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Christmas in Gojra, where a tent camp houses Christians who lost their homes to a rampaging Muslim mob, will be celebrated not with decorations and cheer but with fear of another attack.
When James D. Martin was shot dead seven years ago in the parking lot of a grocery store in suburban Washington, it got little attention on the nightly news.
Taylor Phinney had a simple plan. The budding American cycling star was going to spend four years working toward four minutes, which is about how long his final race would have taken at the 2012 London Games.
People who learn through genetic testing that they have a higher than average risk for Alzheimer's disease are able to handle the bad news pretty well, results from the first major study of this suggest.
When Robin McMullin heard about the swine flu outbreak in Mexico, her heart sank. She had planned to celebrate her graduation from nursing school with a trip to an all-inclusive resort in Cancun.
The growing intensity of public fear and anger has caught Washington and Wall Street by surprise.
Afraid of flying? Don't panic. This is not strange or abnormal — between a third and half of Americans have the same fear, ranging from mild apprehension to “I’m never setting foot on an airplane.”
Taliban militants are beheading and burning their way through Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, and residents say the insurgents now control most of the mountainous region outside the lawless tribal areas where jihadists thrive.
Masayuki Miura's restaurant is radically out of step with modern Japanese tastes. No Australian beef hamburgers, no mountains of fried Brazilian chicken, no imported steaks. Not a Chinese cabbage in sight.
The recent spate of drug-related killings in Nogales, Mexico, is driving apart what have long been close-knit communities, discouraging some residents of its Arizona sister city from crossing the border.
Just a year ago, investors were swaggering as the stock market surged to an all-time high. Now, almost everyone on Wall Street and Main Street seems to be shuddering amid a frightening reversal of fortune that has erased $8.3 trillion in shareholder wealth in the past 366 days.
As anxiety on Wall Street led banks and other investors to hoard cash last week, a different kind of market fear gripped cities across the Southeast.
Imagine living with a 50 percent chance of being enslaved or threatened with death by an armed group. One-in-three odds of being tortured or wounded. A 12 percent chance of being sexually assaulted multiple times.
At one end of the Black Sea coast of Georgia was an ordinary day at the beach — bathers sauntering to the water, adults with towels and umbrellas, children trailing them with inflatable rings.
The landslide election victory of Cambodia's ruling party puts the country under one party-rule and risks damaging its fragile democracy, rights groups said Wednesday.
The gloomiest outlook for the economy in 35 years may be forcing Americans to live with what they have and save up for what they want.
The stakes are high but enthusiasm appears low as Pakistanis face one of the most crucial elections in their history.
The war is visible in the graying hair and shrunken arms of hungry children whose parents have fled fighting as many as six times this year alone.
In the lab, psychology professor David Zald studies how fast adults react to fear. At his home this time of year, he watches kids adjust to it.
In the lab, psychology professor David Zald studies how fast adults react to fear.
A petrified woman scrambles to hide at the sight of a van, fearing the return of her husband's killers. A 20-year-old man won't leave his home, in case the militants who tried to abduct him are lying in wait. Gangs of gunmen demand exorbitant "taxes" from businessmen.
Frightened by raids last year at six Swift & Co. plants, illegal immigrants in the nation's meatpacking towns are preparing for their possible arrest.
For months, Earline Stelljes kept a brave face, scrubbing the black mold from her floor and eying the drywall sagging precariously from her bathroom ceiling.
How terrorists are winning Over the last decade, there has been no end to the number of instructions attached to the phrase "or the terrorists win." But you needn't be familiar with the misery of commercial airline travel to know the terrorists are indeed winning, and continue to chalk up victories.
2010 Needs a Fearless Conversation About Vaccination As the second decade of the 21st century begins, it is clear that the first one saw big changes in the way Americans think about health and vaccination. A good example is the fact that a majority of Americans "just said no" to getting an H1N1 influenza shot last year.
Fear Itself: Why Are We Letting The TerroristsThis is a great read because people should take this author words to heart. She is right on with her analysis of the fear mongering that's taking place. Check out the article.
Everyone breaks the law. Anyone who says they have never broken any law is lying. For most of us it's things like speeding or not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign or other such petty stuff.
"The degrading effect of terrorism fears"I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but David Brooks actually had an excellent column in yesterday's New York Times that makes several insightful and important points.
