Day December 17, 2006

Holocaust archives uncovered

Email from CBS News “60 Minutes” Good afternoon. I wanted to give you a heads-up on a story that will be running this Sunday, Dec. 17 (7PM ET/PT on CBS) on “60 MINUTES” about a long-secret German archive that houses…

US Army might break Goodyear strike

The US Army is considering measures to force striking workers back to their jobs at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber plant in Kansas in the face of a looming shortage of tyres for Humvee trucks and other military equipment used…

Life imitates humor

When plans for the apartheid wall between the US and Mexico were announced, more than a few cartoonists joked about how builders of the wall would use undocumented workers to build it. As it turns out, they were right… Border…

Global warming, local initiatives

Hundreds of cities are actively taking steps to reduce their energy consumption and cut down on global warming. They are signing on to agree to the Kyoto Protocol. They hope their actions will encourage larger cities and the federal government…