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AFL-CIO Calls on Members to Defend Occupy Wall Street

Major Union Calls on NY Area Members to Spend Night in Solidarity with OWS Encampment Against Bloomberg’s Planned Attack.

(NEW YORK CITY) - In a statement emailed at approximately 8pm EST, the AFL-CIO called on its NY area members to travel to the Occupy Wall Street encampment in lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Square and stand on guard all night against a planned eviction.

Police in New York plan to attack the popular movement to be carried out on the orders of Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Liam Fox faces fresh questions on Sri Lanka links

Defence secretary accused of running 'maverick foreign policy' in Sri Lankan Development Trust dealings involving Adam Werritty.

(LONDON) - Liam Fox faced fresh accusations of running a shadow foreign policy after it emerged he was involved in setting up a private investment firm to operate in Sri Lanka in apparent contravention of UK government policy, with his controversial friend Adam Werritty as its key contact.

The defence secretary was intimately involved in negotiations with the Sri Lankan regime as recently as last summer, according to Lord Bell, his friend of 30 years, agreeing a deal that allows the Sri Lankan Development Trust to operate in the country in the same period in which he now says he withdrew his involvement.

Joe Catron in Gaza Talks to Salem-News About Hunger Strike and Prisoner Rights

Joe talked about this current effort that he and two other ISM activists are participating in.

(GAZA / SALEM) - A Palestinian hunger strike initially launched more than two weeks ago to call attention to deteriorating conditions in Israeli prisons, grew immensely this week.

Around 2,000 prisoners held by Israel quickly joined the hunger strike demanding better conditions behind bars. In this interview, activist/writer Joe Catron talks about what it means, and why the strike is of prime importance.

Nuclear Reactor Loan Guarantee 15 Times Riskier Than Solyndra? DOE Stonewalling on Possible Taxpayer Hit on $8.3 Billion Vogtle

Is DOE Hiding Minuscule Credit Subsidy Fee of 1.5 Percent … Or Even Less …for New Vogtle Reactors?

(ATLANTA, Ga.) - Ignoring the need for transparency after the collapse of a recent loan guarantee, the DOE continues to refuse to operate in an open, taxpayer-friendly way.

U.S. taxpayers may soon learn the full extent of the risks to which they are exposed in the massive commitment of $8.33 billion in conditional federal loan guarantees to Southern Company and their utility partners for two proposed new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle in Georgia.

Is Laura Duffy`s Attack on Pot Advocacy for Mexican Drug Cartels?

Duffy's after the easy targets and her motives are questionable.

(SAN DIEGO) - A U.S. prosecutor says the federal government will soon target newspapers, radio stations and other media outlets in Southern California that allow the advertisement of medical marijuana dispensaries.

Traveling WWI Exhibition Will Visit Salem

Waddell & Reed's Traveling World War I Exhibition Rolls into Salem at the Willamette Heritage Center (Mission Mill) to Honor Veterans, Raise Funds & Awareness for National Treasures

(SALEM, Ore.) - Waddell & Reed – one of the country’s oldest mutual fund and financial planning companies – will kick off an ambitious and unconventional acknowledgement of its 75th anniversary.

In partnership with Ivy Funds and the National World War I Museum, a custom 18-wheel “big rig” truck has been transformed into a traveling World War I exhibition.

Report: Turkish Prosecutor Seeks Interpol Notice for Flotilla Attackers

Eight Turks and a Turkish-American were killed aboard the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship that was part of an international humanitarian aid flotilla which tried to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza in May of last year.

(ISTANBUL) - İstanbul Public Prosecutor Mehmet Akif Ekinci, the prosecutor conducting the investigation into the deadly flotilla attack, had reportedly written to the Turkish Justice Ministry, requesting Interpol red notices for the 174 Israeli soldiers and commanders.

The report also said the İstanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office had earlier written to Israeli authorities requesting the full names and residential addresses of the military and government officials who gave the orders to attack the flotilla, in addition to information about those who carried out the orders.

New York City Police Plan to Shut Down Occupy Wall Street

Urgent -- tomorrow at 7 am, the New York City police plan to evict the Occupy Wall Street protesters.

(NEW YORK CITY) - The officials in charge of the public sector in the U.S. are siding with the 1% and Wall Street as actions against the Occupy Wall Street movement shift into high gear.

The officials in cities all over the nation are assuming they can create and enforce petty laws in this broken country and protesters say the authorities are missing their chance to work with, rather than against, this movement that represents the vast majority of Americans.

Cheney In The Bunker; Cheney in Canada

A Credibly Accused War Criminal Reflects on Al-Qaeda and the War of 1812- Cheney, Torture, Pedophilia, and the Vancouver Club.

(VANCOUVER, B.C.) - Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney met a large and extremely committed contingent of citizen jurists who assembled by the many hundreds at the Vancouver Club on September 26, 2011. Cheney had come at the invitation of the Mon Mot Book Club. His visit was calculated to give a Canadian boost to the beginning of his tour to promote his political memoire, In My Time.

When Cheney took charge of the microphone at the Vancouver Club, those assembled outside to protest his presence in Canada far outnumbered those who had paid $500 each to hear this modern-day warlord regurgitate his slogans of crusade and conquest.

Obama/Smog Rule Delay - 10 Polls: Latinos, Women Disappointed by White House Slowdown of Clean Air Health Protections

9 Battleground States Also Surveyed: Suburban Women in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Latino Women in California, Florida and New Mexico Disagree With Obama Decision; Health Also Trumps Polluters in Colorado, Nevada, and Virginia.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - President Obama’s decision to block new public health standards for ozone and smog pollution may have pleased big business, but it but it sorely disappointed key demographic groups.

These include Latinos and women nationally and in nine key 2012 battleground states, according to 10 new polls conducted for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the League of Women Voters of the US (LWV), and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).