Dockworkers Protest Iraq War
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union reports that about 25,000 workers in 29 ports on the west Coast stayed off the job on May Day in protest of the Iraq War.
DNC Chair Under Bill Clinton Backs Obama
A few more and Carville will have to switch from Judas to the Twelve Apostles.
House Backs Gene-Discrimination Plan
"Look, this way people won't be afraid to get gene-tested!" Oh wait, then they can't get insurance. The only dissenting vote in all of Congress (passed in Senate 95-0): Ron Paul, of course.
How Much Do You Make? The Nation Already Knows
Italy combats tax evasion by posting everyone's tax and income information online for everyone to look at.
For Exxon Mobil, $10.9 Billion Profit Disappoints
Even though everywhere else even turning a profit is causing stocks to sky-rocket, Exxon Mobil's profit actually increased 17% and their stock fell. Clearly, they need subsidies.
DC Madam May Have Killed Herself
The body of what is believed to Deborah Jeane Palfrey, whose offer to bring to the stand DC bigshots in her defense against prostitution allegations in her escort business outed Republican Senator David Vitter of Louisiana, was found in a shed alongside her mother's home with what appears to be a suicide note.
Key Militant in Somalia Killed in US Attack
We finally got him, after you know, killing dozens of civilians in this and prior attempts.
The Man Who Grew a Finger
An Ohio man regrew his finger, nails and fingerprints and all, after having the end cleanly chopped off in a hobby shop by the propeller of a model airplane. He applied "pixie dust", i.e. extracellular matrix in development at the University of Pittsburgh derived from the walls of pig bladder.
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