"A prudent man forseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished."   Proverbs 22:3 and Proverbs 27:12  KJV   Word study on this verse

Mississippi Sends Bill to Ban Abortion Funding in Health Care to Governor Barbour lifenews.com 4/29/10 ["Mississippi today became the latest state to send a bill to its governor that would allow the state to opt out of the abortion funding in the health care law President Barack Obama signed. The state follows Arizona and Tennessee in having the legislature give such a pro-life bill final approval."]
Financial Times: U.S. Debt to Hit $20 Trillion in 10 Years newsmax.com 4/29/10 ["While the global financial system remains transfixed by the problems of Greece and several other European countries risking default over their massive debts, the real threat is whether the credit standing and currency stability of the world’s biggest borrower, the United States, will be jeopardized by its disastrous outlook on deficits and debt. "]
UAE eyes three-month food stockpile maktoob.com 4/29/10 ["The UAE cabinet on Sunday approved a plan to build up three-month stocks of rice, flour and other staples to boost food security following the European travel chaos that disrupted supplies, local daily the National reported."]
Judge asks feds to show militia did more than talk google.com 4/29/10 ["Prosecutors say the public would be at risk if the nine are released. But defense lawyers claim the government has overreached with a criminal case based mostly on hateful speech."]
US would-be lawmaker wants illegal immigrants micro-chipped news.yahoo.com 4/29/10 ["The would-be Republican candidate made his controversial remarks as anger mounted in the United States and abroad over a new immigration law in Arizona, which allows police in the southwestern state that borders Mexico to question and detain anyone they believe may be an illegal immigrant."]
EU Says Debt Restructuring for Greece Is ‘Not an Option’ bloomberg.com 4/29/10 ["“Greece’s needs will be met in time,” EU spokesman Amadeu Altafaj told reporters in Brussels today. “Debt restructuring in euro-area member states is not an option,” he said. "]
Did Obama hide damning health-care report? wnd.com 4/29/10 ["Following release of an official report that estimates "Obamacare" will cost $311 billion more than advertised and could force 14 million Americans off their employer-provided insurance, a new allegation has surfaced that the White House knew of the unflattering analysis weeks before the health-care bill was passed and intentionally hid it from Congress. "]
Chinese accused of vast trade in organs washingtontimes.com 4/29/10 ["China's hidden policy of executing prisoners of the forbidden quasi-Buddhist group Falun Gong and harvesting their organs for worldwide sale has been expanded to include Tibetans, "house church" Christians and Muslim Uighurs, human rights activists said Monday. "]
Supreme Court ponders privacy rights for petition signers washingtonpost.com 4/29/10 ["The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Wednesday that the Constitution offers protection to individuals who fear harassment because they must publicly disclose that they sign referendum petitions, with the toughest questioning coming from Justice Antonin Scalia."]
Baby 'left to die' after botched abortion news.com.au 4/29/10 ["Doctors in Rossano, southern Italy, carried but the procedure however the infant survived. It's alleged that he was then wrapped in a sheet, umbilical cord still attached, and abandoned."]
No single cause for mass die off of honey bees: OIE google.com 4/29/10 ["At normal times, bee communities naturally lose around five percent of their numbers. But with the syndrome known as colony collapse disorder (CDD), a third, half -- sometimes even 90 percent -- of the insects can be wiped out."]

Obama Administration to Force Taxpayers to Fund More Embryonic Stem Cells lifenews.com 4/28/10 ["The National Institutes of Health announced today that four additional lines will be funded. Those are above and beyond the lines the Obama administration funded previously."]
Oklahoma Senate Overrides Governor Veto of Pro-Life Legislation lifesitenews.com 4/28/10 ["The first of the two bills, HB2780, requires that women be given an ultrasound within an hour of their abortion, and that the sonographer must explain the results in detail. The senate overrode Gov. Henry’s veto in a 36-12 vote. "]
Greece reaches for bailout after 'junk' credit downgrade4/28/10 [""]
UN Still Blanketing Ravaged Haiti with Condoms lifesitenews.com 4/28/10 ["If the UNFPA was genuinely concerned about stemming the tide of HIV/AIDS, he said, they would focus efforts on HIV testing, rather than promoting sexual licentiousness with faulty protection. "The UNFPA sees all conceptions in war-torn or refugee-strewn or earthquake-affected countries as illegitimate. ... These people are dependents, and they shouldn't have children at all," he said. "]
Ill. State Reps Ask Gov. For National Guard to Cut Murder Rate abcnews.go.com 4/28/10 ["Bratton and others recoiled at the request made Sunday by Chicago Reps. John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford, both Democrats, that Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn deploy the Illinois National Guard to deal with the violence."]
Greece downgraded to junk status by S&P google.com 4/28/10 ["The downgrade deprives Greece of an investment-grade rating on its bonds, meaning it would pay higher costs to borrow if it taps debt markets again. The agency said Greece's weak long-term growth prospects made it less credit worthy."]
Mississippi Legislators Want Bill to Opt Out of Abortion Funding in Health Care lifenews.com 4/28/10 ["Legislators in Mississippi nearly joined those in Arizona and Tennessee in getting a bill to the governor that would opt the state of out of some of the abortion funding in the new health care law. The bill President Barack Obama signed into law contains massive abortion financing with tax dollars."]
Europe steps up pressure for smacking ban on human rights grounds telegraph.co.uk 4/28/10 ["It is now one of only a handful of countries holding out against a complete ban on the practice, according to the Council of Europe. The organisation criticised the fact that state intervention into family affairs is seen as “unwelcome” in Britain and attacked traditional parenting practices which are based on “authority”. "]
NY governor wants furloughs for 105,000 state workers reuters.com 4/28/10 ["furloughed one day a week until the Legislature finally enacts a new budget plan, Governor David Paterson proposed on Tuesday."]
Prepping for the worst lancasteronline.com 4/28/10 ["Calamities such as Hurricane Katrina and the Wall Street meltdown stoke that impulse because they stir doubt about whether government can handle the mess, Markman wrote in an e-mail. "When trust erodes," according to Markman, "people want to take over more ... basic responsibilities for themselves. People who feel like they are taking care of their own needs are decreasing the anxiety caused by mistrust.""]
Syrian-Turkish Joint Army Drill Intensifies Threat to Israel israelnationalnews.com 4/28/10 ["The army maneuvers are another sign of closer ties between Damascus and Ankara, which was considered to be a friend of Israel until last year, when it fell in line with most of the Arab world’s anti-Israel campaign."]
Swiss Suicide Tourism Group Dignitas Dumped Urns of Remains in Lake Zurich lifenews.com 4/28/10 ["American bioethicist Wesley J. Smith noted the apparent contradiction that suicide tourism is legal but improper disposing of the cremated remains is not."]
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Council Told to Consider Bankruptcy bloomberg.com 4/28/10 ["Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, the sixth-most populous U.S. state, has guaranteed payments on $282 million in bonds on the incinerator, run by the Harrisburg Authority. The payments on the bonds and on a working-capital loan this year add up to four times the amount the city collects in property taxes each year, budget documents show. "]

