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Thursday, November 11, 2010

First Person: "I Survived" the Splendor

First Person: "I Survived" the Splendor


The passengers of the Carnival Cruise liner that was adrift in the Pacific Ocean describe what conditions were like on board and how they endured their time without electricity or hot water. (Nov. 11)




Police: Suspect Claims Student Died During Sex

Police: Suspect Claims Student Died During Sex

Police charged a 40-year-old Kentucky man with murder, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse in the disappearance of a college freshman. The police report says he told police the teen died during sex and he disposed of the body. (Nov. 11)



Doctor: Shed Stay No Solution for Bed-wetter

Doctor: Shed Stay No Solution for Bed-wetter

A doctor says a Virginia man's punishment for his bed-wetting grandson is not the way to solve the problem. Meanwhile, that punishment resulted in criminal charges and having the boy put in protective custody. (Nov. 11)



Raw Video: Passengers Leave Carnival's Splendor

Raw Video: Passengers Leave Carnival's Splendor


The first of nearly 4,500 passengers and crew aboard a powerless cruise ship have disembarked in San Diego. A line of about 20 passengers of the Carnival Splendor wheeled suitcases down a ramp Thursday morning as a crowd waited at the dock. (Nov. 11)



Cholera Posing a New Threat to Hard-hit Haiti

Cholera Posing a New Threat to Hard-hit Haiti


Doctors and aid groups are rushing to set up cholera treatment centers across Haiti's capital as officials warn that the disease's encroachment into the overcrowded city will bring a surge in cases. (Nov. 11)



Raw Video: Huge Flames Rip Through Indiana Mall

Raw Video: Huge Flames Rip Through Indiana Mall


A three-alarm fire has damaged businesses in a strip mall. It began at a Dunkin' Donuts shop, spread to a winemaking shop and threatened other businesses in the Indianapolis suburb. There were no immediate reports of injuries. (Nov.11)



Raw Video: Biden Lays Wreath at Arlington

Raw Video: Biden Lays Wreath at Arlington


With President Barack Obama out of the country, Vice-President Joe Biden laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetary for Veterans Day. (Nov. 11)



Raw Video: Pakistan Blast Levels Police Staticn

Raw Video: Pakistan Blast Levels Police Staticn


A powerful bomb in the center of Pakistan's largest city leveled a police building Thursday, killing at least five people and wounding 40. The blast hit the headquarters of the Crime Investigation Department in Karachi. (Nov. 11)



Raw Video: Huge Flame Rips Through Indiana Mall

Raw Video: Huge Flame Rips Through Indiana Mall

A three-alarm fire has damaged businesses in a strip mall. It began at a Dunkin' Donuts shop, spread to a winemaking shop and threatened other businesses in the Indianapolis suburb. There were no immediate reports of injuries. (Nov.11)




Raw Video: Crippled Ship Arrives in San Diego

Raw Video: Crippled Ship Arrives in San Diego


Six tug boats pulled a stricken cruise ship to San Diego Bay early Thursday, bringing the nearly 4,500 passengers and crew closer to freedom after four days of limited food, smelly toilets and dark cabins. (Nov. 11)



Anti-G20 Activists Clash With Police

Anti-G20 Activists Clash With Police

South Korean labour and civic groups joined with international activists on Thursday to stage protests against the ongoing G-20 summit in Seoul. (Seoul, 11 Nov)



Raw Video: Ohio Tower Demolition Goes Wrong

Raw Video: Ohio Tower Demolition Goes Wrong

An Ohio power plant's 275-foot tower was demolished on Wednesday, but the blast knocked it the wrong direction. No one was hurt but the collapse knocked out power to 4,000 customers. (Nov. 11)



Alaska Senate Write-in Ballot Count Underway

Alaska Senate Write-in Ballot Count Underway

They're counting more than 90,000 write-in ballots in the Alaska senate race. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who waged a write-in campaign to keep her job, is in a tight race with tea party favorite and GOP nominee Joe Miller. (Nov. 11)



Aliens shot down California missile

Aliens shot down California missile


The mystery missile that was fired off the coast of California has been solved according to Colleen Thomas, a Pleidian contact. She says the US government was firing an ICBM at Iran and was intercepted by the Pleidians. Soon after President Obama ordered another missile fired at the Pleidians in order to continue Bilderberg and the Illuminati's rule


China's economy will overtake US in two years

China's economy will overtake US in two years


Just ahead of the G20 summit, there is a new report which came out recently stating the United States' economy will be overtaken by China in the next two years. Should the American people be worried about their livelihoods? Economist Max Fraad Wolff says Americans should take a look at their clothes and see where they are made from, that should give people an idea of what is happening


Who doesn't love Bush? George W. that is

Who doesn't love Bush? George W. that is


George Bush is out hawking a new book, and suddenly the former president is popping up all over the place, from broadcast news interviews to Oprah's couch. Two years later, it seems worth comparing the former occupant of the Oval Office to the current one. The Resident asks how people will remember Bush, followed by an exclusive interview with filmmaker and blogger Danny Schechter



US Congress can't help economy

US Congress can't help economy

As the US economy continues to plunge it seems that politicians are continuing to place the blame on the Chinese. Will the newly elected Congress be able to do anything to help job growth in the US? Author Nomi Prins believes that it doesn't matter who is elected to Congress, they aren't going to fix anything because they will just follow the lobbyists to the bank


UK students protest, US students apathetic

UK students protest, US students apathetic


Demonstrations in London descended into violent chaos today after 50,000 students took to the streets to protest higher university fees introduced as part of Britain's new austerity measures. Meanwhile, US students are paying much higher tuition costs, so why are students in America not taking to the streets to protest like their English counterparts? Student Activist Eugene Puryear believes the challenge for young Americans to reach the level of European protests.




Americans adore Bush: "We get abused by small nations, George smacked them"

Americans adore Bush: "We get abused by small nations, George smacked them"


Two years after leaving office, President Bush comes back into the spotlight to find America embracing him once again. His book, Decision Points, just came out Tuesday. While many Americans couldn't wait to see him leave office, many are now celebrating him as a good president and a good man.




Jeff Bridges on child hunger in US

Jeff Bridges on child hunger in US


Check out this powerful speech Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges delivered at the National Press Club about child hunger and obesity


Cynthia McKinney: US democracy not reflective of the people

Cynthia McKinney: US democracy not reflective of the people


Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther, was convicted of gunning down a Philadelphia police officer more than 28 years ago. On June 19th, 2009 former US Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney wrote a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a Civil Rights investigation. Holder never responded and McKinney maintains that there are two sets of justice standards for black and white Americans



US Human Rights Hypocrisy

US Human Rights Hypocrisy


America has long been the self appointed global leader on human rights pointing out the shortcomings of others. But now the tables have turned. According to the United Nations Human Rights Council, incidents of injustice are taking place on US soil.
The point was made in Geneva, Switzerland as Human Rights council in its first comprehensive review of Washington's record. The council released a Universal Periodic Review Tuesday, listing 228 recommendations on how the US can do better in practicing what it preaches


Lindorff: Kangaroo court convicted Mumia Abu-Jamal

Lindorff: Kangaroo court convicted Mumia Abu-Jamal

A federal appeals court is hearing arguments concerning the sentence of death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, a case that has been in court for almost three decades. David Lindorff, the author of Killing Time: An investigation into the death row case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Lindorff went to the protests in Philadelphia and says Mumia Abu-Jamal has used up all his appeals and would have to come up with new evidence to gain a new trial

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