Lt. Gov: Blagojevich Out by Lincoln's 200th Birthday

The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, Pat Quinn was on CBS's Meet the Press Sunday, and said that he was certain that Governor Rod Blagojevich would be impeached and convicted by Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial...

Want to know what your state taxpayer dollars pay for? LA Gov. Jindal new web...

"BATON ROUGE -- Want to know what the state Office of Business Development spent last year on employee salaries ($4,349,216.48)? How much the lieutenant governor's office has spent so far this year on travel and training ($117,881.49)? Or the annual salary of Insurance...

Investigators also probing link of arrested army officer with 2006 blast

The Indian investigators have reportedly grilled a lieutenant colonel of the army, who has been arrested on suspicion of inovlvement in September 29 Malegaon blast, to also probe his links with a blast that occurred in Nanded in April 2006."A team of officers belonging to the...

Lawmakers vote to subpoena Palin's husband, aides

"ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Alaska lawmakers voted Friday to subpoena Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, several aides and phone records in their investigation into Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner, setting up what one senator called a "branch-versus-branch...

Moscow Says Some Troops to Stay Put

"POTI, Georgia — Russian soldiers were at work digging positions outside Georgia's main Black Sea port city of Poti on Thursday at the same time Moscow maintained that its soldiers were on schedule to pull out of the country proper by Friday.Western governments, meanwhile,...

Penguin receives Norwegian knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo

A very celebrated penguin at the Edinburgh Zoo, Nils Olav, received the highest hounour for a penguin today.He was knighted.He already has medals for good conduct and long service, after he was made honorary...

Russian army trains for Arctic resource war

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor\Well as long as they stay on their side of the arctic, Canada most likely would not act.  The United States may do that for us.  Funny the world powers are...

Man orders pet snake to attack police

"Luckily for them that 2.7-meter-long pythons are not very obedient" I think lucky for the man the snake didn't turn around and attack him instead. This guy seems crazy, threatening everyone with retiles. "Police...

Wedding guests chase gunman who shot bride, groom

"LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) -- An apparent stranger shot the bride, groom and two other people at an outdoor wedding in rural Arkansas, then was arrested after being chased by outraged guests, a sheriff's official said Sunday. The wedding was just ending Saturday when the...

Man shoots bride, groom, guests

A lovely, outdoor, May wedding by a river in Arkansas.. a happy event, as most weddings are, then suddenly saddened with gunfire as a mad man, not at all associated with the wedding, opens fire, shooting the bride, groom and two guests.It would appear that the term 'A...

CSI Cold Case File" Gang Hit Overkill"

A Cold Case File, with so many twists and turns, worthy of a feature length Hollywood movie, with 2 sequels in order to solve." The execution-style killings inside a North York fish warehouse made no sense. Two...

A LIFE-AND-DEATH STORY

"A LIFE-AND-DEATH STORYThat Really Hit Home 03/28/08  An FBI employee, with the help of a Bethesda Naval Center staffer, taking part in a military blood drive at our Washington headquarters.On...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

Rescuers at NY crane crash site

"Rescuers in New York have been searching for survivors in the rubble of the apartment blocks crushed when a construction crane toppled into them. At least four people were killed in the accident and 10 injured, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said. He told reporters that three...

Russian arms dealer to face trial in Thailand-police

It will be interesting to see how this develops, particularly in terms of jurisdiction." BANGKOK, March 7 (Reuters) - Viktor Bout, the alleged "Merchant of Death" of the clandestine arms trade arrested in a U.S....

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