"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

Preparedness Apologetics blogspot.com 5/31/10 [By Tiffani "God, in His sovereignty, will use what we have - but we need to start with something. We don't have to panic about not having everything we think we need, but we do need to make an effort to acquire SOMETHING."]
US money supply plunges at 1930s pace as Obama eyes fresh stimulus telegraph.co.uk 5/31/10 ["The M3 figures - which include broad range of bank accounts and are tracked by British and European monetarists for warning signals about the direction of the US economy a year or so in advance - began shrinking last summer. The pace has since quickened. "]
Spain Loses its AAA Credit Rating at Fitch Amid Debt Struggles bloomberg.com 5/31/10 ["The ratings company cut the grade one step yesterday to AA+ and assigned it a “stable” outlook, according to a statement from London. Spain has held the top rating at Fitch since 2003. Standard & Poor’s lowered Spain’s ratings to AA on April 28. "]
Senate Democrats Pass Bill Allowing Govt to Collect Addresses, ATM Records of Bank Customers cnsnews.com 5/31/10 ["The bill, if it becomes law, would create the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and empower it to “gather information and activities of persons operating in consumer financial markets,” including the names and addresses of account holders, ATM and other transaction records, and the amount of money kept in each customer’s account."]
Israel rejects new drive to ban nukes from Mideast google.com 5/31/10 ["Israel declared late Saturday that it would not take part in a 2012 conference on establishing a nuclear-free Middle East — an Arab-led initiative backed by top ally U.S. and the 188 other signatories to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty."]
“Competition" Was Once King newswithviews.com 5/31/10 [By Derry Brownfield "Today only 4 beef packers, Tyson, Cargill, JBS Swift and National Beef, control 85% of the fed cattle market. Smithfield Foods, Tyson, Perdue and Sanderson Farms control 60% of the broiler chicken market. Practically all of our nation’s food comes from only a few large, multinational corporations. "]
Senate Takes Up 'Emergency' War Bill Despite Obama Pledge to End Practice foxnews.com 5/31/10 ["A year after President Obama pledged to end the practice of funding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with "emergency" spending bills, the Senate is taking up a $60 billion request that would do exactly that.  ...by designating the spending bill as "emergency," Congress avoids having to find a way to pay for it. "]
Conservative media fiddle while the military burns onenewsnow.com 5/31/10 ["The gravity of allowing open homosexuality in the military cannot be overstated. It has the potential of destroying the all-volunteer force by discouraging recruitment and retention and shattering unit morale. Chaplains would find themselves muzzled on basic questions of morality and many would leave the services. Recruits would undergo pro-homosexual "sensitivity" training. The already troubling problem of sexual misconduct would increase."]
Oakland to license, tax indoor marijuana growers google.com 5/31/10 ["Two city council members are preparing legislation that would license a few big growers who would supply the city's four legal medical marijuana dispensaries."]

Obama redefines national security strategy, looks beyond military might washingtonpost.com 5/28/10 ["Just as it did after World War II, the United States today must shape an international order and system of global institutions that reflect a 21st-century reality in which "America's greatness is not assured," Obama says in a 52-page "National Security Strategy" released Thursday morning."]
French protest as Europe implements austerity google.com 5/28/10 ["Meanwhile in France, tens of thousands of people turned up for rallies across the country called by trade unions in protest against the government's plans to raise the official retirement age from 60 in a bid to cut debt."]
Group Representing 2.5M Wartime Veterans to Congress: Keep 'Don't Ask' lifesitenews.com 5/28/10 ["In letters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner, the head of the nation's largest wartime veterans organization, stated his group's opposition to repealing the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy banning homosexuals from serving openly in the military. The House may vote to repeal that policy as early as Thursday evening."]
North Korea reacts angrily as Seoul's navy holds military exercises off coast guardian.co.uk 5/28/10 ["South Korea fired artillery and dropped bombs in military exercises off the west coast of the divided Korean peninsula today, with tensions running high in the area after an alleged North Korean submarine torpedo attack on a southern warship."]
Spain approves austerity plan by one vote google.com 5/28/10 ["Spain's parliament Thursday passed by just one vote an austerity plan aimed at easing fears of a Greek-style finance crisis, a slim government victory that may have averted its collapse as well as new turmoil in the markets."]
Sestak White House scandal called 'impeachable offense' wnd.com 5/28/10 ["If Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak is to be believed, there's someone in the Obama administration who has committed a crime – and if the president knew about it, analysts say it could be grounds for impeachment. "]
Mexico: 'U.S. troops OK, but no stopping illegals!' wnd.com 5/28/10 ["The Mexican government has announced it respects the Obama administration's decision to send 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S. southern border to counter cross-border drug and weapons trafficking – just as long as the troops don't enforce U.S. immigration laws. "]
UK: Capital gains tax rise to punish prudent savers telegraph.co.uk 5/28/10 ["Fidelity International, which manages £150 billion of individual and company savings plans, said it had "serious concerns" about the proposed tax change and said it was "urging the Government to listen before it is too late". "]

