Stephen Conroy Digital News Report – Yahoo, Google and the U.S. government are expressing concerns over Australia’s interest in filtering the Internet. Australia would become the most-filtered democracy in the world. China…
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Tea Party Members Distancing Themselves From Death Threats
2009 Tea Party protest sign – wikimedia Digital News Report – Although the Tea Party is not really a party, members have garnered attention. Mostly conservative, some consider it a splinter group…
Earth Hour 2010
Digital News Report Digital News Report – Earth Hour will be observed this Saturday at 8:30 local time around the world. Business and residences are asked to turn out their non-essential lights…
Volcano Eruption in Iceland Could Cause Gobal Cooling
See video below Digital News Report – Scientists are uncertain what the effects of the eruption of a volcano in Iceland will have on the world, but there are worries of global…
Middle Eastern Relations At Lowest Point In Decades – Israeli Diplomats Expelled From UK
Digital News Report – Relations between Israel and its two biggest allies is at the lowest point in decades (see videos below). On Tuesday Israeli diplomats in Britain were expelled and earlier…
Biden F Bomb On Live TV – Vice President Gaffes Again
Biden and Obama Tuesday Digital News Report – Vice President Joseph Biden, who is known for his gaffes, almost made it through Tuesday without making a big one (see video below). After…
Lawsuit To Be Filed Against Health Care Bill – 14 States Join Bandwagon
Digital News Report Digital News Report – Although President Obama has signed the health care bill that was passed over the weekend by the House of Representatives, more than a dozen states…
AmeriCares and Boeing Deliver Emergency Relief Supplies to Chile
Digital News Report PR – AmeriCares and Boeing delivered a shipment of medical aid and personal hygiene items to Chile, where thousands of people are recovering from the 8.8-magnitude earthquake. An estimated…
Fighting a Deadly Disease Outbreak Among Newborns in Africa
Digital News Report PR – A recent AmeriCares grant is saving the lives of premature and at-risk babies in Tanzania while promoting the safety of the hospital workers who care for them….
Kay Bailey Hutchinson Concedes Election To Governor Rick Perry In Texas Republican Primary
Governor Rick Perry Digital News Report – Kay Bailey Hutchinson is giving her concession speech tonight after it became apparent that the incumbent Rick Perry has won the Republican primary for Governor….