Why More U.S. Expatriates Are Turning In Their Passports time.com 4/27/10 ["According to government records, 502 expatriates renounced U.S. citizenship or permanent residency in the fourth quarter of 2009 — more than double the number of expatriations in all of 2008. And these figures don't include the hundreds — some experts say thousands — of applications languishing in various U.S. consulates and embassies around the world, waiting to be processed."]
Obama to Muslim world: A 'new beginning' has started usatoday.com 4/27/10 ["The exchange programs will include business opportunities in Silicon Valley, technology, telecommunications, health care, education and infrastructure, Obama told the summit that included delegates from the U.S. and Muslim countries."]
Forget 10% Unemployment, The Real Job Loss Pain Number Is 54% businessinsider.com 4/27/10 ["Yet given the unemployment rate's odd methodology whereby it drops people who stop looking for work out of the data, and the fact that American households usually have more than one person, the real 'pain' number is 54% -- over half of American households felt the direct impact of job losses:"]
Governor Brewer Makes Arizona First to Drop Abortion Funding in Health Care lifenews.com 4/27/10 ["As pro-life advocates in Tennessee wait for Governor Bredesen to decide if he will sign the bill there into law, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer wasted little time signing her state's version."]
GM repays federal loan with government money sfgate.com 4/27/10 ["Neither the ad nor the press release mentioned that GM repaid its government loan with other government money, or that U.S. taxpayers could lose money on the roughly $50 billion they still have invested in General Motors."]
Fears of civil conflict deepen in Thailand washingtonpost.com 4/27/10 ["Fears of civil conflict grew in Thailand on Tuesday after anti-government protesters stopped police from moving to Bangkok and rivals threatened to take matters into their own hands if leaders did not restore order. "]
Claims Questioned On Vaccines Using Cells From Abortion Leading to Autism lifenews.com 4/27/10 [""Our study draws no causal linkages with anything and the recent increase in autistic disorder, and certainly not to the use of fetal tissues in vaccines," he said. "Without additional screening approaches there are potentially a huge number of possible exogenous factors and explanations that could be associated with autism.""]
U.S. Food Inflation Spiraling Out of Control prnewswire.com 4/27/10 ["The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today released their Producer Price Index (PPI) report for March 2010.... Food prices for the month rose by 2.4%, its sixth consecutive monthly increase and the largest jump in over 26 years. NIA believes that a major breakout in food inflation could be imminent, similar to what is currently being experienced in India."]
Iran strikes secret nuclear mining deal with Zimbabwe's Mugabe regime telegraph.co.uk 4/27/10 ["Iran has struck a secret deal with Zimbabwe to mine its untapped uranium reserves in a move to secure raw material for its steadily expanding nuclear programme. "]

EU won't buy WA GM canola farmonline.com.au 4/26/10 ["Premier Colin Barnett has been accused of hiding damaging letters from European grain traders in the lead up to last month's vote on genetically modified crops, which state that they would not be willing to buy grain from Western Australia if GM crops are grown."]
Another state considers Arizona eligibility plan wnd.com 4/26/10 ["Georgia Rep. Mark Hatfield, part of a coalition in his state supporting new election requirements, says it's really the responsibility of members of Congress to make sure a foreign-born individual or dual citizen isn't installed in the White House. "]
History's Clues to America's Crisis crossroad.to 4/26/10 ["A Two-Century-Old Warning by Pastor Chauncey Lee"]
Vic's worst locust plague in 40 years farmonline.com.au 4/26/10 ["Victoria is experiencing its biggest locust outbreak in nearly 40 years, with the state's farmers bracing for financial losses in the millions of dollars."]

US Regulators Close Seven Illinois Banks wsj.com 4/24/10 ["Friday's failures bring to 57 the number of U.S. banks that have failed already this year, after 140 failures in 2009. The FDIC said the total cost to its deposit insurance fund from Friday's failures topped $970 million. "]
Supreme Court contender: 'Gay rights' champion wnd.com 4/24/10 ["has a history of supporting abortion, repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and expansion of the president's regulatory power and has touted controversial White House regulatory "czar" Cass Sunstein as the "preeminent legal scholar of our time." "]
10 Cities Facing a Double Whammy of Default Risks usnews.com 4/24/10 [""You are going to see a lot of people walking away [and] you are going to see a lot of distressed inventory that's being dumped on the market." To pinpoint housing markets that are facing these twin default risks, U.S. News compared negative equity data from Zillow with unemployment figures from Moody's Economy.com."]
Feds invade farm for 5 a.m. inspection wnd.com 4/24/10 [""The phrase 'reason to believe' would be inserted 14 times into the code with S. 510," she said. "If this bill goes through, the FDA will have control of farms. They will not need 'credible evidence' to act. They will essentially be given a free hand to act as they want. And look at how they already act, even with the existing constraints in place." "]
Ariz. governor signs immigration enforcement bill google.com 4/24/10 ["The sweeping legislation makes it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally. It would also require local police officers to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are illegally."]
McCain Proposes Indefinite Detention Without Trial for Citizens thenewamerican.com 4/24/10 ["has introduced a bill that would allow the President to imprison an unlimited number of American citizens (as well as foreigners) indefinitely without trial. Known as The Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010, or S. 3081, the bill authorizes the President to deny a detainee a trial by jury simply by designating that person an “enemy belligerent.”"]
Ash crisis accelerates work on seamless EU sky google.com 4/24/10 [""The absence of a single European regulator for air traffic control made it very difficult to respond to this crisis. We needed a fast, coordinated European response .... instead we had a fragmented patchwork of 27 national airspaces," Kallas said."]

