Veteran Says Joining Church Was Meant to Be

Veteran Says Joining Church Was Meant to Be     BLAIRSVILLE, Pa. (CNS)—On April 3, 2003, Jeremy Feldbusch was near a dam on the Euphrates River approximately 120 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, serving in special operations in the U.S. Army. The last thing he remembers was eating chicken teriyaki. It was also the last [...]

Afghan Taliban Getting Stronger, Pentagon Says

Afghan Taliban Getting Stronger, Pentagon Says /////////////////////////////////////// by Julian E. Barnes Chicago Tribune http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-fg-0429-us-afghan-20100429,0,2848935.story April 29, 2010 WASHINGTON – Pentagon report presented a sobering new assessment Wednesday of the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan, saying that its abilities are expanding and its operations are increasing in sophistication, despite recent major offensives by U.S. forces in the [...]

More Church Leaders Call for Opposition to Immigration Law

More Church Leaders Call for Opposition to Immigration Law    WASHINGTON (CNS)—The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration, the archbishop of New York and the bishops of New Mexico have joined a growing chorus of opposition to Arizona’s new immigration bill. Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City said he would like [...]

Dems Spark Alarm with Call for National ID Card

Published on Friday, April 30, 2010 by The Hill Dems Spark Alarm with Call for National ID Card by Alexander Bolton A plan by Senate Democratic leaders to reform the nation’s immigration laws ran into strong opposition from civil liberties defenders before lawmakers even unveiled it Thursday. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) passes through a security [...]

Oil Hits Louisiana Shore, Federal Government Increases Response

Published on Friday, April 30, 2010 by ABC News Oil Hits Louisiana Shore, Federal Government Increases Response by Ned Potter, Ryan Owens and Kate McCarthy Oil from a collapsed offshore drilling platform oozed onto the Louisiana coastline early Friday morning, threatening the worst environmental disaster to hit the U.S. in two decades. Birds fly above [...]

International Failure to Meet Target to Reduce Biodiversity Decline

Published on Friday, April 30, 2010 by The Guardian/UK International Failure to Meet Target to Reduce Biodiversity Decline Pressures on the natural world have risen since the 2002 Convention on Biological Diversity, say conservation groups by Juliette Jowit The world has failed to meet the target set by international leaders to reduce the rate of [...]

Sick and Tired of No Sick Leave

Published on Thursday, April 29, 2010 by The Nation Sick and Tired of No Sick Leave by Greg Kaufmann Fifty million workers in America–including 40 percent of the private workforce–lack paid sick days. In workplaces with fewer than 100 employees, nearly 50 percent don’t have access to that benefit. This despite the fact that in [...]

Interior Secretary Approves Cape Wind, Nation’s First Offshore Wind Farm

Published on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 by The Boston Globe Interior Secretary Approves Cape Wind, Nation’s First Offshore Wind Farm by Beth Daley In a groundbreaking decision that some say will usher in a new era of clean energy, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said today he had approved the nation’s first offshore wind farm, [...]

USCG May Ignite Oil Slick to Prevent Unparalleled Destruction

Published on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 by Agence France-Presse USCG May Ignite Oil Slick to Prevent Unparalleled Destruction Fears Grow over Oil Spill off US Coast NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – US officials may attempt a controlled burn of a spreading oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday to protect coastlines, as the coast guard [...]

World Bank, Private Corporations, and OECD Call for Hike in Global Water Price

Published on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 by The Guardian/UK World Bank, Private Corporations, and OECD Call for Hike in Global Water Price World Bank and OECD say water is a finite resource that must be valued at a higher price in order to repair old supply systems and build new ones by Juliette Jowit in [...]