Several months ago I reported on the firing of a trio of high-ranking prison officials in connection with a series of sexual assaults in a Southwestern Pennsylvania prison. Few news agencies took up the story especially national ones. This was astounding given the nature of the charges: p... Read more...
US authorities fined cosmetics and drugs giant Johnson & Johnson $70 million on Friday for bribing doctors in Europe and paying kickbacks for contracts under a UN relief program in Iraq. The Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission said since 1998 the firm had paid ... Read more...
By: Davey D People have often talked about fighting wars using biological and chemical weapons. We came after Hitler for using them. We came after Saddam Hussein for using them. Sadly no one ever came after those who flooded urban communities during the 1980s and into the 90s with Crack. ... Read more...
BERLIN – Afghanistan has slipped three places to become the world's second most-corrupt country despite billions in aid meant to bolster the government against a rising insurgency, according to an annual survey of perceived levels of corruption. Only lawless Somalia, whose weak U.N.-backed gov... Read more...