Once the radar has a hit, the cameras automatically focus on that spot. Then an agent identifies what's on camera - whether it's cattle, wildlife, a truck or a group of people walking with heavy backpacks - possibly carrying marijuana. "
Wall Street ushered in the Barack Obama presidency with a record Inauguration Day drop on Tuesday amid fresh signs the global bank crisis was far from over.
Jan Brewer officially became Arizona’s 24th governor late Tuesday afternoon. The move came after Janet Napolitano submitted her resignation letter to Brewer, Arizona’s secretary of state, at 4:52 p.m., just hours after the U.S. Senate confirmed her a
I have received a call early this evening from a friend who is a activist in Iceland informing me of a massive riot/demonstration. Here is what we now know the latest is that around 3000 people have taken to the streets and as you read this are prot
With promises of more U.S. government intervention, we are going to be in a situation of hyperinflation and a dollar that is absolutely doomed, warns Kirby Daley, senior strategist at the Newedge Group. Daley & Dodge Dorland, CIO at Landor Capital Ma
“All the banks are going to have to recapitalize,” said Greg Woodard, portfolio strategist at Manning & Napier Advisors Inc. in Fairport, New York. “That’s not done. That’s in front of them, and we don’t want to try to get in front of that trade.”
In my work approaching State legislators, some of them are cowing down due to threats of losing federal funding for their Highways by hitching them to Real ID regulatory conditions (Yes, the exact ones you hate).
I'm often asked what I think the Obama presidency will mean for fathers. I think there are some reasons to be optimistic and some reasons to be pessimistic. Below I list a bunch of them, not in any particular order.
Positive: Obama clearly u
Just like your new government, WhiteHouse.gov and the rest of the Administration's online programs will put citizens first. Our initial new media efforts will center around three priorities: Communication - Transparency - Participation
Addressing a huge throng estimated at more than 2 million people on the capital's Mall and millions of others watching on television, Obama recognized the multiple crises now afflicting the nation at a time of war abroad and economic turmoil at h
BofA has said it expects to eliminate as many as 35,000 jobs over the next three years as it seeks to cut annual expenses by $7 billion in response to the acquisition and the recession.
According to an estimate by the National Association of Home Builders, at least 20,000 builders — about a fifth of the total nationwide — have closed up shop in the last two years....
According to the chart the Default Rate for the Italy is 78%, Belgium 82%, UK 97.9%, Greece 101.3%, Austria 104.5%, and Ireland 113.6%. The problem is this chart is 2.5 months old and the problem is much worse...
In particular, having governments buy distressed assets from the banks, or provide loan guarantees, is not an effective solution. It does not reduce the volume of debt, or force recognition of losses. It merely re-denominates private sector obligatio
“I’ve found that credit losses could peak at a level of $3.6 trillion for U.S. institutions, half of them by banks and broker dealers,” Roubini said at a conference in Dubai today. “If that’s true, it means the U.S. banking system is effectively inso
Fluoride ingestion does not reduce tooth decay, making water fluoridation something that should be ended. [edit: "...and increased fluoride content of foods, they report."]
I am not an economist, nor—unlike a half-vast majority of the hairspray headed newsies who have somehow lately, miraculously, become overnight experts on all matters economic—do I pretend to be one on TV.
President Obama has called for sacrifice and sharing. I wholeheartedly agree.
However, before sharing the pain, and before working towards a solution, we must understand the problem. To date, many mistakes have been made because Congress, the Fed,
Without morality, you cannot sustain a nuclear family, and thus no facilities in which to maintain a culture. Without sound monetary policy, there is no way to sustain an economy, and thus the livelihoods of a nation’s citizens are destroyed.
[and no place to pee] While the US economy is in the midst of what may be the worst economic crisis ever, our great nation is preparing to throw a party to celebrate the election of our soon to be president, Barack Obama.
The terrorists in the federal government are continuing to destroy any freedom and liberty that might be left in this country. Now that the Democrat faction of the one party system has a majority in both houses of Congress and will shortly be in cont
As president-elect Obama criss-crossed the city in his new armored car to engage in community service events, authorities began choreographing a well-rehearsed plan to turn a one-square-mile area of the capital into a hyper-secure zone.
The Thai armed forces have been accused of towing hundreds of migrants out to sea last month and leaving them to their fate with inadequate food and water and only paddles as a means to reach land.
A federal judge yesterday rejected the claim by a coalition of historians and nonprofit groups that Vice President Cheney intended to illegally discard some of his official records, and instead accepted the pledge of a senior White House aide that ke
A prominent Russian human rights lawyer who often clashed with the security services was shot and killed along with a student journalist investigating neo-Nazi activity in Moscow, prompting grief and outrage from colleagues who suspect they were targ