Feds Demand Court Toss Virginia Lawsuit Against Health Care Law lifesitenews.com 5/26/10 ["U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius argued that Congress was well within its rights to impose a national health insurance mandate under the interstate Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and said Virginia and other states could not “manufacture its own standing to challenge a federal law by simple expedient of passing a statute purporting to nullify it." "]
N.Korea says to sever all ties with S.Korea google.com 5/26/10 ["The North said it would expel all South Korean personnel from a jointly-run industrial estate at Kaesong north of the border, and ban South Korean ships and planes from its territorial waters and airspace."]
European Debt Crisis Spurs Jump in Sales of U.S. Gold Coins wsj.com 5/26/10 ["Gold, trading at about $1,200 an ounce, has hit record highs in recent weeks, even as other commodities have fallen sharply, as investors seek assets that are thought to retain their value during volatile times. The increased demand for gold coins, which tend to be purchased by private investors who want to hold physical metal, indicates that the concerns about the deepening financial problems in Europe are weighing on an increasingly wide swath of investors. "]
Italy approves 24 billion euro austerity drive google.com 5/26/10 ["because its deficit is lower than other struggling eurozone countries, economists consider Italy to be in a stronger financial position than Spain and Greece, which have also undertaken painful austerity drives."]
Obama to send troops, bolster border security reuters.com 5/26/10 ["President Barack Obama will seek $500 million for security and send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border, an administration official said on Tuesday, after demands from both Republicans and Democrats for more federal resources along the frontier."]

At West Point, Obama offers new security strategy washingtonpost.com 5/25/10 ["emphasizing global institutions and America's role in promoting democratic values. In a commencement speech to the graduating class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the president outlined his departure from what Bush had called a "distinctly American internationalism." Instead, Obama pledged to shape a new "international order" based on diplomacy and engagement. "]
Obama tells military: prepare for North Korea aggression reuters.com 5/25/10 ["President Barack Obama has directed the U.S. military to coordinate with South Korea to "ensure readiness" and deter future aggression from North Korea, the White House said on Monday."]
Obama endorses 'don't ask, don't tell' compromise in Congress washingtonpost.com 5/25/10 ["Under the compromise, finalized in a series of meetings Monday at the White House and on Capitol Hill, lawmakers will vote in the next several days on a repeal of the Clinton-era policy. If it passes, that action would not go into effect until the Pentagon completes a study about its impact on the troops. "]
South Korea cuts trade ties with North over sinking theage.com.au 5/25/10 ["The South imports about $US230 million ($A275 million) worth of seafood and other products from the impoverished North each year, and the North earns $US50 million a year making clothes and conducting other business with South Korean companies. Mr Lee said South Korea would block North Korean merchant ships from using South Korean waters, which would force them to detour and use more fuel."]
Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Suit Against Aurora Planned Parenthood lifesitenews.com 5/25/10 ["ruled that a lawsuit may go forward alleging that a Planned Parenthood mega-center violates city zoning laws and that the zoning board blatantly ignored the violation. "]
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour Signs Health Care Abortion Funding Opt Out lifenews.com 5/25/10 ["Today, Barbour signed a bill, SB 3214, that takes effect immediately -- well before the abortion provisions in the health care measure come into play. "Mississippi continues to be the safest place to be an unborn child in America today," Barbour said. "This bill ensures that taxpayers' money will not fund abortions if the health insurance exchanges are implemented under the federal health care law.""]
UK unveils 1st round of cuts; much more to come reuters.com 5/25/10 ["British Finance Minister George Osborne detailed 6.2 billion pounds ($8.92 billion) of spending cuts on Monday in the latest bout of EU belt-tightening, warning much worse lay ahead in an emergency budget next month."]
Calif pension fund asks state for additional $600M google.com 5/25/10 ["CalPERS, the nation's largest public pension fund, lost $55.2 billion, or a quarter of its value, during the 2008-09 fiscal year. "The biggest reason why we need increases is the investment losses," said Alan Milligan, interim chief actuary for CalPERS. "Quite frankly, there's more to come.""]
Oklahoma Gov Vetoes Third Pro-Life Measure on Abortion Reporting, House Overrides lifesitenews.com 5/25/10 ["this time of a law designed to help the state’s health and human services department gather statistical information on why women are seeking abortions, abortion-related complications, and whether abortion facilities are following standard safety protocols. "]
Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano reduces activity news.bbc.co.uk 5/25/10 ["Experts say the temperature in Eyjafjallajokull's crater appears to have fallen to 100C, meaning it is now producing steam, not magma. But officials warned that it was too early to say whether the eruption was over completely. "]
U.S. Selective Service in Obama cover-up? wnd.com 5/25/10 ["the agency's online search engine now appears to be precluding the public from seeing Obama's record after allowing unfettered access. The database allows people to search for registrants as long as a correct name, Social Security Number and date of birth are entered."]