A Concurring (Biblical) Opinion For Secession newswithviews.com 4/23/10 [By Chuck Baldwin  "Christians rightly square everything with the principles and precepts of the Holy Scriptures. So, is there Biblical approbation and authority for State secession?"]
Israel to US: No building halt in east Jerusalem google.com 4/23/10 ["Aides to Israel's prime minister said Thursday that his government has officially rejected President Barack Obama's demand that it suspends all construction in contested east Jerusalem, a move that threatens to entrench a year-old deadlock in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking."]
Real-time Voice Translation Coming to Mobile pcworld.com 4/23/10 ["What Novauris and Fluential have developed can't translate all speech, but the software is designed to carry out translation quickly enough that users can converse at a relatively normal rate. Each is designed to overcome communication problems in specific situations."]
Dramatic Turnaround: Ontario Premier Backs Down - Explicit Sex Ed Needs 'Serious Rethink' lifesitenews.com 4/23/10 ["The curriculum, which is the first new version in the province since 1998, was quietly posted to the Ministry of Education's website in January, without a summary of the changes. It had been slated to be implemented in all Ontario schools by September."]
Iran Tests Speed Boats In "Major" Gulf War Games nytimes.com 4/23/10 ["Iranian media said naval, air and ground units of the elite Guards force would take part in the three-day exercise in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. About 40 percent of the world's traded oil leaves the Gulf region through the strategic narrows. "]
NYT: Districts warn of deeper teacher cuts msnbc.msn.com 4/23/10 ["Districts in California have pink-slipped 22,000 teachers. Illinois authorities are predicting 17,000 public school job cuts. And New York has warned nearly 15,000 teachers that their jobs could disappear in June. "]
14 Risks of Holding U.S. Government Treasury Bonds marketoracle.co.uk 4/23/10 ["Uncle Sam publishes no prospectus … provides no risk disclosure … issues no warnings … and is virtually immune to related lawsuits by regulators or investors. "]
Katla, the 'witch' volcano, looms over Iceland news.yahoo.com 4/23/10 ["What's known is that Katla has erupted approximately every 80 years since Vikings first settled this island nestled under the Arctic Circle more than a thousand years ago. The last eruption was in 1918 and "it's the longest pause of Katla on record, which is why we are monitoring it very carefully," Hreinsdottir said."]

Recriminations erupt in ash-fueled aviation crisis google.com 4/22/10 ["The composition of the volcanic magma also appeared to be changing into a form that could become more explosive. Peter Ulmer, a professor of petrology, said the magma has been gaining in silicate content. If it continues, or if the nearby Katla volcano also erupts, "this could lead to the most feared of all eruptions: A Plinian eruption," Ulmer said."]
Study Confirms Link Between Autism and Use of Cells From Abortions in Vaccines lifenews.com 4/22/10 ["The study, published in February in the publication Environmental Science & Technology, confirms 1988 as a “change point” in the rise of Autism Disorder rate. ...that's when the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices added a second dose of the MMR vaccine, containing fetal cells from aborted babies, to its recommendations."]
Another Undercover Video Shows Kentucky Abortuary Failing to Report Child Sex Abuse lifesitenews.com 4/22/10 ["...showing an employee at Kentucky’s only abortion provider, EMW Women’s Surgical Center, an affiliate of the National Abortion Federation, freely volunteering to violate Kentucky law, which requires those with evidence of suspected child abuse to inform law enforcement."]
Toyota 52 deaths, Gardasil 49. Toyota recalled. jillstanek.com 4/22/10 ["No recall for Gardasil, which is required for 6th-grade girls in DC, MD, VA, and many other states. Parents can opt out, but few know the true risks...."]
Approaching apocalypse: Will Obama docs surface? wnd.com 4/22/10 ["Hemenway warned at the time, "If the court persists in pressing Rule 11 procedures against Hemenway, then Hemenway should be allowed all of the discovery pertinent to the procedures as court precedents have permitted in the past. "]
Arizona House Passes Amendment Requiring Citizenship Proof of President lifesitenews.com 4/22/10 ["...will need to take another vote on the bill itself before sending it back to the Senate for another vote. Rep. Judy Burges (R-4) added the language, which requires that a candidate demonstrate that he is a “natural born citizen” by having the Secretary of State review the birth certificate itself."]
Health-care mandates could be 'null and void' wnd.com 4/22/10 ["...the Center is reaching back into the history books to suggest states take up "nullification," a controversial measure that would essentially involve states saying to the federal government, "Not in our borders, you don't. That law has no effect here." "]
Obama suggests value-added tax may be an option google.com 4/22/10 ["After Obama adviser Paul Volcker recently raised the prospect of a value-added tax, or VAT, the Senate voted 85-13 last week for a nonbinding "sense of the Senate" resolution that calls the such a tax "a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further push back America's economic recovery.""]
Government goes high-tech to redesign $100 bills google.com 4/22/10 ["The new currency will not go into circulation until Feb. 10 of next year. That will give the government time to educate the public in the United States and around the world about the changes."]

