January 2, 2013

US sales of bombers, missiles and rockets to China's and North Korea’s neighbors are forecast to increase sharply in 2013 challenging Beijing’s goal to be the main power in the region.

The rising arms trade has been predicted by The Aerospace…

January 2, 2013

President Barack Obama wasn’t lying when he said he’d raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans if reelected — but it won’t be just the top wage-earners who will be handing over more to Uncle Sam in 2013.

Under a last minute Capitol Hill agreement…

December 31, 2012

The feared fiscal cliff was at hand Monday night, with senators discussing a deal struck by their leaders and no vote in the House of Representatives…

December 29, 2012

Unknown sources are funneling money into new research aimed at finding the so-called "evil" gene that may have been responsible for the recent mass shooting that allegedly took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School in…

December 31, 2012

China will begin releasing air pollution readings every hour in 74 of its biggest cities from New Year's Day, after years of public pressure. Around 8,600 people in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xi'an died prematurely this year…

December 30, 2012

If a broader deal on the "fiscal cliff" cannot be reached soon, the Senate should vote on legislation to make sure middle-class taxes are not raised and that 2 million people don't lose unemployment benefits, President Barack Obama told NBC's "Meet the…

December 28, 2012

The deadly winter storm that killed 17 US residents has also left thousands without power, which is unlikely to be restored until after the New Year. Many will be forced to endure freezing cold nights in states that hardly ever see snow.

In the…

December 28, 2012

US regulators want to make event data recorders (EDRs), similar to “black boxes” used on planes, mandatory on all cars produced from September 2014. The move has sparked a tense debate between safety advocates and those worried about loss of…

December 28, 2012

Members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous are demanding that a California police department remove an officer from the force after video has surfaced of the cop in question firing at a civilian 11 times at point-blank range.

The…

December 28, 2012

More than 14,000 longshoremen threatened to go on strike Sunday, thereby bringing commerce to a standstill at ports across the US. But the union representing the workers agreed to avert its strike for 30 days while it negotiates with port…

December 27, 2012

With less than a week until a powerful legislation expires that lets the government eavesdrop on the phone and email conversations of Americans, the Senate has convened in DC to discuss whether or not to renew the FISA Amendment Act.

The 2008 FISA…

December 20, 2012

In late November, during a closely watched public debate, the Senate voted by a wide, bi-partisan margin to ban indefinite detention of American citizens. But now that the legislative process…

Dec 24, 2012

Want to keep your phone working as well as it can—and should? We'll bet at least one of these tips from our experts will surprise you.

1. Weak signals kill your battery. Phones use more power when they're trying to access a weak network…

December 24, 2012

The United States Army will be deploying troops to nearly three-dozen African nations in the coming year.

Soldiers based out of Fort Riley, Kansas’ 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division will begin training in March 2013 in order to prepare for a project that…

December 21, 2012

While the United States rightfully mourns the death of 20 innocent children who were murdered last week in Newtown, Connecticut, few people realize that as awful as those murders were, the man who has been given the Peace Prize for his…

December 24, 2012

Organs from an executed convict in Taiwan have been harvested to save the lives of at least five people.

Body parts extracted from the corpse of the executed inmate included a liver, two kidneys, corneas and bone marrow. Two of six others executed on…

December 22, 2012

Facebook has begun testing a pilot program where users have to pay a fee for each message they want to send over the social networking site.

The website, one of the most visited in the world, published a press release on Thursday that…

December 21, 2012

I was talking with my wife this morning and I realized that I am very frustrated about what I see happening in life.  In fact, it angers me.  We have so much corruption and graft in our government, it tends to make one's head spin.  The most frustrating part of this has to do with what Congress seems completely incapable of seeing and/or stopping.

For instance, with the NDAA - the act that allows the government to arrest and detain an American citizen here in…

December 20, 2012

Sgt. Craig Pusley wears his desert camo fatigues...no weapons...just him. Took it upon himself to go to the nearby school and stand watch outside. The school loved it. The principal thanked him. No pay..no breaks...just his heart…

December 17, 201

Gandhi is known around the world as the master of "nonviolence." And yet, in the face of being threatened with bullying attacks, even Gandhi directly advocated the use of violence in the defense of the innocent. Had…