Airline Screeners Only Catch 10% of Explosives In Test

Sources told 9NEWS the Red Team was able to sneak about 90 percent of simulated weapons past checkpoint screeners in Denver. In the baggage area, screeners caught one explosive device that was packed in a suitcase.

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14 year old Texas girl gets 7 years in prison for shoving Hall Monitor

In Texas, a white teenager burns down her family's home and receives probation. A black one shoves a hall monitor and gets 7 years in prison. The youth had no prior arrest record, and the hall monitor--a 58-year-old teacher's aide--was not seriously injured.

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Mental illness common in returning U.S. soldiers

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High rates of mental health disorders are being diagnosed among US military personnel soon after being released from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to investigators in San Francisco.

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The Right-Wing Cult of Contrived Masculinity

Coulter plays a vital and irreplaceable role in this movement.

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9 Year Old Canadian Boy & Iranian Parents Detained In Austin Jail

Call it international limbo. Detained by U.S.

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Police Brutality: The Awful Truth, by Michael Moore

The ever controversial Michael Moore is back with a really poignant satire about police brutality in major cities. Amazing video, strong message.

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Sex, Lies, and Energy Interests

The scandal over the government's top environmental prosecutor's purchase of a vacation home with an oil lobbyist isn't dying down, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) calling yesterday for tighter federal ethics rules.

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Racial Profiling: Wrong Color at the Wrong Time

In the history of American women's volleyball, few players are more accomplished than Bev Oden. During her career at Stanford, Oden became the only person to be named a first-team All-American four times.

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Chrysler to Cut 13,000 Jobs

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Chrysler Group, whose year-long slump has dragged it down to fourth place among U.S. automakers, announced plans Wednesday to cut 13,000 jobs through 2009 as it attempts to stem widening losses.

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Black employees find noose hanging at work

NEW YORK (CNN) -- James Jackson, a 26-year-old black employee of 180 Connect, was preparing for another day of installing cable, telephone and Internet service to residential customers of Cablevision in Nassau County, New York on December 7.

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When Parents Are Deployed: Elmo's Dad Goes To Iraq

From the article: Elmo as an Army brat? Who knew? In "When Parents Are Deployed," to be shown on PBS tonight, the furry red Muppet of "Sesame Street" fame learns that his father is about to leave for parts unknown.

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Fear-Mongering Graphic Novel Attributed to NRA

BoingBoing reports: Wonkette has published sneak peek scans from a new "graphic novel" attributed to the NRA to promote membership (don't miss the image alt tags.)

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The 1.3% Doctrine - The Great Disparity of Race in Sports Journalism

The venerable Scoop Jackson of ESPN's Page 2 writes: "There are roughly 350 players in the League, about 85 percent of them black. We usually round to about 300 -- therefore, the students claim to know for a fact that there are 300 professional basketball players.

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Being A Black Man - A Washington Post Video Series

Over the past 50 years, black men have been perhaps the most studied and dissected population subgroup in America.

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U.S. Contractor Admits Bribery for Jobs in Iraq

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Occupation Officials Got Cash and Gifts for Deals

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