A government bailout for airlines after Iceland volcano? csmonitor.com 4/21/10 ["Citing the government bailout after the Sept. 11 shutdown of US airspace, European airlines are seeking government compensation over groundings caused by the ash cloud released from an Iceland volcano. So are some stranded passengers. "]
Federal Emergency Management Agency faces own fiscal emergency politico.com 4/21/10 ["...warns that relief funds are running dry and FEMA is poised to invoke an emergency exception to get around budget statutes and provide limited aid in the event of a new disaster. "]
Third of U.S. teens with phones text 100 times a day washingtonpost.com 4/21/10 [""Texting is now the central hub of communication in the lives of teens today, and it has really skyrocketed in the last 18 months," Pew researcher Amanda Lenhart said, attributing the rise in part to payment plans that allow unlimited texting. "]
Study: Brain games don't make you smarter google.com 4/21/10 ["...computer games  ...He said people should consider learning a new language or sport if they really wanted to improve their brain power. "To stimulate the intellect, you need a real challenge," Adey said, adding computer games were not an easy shortcut. "Getting smart is hard work.""]
Art of Logic artoflogic.org 4/21/10 [A DVD-based seminar by Daniel Valles, based on Isaac Watt's classic book.]
U.N.'s Ballooning $732 Million Haiti Peacekeeping Budget Goes Mostly to Its Own Personnel foxnews.com 4/21/10 ["Some $495.8 million goes for salaries, benefits, hazard pay, mandatory R&R allowances and upkeep for the peacekeepers and their international staff support. Only about $33.9 million, or 4.6 percent, of that salary total is going to what the U.N. calls "national staff" attached to the peacekeeping effort."]
White House Quietly Courts Muslims in U.S. nytimes.com 4/21/10 ["“I think dialogue is good, but it has to be with genuine moderates,” said Steven Emerson, a terrorism analyst who advises government officials. “These are the wrong groups to legitimize.” Mr. Emerson and others have also objected to the political appointments of several American Muslims, including Rashad Hussain."]
The Hypocrisy Of The Obama Birth Certificate Issue newswithviews.com 4/21/10 [By Lynn Stuter  "...how is it exactly that any parent, enrolling their child in school, must produce the child's birth certificate but AKA does not have to produce his actual birth certificate, issued at the time of his birth, in order to sit in the Oval Office and live in the White House?"]
First State Opts Out of Abortion Funding in Health Care Bill Obama Signed lifenews.com 4/21/10 ["The measure, if signed, would have Tennessee opting out of using state tax money to pay for abortions in state health care exchanges -- though other abortion funding in the government-run health care bill can't be suppressed by state efforts."]
China holds national day of mourning for quake dead bbc.co.uk 4/21/10 ["The official death toll has now reached 2,039. "]
UK: Half of middle class home owners fear their properties could be repossessed next year telegraph.co.uk 4/21/10 ["Part of the problem was that bills have far outstripped increases in family income. Figures show that while average pay increased by 13 per cent in the four years to the end of March 2008, fixed household costs jumped by 45 per cent."]
The porn identity theage.com.au 4/21/10 ["Gale set up Kids Free 2B Kids three years ago to campaign against excessive and inappropriate displays of sexual imagery. She says children are being manipulated by the media and marketing, all pushing variations of this message: ''Look sexy, buy lots, then you'll be popular and happy.''"]

Castle Defense Final Reload: A Patriot's Spiritual War newswithviews.com 4/20/10 [By Greg Evensen  "In Nazi Germany before the outbreak of war, there was an unprecedented outbreak of occult writing. This was followed by a form of worship given by the German people to their new Messiah. Sound familiar? The buildup of the German police state was necessary ONLY to subjugate the citizens and end all forms of dissent."]
L.A. mayor urges 10 percent cut in city work force reuters.com 4/20/10 ["Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday proposed cutting the work force of America's second-largest city by nearly 10 percent to close a $485 million budget deficit projected for the next fiscal year."]
European flights resume, new ash cloud on horizon vancouversun.com 4/20/10 [""The scale of the economic impact (on aviation) is now greater than 9/11, when U.S. airspace was closed for three days," International Air Transport Association (IATA) head Giovanni Bisignani said."]
Canada Parliament to Vote on MP's Bill Legalizing Assisted Suicide Next Week lifenews.com 4/20/10 ["...C-384 gives medical practitioners the right to directly and intentionally cause the death of their patients, if the patient 'appears to be lucid,' and is suffering chronic physical or mental pain or is terminally ill," he explained. "That means that a person who is not terminally ill but 'appears to be lucid' and is living with chronic depression can be directly and intentionally killed by a medical practitioner.""]
Why Drug Addicts Are Getting Sterilized for Cash time.com 4/20/10 ["Other groups on both sides of the Atlantic have compared the program to Nazi-style social engineering, criticized Harris for implying that all addicts will become unfit parents and suggested that donations to the group would be better spent on drug-treatment programs."]
Chinese Authorities Orchestrate Brutal Sterilization Round-Up of Thousands lifesitenews.com 4/20/10 ["...officials in Puning county are exercising coercive methods ...because the county is getting too populous and making them look bad in contrast to the other counties of Guandong Province. Officials are in a bid to get Puning promoted to a second-tier county, but they will fail if they cannot meet all quotas, including the birth quota."]
Justice Clarence Thomas: We're 'evading' eligibility wnd.com 4/20/10 ["Justice Thomas had previously resurrected a case challenging Barack Obama's eligibility to be president not based on his birthplace, but on whether Obama, a child born to a foreign national and admitting dual citizenship, would still be eligible under the Constitution's Article 2, Section 1 "natural-born citizen" requirement. "]
Iceland eruption tapering off, spewing lava and less ash smh.com.au 4/20/10 ["Experts said the volcanic cloud now reached about 3,000 metres, far below the towering 9,000 metres (29,527 foot) level reached initially."]
A volcano erupts and our Irish Famine past reappears irishcentral.com 4/20/10 ["Ireland is as cut off from America right now as if air travel never existed. Now the only way here is via boat thanks to the Icelandic volcano and our entire sense of what time represents has to change."]

Oklahoma City bombing remembered amid rising tensions google.com 4/19/10 ["A terrorism expert said the national mood is ripe for the resurgence of the militia-type groups similar to those that attracted Timothy McVeigh, who was convicted and executed for detonating explosives parked a van outside the federal building. "What we're missing right now is the symbolic catalyst," said Dr. Brent Smith, director of the Terrorism Research Center at the University of Arkansas. "There has always been some significant event that pushed the extreme right over the edge.""]
How an Icelandic volcano helped spark the French Revolution guardian.co.uk 4/19/10 ["The disruption to weather patterns meant the ensuing winter was unusually harsh, with consequent spring flooding claiming more lives. In America the Mississippi reportedly froze at New Orleans. The eruption is now thought to have disrupted the Asian monsoon cycle, prompting famine in Egypt. Environmental historians have also pointed to the disruption caused to the economies of northern Europe..."]
Volcanic ash relentless as tremors rock Iceland reuters.com 4/19/10 ["Iceland's Meterological Office said tremors from the volcano had grown more intense but that the column of ash rising from the volcano had eased back to 4-5 km (2.5-3 miles) from as high as 11 km when it started erupting earlier this week."]
Airlines carry out test flights in Europe's ash-filled skies latimes.com 4/19/10 ["Their losses deepening, European airlines on Sunday stepped up pressure to reopen the skies by carrying out passenger-free test flights despite the layer of volcanic ash that kept most planes across the continent grounded for a fourth day."]
Hospital directive gives gays a victory without the fight latimes.com 4/19/10 ["President Obama handed same-sex couples a victory without picking a drawn-out fight with conservatives this week when he ordered hospitals around the country to honor patients' wishes about who may visit their sickbeds or risk losing Medicaid and Medicare money."]
33 states out of money to fund jobless benefits cnn.com 4/19/10 ["A total of 33 states and the Virgin Islands have depleted their funds and borrowed more than $38.7 billion to provide a safety net, according to a report released Thursday by the National Employment Law Project. Four others are at the brink of insolvency. "]
What would happen if Palestinians unilaterally declare statehood? haaretz.com 4/19/10 ["Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad recently announced that his government intends to declare an independent Palestinian state in the summer of 2011, even if no agreement is reached with Israel. ...it was accompanied by hints that European countries, and even the European Union itself, would recognize such a unilateral declaration of independence. "]
Analysis: Israel fears US wants to impose peace google.com 4/19/10 ["Obama, in contrast, is speaking about the promises of peace and has taken a new unusual step, publicly characterizing Israeli-Arab strife as harmful to U.S. interests — which many interpreted as a prelude to taking action to push through a peace."]
Slow show reveals crisis impact on Abu Dhabi property smh.com.au 4/19/10 ["Only nine projects, worth 491 million US dollars, have been cancelled in Abu Dhabi, while 42 others, valued at 6.8 billion US dollars have been put on hold, according to a study by Proleads research company, published at the show."]