FDIC: 'Problem' Banks at 775 wsj.com 5/24/10 ["...one-tenth of all U.S. banks, were on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s list of "problem" institutions in the first quarter, as bad loans in the commercial real-estate market weighed on bank balance sheets. "]
Your Food & The Interstate Commerce Clause newswithviews.com 5/24/10 [By Derry Brownfield  "The government is also trying to force sale-barns to tag all cows with the “840” tags. “840” indicates the animal originated in the United States. This is to keep us in compliance with the OIE. The United States is no longer in charge of its own policies, rather we are obliged to follow directives of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), including the Codex Alimentarius and the International Plant Protection Convention. These are all agencies of the United Nations."]
UN will investigate North Korea sinking of South Korean ship csmonitor.com 5/24/10 ["The conclusion of the investigation will be submitted to UN headquarters, the multinational United Nations Command (Korea) says – with an affirmative finding likely to boost calls for some kind of UN action condemning North Korea."]
PIMCO's Gross: Markets exhibiting "flight to liquidity" reuters.com 5/24/10 ["Fiscal tightening momentum is apparent in the U.S., examples being New Jersey and just this week California. They are proposing budget slashes in the billions.""]
Jamaica police declare emergency news.bbc.co.uk 5/24/10 ["A state of emergency has been declared in parts of the Jamaican capital, Kingston, after police were attacked by armed gangs trying to prevent the arrest of an alleged druglord."]

Europe set to hit debt-ridden nations in the pocket google.com 5/22/10 ["The first meeting of a new 'task force' convened by EU president Herman Van Rompuy also left the difficult question of possible treaty changes required to craft a tough new regime of 'economic governance' across the 27-nation European Union on the back burner."]
Maryland law slams door on pro-life speech wnd.com 5/22/10 ["The lawsuit was filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Maryland over the law adopted in Montgomery County that requires such counseling centers to post conspicuously a sign advising that there is no licensed medical professional on staff and the county health officer thinks women should consult their physicians. "]
Feds: States' growing gun-rights movement a threat wnd.com 5/22/10 ["The federal government is arguing in a gun-rights case pending in federal court in Montana that state plans to exempt in-state guns from various federal requirements themselves make the laws void, because the growing movement certainly would impact "interstate commerce." "]
The Camera Doesn't Lie: Ultrasound Changes American Opinion on Abortion lifenews.com 5/22/10 ["As the saying goes, the camera doesn't lie. When young women considering an abortion see an ultrasound of their baby, about 80 percent choose to continue the pregnancy. Pro-abortion arguments crumble when they see a beating heart and tiny, growing body. "]
Senate Passes Reforms Designed to Prevent Worst U.S. Collapse bloomberg.com 5/22/10 ["The U.S. Senate, bringing Congress to the brink of passing the most comprehensive regulation of the financial industry since the Great Depression, approved a bill that imposes restrictions on proprietary trading by banks and creates a consumer protection agency designed to prevent lending abuses that triggered the housing collapse and the worst unemployment in almost three decades. "]
"Frankenstein" or Scientific Breakthrough?: U.S. Biologist Creates Controversy with Artificial DNA lifesitenews.com 5/22/10 ["Despite media reports to the contrary, the researchers did not “create new life,” but instead artificially constructed an existing sequence of DNA of a naturally occurring bacterium and reproduced it in existing cells."]

