Mar 18th, 2010 · France is shocked by a faux game show in which participants gave electric shocks to a rival contestant when he got a question wrong. They were urged on by an attractive game-show host and an audience chanting, "Punishment! Punishment!" The show reveals how human beings will set aside their values and obey sadistic orders in the face of authority.
Mar 16th, 2010 · What better way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day than with an Irish jig? The members of Solas are all American, but they play Celtic folk music with authority. In a session from Folk Alley, the quintet performs an instrumental from The Turning Tide, and two songs featuring vocalist Mairead Phelan.
Mar 11th, 2010 · Actress Amy Ryan stars in the new Paul Greengrass thriller Green Zone as a journalist investigating the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. She has also played a port authority police officer in the HBO series The Wire and Michael Scott's girlfriend on The Office.
Feb 24th, 2010 · Orlando Zapata Tamayo, jailed since 2003 on charges including disrespecting authority, died Tuesday at a Havana hospital following a hunger strike, becoming the first imprisoned opposition figure to die in such a protest in nearly four decades. Raul Castro blamed his death on the United States.
Feb 24th, 2010 · A Cuban dissident imprisoned for seven years has died. Cuba's human rights community said Orlando Zapata Tomayo had been on a hunger strike for weeks before his death. He was arrested in 2003 on charges of disrespecting authority.
Feb 22nd, 2010 · President Obama is expected to propose a new federal board to establish what premium increases are reasonable as part of a package intended to revive health overhaul. The administration also wants the authority to block excessive increases.
Feb 18th, 2010 · While many people blasted the Belgian rail authority for the crash, its director blamed the European Union for being slow to come up with common international standards. Current EU standards require only high-speed international trains to have the latest safety technology to deal with the 20 different systems in operation throughout the 27 EU states.
Jan 30th, 2010 · New Jersey's poorest city and one of the most violent in the country, state lawmakers stripped Camden's city government of most of its authority in 2002. In exchange, the city got $175 million in extra state dollars, but critics say the takeover failed to improve the city's failing infrastructure, schools or economy.