Consumer spending, fueled by job growth, cheaper gas and higher home values, would drive the U.S. economy through a global slump. That was the widespread hope just a few months ago. Now, doubts are growing that the United States can withstand economic pressures flowing from overseas. Economies in China, Canada,… Read More
Presidential candidate announces he’s ending his campaign
Multiple sources are reporting that former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb is set to announce he is dropping out of the Democratic race for president and is considering launching an independent bid instead. Webb planned to hold a news conference on Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity and was… Read More
Idiot criminal steals car because of WHAT?!
It might be a long walk, but that’s still a terrible excuse to steal a car. A man accused of stealing a taxi after he was discharged from a Des Moines hospital says he didn’t want to walk home. Des Moines police say 26-year-old Luis Orellana-Rivera drove off with the… Read More
Hill-zilla! Clinton caught abusing Secret Service
Hillary Clinton’s bad behavior isn’t limited to the political world. In fact, she’s such a difficult and nasty person to get along with that being assigned to guard her is considered a form of punishment for Secret Service agents. That’s according to investigative journalist Ronald Kessler’s tell-all book, The First Family… Read More
“Issue ME a ticket,” say citizens of MA town to police
Getting a ticket from police in one Massachusetts town isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In fact, some residents are eager for them. Concord’s police department says it plans to issue up to 200 “citations” for good behavior. That could include such things as wearing a bicycle helmet or a seat… Read More
Obama to free drug cartel criminals?
Under an Obama Administration restructuring of federal sentencing guidelines, thousands of federal inmates convicted of felony drug crimes are going to be released in early November before their sentences are up. And according to multiple reports, up to 2,000 of these first 5,500 inmates set to be released into the… Read More
Atheists to students: Stop praying for America
Atheists have delivered a blow to Christianity at a Texas school district, whose high school principal and other teachers are now banned from joining student-run prayer events. The school district is also considering disbanding their religious, student-run after-school club under the threat of lawsuit. The pressure comes from the notorious… Read More
California courts protecting royal rapist?
Concerned neighbors called the Los Angeles County police in late September to report a blood-covered woman screaming for help and trying desperately to scale a massive wall that surrounds the residence of Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud, a 29-year-old Saudi prince living on the 2500 block of ritzy Wallingford Drive. Monday, prosecutors… Read More
High school “stoner” hacks CIA email secrets
A self-proclaimed marijuana junky claims he hacked into CIA Director John Brennan’s personal email account and has posted the documents found online, including names and Social Security numbers of possible agents, email addresses of top officials from Brennan’s contact file, and more. The CIA said it referred the matter to the… Read More
Old house, new location [only in America!]
Years after a big city sprouted up around a tiny California house and its 87-year-old owner refused to sell the only home he’d ever known, heavy equipment rolled up to the lot. But it wasn’t there to demolish the three-bedroom Oakland house built by Lawrence Bossola’s parents. It was there… Read More