Friday, 19 March 2010

Pentagon Sees a Threat From Online Muckrakers: To the list of the enemies threatening the security of the United States, the Pentagon has added WikiLeaks.org, a tiny online source of information and documents that governments and corporations around the world would prefer to keep secret.

Documents Detail Law Enforcement Collection of Data From Social Media Sites: EFF has posted documents shedding light on how law enforcement agencies use social networking sites to gather information in investigations.

Cuban police break up protest march: Cuban police have prevented the mothers and wives of detained dissidents from marching on the outskirts of Havana, the capital, forcing them into buses and taking them away, witnesses say.

Walgreens: no new Medicaid patients as of April 16: Effective April 16, Walgreens drugstores across the state won't take any new Medicaid patients, saying that filling their prescriptions is a money-losing proposition — the latest development in an ongoing dispute over Medicaid reimbursement.

*uck You Dennis Kucinich: What did you REALLY GET for Selling us out: The worst part of all this is the fact that this bill is just a pleasant fiction… it’s the Privitization of our entire healthcare system in a pleasant little package. Just like Dennis said the other day, this bill will be the next big step in privatizing Medicare, Medicaid, and all the rest.

Judge orders banks to trial over Milan bond deals: "JPMorgan, Depfa, Deutsche Bank and UBS have been ordered to stand trial for fraud along with 11 of their managers and two former Milan city officials," said Alfredo Robledo, a prosecutor at the Milan court.

Mayor puts hold on Toledo police layoffs: The 30-day layoff notices issued this week to more than one-fifth of the Toledo police force have been put on hold by the mayor.

Protesters rally against L.A. Court layoffs: A loud protest on the streets of downtown a day after 329 L.A. County Superior Court employees lost their jobs.