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Senate Bill Weighs in at 2,074 Pages
The House health reform bill was a mere 1,990 pages. Not to be out done, the Senate introduces a monstrous 2,074 pages!At Least 19 Killed in Pakistan Courthouse Bombing
A suicide bomber killed 19 people Thursday outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants fighting back against an army offensive in the near..Bernie Madoffs Auction The Real Deal (Graphic)
An auction that saw some of Bernie Madoff's prized possessions up for grabs caused a feeding frenzy at auction houses with over 2,000 dealers and collectors placing bids online and sales exceeded a..Techmeme's Gabe Rivera Makes News Aggregation Profitable
Don't tell News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch, but technology news aggregator Techmeme is raking in profits.t r u t h o u t | California's Medical Marijuana Law - Just
overview of the history of CA's Medical Marijuana laws.FAA Computer Problem Causes Widespread Flight Dela
A computer glitch caused flight cancellations and delays across the U.S. Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration and airlines said.Maersk Alabama repels 2nd pirate attack with guns
Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel..Army suicides on track to hit new record
Suicides in the US Army are headed to a new record this year but it remains unclear if repeated combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq are causing more soldiers to take their lives, a top general has..$600M spent on health care debate = insurance for 45,000
The pricetag to influence the health care debate in the halls of Congress has surpassed $600 million and is fast becoming a legislative record breaker. The total spent on lobbyists, television ads ..Indonesian sex slave breaks her silence
People see me as a strong woman, Sunarsih says, but I was broken inside. I was always crying but I don't want other people to see my cry. Sunarsih is not this woman's real name. She doesn't want he..AP Turns Heads for Devoting 11 Reporters to Palin Book 'Fact
Reviewing books and holding public figures accountable is at the core of good journalism, but the Associated Press' treatment of Palin's book seems an unprecedented move.."Shangri-La" Caves Yield Treasures, Skeletons
A treasure trove of Tibetan art and manuscripts uncovered in "sky high" Himalayan caves could be linked to the storybook paradise of Shangri-La, says the team that made the discovery. The 15th-cent..U.S. Inflation Edges up, Housing Starts Fall Sharply
Construction of new homes in the United States fell sharply last month, showing potential weakness in the economy's recovery, while consumer prices rose slightly more than expected.Nearly 15 percent of households don't get enough to eat
One in seven Americans struggles to get enough to eat, the government reported ....Women banned from wearing trousers in Paris
Crazy law introduced in 1800 by Paris' police chief has survived repeated attempts to repeal it.Growing Up bin Laden
In a new book, Osama bin Ladens fourth son, Omar, describes a father who always put jihad above family.Senator Nick Xenophon: Scientology a "criminal organization"
Independent Australian Senator Nick Xenophon has accused the Church of Scientology of being a criminal organization and its leader David Miscavige of being an abusive tyrant.Iran Wants Neda Forgotten
Iran has complained to Britain's Oxford University over a scholarship program in memory of Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman whose on-camera death during a protests earlier this year made her a glo..Obama Admin Slashed 60,000 Jobs From Recent Stimulus Report
The Obama administration, under fire for inflating job growth from the $787 billion stimulus plan, slashed over 60,000 jobs from its most recent report on the program because companies had submitte..Area Man Defends What He Imagines Constitution to Be
ESCONDIDO, CA -- Provoked by a presidential administration he believes is guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 46, has become a vehement defender of id..President Obama bows to emperor of Japan
TOKYO, JapanAfter spending binge, White House says it will focus on defi
Barack Obama plans to announce that he wants to focus extensively on cutting the federal deficit in 2010. Lets see then, he needs to veto government take over of health care, cap and trade. He must..More in U.S. Say Health Coverage Is Not Govt. Responsibility
More Americans (50%) now believe it is not the governments responsibility to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage than think it is (47%). This marks the first time this decade when a pl..Everyone in Britain could be given a personal 'carbon allowa
Everyone in Britain should have an annual carbon ration and be penalised if they use too much fuel, the head of the Environment Agency will say.Mexican City Pleads for UN Peacekeepers
Business groups in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday they are calling for United Nations peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence that has given their city one of the h..Bissell's Dirty Secret - Workers Protest Bissell Warehouse
Employees at the Bissell warehouse near Joliet, arrived to work at 6am today only to be informed they were all fired, but not before they trained their replacements.Medvedev calls for economy reform
President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia's old economic model no longer works, as he gives his state of the nation speech.Feds move to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran
Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian ..Hannity: Jon Stewart Was Right (VIDEO)
Fox News's Sean Hannity responded to Jon Stewart Wednesday evening after the Daily Show host called out the network for using old footage from a larger September 12, 2009 "Tea Party" protest to ill..Boy Braves Frigid Cold and Polar bears
12 hours later rescued.