Volcano illustrates world's interconnectedness google.com 4/17/10 ["Thousands of planes fly millions of passengers and tons of cargo each day, providing the economic lifeblood of nations and businesses. The flights deliver products for sale or items as small as a specialized tool that lets a factory keep operating.  ...The eruption was a single act of nature, but it stopped the world in countless ways."]
Impact of volcanic ash surfacing for US businesses google.com 4/17/10 ["The airline industry is losing an estimated $200 million a day...  The impact on businesses that depend on air freight to ship products to and from Europe was harder to quantify, but the world's two largest package delivery companies were seeing a growing backlog."]
SAS warns of 2,500 temporary lay-offs due to grounded flights google.com 4/17/10 ["Scandinavian airline SAS warned it would temporarily lay off up to 2,500 employees in Norway starting Monday if flights halted due to a giant cloud of volcanic ash remained on the ground."]
Obama will still issue National Day of Prayer proclamation usatoday.com 4/17/10 ["Last year, Obama decided not to hold an official White House service for the day, as former President George W. Bush did during his administration. (But Obama did make a proclamation.)"]
Pakistan army guards scarce grain news.bbc.co.uk 4/17/10 ["The authorities in Pakistan have deployed paramilitary troops to guard wheat supplies around the country amid fears of a massive shortfall."]
Arizona to allow concealed weapons without permit google.com 4/17/10 ["Favoring the constitutional right to bear arms over others' concerns about gun safety, Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a bill making Arizona the third state allowing people to carry a concealed weapon without requiring a permit."]
Clinton alludes to 1995 bombing, says words matter google.com 4/17/10 ["Former President Bill Clinton warned of a slippery slope from angry anti-government rhetoric to violence like the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, saying "the words we use really do matter.""]
8 banks close in Calif., Fla., Mass., Mich., Wash. google.com 4/17/10 ["...putting the number of U.S. bank failures this year at 50."]
Bank bill in peril, WH urges part be dropped google.com 4/17/10 ["Obama administration officials want Senate Democrats to purge a $50 billion fund for dismantling "too big to fail" banks from legislation that aims to protect against a new financial crisis. Republicans contend the provision would simply continue government bailouts of Wall Street."]
Red Skies Over The Republic newswithviews.com 4/17/10 ["The eight years of the Bush administration ushered in the age of a new American dictator as surely as the Weimar Republic (Deutsches Reich) paved the way for the morally stunted Hitler who laid to waste almost the entirety of Europe and very nearly brought the world to the unfettered depraved demonic dominance of the prince of darkness. "]
Even 9-Month-Olds Choose 'Gender-Specific' Toys businessweek.com 4/17/10 ["a new study suggests certain stereotypical gender preferences take root even before most kids can crawl."]
 ACP: Schools should not affirm students' perceived sexual orientation catholicnewsagency.com 4/17/10 ["...the American College of Pediatricians (ACP) cautioned that it is “not a school’s role to 'affirm' a student’s perceived personal sexual orientation.” The ACP also said that “rigorous studies” show that children and adolescents who initially experience gender confusion or same sex attraction no longer do so by the age of 25."]

U.S. Court: National Day of Prayer is Unconstitutional lifesitenews.com 4/16/10 ["The decision comes in the case filed by The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), a Wisconsin-based organization, which challenged the constitutionality of a 1988 federal law giving the president the authority to designate the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer. "]
World Health Organization: Obama Makes U.S. Better Than Canada Promoting Abortion lifenews.com 4/16/10 ["Last year, Obama moved during his first week in office to overturn the Mexico City Policy and force Americans to fund groups that promote and perform abortions abroad."]
Kansas governor vetoes bill restricting late-term abortion google.com 4/16/10 ["Neighboring Nebraska passed a law on Tuesday prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a measure intended to target one the few remaining providers of late-term abortions."]
UK: Homeschoolers win round against United Nations wnd.com 4/16/10 ["The proposal would have placed "total discretion in the hands of local education officials to determine whether or not they will 'register' a home-education program and would require criminal-background checks for parents before they could begin to homeschool their own children," he said."]
Foreclosure Rates Surge, Biggest Jump in 5 Years nytimes.com 4/16/10 ["A record number of U.S. homes were lost to foreclosure in the first three months of this year, a sign banks are starting to wade through the backlog of troubled home loans at a faster pace"]
Officer challenging Obama 'reassigned' wnd.com 4/16/10 ["A spokeswoman for the case, Margaret Calhoun Hemenway, told WND that whatever the "assignment" amounts to, Lakin's access privileges were revoked, his computer was confiscated and he "is not permitted to support his Hippocratic oath … and take care of the troops as a doctor and a surgeon." "]

County to feds: They're our roads! wnd.com 4/15/10 ["Now a new perspective to America's rebellion against the power of the federal bureaucracy has been added with a vote by supervisors in one California county to reopen county roads that had been shut down by the Bureau of Land Management. "]
The Founder's View On National Health Care newswithviews.com 4/15/10 [By Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D.  "Precisely why, as a matter of constitutional law, can Congress “make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass of the society”? Because part of “the genius of the whole system” and “the nature of just and constitutional laws” require equality in all legislation that is capable of equal application."]
Obama sells arms to Arabs, but not to Israel wnd.com 4/15/10 ["For over 40 years, American administrations have pledged to help Israel maintain its military edge over its hostile neighbors, and this is the first administration not to honor that pledge. "]
What was different about China's quake? msnbc.msn.com 4/15/10 ["...it occurred in the middle of one of Earth's tectonic plates, instead of at the junction between them."]

