Congress sends the first intelligence authorization bill since 2004 to President Obama. CIA Director, Leon Panetta, killed a previous program last year. “The Bush administration and its top officials were faulted for not fully briefing or notifying Congress on highly classified programs. Programs, such as, a secret plan to target terrorist leaders and considered highly [...]
McDonald’s is threatening to end health coverage for close to 30,000 hourly workers unless an exemption to one of the new health care bill is granted. McDonald’s provides so called “mini-med” coverage to hourly employees in 10,500 mostly franchised locations. McDonald’s is unique among restaurants because it does provide some medical insurance to low wage [...]
The U.S. has advised that women should only begin routine screening for breast cancer after the age of 50. However, a study in Sweden is debating that “women in their 40s should get mammograms. The study suggests that earlier screening can “lower the risk of dying of the disease by 26 percent in the age [...]
While Congress is supposed to be approving the new budget which begins Friday, they seem more concerned with their political campaigns. Even lawmakers are putting their fights over taxes to attend to voters and attempt to win the Nov. 2nd elections. In the midst of running a campaign over and above their basic job function, [...]
“Do as I say, not as I do.” Or is that the actual case? Did Meg Whitman, California gubernatorial candidate knowingly employed an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper? She is alleged to have continued, even after being alerted in 2003 of the maid’s legal status. Whitman calls for “tougher sanctions against employers who hire illegal [...]
Two confirmed dead and at least 12 missing after flooding and mudslides cut across Jamaica from Tropical Storm Nicole. Prime Minister Bruce Golding urged people to stay indoors, as the storm collapsed bridges, knocked out power to thousands and filled the streets with water. One slide killed a 14-year-old boy, Buju, whom was found in [...]
Bethany Storro pled not guilty today and has been ordered to live in a mental healthy facility while she awaits trial. Bethany, recently divorced, drew attention for claiming she received facial burns from an unknown individual. The grocery worker received nearly $28,000 in donations towards medical bills and the country’s heart at her trauma. Confessing, [...]
A shortage in drug supply to induce coma for lethal injection has caused the state of California to call off a scheduled execution. Albert Greenwood Brown was scheduled to be put to death on Wednesday. The California Supreme Court denied the state’s request to proceed with it on Thursday night. Albert Greenwood Brown was sentenced [...]
The US House of Representatives are one step closer to implementing higher tariffs on Chinese products. The US contends that China is artificially manipulating its currency and keeping the Yuan from rising naturally. The bill passed by the House treats the Chinese exchange rate as a subsidy thereby allowing the US to add extra duties [...]
Tuesday evening, the Eiffel Tower was evacuated for a second time in two weeks. The evacuation occurred after officials received a call about a bomb threat. British and French officials have been put on alert for a possible terrorist attack. One British official would not confirm if it was “al-Quaida inspired” but said “there is [...]