Smadi Arrested for Attempting to Bomb Fountain Place Office Tower

DALLAS - A 19 year old Jordanian citizen was arrested this afternoon for attempting to bomb Fountain Place, a 60 story office tower in downtown Dallas.  Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, who was in the US illegally, ...

FBI Searches For Tulsa Man Involved In Human Trafficking Case

BOL,  Be on the look out for Ronnie Presley. One of several busted in the largest Human Sex Trafficking rings in the country. I say this every time I post one of these. The problem is a big one, people have...

Canadian Federal Program Aims To Get Mentally Ill Off Streets

The federal government is testing a new program in five major cities in Canada, aiming to help homeless people with mental illnesses to reintegrate into society. The $150 million program was created by the Canadian Commission on Mental Health, and will be implemented in...

White House Sharply Increases Deficit Projection to $1.6 Trillion

"The federal deficit will soar to nearly $1.6 trillion this year, miring the nation in the deepest pool of red ink since the end of World War II, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and the White House reported Tuesday. " This is a major problem.  This huge...

Poll: Americans losing confidence in Obama

" less that half of Americans — 49 percent — say they believe the president will make the right decisions for the country. That's down from 60 percent. The poll published Friday says Obama's overall approval...

Marcus Schrenker Sentenced 51 Months

Marcus Schrenker, formerly an Indiana financial advisor, pleaded guilty to criminal charges for purposely crashing his plane and will serve 51 months in federal prison. "Judge Roger Vinson sentenced Schrenker...

Plan mapped out to sell water to U.S.

This could be good for both countries.  The US could get a dependable water supply and Canada could generate electricity and get money for the surplus money, " Quebec could raise as much as $9.5 billion a...

Economist declares economic 'train wreck' in America's future

" If you thought last week’s job numbers were bad, take a look at the latest from Morgan Stanley’s chief economist, Richard Berner. In a research note that’s been making the rounds of economics blogs this...

Ottawa rips Sri Lanka for deporting ‘security threat’ Bob Rae

The government of Canada has formally registered its "dismay and displeasure" regarding unacceptable treatment of Hon. Bob Rae. and deporing him for Sri Lankan national security threat. " “It is absurd to suggest...

New Report: How Safe are you in a Federal Building?

Do you feel safe when you walk into a Federal Building?  Following 9/11 one would think with the Department of Homeland Securities Federal Protective Service was designed to provide high safety standards to...

Blacks, Men: Are Racial & Gender Discrimination Not Dead Yet?

Houston, TX -- A Federal Civil suit has been filed in Texas alleging problems of gross, illegal discrimination and unethical conduct by one of the largest YMCAs in the nation. The conflict seems to involve a former...

Same-sex partners to get fed benefits

" President Barack Obama, under growing criticism for not seeking to end the ban on openly gay men and women in the military, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. Obama plans to announce his decision on Wednesday in the Oval Office, a White House...

Transport Minister apologizes for cussing at Toronto

Transport Minister John Baird apologized to Toronto Major David Miller for cussing at Toronto. ""I was speaking out of frustration, and I certainly expressed that," John Baird said in the House of Commons on...

Encouraging whistleblowers

" It’s important to encourage and protect whistleblowers—they’re the ones who expose the wrongdoing. Business Week: " Employees lead the pack in corporate whistleblowing, accounting for 19% of those reporting...

Leibowitz chats up broadband, net neutrality, privacy...

"When it comes to consumer issues like broadband and network neutrality, the FTC in recent years has spent most of its time nodding dumbly at carriers, allowing them to "self-regulate." The idea that corporations can effectively monitor themselves for bad behavior has been...

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