Prosecutors have issued an indictment for 56 suspects accused of membership in an alleged ultranationalist plot to overthrow the Turkish government, Turkey’s official news agency reported Tuesday. “You are the last nation that has the right to speak about civilians and killing civilians,” the five said in a response this month to the U.S. government’s war crimes charges.
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Credit Problems Are Climbing the Income Scale
For years, the typical caller at CareOne Credit, one of the biggest debt counseling outfits in the nation, has been a woman in her 30s with a family income of $30,000 to $35,000 and a credit score around 550 . In the past two months, though, the people at CareOne have noticed a shift. It’s still women who usually get stuck making the call, and the age range isn’t dramatically different
Terror Returns to Northern Ireland
It was supposed to be a thing of the past.
Kepler Telescope Takes a Census of the Galaxy
Think you could stare at a single spot without blinking for 3½ years? Then be glad you’re not NASA’s Kepler telescope, which is set to blast into space from Cape Canaveral, Fla., this Friday night
Why China and the U.S. Should Swap Stimulus Packages
The U.S. and China have proved that opposites do indeed attract — even economically speaking. China is thrifty to a fault; the U.S.
Criticizing Rush Limbaugh: Over the Line?
Sooner or later, most presidential administrations make some version of the Sun King’s mistake. “L’état, c’est moi,” Louis XIV of France is said to have declared — “I am the state.” To criticize the man becomes downright unpatriotic. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs crept up to that line — even put his toe over it — as he tried to capitalize on the anti–Barack Obama declarations of talk-show behemoth Rush Limbaugh.
Man held after mailing HIV-tainted blood to Obama
An Ethiopian immigrant with a history of mental health problems is in custody after being accused of mailing a letter with HIV-tainted blood to Barack Obama when he was president-elect, according to court records. Saad Bedrie Hussein told investigators that he is an admirer of Obama and that the letter — containing his photo, an admission ticket to Obama’s election night victory party in Chicago’s Grant Park and six index cards containing writing and reddish stains — was his way of seeking government help and tickets to Obama’s inauguration
Mind-Control Toys: The Force Is With You
This fall, the Force can finally be with you — for a suggested retail price of $129.99. Put on a headset, focus on a small ball in a cylinder, and use your mind to make the sphere rise.
Facebook faces furor over content rights
On an otherwise placid holiday weekend, one blog’s commentary on a change to Facebook’s terms of service created a firestorm of banter on the Web: does the social network claim ownership to any user content on the site, even if the user deletes it? Facebook reorganized its terms of service last Wednesday. In a blog post, company legal representative Suzie White provided an explanation
Japanese finance minister denies being drunk
Japan’s main opposition party will introduce a motion Tuesday to censure that country’s finance minister after he appeared to be intoxicated at a weekend news conference at the G-7 meeting in Rome, the Kyodo News agency reported.