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In 2005, when government scientists tested 60 soft, vinyl lunchboxes, they found that one in five contained amounts of lead that medical experts consider unsafe — and several had more than 10 times hazardous levels. But that’s not what they told the publ

Lots of fun stuff on this weeks list from Democratic Underground.

Senior leaders of Al Qaeda operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their once-battered worldwide terror network and over the past year have set up a band of training camps in the tribal regions near the Afghan border, accordin

David tangled with Walter Reed’s image machine when he wanted to attend a ceremony for a fellow amputee, a Mexican national who was being granted U.S. citizenship by President Bush.

A gay man who appeared anonymously on a tv talkshow in Jamaica was later recognized, and subsequently attempted suicide. Jamaica is notoriously anti-gay.

In an effort to overcome “selectivity in homicide coverage,” the L.A. Times has launched The Homicide Report, a remarkable and moving collection of the coroner’s list, victim profiles, background on cold cases, and details on new homicides whose details r