The American Awakening

February 11th, 2011 Mix the big confetti currencies together and what do you get? Confetti.Via: CNN^[1]:The International Monetary Fund issued a report Thursday on a possible replacement for the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.The IMF said Special Drawing Rights, or SDRs, could help stabilize the global financial system.SDRs represent

Dr Charles Orser, curator of historical archaeology at New York State University told The Sun that the find was fascinating and warranted further inspection.

"The site is one of the most

Source: AFP^[1]

A top US trade official said she will bang down the door of the European Commission Thursday in a bid to break a long-standing impasse blocking the march of genetically-modified foods.

"When Europeans come to the United States, they come and enjoy our cuisine without any fears," Deputy US

In an online update^[1] Yeomans and his colleague Paul Chodas explained: "Prior to the Earth close approach, this object was in a so-called Apollo-class orbit that was mostly outside the Earth's orbit. Following the close approach, the Earth's gravitational attraction modified the object's orbit to an Aten-class orbit where the

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THE US fears Saudi Arabia may not have enough oil reserves to prevent prices rising sharply, according to leaked cables.

The cables from the US embassy in Riyadh, obtained by WikiLeaks, urge Washington to take heed of a warning from a former Saudi government oil executive that the

Source: Raw Story^[1]

The charity group A Human Right^[2] said it was planning to purchase a satellite that would provide free basic Internet access to developing countries around the world.

The group, which was founded by 25-year-old Kosta Grammatis, is currently raising money to buy the TerreStar-1, the

Source: Raw Story^[1]

After a day of rumors^[2] fed by major news networks citing officials from the US and Cairo claiming Hosni Mubarak would resign, Egypt's president addressed the nation and reiterated his intent to hold the post until September.

"Your demands are lawful and legitimate," he said to

Photo--Illustration by Phillip Toledano for TIME

On Feb. 15, 1965, a diffident but self-possessed high school student named Raymond Kurzweil appeared as a guest on a game show called I've Got a Secret. He was introduced by the host, Steve Allen, then he played a short musical composition on a piano. The idea was that Kurzweil was hiding an unusual

Source: AP

The cost of breast pumps will now be considered tax-deductible medical expenses under a ruling issued by the Internal Revenue Service Thursday.

The ruling, long sought by advocates, means that women will be able to use money set aside in pretax spending accounts to buy the pumps and related equipment,

Source: NPR^[1]

Before Sarah Palin, there was Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) whose name in a blog headline could generate a googol^[2] of Web clicks. Here's hoping his Internet magic hasn't worn off.

Paul, a libertarian who opposed the the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and continues to call for an end to the Federal Reserve^[

Source: Raw Story^[1]

Faced with a looming vote on a planned one-year extension of special powers authorized in the USA PATRIOT Act, the Obama White House did not object or propose reforms, as the president vowed to do as a candidate.

The Obama administration instead asked Congress to grant those powers

Source: AP

In December 2003, security forces boarded a bus in Macedonia and snatched a German citizen named Khaled el-Masri. For the next five months, el-Masri was a ghost. Only a select group of CIA officers knew he had been taken to a secret prison for interrogation in Afghanistan.

But he was the wrong

The threat of terrorism is at "its most heightened state" since the 9/11 attacks nearly a decade ago, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano^[1] said today.

"The terrorist threat facing our country has evolved significantly in the last ten years -- and continues to evolve -- so that, in some ways, the threat facing us is at

Under the Bush administration, in the context of “the global war on terror”, US renditions became “extraordinary”, meaning the objective of kidnapping and extra-legal transfer was no longer to bring a suspect to trial – but rather for interrogation to seek actionable intelligence. The extraordinary rendition program landed some people in

Source: RawStory^[1]

In an exclusive interview Tuesday, a Salvadoran man told The Associated Press that a former CIA operative gave him powerful explosives and cash to carry out a 1997 hotel bombing in Cuba.

Otto Rene Rodriguez said that he was given C-4 explosives and $2,000 by Luis Posada Carriles to