Au: Police seek national database of driver's licence photos smh.com.au 5/21/10 ["...have their identity stolen every day, costing the public billions of dollars every year. To combat the problem, police need better access to information, including access to photos from every drivers' licence in the country, argues the head of CrimTrac, Ben McDevitt."]
Senate passes massive Wall Street regulation bill google.com 5/21/10 ["The bill now must be merged with a House version. A key House negotiator predicts the bill will reach Obama's desk by the Fourth of July."]
The Power Of The Pulpit newswithviews.com 5/21/10 [By Coach Dave Daubenmire  "Our pulpits could change the direction of this nation in less than a year. What did Margaret Sanger know that we don't? What has Jesse Jackson used to deceive millions? What is Nancy Pelosi hijacking right before our very eyes? What don't our pastors understand? The Power of the Pulpit."]
Stocks dive, Dow off 376 on world economic worries google.com 5/21/10 ["Stocks took their deepest plunge in more than a year Thursday as fears grew that Europe's debt crisis could spread around the world and undermine the U.S. economic recovery. The possibility has been brewing for weeks, but analysts said some investors are just waking up to it."]
Soros sees no bottom for world financial "collapse" reuters.com 5/21/10 ["Renowned investor George Soros said on Friday the world financial system has effectively disintegrated, adding that there is yet no prospect of a near-term resolution to the crisis."]
'Perfect storm' as market tremors hit China, Europe and the US telegraph.co.uk 5/21/10 [""It is the perfect storm," said Andrew Roberts, credit strategist at RBS. "People have been too complacent about risky assets. This is a global deflation scare and people need to get ready for falls in US and European bond yields to 2pc." "]
Senators press for National Guard troops on border excite.com 5/21/10 ["Fueling the discord over sending the National Guard to the border was the U.S. response to the Gulf oil spill, which has included federal authorization for deploying up to 17,000 National Guard troops."]
WHO faces questions over swine flu policy news.bbc.co.uk 5/21/10 ["...the WHO changed the definition of what a pandemic actually was just weeks before it declared one on 11 June last year. "]
Louisiana Senate Overwhelmingly Advances Ultrasound Mandate for Abortion lifesitenews.com 5/21/10 ["Senators in Louisiana overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday that seeks to expand the requirements of informed consent by mandating abortionists perform an ultrasound on a mother seeking an abortion. The bill is similar to one that was recently passed in Oklahoma."]
NKorea says SKorea faked evidence of torpedo attack, warns of 'all-out war' if punished foxnews.com 5/21/10 ["An international team of civilian and military investigators declared earlier in Seoul that a North Korean submarine fired a homing torpedo at the Cheonan on March 26, ripping the 1,200-ton ship in two."]

Au: Police seek national database of driver's licence photos smh.com.au 5/21/10 ["...have their identity stolen every day, costing the public billions of dollars every year. To combat the problem, police need better access to information, including access to photos from every drivers' licence in the country, argues the head of CrimTrac, Ben McDevitt."]
Senate passes massive Wall Street regulation bill google.com 5/21/10 ["The bill now must be merged with a House version. A key House negotiator predicts the bill will reach Obama's desk by the Fourth of July."]
The Power Of The Pulpit newswithviews.com 5/21/10 [By Coach Dave Daubenmire  "Our pulpits could change the direction of this nation in less than a year. What did Margaret Sanger know that we don't? What has Jesse Jackson used to deceive millions? What is Nancy Pelosi hijacking right before our very eyes? What don't our pastors understand? The Power of the Pulpit."]
Stocks dive, Dow off 376 on world economic worries google.com 5/21/10 ["Stocks took their deepest plunge in more than a year Thursday as fears grew that Europe's debt crisis could spread around the world and undermine the U.S. economic recovery. The possibility has been brewing for weeks, but analysts said some investors are just waking up to it."]
Soros sees no bottom for world financial "collapse" reuters.com 5/21/10 ["Renowned investor George Soros said on Friday the world financial system has effectively disintegrated, adding that there is yet no prospect of a near-term resolution to the crisis."]
Senators press for National Guard troops on border excite.com 5/21/10 ["Fueling the discord over sending the National Guard to the border was the U.S. response to the Gulf oil spill, which has included federal authorization for deploying up to 17,000 National Guard troops."]
WHO faces questions over swine flu policy news.bbc.co.uk 5/21/10 ["...the WHO changed the definition of what a pandemic actually was just weeks before it declared one on 11 June last year. "]
Louisiana Senate Overwhelmingly Advances Ultrasound Mandate for Abortion lifesitenews.com 5/21/10 ["Senators in Louisiana overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday that seeks to expand the requirements of informed consent by mandating abortionists perform an ultrasound on a mother seeking an abortion. The bill is similar to one that was recently passed in Oklahoma."]
NKorea says SKorea faked evidence of torpedo attack, warns of 'all-out war' if punished foxnews.com 5/21/10 ["An international team of civilian and military investigators declared earlier in Seoul that a North Korean submarine fired a homing torpedo at the Cheonan on March 26, ripping the 1,200-ton ship in two."]

