The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided. Shocking ministers and energy companies the jury cleared 6 Greenpeace activists of c
The main militant group in Nigeria's southern oil region declared a state of war Sunday after two days of clashes with government forces, launching reprisal raids and raising the specter of more conflict in Africa's biggest oil producer.
Thousands of cars and thousands of unsuspecting people are experiencing for the first time in their lives, the full impact of what a police state is all about this morning, folks! The freeway looks like a parking lot!
Rescue crews canvassed neighborhoods inundated by Ike's storm surge early Sunday morning, racing against time to save those who spent a second harrowing night trapped amid flattened houses, strewn debris and downed power lines.
I have never in my life seen so much hate congregated together, so much plotting the unthinkable and so much encouragement of total derangement as though rabid nationalism coupled with lunacy were somehow a good thing.
Jesse Ventura meets with Arizona Senator Karen Johnson to discuss various subjects from CIA involvement in his Governance to his being silenced by MSNBC due to his position on the Iraq war.
China Investment Co, an investment arm of the Chinese government, would join the consortium to gain control of Lehman's extensive portfolio of commercial real estate, it was reported.
Germany called on U.S. authorities Saturday to find a solution for crisis-hit bank Lehman Brothers before Asian markets reopen for trading early Monday. U.S. officials have so far talked down a government rescue for the country's fourth-largest i
Massive Hurricane Ike ravaged southeast Texas early Saturday, battering the coast with driving rain and ferocious wind gusts as residents who decided too late they should have heeded orders to evacuate made futile calls for rescue.
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates yesterday called on the Air Force to establish clear and unified control over the nation's nuclear arsenal, after a new report by a Pentagon task force concluded that the service had neglected its stewardship
The legislation could come up for a vote in the D.C. Council as early as Tuesday -- the same day the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill that would virtually end local handgun control in the District.
On Friday, the United States ordered Bolivian Ambassador Gustavo Guzmán to leave. Also on Friday, Honduras postponed the accreditation of the U.S. ambassador, in support of Venezuela and Bolivia.
The United States plans to take in a minimum of 17,000 Iraqis over the next 12 months under its refugee program, and an additional 5,000 under a special visa program for Iraqis who formerly worked for the U.S. military and embassy or their contractor
Shares of American International Group, the nation's largest insurance company, plunged yesterday on fresh fears that it will have trouble remaining on firm financial footing as a result of the turmoil in the mortgage market.
The White House budget office said yesterday that it has decided not to incorporate mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into the federal budget, citing the temporary nature of the Treasury Department's takeover and "the level
Lehman's shares had slid 41 percent as investors voted with their feet. Lehman's best hope now is an outside buyer: Bank of America and Barclays are interested but only if the U.S. government offers assurances to help shield them from further
Saudi Arabia's top judiciary official has issued a religious decree saying it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV networks that broadcast immoral content. The Sheik said that satellite channels cause the "deviance of thousands
The Wasilla Police Department estimated that the cost of paying for the rape kits itself came to between $5,000 and $14,000 a year, Associated Press reported. [the big question is, how many rapes/year happen in a town of 9,000?]
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York held an emergency meeting Friday night with top Washington policymakers and major financial institutions to discuss the future of Lehman Brothers attended by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson,
Republican Ron Paul does not want to be on the Montana ballot as the Constitution Party presidential candidate, but state election officials said Thursday it may be too late to remove his name. Paul, in a letter to the secretary of state, said his na
In case you were not aware a meetup site was created by an Arizona 1st amendment demonstrator to STOP the SCAM camera fraud that is going on right now on YOUR taxpayer funded roads
Ahead of Ike’s surge, wholesale gasoline prices in the U.S. Gulf went over $5 a gallon. As eleven Texas refineries representing 16 percent of total U.S. refinery capacities shut down,
In Riverside County, total foreclosure-related filings were up 58 percent from a year ago and 39 percent from July, while in San Bernardino County, total filings increased 98 percent from August 2007 and 34 percent from the month before.
Hank Paulson's God Complex just got bigger. The Director of Government Bailouts, and head of the Socialism Departmant at Treasury has informed Congress to back off his turf.
How many U.S. citizens must die at the hands of "Sanctuary Policy" in cities like Phoenix, LA and Denver? Tancredo blasts Governor Ritter in Colorado. Who will blast Mayor Gordon in Phoenix? Who will be the next victim if you fail to blas