fingerprints on Dr Kelly's 'suicide' knife | the Daily Mail: "Fresh doubts were raised over the suicide of Dr David Kelly after it emerged that no fingerprints were found on the knife he supposedly used to kill himself. The Hutton Inquiry into the death of the Ministry of Defence weapons expert ruled that he slashed one of his wrists with a blunt garden knife and took an overdose of pills. But the campaigning Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker has carried out his own investigation after forensic experts questioned the official version of events. David Kelly: Fresh doubts over his death David Kelly: Fresh doubts over his death He has called for the case to be re-opened after Thames Valley Police revealed that no fingerprints were found on the knife."

Former CEO Says U.S. Punished Phone Firm - washingtonpost.com

Former CEO Says U.S. Punished Phone Firm - washingtonpost.com: "Former chief executive Joseph P. Nacchio, convicted in April of 19 counts of insider trading, said the NSA approached Qwest more than six months before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to court documents unsealed in Denver this week."

Gore gets a cold shoulder - Environment - smh.com.au

Gore gets a cold shoulder - Environment - smh.com.au: "ONE of the world's foremost meteorologists has called the theory that helped Al Gore share the Nobel Peace Prize 'ridiculous' and the product of 'people who don't understand how the atmosphere works'. Dr William Gray, a pioneer in the science of seasonal hurricane forecasts, told a packed lecture hall at the University of North Carolina that humans were not responsible for the warming of the earth. His comments came on the same day that the Nobel committee honoured Mr Gore for his work in support of the link between humans and global warming."

Joe Conason: Wesley Clark's memoir and the neocon strategy for a wider Mideast war | Salon.com

Joe Conason: Wesley Clark's memoir and the neocon strategy for a wider Mideast war | Salon.com: "Oct. 12, 2007 | While the Bush White House promotes the possibility of armed conflict with Iran, a tantalizing passage in Wesley Clark's new memoir suggests that another war is part of a long-planned Department of Defense strategy that anticipated 'regime change' by force in no fewer than seven Mideast states."