Al Gore Ignores Inconvenient Questions
Al Gore was attending the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 19th Annual Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, held from October 7-11 this year, when one of the journalists asked some inconvenient...
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Gates Says Environmentalism Hurting Africa
Microsoft founder Bill Gates said on October 15 that environmentalists who are adamantly opposed to using genetically modified crops in Africa are hindering efforts to end hunger on that...
No Social Security COLA in 2010
The government has announced that Social Security recipients will not receive a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, in 2010. This is because the COLA is tied to price inflation, which...
Getting Your Health Insurance at the DMV
The Senate Finance Committee healthcare reform bill approved this week provides that Americans will be able to enroll in healthcare plans at their local Department of Motor Vehicles. ...
FBI Putting Driver’s Licenses in Virtual Lineup
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now able to scan millions of driver’s licenses using facial recognition technology as they seek to track down fugitives. ...
Insurance Industry Criticizes Healthcare Bill
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), an insurance industry trade group, released a report on October 11 that is critical of the Senate Finance Committee’s proposed healthcare legislation. ...
Economists Surveyed Think Recovery Starting
Over 80 percent of the economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics believe that America’s worst recession since the Great Depression has come to an end and...
U.S. Health Officials Say H1N1 Worsening
U.S. health officials say that the H1N1 flu has killed 76 children and is getting worse, yet some cities that were hard hit by the swine flu in the...
FCC Chairman Warns of Wireless Crisis
New Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski addressed CTIA-The Wireless Association at the industry trade group’s 2009 convention on October 7. Genachowski told CTIA that he believes “the biggest...
President Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
U.S. President Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.4 million). ...
Homeland Security Curtails Sheriff’s Powers
The Department of Homeland Security has revoked the special immigration enforcement contract it had under Federal Law 287g with Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County in Arizona. ...
Gold Hits Record Highs for Three Days
Early on October 8, BBC News reported that gold had hit $1,058 per ounce, marking the third consecutive day of all-time-high prices. ...
Normal Flu Shot May Counter H1N1
Researchers in Mexico have gathered evidence that the normal flu vaccine offers some degree of protection versus the H1N1 swine flu, Reuters reported on October 6. ...
Obama Recruits Doctors for Reform Speech
President Barack Obama gathered doctors from all 50 states of the nation to fill the Rose Garden as he once again pushed his version of healthcare reform in an...
Georgia School Sidelines Bible Verses
As of their Friday night game on October 2, the Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School football team, the Warriors, have been forbidden from using Bible verses on the large banner...
The Newspaper Revitalization Act Bailout
Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) introduced “The Newspaper Revitalization Act” on March 24 of this year. The legislation would allow the nation’s struggling newspapers to restructure as nonprofit, tax-exempt entities...
September Unemployment Hits 9.8 Percent
The national unemployment rate hit 9.8 percent in September, the highest it has been since June 1983. A total of 15.1 million Americans are now out of work, and...
FBI Claims OKC Bombing Tapes Not Edited
The Federal Bureau of Investigation claims that surveillance tapes of the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995 have not been edited,...
U.S. Opens ICANN to Global Influence
The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) signed an agreement on September 30 to give the international community more input into...
FDIC Wants Banks to Prepay Fees
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation proposed on September 29 that banks prepay $45 billion in insurance premiums to help the FDIC avoid running out of money to cover bank...