CULTUREMichael Manring (1960-) is an American electric bassist from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a technical virtuoso, generally using his bass in very different ways and more like a guitar.

HEALTH & LIFESTYLEA new study showes many pharmaceuticals only work because people expect them to, not because they have any "real" chemical effect on the body. Many medications therefore proved to be completely worthless.

ECONOMYECONOMY. With a $4.7 trillion dollar bailout under their belts with no harm done to their billion-dollar bonuses, don't expect Wall Street bankers to be

WORLDA recent Sundance world premiere, BHUTTO tells the epic story of one of the most fascinating characters of our time -- Benazir Bhutto, the first woman in history to lead a Muslim nation.

WORLDAfter falling out with WikiLeaks spokesman Julian Assange in September, a group of former insiders at the now-notorious whistle-blower site are about to launch their own project, OpenLeaks. Its founders hope to serve the mission of bringing down corrupt regimes and organisations better.

WORLD"The gigantic bio-tech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for thousands of years."