Cases of H1N1 (human swine influenza) continue to be reported in Nova Scotia. The province's first hospitalized case was confirmed today, June 9. The case was identified within the Capital District Health Authority and the patient is improving.

Des cas du virus H1N1 (grippe porcine chez l'être humain) continuent d'être signalés en Nouvelle-Écosse. Le premier cas d'hospitalisation dans la province a été confirmé aujourd'hui 9 juin. Le cas a été signalé dans la régie régionale de la santé

Liberal Democrats in Southwark are celebrating after coming the closest they have ever been to beating Labour across the borough in a European election. The Labour majority nearly halved with the Conservatives coming a distant third. The Conservative vote fell

The controversy over Robert Kaplan's view of the world.

As Washington gears up for a showdown over Israel's settlements, settlers are taking matters into their own hands.

On June 7, Lebanon chooses between the incumbents and the Islamists -- but only a grand coalition government makes sense.

If so, it's one with a bit more roar than you think.

If his beloved nuclear facilities don't get flattened,Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will have one thing to thank: Israeli public opinion.

What the four-starsare reading -- a weekly column from Small Wars Journal.

Can the U.S. government transform GM into a true global car company?

Today the Washington Post's Fred Hiatt: For moderate voters clinging to some faith in government, the question over the past two decades of mostly two-party rule was: Can't Washington do anything? Now, with one party pretty much in control, the

From Wastewater News: Exposure to estrogen reduces production of immune-related proteins in fish. This suggests that certain compounds, known as endocrine disruptors, may make fish more susceptible to disease. The research may provide new clues for why intersex fish, fish

Tonight's Rescue Rangers are vcmvo2, shayera, dopper0189, jennyjem, dadanation, and taylormattd as editor. Please enjoy reading these outstanding, ranger-selected diaries: Liberal Youth discusses behavior on the bench, neatly analyzing the arguments about the importance of judicial decorum: (vcmvo2) A Siegel

Your one stop pundit shop. continues his descent into madness (both of the insanity and the still being mad about November variety) with a screed that's beyond belief. Here's the CliffNotes version: ... Barack Hussein Obama would have to be

With an eyes towards the opening of polls in the Commonwealth of Virginia in around 12 hours, let's look at Monday on the campaign trail. NATIONAL: A Cairo Bump for Obama? Depends on The Pollster Two interesting, and somewhat conflicting,

President Obama recently summoned aides to the Oval Office to discuss a magazine article investigating why the border town of McAllen, Tex., was the country's most expensive place for health care. The article became required reading in the White House,

Yesterday, the Republican minority in the New York State Senate teamed up with the two worst Democrats in the Senate caucus (one recently , the other a campaign finance ) in a hamhanded attempt to wrest control of the chamber

In the House, courtesy of the FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2009 House Meets At... 10:30 a.m.: 12:00 p.m.: Legislative Business Unlimited Per Side Last Vote Predicted... 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Suspensions (17 Bills) 1) - Condemning the murder

Whatever their ideology, whether they are state-run, state-sanctioned or stateless actors, terrorists operate with one chief objective - instilling so much fear with their bloody attacks that they force people to alter their behavior in ways that they would not

From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE... Mincing No Words I was rooting around the C&J archives yesterday and came across a Washington Post editorial , titled "Legalizing Torture." The paper sounded mighty pissed five years ago today, using language that