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PANDEMIC!

The World Health Organization has issued a warning to nations around the world to be on the lookout for outbreaks of the swine flue after cases surfaced in Mexico and the United States.  More…

Tel Aviv Bound Airplane Diverted After Passenger Rushes Cockpit

  A Delta Air Lines bound from New York’s J.F.K. Airport to Tel Aviv, Israel was diverted to Boston’s Logan Airport after a 22-year-old passenger rushed to the front of the aircraft and began pounding on the cockpit door.  More…

Ballistics Match In Craiglist Killing

A handgun found in the apartment of Phillip Markoff, the man accused of  killing Julissa Brisman in a Boston hotel during a botched robbery, matches the same weapon used in the crime police say.  More…

Ford Loss Less Than Expected

The only US automaker to turn away government aid posted a less than expected first-quarter loss and reduced cash consumption sending stock up during early morning trading.   More

France Losing Control – Revolution May Come

As strikes and civil disobedience increase, Former French prime minister, Dominique de Villepin stated that conditions in France are deteriorating and that, “The government is losing control… there is a risk of revolution…”   More…

Sen. Jim Webb Puts Marijuana Legalization On The Table

    Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) who is a leader in the congressional effort to reform the criminal justice system, said that all issues – including drug legalization – must be on the table.  More…

Pirate Bay Judge Exposed As Conflicted Jurist

The Swedish judge who sentenced founders of the Pirate Bay website to jail last week forgot to tell anyone that he was in bed with copyright protection associations and serves on the board of the Motion Picture Association of America.  More…

Elk Grove Cedes O’Hare Fight

Chicago suburb, Elk Grove Village is dropping it’s legal fight to prevent expansion of O’Hare International Airport because plans to build a roadway through an industrial park in the village were reportedly dropped.  More…

Chrysler Going Belly Up!

The New York Times is reporting that the Treasury Department is preparing Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings for Chrysler that could come as early as next week.  Chrysler’s lenders hold nearly $7 billion in debt and the government earlier offered 22 cents on the dollar for a 5% share in a reorganized corporation. More…

Suicide Bombers Kill 60 In Iraq

Two suicide bombers wearing vests stuffed with explosives detonated their bombs in separate attacks in Baghdad and north of Baghdad killing a total of sixty people police said.   More… 

President Gets Souped Up Blackberry

President Obama will be getting a high-security, high-tech BlackBerry for his personal use administration officials have said in an exclusive report in the Washington Times.  More…

Exelon to Build Solar Plant On South Side

ComEd parent company Exelon Corporation has announced plans to build the largest urban solar power plant in the nation in the city’s south side, committing $60 million to the project with plans for completion by the end of his year.  More… 

GM To Shut Down Most US Plants For Summer!

General Motors Corporation may be planning to close most of it’s U.S factories for up to nine weeks this summer due to slumping sales and huge inventorries of unsold vehicles now on dealer lots.  Speculation that the former auto giant could declare bankruptcy may be partially to blame for lagging sales, analysts believe.  More…

Acting Freddie Mac CFO Dead In Apparent Suicide

WASHINGTON – Reports indicate that 41-year-old, David Kellerman, acting Chief Financial Officer for Freddie Mac – the government sponsored creator of mortgage-backed securities, was found dead in his N0rth Virginia home, the victim of and apparent suicide.  More… 

Castro Rips Obama on “Superficiality”

Fidel Castro claimed that President Obama “misinterpreted” his brother Raul’s sentiments expressed toward the United States Tuesday and shrugged off any suggestion that Cuba would free political prisoners being held on the Island after posting an essay blasting the US President for showing signs of superficiality.  More…

Murtha Earmarks Under Scrutiny

Congressman John Murtha (D. PA) is under scrutiny for allegedly steering tens of millions in taxpayer funds to 10 companies that recently donated to his campaign.  More…