Nebraska Enacts First-Ever Abortion Ban Based on Fetal Pain lifesitenews.com 4/14/10 ["Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law today another landmark bill banning abortion after 20 weeks gestation, on the basis that an unborn child feels pain at that age. Just hours before, the Nebraska legislature had passed the legislation, the first of its kind in the United States."]
Tennessee House Passes Bill to Opt Out of Abortion Funding in Obama Health Care Law lifenews.com 4/14/10 ["The Tennessee state House has approved legislation to have the state opt out of using state tax money to pay for abortions in state health care exchanges. The bill responds to the federal legislation Congress approved and President Barack Obama signed into law that includes massive taxpayer funding of abortion."]
$1.2 billion for summer jobs cnn.com 4/14/10 ["With teen summer employment expected to hit its lowest level since 1948, the federal government is pumping $1.2 billion in stimulus money into job training programs for youth."]
Doctor shortage? 28 states may expand nurses' role google.com 4/14/10 ["With a looming shortage of primary care doctors, 28 states are considering expanding the authority of nurse practitioners. These nurses with advanced degrees want the right to practice without a doctor's watchful eye and to prescribe narcotics."]
Joblessness: The Kids Are Not Alright wsj.com 4/14/10 ["The U.S. unemployment rate for workers under 25 years old is about 20%. ...It's virtually an entire field of study in the economics profession. That's because in Europe, "youth unemployment" has become part of the permanent landscape, something that somehow never goes away. "]
Israel: Ally or enemy? wnd.com 4/14/10 ["This new demand marked the first time an American administration conceded the Palestinian point that parts of Jerusalem now part of Israel should become incorporated in the new "Palestine.""]
Senators consider gasoline tax as part of climate bill latimes.com 4/14/10 ["Estimates put it in the range of 15 cents a gallon. Some oil companies are on board with the plan because it would cost them far less than other proposals to cut greenhouse gas emissions."]
Arizona passes strict illegal immigration act latimes.com 4/14/10 ["Arizona lawmakers on Tuesday approved what foes and supporters agree is the toughest measure in the country against illegal immigrants, directing local police to determine whether people are in the country legally."]

Gay marriage fails to get on California ballot reuters.com 4/13/10 ["Los Angeles-based Love Honor Cherish carried out a volunteer-driven signature-gathering effort after large groups decided there was not enough time to ensure victory this year, even with some polls showing more than 50 percent support for same-sex marriage."]
Okla. tea parties and lawmakers envision militia google.com 4/13/10 ["But the militia talks reflect the frustration of some grass roots groups seeking new ways of fighting recent federal initiatives, such as the health reform plan, which requires all citizens to have health insurance. Over the last year, tea party groups across the country have staged rallies and pressured politicians to protest big government and demand reduced public spending."]
Myrtle Beach bank seized by FDIC postandcourier.com 4/13/10 ["Regulators shut down Beach First National Bank today, marking 42 bank failures in the U.S. so far this year amid mounting loan defaults, especially in commercial real estate."]
Ashtabula County: Judge tells residents to "Arm themselves" wkyc.com 4/13/10 ["In the ongoing financial crisis in Ashtabula County, the Sheriff's Department has been cut from 112 to 49 deputies. With deputies assigned to transport prisoners, serve warrants and other duties, only one patrol car is assigned to patrol the entire county of 720 square miles. "]
U.S. Postal Service risks taxpayer bailout: GAO reuters.com 4/13/10 ["The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the postal service faces "daunting financial losses" of more than $238 billion over the next decade."]
Court Hears Lawsuit to Overturn Obama's Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding lifenews.com 4/13/10 ["The suit contends that the Obama administration’s embryonic stem cell research policy is in violation of a law which prohibits federal funds from being used to destroy human embryos for research purposes. "]
Should the U.S. Sell Its Gold? parade.com 4/13/10 ["At current prices, our reserve is worth an estimated $288 billion."]
Expose' Video Shows Planned Parenthood Pressuring Young Woman to Get Abortion Soon lifenews.com 4/13/10 ["The video, the third to document problems at Planned Parenthood abortion centers in Wisconsin and one of several showing problems nationwide, was released today by Live Action."]
Bill to restore jobless aid clears Senate hurdle reuters.com 4/13/10 ["A measure to restore jobless benefits for hundreds of thousands of Americans cleared a procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Monday as lawmakers returned to work after a two-week break."]
Study: Spanking Kids Leads to More Aggressive Behavior time.com 4/13/10 ["Still, as many parents can attest, few responses bring about the immediate interruption of a full-blown tantrum like a swift whack to the bottom. "]

Euro zone readies giant rescue package for Greece reuters.com 4/12/10 ["Euro zone finance ministers approved a giant 30-billion-euro ($40 billion) emergency aid mechanism for debt-plagued Greece on Sunday, but stressed Athens had not requested the plan be activated yet."]
Analysts: Israel viewed as world's 6th nuclear power ynetnews.com 4/12/10 ["Israel, whose prime minister withdrew Friday from next week's US-hosted nuclear summit, is viewed as the sixth country to have acquired nuclear weapons -- a title it has neither denied nor confirmed."]
How the West was lost: a lack of faith in civilisation smh.com.au 4/12/10 ["Howard recounted the faith and values youth forums he attended as prime minister and how he was struck by young people openly discussing suicide. It used to be taboo to talk about the taking of one's own life and Howard believes ''there are no absolute taboos any more''."]
Richard Dawkins planning to have Pope Benedict arrested over 'crimes against humanity' telegraph.co.uk 4/12/10 ["They are hoping to exploit the same legal principle used to arrest Augusto Pinochet, the late Chilean dictator, on a Spanish warrant when he visited Britain in 1998. The Pope will be visit London, Glasgow and Coventry, during his time in the UK between September 16 and 19. "]
Intel Briefs: China putting U.S. carriers in bull's-eye? wnd.com 4/12/10 ["The missile is a variant of the DF-21/CSS-5 medium-range ballistic missile. It was thought that the missile was only in the development stage. However, with the ongoing testing, the ASBM could become operational in a short time."]
Justice John Paul Stevens announces his retirement from Supreme Court washingtonpost.com 4/12/10 ["...announced Friday that he will retire this summer, and President Obama said he will move quickly to replace the Supreme Court's liberal leader and longest-serving member with someone who shares the belief that "powerful interests must not be allowed to drown out the voices of ordinary citizens." "]
State poised to punish free speech at schools wnd.com 4/12/10 ["The state of California is poised within days to adopt a resolution that schools be "discrimination-free" zones – a plan one critic asserts is designed "to stamp out the free speech of students and teachers with moral values or scientific ethics.""]
You can't teach ethics without referring to Christianity smh.com.au 4/12/10 ["It will be interesting to see how values such as loving one's neighbour, self-sacrifice, helping the poor etcetera are dealt with when the Bible stories that have shaped our understanding of these concepts for hundreds of years are excluded from the discussion."]

