As of Wednesday April 30, 2008
Iraqi Army still not up to the task
Pentagon orders development of new attack plans for Iran
Peak Oil: modern agriculture at risk for lack of fertilizer
U.S. troop deaths in Iraq push monthly toll to 7-month high
America's paper-tiger economy "weak but not collapsing"
Israeli tank shell kills mother and four children
Baghdad clashes leave dozens dead; Green Zone shelled
Analyst forecasts $10-a-gallon gasoline
Peak Oil: Canadian study finds prices to double by 2012
U.S. scraps $20 million prototype of virtual border fence
Iran agrees to further clarify nuclear aims with IAEA
General Petraeus to be nominated to lead Central Command
Credit crisis: U.S. regulator fears wave of bank failures
Chinese coal reserves dropping
President Bush defends North American Free Trade Agreement; calls for other agreements
American terror overkill: student charged with attempting to use "weapon of mass destruction"
Playing God: scientists hope to control weather
Warehouse food clubs limiting sales of rice
American shoppers asked to limit rice purchases
Americans begin hoarding food amidst calls for regulatory limits
Defense think tank: climate change could lead to endless global warfare
Era of cheap food ends; starvation, high prices, and shortages here to stay
Airlines post losses amidst escalating fuel costs
American engineer indicted on spying for Israel
Army and Marines accepting more convicted felons
Mexican president sings praises of North American Free Trade Agreement
50 percent of LA workforce immigrants; one-third uneducated and 60 percent don't speak English
South Carolina sheriffs back jail plan for illegal aliens
U.S. housing market continues to soften
Euro moves to $1.60 against U.S. dollar
Crude oil surpasses $118 per barrel
69 % of Americans disapprove of President Bush; worst rating in 70 years
Police state: Federal law enforcement agencies to collect DNA from everyone arrested
Suicide bomber kills 42 at Iraqi funeral
Israeli assault ends with 18 Palestinians dead
Iraqi units abandoning posts in Sadr City
Crude oil passes $114 per barrel
Peak Oil: unrest grows alongside global hunger
Peak Oil: Brazil excited over 33-billion-barrel oil field
Pollution destroying aroma of flowers crucial to pollinators
Israel refuses to protect Carter during visit
Eleven Afghan police killed in ambush; others killed in separate incidents
Blowback: U.S. makes Somalia an "African Iraq"
G7 officials look for "rapid implementation" of plan for global finances
Peak Oil: USGS estimates 4.3 billion barrels in enticing Bakken shale formation
Alan Greenspan seeks to defend reputation as destructive Fed policy becomes apparent
Colorado landowners grapple with methane extraction
Bombings in Iraq kill dozens; hundreds of Iraqi troops and police dismissed after failed offensive
Americans squeezed by rising food costs
UN soldier killed in Haitian food riots
Commercial salmon fishing cancelled off California and Oregon
Hunters and anglers unite to fight global warming
Corporations bottling water deplete vital resource
World Bank president calls for action in face of food riots
U.S. and Iran engaging in "secret" nuclear talks
Phoenix mayor asks FBI to investigate tough immigration stance of sheriff
Housing bubble pop going global
Credit crisis: Citigroup, Merrill Lynch reveal $15 billion in losses
Bush administration now seeking global warming bill
Saudi king says some oil being saved for future generations
Iran not fighting proxy war in Iraq
Paul Craig Roberts: American economy fading, government the largest employer
Ron Paul: surveillance state emerging
Israel responds with tanks, troops, and aircraft following Palestinian raid
CDC official: climate change will degrade health
Middle class feel worse off than 5 years ago
Haitian food riots lead to coup talk, looting
Bernanke sells Bear rescue well, foreshadows doom for economy
Stephen King: politicians playing surrogate parents
Oil and gas hit new record highs
Confidence in retirement savings is crumbling
GAO: millions wasted by Federal employees on Government credit cards
Petraeus: another surge "pretty remote", progress of Iraqi forces still "very mixed bag"
20 more Iraqis die in Sadr City clashes
Bush administration proposes oil drilling in endangered whale habitat of North Aleutian Basin
Governments getting desperate as global food supply drops
Fleckenstein: more power to Federal Reserve is "putting the fox in charge of guarding the hen house"
Kosovo fallout: emboldened Hungarian minority press for autonomy in Romania
Largely inconclusive NATO summit; alliance still searching for next enemy
Climate change altering seasonal disease patterns
Lancaster University study finds no significant link to Sun with current global warming
NASA's Hansen finds emission targets too modest to avert climate disaster
Climate change expected to increase cataracts
Africa joins Asia in urgent scramble for rice supplies
American evangelist pledges $6 million to Israel
Iran urges departure from petro-dollar
British workers pushed out of labor market by mass immigration
Panicky Federal Reserve fears aftermath of U.S. depression
Cuidad Juarez turned into battle zone by Mexican drug cartels
Absolut vodka advertising campaign depicts "perfect world" of southwestern U.S. ceded to Mexico
Vicious Hispanic street gangs continue penetration of America
More states battling national identification card
Russia experiencing baby boom amidst declining population
State Department renews mercenary group's license
Iran concerned over strife in Iraq
Iraqi leaders call for all parties to disband militias and surrender arms
Jubak: Wall Street bailout is a scam