Constitution takes hit from Supreme Court wnd.com 5/20/10 ["...yesterday cited as support for its opinion an international treaty that has not been adopted in the U.S. "]
Merkel: Crisis-hit Europe needs 'new stability culture' news.smh.com.au 5/20/10 [""We need a comprehensive overhaul of the Stability and Growth Pact," the rules stating that EU countries should keep budget deficits below three percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and debt below 60 percent of GDP. "The rules must be geared to the strongest, not to the weakest ... our (German) stability culture is tried and tested.""]
One in 7 US homeowners paying late or in foreclosure reuters.com 5/20/10 ["Loans that are 90 days or more past due or in foreclosure represent a historically high 68 percent of all problem mortgages."]
Michigan: Landscapers find workers choosing jobless pay detnews.com 5/20/10 ["In a state with the nation's highest jobless rate, landscaping companies are finding some job applicants are rejecting work offers so they can continue collecting unemployment benefits."]
California: CalPERS retreats on request for more taxpayer funds latimes.com 5/20/10 ["the state's largest public pension fund Wednesday retreated for a month from a plan to approve a $700-million increase in taxpayer contributions it gets from the state and about 1,000 school districts."]
British Television Will Begin Airing Advertisements for Abortion on Channel 4 lifenews.com 5/20/10 ["...starting next week for abortions for the British-based abortion business Marie Stopes international. Last year 29,000 people signed a SPUC-organized paper petition to the prime minister against a proposal to allow abortion agencies to advertise on television and radio."]
Thailand: Troops move against protest holdouts google.com 5/20/10 ["Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva imposed a nighttime curfew in the capital and 23 other provinces and said his government would restore calm. Although leaders of the Red Shirt demonstrators surrendered, sporadic clashes between troops and remaining protesters continued Thursday morning."]
Louisiana House Kills Explicit Sex-Ed lifesitenews.com 5/20/10 ["The defeat leaves state-authorized sex education optional for each school district, many of which currently utilize an abstinence-based approach to sex education."]