No birth certificate? No Obamacare! wnd.com 4/9/10 ["Taitz argues, "H.R. 3590 was signed into law by Mr. Barack Hussein Obama, who … never proved his legitimacy to the presidency. Therefore the act is invalid, as it was not signed by one legally entitled to sign it.""]
Austin Pregnancy Resource Centers Forced to Post Sign Saying No Abortions lifesitenews.com 4/9/10 ["Austin's city council on Thursday voted unanimously to become the second city in America to force pregnancy resource centers to post signs saying that they do not provide or refer for abortions or emergency birth control. The other city is Baltimore, Maryland, which passed a similar ordinance last year."]
Obama Nominee for Justice Post Withdraws nytimes.com 4/9/10 ["President Obama’s choice to lead the powerful Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department withdrew from consideration for the post on Friday, ending a troubled but high-profile nomination that had dragged on for more than a year. "]
It's Time For The Tea Party To Pick A Horse newswithviews.com 4/9/10 [By Coach Dave Daubenmire  "Riding an Elephant rather than a Donkey doesn’t get us out of the jungle. It is time to open the doors and empty the Zoo."]
States exempting guns from rules now total 7 wnd.com 4/9/10 ["Joining a nationwide effort to challenge Washington's authority, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter today made his state the seventh to exempt guns made and kept in the state from any federal regulations. "]
Saving Souls-Losing Freedom newswithviews.com 4/9/10 ["One would have to be a blind man to not see that America is fast losing the fundamental principles of liberty upon which our once-great country was established. And, without a doubt, the single biggest reason for this decline is the lack of concern and effort on the part of today's Christians and pastors to resist it."]

U.S. Constitution clearly forbids this health care law lasvegassun.com 4/6/10 ["...the 10th Amendment reserves the powers not enumerated and designated to the central government to the states respectively or to the people. James Madison, in Federalist 41, argued the general welfare clause of our Constitution is neither a statement of ends nor a substantive grant of power. It is a mere “synonym” for the enumeration of particular powers, which are limited, and wholly define its content."]
Census Bureau urges same-sex couples to be counted google.com 4/6/10 ["The bureau's willingness to count gay marriages — despite a federal law that denies legal recognition to any of them — has been hailed as a historic milestone by gay-rights leaders.  ...In a first step, a campaign called "Queering the Census," activists are distributing stickers for gays and lesbians to attach to this year's forms on which they can identify themselves as gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual."]
Unemployment benefits expire for thousands chicagotribune.com 4/6/10 ["In the latest round of skirmishing, Senate Democrats rejected Republican claims that they had backed away from a GOP proposal to give quick approval to a one-week extension that would be paid for with budget offsets."]
NY State Masks Deficit by "Shuffling" Money abcnews.go.com 4/6/10 ["...among accounts, siphoning cash from dedicated funds and "abusing" temporary loans, according to a report released on Monday. The general fund is the main one that credit analysts scrutinize because it excludes federal aid and some dedicated revenues from taxes or fees, such as dollars that flow into environmental or transportation funds, for example."]
What About Abortion in Cases of Rape and Incest? Women and Sexual Assault lifenews.com 4/6/10 ["...in the only major study of pregnant rape victims ever done prior to this book, Dr. Sandra Mahkorn found that 75 to 85 percent did not have abortions. This figure is remarkably similar to the 73 percent birth rate found in our sample of 164 pregnant rape victims. This one finding alone should cause people to pause and reflect on the presumption that abortion is wanted or even best for sexual assault victims."]
Judge says threats to confiscate children may be coercion wnd.com 4/6/10 ["The court decisions have focused on arguments by deputies and social workers, who contend they shouldn't be held liable for their actions. Earlier, the court ruled that social workers, accompanied by Maricopa County deputy sheriffs, made unsupported threats to place a family's children in custody and arrest the parents if they were not allowed to make what ended up being an allegedly illegal search of the family's home. "]
Au: Compulsory acquisition justifiable to council planners smh.com.au 4/6/10 ["Potential sites to house Sydney's burgeoning population are disappearing fast and the government's plan is to increase density in established suburbs. This is cheaper than greenfield development on the city fringe which requires huge expenditure on new infrastructure."]
Ohio Christian convert fights to stay in US google.com 4/6/10 ["A teenage girl who converted to Christianity and ran away from home is being blocked by her Muslim parents from fighting the possibility of deportation, her attorney told a judge Monday in an ongoing custody dispute."]

Magnitude 7.2 Quake Strikes Baja California wsj.com 4/5/10 ["A strong earthquake south of the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday damaged buildings in northern Mexico and shook high-rises in downtown Los Angeles and San Diego, but there were no immediate reports of serious injury or death."]
Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days usgs.gov 4/5/10 [""]
‘It’s not the state’s money’ msn.com 4/5/10 ["Give people their money. It's the rallying cry of lawmakers around the country pushing back against states that are delaying tax refunds to shore up their budgets."]
Constitution Denied newswithviews.com 4/5/10 [By Michael LeMieux "I find it amazing that a high ranking political official could make the bold statement that the majority of the work of Congress is not authorized by the Constitution and not one mention on main stream media; but let one unpopular vote on American Idol or Dancing with the Stars and it is splashed over very tabloid and television screen."]
Obama’s Student Loan Takeover Adds $52 Billion to Deficit According to 'Fair Value' Accounting, Says CBO cnsnews.com 4/5/10 ["...when the cost of the market risks and administrative expenses of the loans are taken into consideration, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported. "]
California's last auto plant shuts its doors breitbart.com 4/5/10 ["The plant began 25 years ago as a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors Co. GM pulled out last year, and Toyota later announced it would halt production, eliminating about 4,700 jobs. "]
Sharp Increase in March in Personal Bankruptcies nytimes.com 4/5/10 ["Filings were up 19 percent over March 2009. The previous record over the last five years was 133,000 in October. “Even with the restrictive new law, we’re back up over where we were before the law changed,”..."]
Yoga for children: not child's play christiananswersforthenewage.org 4/5/10 ["...in the 1980s, there were many warnings about doing Yoga and related meditations unsupervised. Of course, the Hindu reasons for the danger differ from Christian reasons; nevertheless, Yoga can and does initiate processes, physical, mental, and spiritual, that one may not be able to control. ...The West has sanitized Yoga to such an extent that many in the West are totally unaware of the true nature and purpose of Yoga."]
Harrisburg, Pa., May Miss Debt Payment wsj.com 4/5/10 ["Cities and towns can seek creditor protection under Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code, which was designed to give distressed municipalities breathing room to develop and negotiate debt-repayment plans. It’s not used very often, and some states don’t allow their municipalities to file for Chapter 9."]
Water bills go up in down economy as usage drops google.com 4/5/10 ["Many water utilities are raising rates because water use is down, in part because manufacturers have closed or are cutting back, tourism has fallen and the real estate market is in the doldrums."]

