What are you doing for Darwin Day?

Today is Darwin Day! A day in honor of the man who educated the population about the evolutionary process, Charles Darwin. It's a day with various events around the nation. Many places are having lectures and fun activities for kids. Some cities, such as Los Angeles and New...

Hilton Hotels To Create 1,500 Jobs In UK

Hilton is to create around 1,500 jobs as part of an expansion plan in the UK, which will see 20 new hotels being built over the next few years. The firm is also expecting to open more than 110 new hotels across...

Cadillac Ciel Concept:Exclusive Pebble Beach Video

Cadillac teased the media and the public with it's Ciel Concept. Both it and the Cadillac Converj made there showing at Pebble Beach on Friday. The jury's way out on the front end of this design study by Cadillac....

Survivor Benefits Should Not Be Taxed - Says Widow of Soldier

The widow of a soldier that was killed by a suicide bomber in 2006 in Afghanistan is fighting the Canadian government to eliminate taxes on survivor benefits.  Chantel Roy from Lincoln, New Brunswick was four...

Lincoln ignited the Civil War

Blame Lincoln Is that news? The Federal Government of the USA would not and should not have tolerated southern states insistence on preserving an economy based on slavery. Yes, Lincoln knew that the Federal...

Two great Presidents, America celebrates

America celebrates the birthdays of two Presidents, Washington and Lincoln. Washington was our first and gave birth to a new nation, and Lincoln gave to us the rebirth. From the nation’s beginning, we struggled...

Trevor Case Charged After Waterboarding GF Danielle Stallworth

Trevor Case Has Been Charged With Domestic Assault, False Imprisonment and Making Terroristic Threats Case allegedly accused his girlfriend Danielle Stallworth of cheating on him last Saturday, and then the tied her to the couch and waterboarded her. The couple, both 22,...

University of Nebraska Football Joins Big 10: Big 12 Depleted

NCAA Moves: Nebraska Cornhuskers Leave Big 12, Boise State Leaves Western Athletic Conference (WAC), Joins Mountain West Conference (MWC) The NCAA is going through its biggest realignment in history as more Division...

Ben Nelson rejects abortion compromise

In an interview today, Senator Ben Nelson told KLIN radio in Lincoln, Nebraska, that he will not vote for the Senate Health Care bill as it now stands. Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat, said in the interview that...

Want to go to the American Idol Finale? Pay Clinton's Debt

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com. Iron Mill News Remember the good Ole days when big democratic donors got the opportunity to stay a night or two in the Lincoln Bedroom?  I thought it would be...

On Slavery, Presidents Share Nothing in Common

Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama share several things in common: Both were lawyers; both served in the Illinois legislature; and both were elected president of the United States. When it comes to the...

Four New Pennies Debut February 12 the Birth Date of Abe Lincoln

For 100 years (since 1909) we have enjoyed what is referred to as "The Lincoln Penny". Now we will have 5 to enjoy in all. Children and adults  worldwide have collected them, carefully examining them in search...

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...

Ice Storms in the US; NA Hit Hard by Snow

School closures are happening across the US and Canada today as a cold front moves in again and hits areas with snow, freezing rain, and even ice storms. Central Illinois might get hit by an ice storm later today,...

Military jet crash in San Diego kills 3; 1 missing

"Residents near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar are accustomed to loud, low-flying military jets, but they immediately knew something was wrong when they heard the skies thunder. The explosions came moments...

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