Florida Man Tasered by Police While Fighting House Fire
On November 8 around 6:00 p.m., a Florida man was tasered by police while trying to protect his house from a fire in a neighboring house. “It was horrible,”...
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Small Business Group: ObamaCare’s Employer Mandate Hurts Employers, Employees
ObamaCare’s employer mandate is supposed to guarantee that every working American is able to obtain health insurance through his employer. But according to the National Federation of Independent Business...
Danes Say “Cheese” as Fat Tax Is Repealed
The Danish government repealed a year-old tax on fatty foods because it wasn't keeping Danes from eating them and was causing job losses. ...
More LOST Opponents Coming to Senate — but Will They Be Too Late?
Opponents of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) should be encouraged by the outcome of Tuesday’s Senate elections, according to Patrick Goodenough of CNSNews.com.As of last summer, 34...
Dodd and Frank: The Dukes of Moral Hazard
According to the text of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the law is supposed “to promote the financial stability of the United States by...
Teenage Girls Secretly Given Contraceptive Implants and Injections in U.K. Schools
In the past two years thousands of teenage girls across the United Kingdom — some as young as 13 — have been given contraceptive injections or implants without their...
British Hospitals Make Millions Euthanizing Patients
According to London’s Daily Telegraph, British hospitals are euthanizing patients at ever-increasing rates — and raking in big bucks as a result.Documents obtained by the newspaper under the Freedom of...
Healthcare Cost Estimates Rise Under “Affordable” Care Act
Cost estimates for ObamaCare's insurance subsidies have risen nearly 25 percent in the last two years and are expected to rise even further, according to a new think-tank report....
Obama’s Misleading Statistic on Veterans’ Unemployment
During the October 22 presidential debate, President Barack Obama touted his administration’s initiatives to assist veterans in finding jobs upon their return to civilian life. “As a consequence” of...
Obama Stiffs Illinois Capital $55,000 for 2008 Campaign Event
As of September 30, President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign had raised over $560 million and had $99 million on hand. Yet the campaign still refuses to reimburse the city...
Will D.C. Follow Big Apple’s Lead on Super-Sized Sodas?
Several D.C. councilmembers, plus the district's mayor, recently expressed a willingness to consider a New York City-style ban on large-sized sugary drinks in the district. ...
U.S. Taxpayers Fork Over Millions for Cultural Preservation in Foreign Countries
The State Department gave out $5.6 million of taxpayers' money in 2011 to preserve cultural sites and customs in foreign countries. ...
Feds Give Welfare to the Dead, Deny Medicare to the Living
The federal government has been paying certain welfare benefits to deceased individuals and denying Medicare benefits to those alive, thinking they were dead, according to a report from the...
U.S. Negotiating to Keep Troops in Afghanistan Past 2014
The most recent indication that the U.S. military may well be in Afghanistan to stay comes from Marc Grossman, the State Department’s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Appearing...
Electric Car Battery Maker Goes Bankrupt Despite $500M in Subsidies
Another day, another subsidized “green energy” firm going bankrupt. This time it’s A123 Systems Inc., a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of batteries for electric cars that received about $500 million in...