Christians Required To Defend Constitution newswithviews.com 5/19/10 [By Roger Fredinburg  "America established a government much like Israel. The main difference, all men would come under a rule of law. Not a Nation led by a human King. Our founders believed all men are “created” equal. In America the law itself is our king. We are all subjects under the law, “No Man is above the law.” "]
Obamacare hospitals killed: 60, with 200 on life support wnd.com 5/19/10 ["...after Dec. 31 doctors will no longer be able to refer patients to hospitals in which they have a financial interest, or face being ruled ineligible to receive payments for Medicare and Medicaid patients. ...even the existing hospitals will not be allowed to expand or add facilities except under extreme demographic circumstances that are nearly impossible to meet. ...dozens of doctor-owned hospitals currently under construction across the country have completely wasted their efforts. "]
China revaluation would hurt U.S.: World Bank's Lin reuters.com 5/19/10 ["...because most of the products China exports to the United States are labor-intensive goods U.S. manufacturers stopped making years ago, the U.S. would only have two choices: buy the products from other countries or from the Chinese."]
Here's Another $23 Billion Bailout That You May Have Missed This Week businessinsider.com 5/19/10 ["S. 3206, the Keep Our Educators Working Act, H.R. 2847, the Jobs for Main Street Act, and H.R. 4812, the Local Jobs for America Act, each call for $23 billion in emergency support to preserve education jobs modeled after the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) established in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)."]
Pelosi to Aspiring Musicians: Quit Your Job, Taxpayers Will Cover Your Health Care cnsnews.com 5/19/10 ["House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this week that thanks to the new health-care reform law, musicians and other creative types could quit their jobs and focus on developing their talents because taxpayers would fund their health care coverage. "]
Kagan Memo on Partial-Birth Abortion Shows She'd be Hostile to Pro-Life Laws lifenews.com 5/19/10 ["Further analysis of the controversial memo Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan wrote for ex-President Bill Clinton on the subject of partial-birth abortion provides new concerns for pro-life advocates. It shows she regarded the ban on the abortion procedure as unconstitutional."]
FTC Warned: Digital Copiers Retain Scanned Documents pcmag.com 5/19/10 ["Most high-end digital copiers sold today store the scanned documents on flash memory or hard drives, which can pose a security risk if the drives themselves are either lost or resold."]
Breakup of U.S. Is Inevitable newswithviews.com 5/19/10 [By Chuck Baldwin  "What is yet to be seen, of course, is if there will be enough states (the last vanguards of liberty) with the foresight to recognize the rise of tyranny and globalism as it approaches, and muster the courage and fortitude to do what principled patriots and lovers of liberty have always done: draw their line in the sand for freedom."]
Germany, Greece and Exiting the Eurozone stratfor.com 5/19/10 ["The trouble with the euro is that it attempts to overlay a monetary dynamic on a geography that does not necessarily lend itself to a single economic or political “space.” ...therefore has only one monetary policy, regardless of whether one is located in Northern or Southern Europe. Herein lies the fundamental geographic problem of the euro. "]

Canada's March for Life Draws Unprecedented Media Coverage lifesitenews.com 5/18/10 ["The Canadian March for Life on Parliament Hill in Ottawa drew unprecedented media coverage from across the country this year, hitting the front page of major national papers, and receiving prominent attention from the broadcast networks."]
Missouri Could Become Next State to Opt Out of Abortion Funding in Health Care lifenews.com 5/18/10 ["SB 793 is a bill which will prohibit insurance plans participating in new state taxpayer-funded health insurance exchanges from providing abortion coverage. The bill also enhances the state’s existing informed consent law to ensure that women receive essential information about health risks and alternatives before choosing abortion."]
Why Snakebites Are About to Get a Lot More Deadly popularmechanics.com 5/18/10 ["Unfortunately, after Oct. 31 of this year, there may be no commercially available antivenom (antivenin) left. That's the expiration date on existing vials of Micrurus fulvius, the only antivenom approved by the Food and Drug Administration for coral snake bites. Produced by Wyeth, now owned by Pfizer, the antivenom was approved for sale in 1967, in a time of less stringent regulation. "]
Charges Dropped against UK Preacher who Called Homosexual Acts a Sin lifesitenews.com 5/18/10 ["The Christian Institute reports that after reviewing the evidence, crown prosecutors decided to drop charges of “hooliganism.” "]
'Serious manipulation' of gold, silver markets wnd.com 5/18/10 ["Maguire charged that JPMorgan Chase gold and silver traders have coordinated massive purchases of "short contracts" betting that the price of gold or silver will go down. The purchases, he said, are part of a strategy aimed at forcing the price of gold and silver to drop dramatically at the expense of holders of "long positions" owning gold or silver. "]