Army suggests brain scan for eligibility challenger wnd.com 4/3/10 ["Officially, the U.S. Army says it has no plans for formal action at this point against the officer. But the controversy also raises the prospect that the government may be unwilling to pursue a prosecution because of the possible ramifications – including a defense demand for a court-ordered discovery process that would target Obama's historical documentation. "]
UN Report Calls for $24 Billion/Year on “Modern Family Planning” including Abortion lifesitenews.com 4/3/10 ["Authored and funded by the Guttmacher Institute, Planned Parenthood’s research arm, along with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the report received input from leaders of the major population control institutions, including the Population Council, Population Action International, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)."]
Abortion Advocates Target Pregnancy Centers in Austin, Texas With Sign Law lifenews.com 4/3/10 ["Fresh from their victory in Baltimore, Maryland where they forced crisis pregnancy centers to post signs saying they don't do abortions, abortion advocates are now going after pregnancy centers in Austin, Texas. The goal is to besmirch the work the centers do in helping women find alternatives and pregnancy support."]
Millennials accused of lax work ethic say it's not all about 9-to-5 washingtonpost.com 4/3/10 ["The millennial generation -- about 50 million people between ages 18 and 29 -- is the only age group in the nation that doesn't cite work ethic as one of its "principal claims to distinctiveness," according to a new Pew Research Center study..."]

Army 'showdown' at eligibility corral wnd.com 4/2/10 ["A top-ranking, highly decorated officer in the U.S. Army says he's now refusing all orders until President Barack Obama finally releases his long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate to prove his eligibility to serve as commander in chief. ...Col. Terry Lakin, an active-duty flight surgeon charged with caring for Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey's pilots and air crew."]
American Street Preacher Arrested in Britain for Declaring Homosexual Behavior a Sin lifesitenews.com 4/2/10 ["An American street preacher has been arrested and fined £1000 in Glasgow for telling passersby, in answer to a direct question, that homosexual activity is a sin."]
State Debt Woes Grow Too Big to Camouflage nytimes.com 4/2/10 ["California, New York and other states are showing many of the same signs of debt overload that recently took Greece to the brink — budgets that will not balance, accounting that masks debt, the use of derivatives to plug holes, and armies of retired public workers who are counting on benefits that are proving harder and harder to pay."]
What About The Secular Militia? newswithviews.com 4/2/10 [By Coach Dave Daubenmire "It is clear that secular government has a militia and that they are determined to do all they can to squash the Christians. The war has already been declared. They aren’t fighting it with guns but with lies and intimidation."]
Alabama Senate passes health care opt-out bill al.com 4/2/10 ["But Beason said his bill or a similar bill from another state could serve as a vehicle for a court challenge claiming the health care law violated the U.S. constitution's 10th amendment, which says powers not given to the United States or prohibited to the states are reserved to the states or to the people."]
India begins world's biggest head count; 1.2 bn google.com 4/2/10 ["India began a yearlong census of its billion-plus population Thursday in which it plans to photograph and fingerprint every citizen over the age of 15 to create a national database and then issue its first national identity cards. ...will be linked with another massive exercise launched last year to assign every Indian an identity number. "It is for the first time in human history that an attempt is being made to identify, count, enumerate and record and eventually issue an identity card to 1.2 billion people"]
Holy bubble! Churches struck down by foreclosures reuters.com 4/2/10 ["Court records also reveal more than 100 churches have declared bankruptcy in the last year  ...An investigation by a Memphis television station found hundreds of churches in the city fighting foreclosure. Jackson estimates thousands of African-American churches nationwide are in danger of foreclosure, with 200 in Atlanta alone."]

Anglo Irish Bank Posts Ireland's Biggest Ever Loss abcnews.go.com 4/1/10 ["Nationalized Anglo Irish Bank posted a 12.7 billion euro ($17 billion) loss on Wednesday, the largest in Irish corporate history, as it got a second government cash injection and may need more."]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Urges Canada to Promote Abortion at G8 Mtg lifenews.com 4/1/10 ["A February study from the nation of Chile undercut claims by global abortion lobbyists that liberal abortion laws are necessary to reduce maternal mortality rates."]
Floods soak northeastern US google.com 4/1/10 ["The worst floods in decades washed over large areas of the northeastern United States on Wednesday as authorities mobilized emergency services to brace for more to come."]
Global War On Christian Values newswithviews.com 4/1/10 [By Berit Kjos  "Last month alone unleashed a flood of anti-Christian plots around the world. All were designed to suppress God's unchanging truth -- an intolerable obstacle to global solidarity. Even "friendly" regimes have joined this war on faith..."]
Federal Judge Finds N.S.A. Wiretapping Program Illegal nytimes.com 4/1/10 ["...that the National Security Agency’s program of surveillance without warrants was illegal, rejecting the Obama administration’s effort to keep shrouded in secrecy one of the most disputed counterterrorism policies of former President George W. Bush. "]
Obama Signs Student Loan Overhaul Legislation abcnews.go.com 4/1/10 ["Now, instead of having banks use government money to loan tuition, the government will lend the funds directly. Starting July 1, all new federal student loans will be delivered and collected by private companies under performance-based contracts with the Department of Education, according to officials. "]