Teenage Boy in Florida — Attempted Kidnapping or Not?
There is controversy over whether a 14-year-old Orlando-area boy who says he was just trying to help a small girl find her mother last Thursday, June 10, actually committed a crime....
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Obama at New -20 Low Poll Approval
Rasmussen reported June 16 that its Daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows that twenty-four percent of the nation’s voters “Approve” of how Barack Obama is performing as President. Those who “Strongly Disapprove”...
Uninsured Woman Shoots Self to Get Treatment
Kathy Myers from Niles, Michigan, in Berrien County, first hurt her shoulder a month ago when she stated her 80-pound Labrador retriever yanked her right arm backwards. Feeling a pop in...
Rafting Guide Gets Arrested for Saving Girl
Starting with the apt expression that “no good deed goes unpunished,” the Channel 9 website out of Denver, Colorado, reported the arrest of 28-year-old Ryan Snodgrass, a rafting guide in Clear...
Arizona Illegals Already Appear to be Exiting
Although the new Arizona Senate Bill 1070 has about seven weeks remaining before going into effect, it seems to be having an impact ahead of schedule. With student enrollment dropping in...
South Korean Rocket Fails Again
After a day's delay in liftoff due to a malfunctioning fire extinguishing system on the launchpad, on June 10 at 5:01 p.m. South Korean time, the Naro-1 satellite launcher lifted off...
ABC Runs Frustration Index Poll
Calling it "a gage to try to get at the anger and what's behind the anger" in the country, ABC News' George Stephanopoulos discussed the network's "Frustration Poll" during Tuesday's Good...
Anamika Veeramani Spells “Stromuhr” to Win National Spelling Bee
A 14-year-old 8th grader from Ohio was the third Indian-American child in a row to win the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee. Once an event of humble classrooms and schools from...
Pro-AZ Immigration Law Event Draws Thousands
During the week leading up to the June 5 rally, websites from Orange County to Maine were conjecturing about sending local representatives as supporters and how to organize in time. At...
Umpire Robs Pitcher of Perfect Game, but Anger Quickly Fades
Anyone watching ESPN on the night of Wednesday, June 2, was delighted by the treat of being TV-transported to Detroit for the ninth inning of the Major League Baseball game between...
Obama Administration Agenda Delayed — or Right on Schedule?
It seems as though the political plans of the Obama Administration have been put on hold as the BP rig explosion and subsequent oil spewage gums up both the Gulf of...
Times Square Bomb Plot Suspects Released, Deported
On Monday, May 31, the Los Angeles Times was reporting that officials in Pakistan have released Major Adnan Ahmad, recently taken into custody under suspicion of helping the Times Square bomb...
Pakistan Confirms Shahzad Had Terrorist Training There
According to UPI on Thursday, May 27, Pakisan's Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, has made known the results, to date, of his government's investigation concerning Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistan-American suspect who attempted...
Pakistani Major Linked to Times Square Bomber Shahzad
Last Wednesday, May 19, it was announced that investigators in Pakistan had arrested a former Pakistani officer, Major Adnan, in association with the attempted Times Square bombing attempt of May 1. ...
Arrests in Pakistan Over Attempted Times Square Bombing
Pakistani officials on May 21 announced that they have arrested suspects in connection with the attempted May 1 car bombing in Times Square, New York City. It is not known when these...