Ka-Ching! GOP Goes For Big Flight 253 PaydayIn a move that would have been hard to imagine in previous years, the GOP has launched multiple fundraising efforts in the wake of the failed attack on Flight 253, seeking to turn the Christmas Day event into not just a political attack on the Obama administration, but also a boo …
Since 9/11, We've Embraced Our Inner Coward(excerpts) Once we Americas did brave things: We sat on boats, crossing the English Channel, knowing that most of us would die on the beach in Normandy. We sat at the lunch counter in the Deep South, waiting for white goons to beat us up.
The terrorist are very scary group of people. Their ideas seem to contain no reasoning or compassion. Those who are indoctrinated to take their own lives in order to prevent freedom, are a horrendous danger, new in our times.
Judging by the responses to anything Obama does, there is clearly as huge reservoir of anger out there among conservative Americans. We just had eight years of a pretend conservative in the White House, backed by a Republican majority in both houses.
"Wait, Arent You Scared?" (Conveniently enough, I'm doing hiatus reruns, and it's apparently time to drag this one out fo the closet. Originally posted August 2006, right after the Juicebox terrorists were rolled up.) "Wait, Arent You Scared?"
I don't believe in santa claus. I am not even sure if I believe that a child was born under a shining star.
Why are Americans filled with so much hate and intolerance when hate and intolerance breeds fear and violence? After reading Marcia Muller's Pennies On A Dead Woman's Eyes and the character Sharon McCone making the above statements in addition to:
Resurgent Right-Wing MilitiasIn Pensacola, Florida, retired FBI agent Ted Gunderson tells a gathering of antigovernment "Patriots" that the federal government has set up 1,000 internment camps around the country and is storing 30,000 guillotines and 500,000 caskets in Atlanta.
Gun Owning Paraplegic Fataly Shoots Home InvaderLate Monday, Kenney and another man reportedly tried to commit a home invasion robbery at the residence of a disabled man with whom Kenney was acquainted. What they probably didn't expect was that the homeowner, Gary Wroblewski, would be armed and fight back.
No joke. Many Conservatives in the U.S. are embracing the possibility of a Palin run for the Presidency in 2012. And by most accounts, she has started a less than passive campaign to capture that office.
CAT scan cancer fear: Radiation 'could trigger the disease in one in 80 patients' Having a CT - or CAT - scan puts patients at far greater risk of developing cancer than previously thought, scientists claim. The radiation generated by the scans - an increasingly popular diagnostic tool - may trigger the disease in as many as one in 80 patients.
Video: Billions in the trash: Swine flu drug scandal in UkraineWHO's fear mongering causes Urkraine citizens to take dangerous antivirals when not needed nor proven to be effective.
American Justice System Too Weak For Terrorists, GOPers Say Standing in front of the Supreme Court this morning, a group of Republican lawmakers railed against the court system run out of the building behind them. A sign affixed to the plexiglas podium each spoke at in turn spelled out the reasons for their fears.
Way to block fearful memories CHICAGO - US RESEARCHERS have found a drug-free way to block fearful memories, opening up the possibility of new treatment approaches for problems such as post traumatic stress disorder, they reported on Wednesday.
Noninvasive technique to rewrite fear memories developedResearchers at New York University have developed a non-invasive technique to block the return of fear memories in humans.
Now the Dutch turn against legalised mercy killingLegalised euthanasia has led to a severe decline in the quality of care for terminally-ill patients in Holland, it has been claimed. Many ask to die 'out of fear' because of an absence of effective pain relief, according to a new book.
Rush pulls out numerous smears to attack health care reform-- "Nazis," "Cuba," "Totalitarian Systems"Rush is at it again fear mongering about health care reform. Check out the video provided by Media Matters of America. This man needs help!
ABC's The Note might want to post an update ABC News typically gives a misleading depressing spin about most things pertaining to the President. Check out this article from Media Matters and assess the News Organization for yourself.
Albinos Being Killed for Their Body PartsI recently come across something that has nothing to do with controlling Africa's natural resources, political power or anything of that nature. It's all about Black Magic and the Rituals associated with it.
Father-of-two with doctor phobia kills himself over harmless 'cancer' spot on noseA pensioner with a phobia of doctors killed himself on the way to visit his GP after becoming convinced he had cancer, an inquest ruled. John Dart thought a spot on his nose was a tumour, even though he had never had it examined.
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