A 97-year-old woman has received an honorary diploma from a Michigan high school, eight decades after she was forced to drop out to help her family. Margaret Thome Bekema finally was able to don a mortarboard and fulfill her lifelong goal in front of her friends and family on Thursday…. Read More
Rampage in Colorado – Honoring the fallen
Stories of the victims are emerging out of the senseless killings over the weekend in Colorado Springs. Two women killed by a gunman who marched down the streets of the town with a rifle were shot as they chatted on the porch of their residence for sober living, while a… Read More
Ryan caving to liberals on abortion
That didn’t take long. Only a week in office, and the newest Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., is already backing down from President Barack Obama. In a recent interview with CNN’s “State of the Union”, Ryan was asked about fighting the President and defunding Planned Parenthood. Ryan said… Read More
Kansas City Royals win the World Series
They worked all season to take one more step in the World Series. Eric Hosmer wouldn’t wait any longer. A daring dash by Hosmer tied the score in the ninth, and those bound-and-determined Kansas City Royals rallied yet again to beat the New York Mets 7-2 in 12 innings early… Read More
A Proportional Response to Climate Change
The UN Climate Change Conference represents yet another opportunity for bureaucratic busy-bodies to impose a heavy-handed solution to a problem susceptible like any other in the market to simple price signals. By Martin Hutchinson, Global Markets Analyst, Wall Street Daily U.S. President Barack Obama, in concert with like-minded leaders… Read More
224 dead in airline tragedy
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — A Russian aircraft carrying 224 people, including 17 children, crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous region in the Sinai Peninsula about 20 minutes after taking off from a Red Sea resort popular with Russian tourists, the Egyptian government said. There were no survivors, the Russian… Read More
The (not so) amazing traffic stop that is going viral
This Facebook post about an young man being stopped and disarmed by the police from a few days ago is going viral… but not for the reasons you may think. Steven Hildreth, Jr says he was pulled over by the Tucson police for having a busted headlight. When the police… Read More
CNBC debate gets HUGE blowback from Republicans
NBC is out after their network, CNBC,was heavily criticized for it’s poor moderation of the third GOP Presidential Debate. Friday, the Republican National Committee announced it’s suspending its partnership with NBC News and its properties and won’t allow the network to co-host a presidential primary debate scheduled for February. The… Read More
Prosecutor fired for drawing gun on scary Halloween decoration
An assistant prosecutor in West Virginia has been suspended after pulling a gun and threatening to shoot fake spiders scattered around the office as Halloween decorations. Logan County Prosecuting Attorney John Bennett tells media outlets that Chris White informed other employees that he is “deathly afraid of spiders” before threatening… Read More
Officials warn: Beware of owl attacks
“Hoo” goes there!? City officials say they’re not surprised that an owl recently went on the offensive at Seattle’s Discovery Park. Christopher Li says he was walking through the park on Wednesday evening when he suddenly felt sharp claws on the back of his head. Li says he “freaked out”… Read More