The Besiegement of Black Friday

The Downward Spiral of Holiday Human Behavior in Society The recession were in the midst of has certainly brought out the worse in some of us, and with that said some may even say as an excuse, "for good cause". Some may even equate it to the adage of, "desperate times call...

Tinley Park, Illinois, Named The Best Place To Raise Your Kids

Tinley Park, Illinois has topped the list of BusinessWeek's 2010 Best Places To Raise Kids. The criteria that guided BusinessWeek's choice were things like number of schools, household expenditures, crime rates, air quality, jobs, family income, museums, theatres and other...

Great American Smokeout 2009 Urges Smokers To Kick The Habit

Great American Smokeout 2009 is taking place today in the United States. It is an annual campaign against smoking that happens on third Thursday of every November. This year marks the 34th year of the campaign. The American Cancer Society campaign asks smokers to stop smoking...

Reflections on the US Soccer Team

The US Football [Soccer] Team played their friendlies against Slovenia and Denmark. What happened was that they lost to both teams and there was no reason for that to occur. The US Soccer Team had managed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup and win the CONCACAF Championship in...

Alexandra Kerry, Daughter Of Senator John Kerry, Arrested For DUI

Alexandra Forbes Kerry, the 36-year-old daughter of U.S. Senator and the 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry, has been arrested for Driving Under Influence (DUI) in Los Angeles early Thursday morning. Kerry was busted when she was pulled over for a traffic...

Gleefully I bring thee Neo-Con humour

Now that Palin has tasted the high life she is not about to give it up any time soon - and if that means making Liberals squirm while she speaks and is televised, or whoops it up with her 'fellow' neo-con nutcases as they buy into her persona, so be it.Yet, with one piece of...

TJ Maxx Hostage Taking In Florida: Hostages Free, Gunmen At Large

A hostage taking unfolded at a TJ Maxx department store in Venice, Florida, yesterday night as the store was closing down for the day around 9 PM local time. Various sources report between six and nine people were taken hostage, mostly employees. The hostage taking lasted for...

Elizabeth Smart's Kidnapper Wanda Barzee Gets 15 Years In Jail

Elizabeth Smart's kidnapper Wanda Eileen Barzee agreed to serve 15 years in prison for abducting Smart at the age of 14. Earlier, Barzee apologized to Smart, saying she hoped that "Smart [would] be able to find it in [her] heart to forgive [her] one day." Thanks in part to...