www.palestine-info.co.uk The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) ordered the removal of solar cell panels providing a Palestinian community east of Yatta town in Al-Khalil with electric power.

gcaptain.com Fire Continues to Rage in Louisiana BayouBy gCaptain Staff On March 15, 2013TweetA pipeline burns after an collision with tug boat Shanon E. Setton, near Bayou Perot 30 miles south of New Orleans, March 15, 2013. (Photo courtesy of Terry...

www.bl.uk Background to the Spies for Peace group

www.dailykos.com Back in the 1990s, the CEO of my former company had a simple way of questioning the wisdom of some of our more dubious business strategies. "Are we," he would ask, "smoking the drapes?" By that ...

www.utne.com Complementary currencies offer a great way to empower and strengthen local communities. Here's advice on how to start your own from someone who's done it before.

www.huffingtonpost.com Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) made a case for increasing the minimum wage last week during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing, in which she cited a study that suggested the federal minimum wage...

the fear index http://seekingalpha.com/article/1283841-the-vix-as-a-measure-of-uncertainty-not-volatility seekingalpha.com For those of you who don't know, the VIX is The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index. It measures the cost of using options...

wakeupcallpage.tumblr.com The lake in Rio de Janeiro where rowers will compete at the 2016 Olympics Games has been filled with an estimated 65 tons of dead fish, according to the Herald Sun. The water in the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon became deoxygenated...

www.dailymail.co.uk The touristy Santa Anita Inn in Arcadia, pictured, is reportedly operating as a maternity hotel. The motel allegedly offers a birth service for Chinese women who travel to the U.S. so their children can be born American citizens.