Calif. bill would block Texas textbook changes mercurynews.com 5/17/10 ["The Texas recommendations, which face a final vote by the Republican-dominated board on May 21, include adding language saying the country's Founding Fathers were guided by Christian principles and a new section on "the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s." That would include positive references to the Moral Majority, the National Rifle Association and the Contract with America, the congressional GOP manifesto from the 1990s. "]
Obama threatens to 'impose' Palestinian state wnd.com 5/17/10 ["The PA negotiator said the U.S. wanted for now to stress negotiations between the parties, but that if an agreement is not reached the U.S. would not veto a U.N. Security Council resolution to unilaterally create a Palestinian state. "]
Millions of jobs lost, many may never return msnbc.msn.com 5/17/10 ["And unlike in past recessions, jobs in the beleaguered manufacturing sector aren't the only ones likely lost forever. What sets the Great Recession apart is the variety of jobs that may not return. "]
Pagan police get right to take festivals as holiday timesonline.co.uk 5/17/10 ["However, there is unease in policing circles that the widening definition of diversity is creating a morass of organisations based on religion, gender and sexual orientation that appear to emphasise division. "]
Bank-Failure Tally Grows to 72 for 2010 wsj.com 5/17/10 ["Although there are signs that the worst of the financial crisis may be over for the banking industry, financial institutions are still being battered by severe losses on mortgages and commercial real-estate loans."]
PDF: Emergency Power Planning for People Who Use Electricity and Battery Dependent Assistive Technology and Medical Devices jik.com 5/17/10 [""]
Moderate earthquake strikes Puerto Rico google.com 5/17/10 ["preliminary magnitude of 5.7"]

Hawaii slams door on 'birthers,' who turn to Obama Social Security number csmonitor.com 5/15/10 ["The law, known as Act 100, takes a detour around the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by allowing state agencies a limited exemption from FOIA requirements when repeated requests for information are made by the same person. The law covers all agencies but it specifically targets people who repeatedly request a copy of Obama’s Hawaii birth certificate, the Honolulu Advertiser reported Thursday. "]
U.S. Approval of Killing of Cleric Causes Unease nytimes.com 5/15/10 ["The notion that the government can, in effect, execute one of its own citizens far from a combat zone, with no judicial process and based on secret intelligence, makes some legal authorities deeply uneasy."]
US faces same problems as Greece, says Bank of England telegraph.co.uk 5/15/10 ["Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, fears that America shares many of the same fiscal problems currently haunting Europe. He also believes that European Union must become a federalised fiscal union (in other words with central power to tax and spend) if it is to survive."]
Schwarzenegger budget would eliminate welfare sacbee.com 5/15/10 ["...asked lawmakers Friday to eliminate the state's welfare program starting in October and dramatically scale back in-home care for the elderly and disabled as part of his May budget revision to close a $19.1 billion deficit."]

Google hides Obama's Social Security Number story wnd.com 5/14/10 ["Google spokesman Jake Hubert told WND that it appeared to be a "bug in the snippets." "]
Laura Bush: It's Good that Gay Marriage is Coming lifesitenews.com 5/14/10 ["In an interview on Larry King Live this Tuesday, former first lady Laura Bush said that she disagreed with her husband regarding the legality of both gay "marriage" and abortion.  ...said that Roe v. Wade should not be overturned, and again on Tuesday said it was important to preserve legal abortion "for medical reasons and for other reasons.""]
Kagan shielded Saudis from 9/11 lawsuit wnd.com 5/14/10 ["President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, helped shield Saudi Arabia from lawsuits filed by families of 9/11 victims seeking to target countries and leaders who helped finance al-Qaida. "]
No IOUs from Ill. government, but no money either nwsource.com 5/14/10 ["Paralyzed by the worst deficit in its history, the state has fallen months behind in paying what it owes to businesses and organizations, pushing some of them to the edge of bankruptcy."]
UK: NHS 'scaring patients into accepting electronic records database' telegraph.co.uk 5/14/10 ["Yesterday the Big Brother Watch lobby group accused Connecting for Health of overstating the risk to patients if they opt out of the system, after a Department of Health spokesman said the problem of lost paper records was not "significant" as the agency claimed. "]
Netanyahu turns to Bible in tussle over Jerusalem reuters.com 5/14/10 ["Netanyahu told a parliamentary session commemorating Israel's capture of East Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 war that "Jerusalem" and its alternative Hebrew name "Zion" appear 850 times in the Old Testament, Judaism's core canon. "As to how many times Jerusalem is mentioned in the holy scriptures of other faiths, I recommend you check," he said."]
Report: 11.2 Million U.S. Properties with Negative Equity in Q1 calculatedriskblog.com 5/14/10 ["Although the five states mentioned above have the largest percentage of homeowners underwater, 10 percent or more of homeowners have negative equity in 33 states and the D.C., and over 20% have negative equity or near negative equity in 23 states and D.C. This is a widespread problem."]
Peanut Allergy Cases Triple in 10 Years livescience.com 5/14/10 ["More than 3 million Americans now have some kind of nut allergy, with cases of peanut allergy in children more than tripling between 1997 and 2008, according to a report released this week."]

