CHICAGO -
A year and a half into the presidency of Barack Obama, any hopes that
he would usher in a dramatic rethinking of U.S.

He asks how we can afford to drop the hated tax, so he can give the wrong answer.

While Climate Change may have squeezed its way onto the agenda of the G8 and G20 meetings this summer, there is little hope for global progress on climate as long as the negotiations remain behind closed doors and in the hands of the rich and powerful elite. 

In Arizona, Hector Maldonado says he ran into trouble with his
bosses because he objected to what he claims was his employer's habit of
faking financial information to qualify customers for loans they
couldn't afford.

<p>Among five ongoing blockades in Canada, Innu communities are ...

An anonymous reader writes "The Australian Government Standing Committee on Communications has released the results of a year long enquiry into cybercrime in a report titled Hackers, Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the Problem of Cyber Crime.

just fiddling around writes "Now that Michaëlle Jean is approaching the end of her customary five-year post as Governor General of Canada, the rumor mill has started on who Prime Minister Steven Harper will propose to the Queen in her stead. According to the CBC, the short list includes Captain Kirk, actor William Shatner.