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Archives for August 2013

Doctor Threatens To Notify Child Protective Services Over Marijuana Cancer Treatment

After finding more success treating her son with cannabis oil than chemotherapy, a Colorado mother faces threats from her doctor.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

For refusing chemotherapy treatments for her 3-year-old son Landon, opting instead to treat his cancer with medical marijuana, a Colorado mother says her doctor is now threatening to have her arrested and for Child Protective Services (CPS) to take her son away. Sierra Riddle’s son Landon was diagnosed with leukemia when he was two, and Riddle

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NYPD Labeled Mosques As ‘Terrorist Enterprises’ In Order To Surveil Them

Police also reportedly intended to place informants on the boards at some of the mosques.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

On Wednesday reporters with the Associated Press revealed that the New York Police Department had classified mosques in New York City as terrorist organizations in order to surveil members of the mosques. It was also revealed that police intended to place informants on the boards at some of the mosques, in order to record sermons and spy on imams

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EXCLUSIVE: Syrians In Ghouta Claim Saudi-Supplied Rebels Behind Chemical Attack

Rebels and local residents in Ghouta accuse Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan of providing chemical weapons to an al-Qaida linked rebel group.

Dale Gavlak and Yahya Ababneh
By Dale Gavlak and Yahya Ababneh
Ghouta Syria Feature photo

Dale Gavlak assisted in the research and writing process of this article, but was not on the ground in Syria. Reporter Yahya Ababneh, with whom the report was written in collaboration, was the correspondent on the ground in Ghouta who spoke directly with the rebels, their family members, victims of the chemical weapons attacks and local

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Fukushima: What Sort Of Crisis?

The media plays on nuclear contamination fears, drowning out far more lethal consequences of Japan’s tsunami while exaggerating the dangers of nuclear power.

John Nordin
By John Nordin
This aerial view shows the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor complex, severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, was back in the news this week with stories of an apparently massive and uncontrollable leak of dangerously contaminated water into the ocean. Or maybe not, since World Nuclear News, an industry source, claimed four days later that the leak was

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Five Things To Know About Obamacare Premiums: A Guide For The Perplexed

“Premiums will skyrocket next year!” “Premiums will be lower than expected!” “Premiums will be about the same!” read the confusing headlines.

Kaiser Health News
By Kaiser Health News
Dr. Hamsakumari Ramasubramaniam, left, examines patient Fabian Vasquez at Camillus Health Concern, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Miami. Camillus is a private, non-profit organization that provides health care to the homeless and poor in Miami-Dade County. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Premiums will skyrocket next year!  Premiums will be lower than expected!  Premiums will be about the same! Consumers are understandably confused after weeks of conflicting pronouncements about the expected cost of plans, for individuals and small groups, to be sold in new online insurance marketplaces under the federal health law beginning Oct.

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US Officials Contradict Obama, Say It’s Unclear Who Committed Chemical Attack

The intelligence linking Syrian President Bashar Assad or his inner circle to an alleged chemical weapons attack is no “slam dunk,” officials say.

WASHINGTON  — The intelligence linking Syrian President Bashar Assad or his inner circle to an alleged chemical weapons attack that killed at least 100 people is no "slam dunk," with questions remaining about who actually controls some of Syria's chemical weapons stores and doubts about whether Assad himself ordered the strike, U.S. intelligence

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