Breast Cancer Screening: New Fuel for an Old War of Words and Data

Categories: Health| Nov 20, 2009

A controversy that has alternately simmered and boiled for more than 40 years reached a flash point this week when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force published recommendations for breast cancer screening with mammography.The recommendation to delay routine screening in ...Read More

Humanist poster stirs up religious storm

Categories: U.K.| Nov 19, 2009

Humanist poster stirs up religious storm The war of words between atheists and religious believers has entered a new chapter with the launch of Northern Ireland’s first ever humanist advertising campaign. The British Humanist Association (BHA) yesterday unveiled a billboard with the slogan “Please Don't Label Me. ...Read More

Venezuela, Colombia in war of words

Categories: World| Nov 9, 2009

Venezuela, Colombia in war of words (CNN) -- The Colombian government said it would appeal to international bodies over what it called a threat made over the weekend by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. On his weekly Sunday television show, Chavez ordered the Venezuelan military to begin preparations ...Read More

Murdoch launches attack on BBC

Categories: SciTech| Nov 9, 2009

LONDON -- Rupert Murdoch has ratcheted up the war of words between News Corp. and the BBC, hinting that he would sue the pubcaster for allegedly "stealing" material from his newspapers.Interviewed on Sky News Australia he was asked how he ...Read More

Lindsay Lohan: My father threatened to kill my momf she ever left him

Categories: Entertainment| Nov 6, 2009

This father-daughter relationship could use some work. In the latest war of words between Lindsay Lohan and her father Michael, the actress took to Twitter to say that her father used to threaten to kill her mother Dina if she ever ...Read More

Lindsay Lohan's Dad Says God Is Punishing Her

Categories: Entertainment| Nov 6, 2009

Lindsay Lohan's Dad Says God Is Punishing Her The ugly war of words between Michael and Lindsay Lohan shows no signs of cooling off. Michael has released another audio tape, accusing his daughter of lying – and wasting her God-given talent. On Thursday, Lindsay claimed on her Twitter page ...Read More

Google finds traffic-pumping work-around

Categories: SciTech| Oct 28, 2009

Google finds traffic-pumping work-around Google says it has found a work-around that should allow it to restore access for Google Voice users to most of the local lines it had blocked before AT&T complained about its practices. AT&T and Google have been engaged in a ...Read More

Sarah Palin is REALLY tired of Levi Johnston

Categories: Entertainment| Oct 28, 2009

Sarah Palin is REALLY tired of Levi Johnston Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is striking back hard at her daughter's ex-fiance, Levi Johnston, for what she called "mean-spirited, malicious and untrue attacks." Palin and Johnston, who had a child out of wedlock with Palin's daughter, Bristol, have ...Read More

Emanuel to Speak at Chamber of Commerce Dinner

Categories: U.S.| Oct 24, 2009

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will address a dinner for the leaders of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a group targeted by the administration in a bitter war of words over health care and climate change legislation. Emanuel will ...Read More

The White House v. Fox News

Categories: Politics| Oct 23, 2009

The White House's ongoing battle with Fox News took an interesting turn yesterday, when the other TV networks stood up for Fox. When the Treasury Department tried to deny Fox reporters access to pay czar Kenneth Feinberg, the other networks ...Read More