Americans In The Crosshairs newswithviews.com 5/13/10 [By Greg Evensen  "I believe that we are in line for a national breakdown and economic disaster because we worship at the feet of money, sin, and greed, not God. We are about to reap what we justly deserve and have sown over decades of moral decline. A nation that will not acknowledge the sin of abortion and weep for the loss of millions of BABIES, has no right nor expectation of mercy from the very God that created the child in the first place."]
Planned Parenthood Opens Houston Abortion Business, Largest in Nation lifenews.com 5/13/10 ["The abortion center is housed in a former bank building that is a 78,000 square-foot facility. The new Planned Parenthood in a stairstep-shaped building will be the main headquarters for 35 counties in Texas and Louisiana"]
Memo Shows Kagan Helped Clinton-Era Defeat of Partial Birth Abortion Ban lifesitenews.com 5/13/10 ["Contrary to media reports, a memo authored by Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan for President Bill Clinton reveals that she actually helped the White House defeat a Congressional ban on partial-birth abortion in 1997, rather than upholding a pro-life position."]
Investigators: Obama uses Connecticut Soc. Sec. Number wnd.com 5/13/10 ["Two private investigators working independently are asking why President Obama is using a Social Security number set aside for applicants in Connecticut while there is no record he ever had a mailing address in the state. "]
Israel defiant on settlements as it marks Jerusalem Day google.com 5/13/10 ["Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Wednesday that construction would continue unabated in all of Jerusalem, as he addressed a ceremony marking the 43rd anniversary of Israel's capture of the city's Arab eastern sector."]
Treasury says April federal deficit is largest on record for the month washingtonpost.com 5/13/10 ["The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the federal deficit for April soared to $82.7 billion, the largest imbalance for that month on record. That was significantly higher than last year's April deficit of $20 billion and above the $30 billion deficit that private-sector economists had expected. "]
Spain joins euro austerity drive reuters.com 5/13/10 ["said Madrid would slash civil service pay by 5 percent this year, freeze it in 2011, cut investment spending and pensions and axe 13,000 public sector jobs in a drive to meet EU deficit targets."]
Arizona bill targeting ethnic studies signed into law latimes.com 5/13/10 ["HB 2281 bans schools from teaching classes that are designed for students of a particular ethnic group, promote resentment or advocate ethnic solidarity over treating pupils as individuals. The bill also bans classes that promote the overthrow of the U.S. government."]

Polish bank claims Europe's first biometric cash point google.com 5/12/10 ["the first in Europe to install a biometric cash point allowing its clients to use their fingertips rather than a bank card to withdraw money. ...Although new to Europe, bank machines with the technology are already widely used in Japan."]
Health overhaul law potentially costs $115B more google.com 5/12/10 ["If Congress approves all the additional spending called for in the legislation, it would push the ten-year cost of the overhaul above $1 trillion — an unofficial limit the Obama administration set early on."]
NYC's Bloomberg in London to view transit CCTV google.com 5/12/10 ["visited Britain's capital in a fact-finding mission Tuesday in the wake of the thwarted Times Square bombing, visiting centers where experts monitor a vast network of security cameras — one of the largest in the world."]
Could another Icelandic volcano erupt soon? news.bbc.co.uk 5/12/10 [""But we know there are fissures running between the two volcanoes. And they're quite close to each other. "They're also being subjected to the same tectonic forces. So the chances are that if magma can find a pathway to rise beneath one of them, it can find its way to rise beneath the other." "]
Mortgages: Strategic Defaults Are On the Rise businessweek.com 5/12/10 [""Strategic" defaults accounted for at least 12 percent of all defaults in February, up from about 4 percent in mid-2007, according to a recent Morgan Stanley (MS) report."]
French parliament condemns full Islamic face veil news.bbc.co.uk 5/12/10 ["calling it "an affront to the nation's values of dignity and equality". The non-binding resolution was passed unanimously, although 30 communist deputies walked out in protest. "]
Adult Stem Cells, Not Embryonic, Helping Patients With Multiple Sclerosis lifenews.com 5/12/10 ["six patients with MS were treated with their own bone marrow adult stem cells and their progress followed for one year. The treatment appeared to stabilized the patients’ condition and showed some benefits. As one measure of the success of the procedure, damaged nerve pathways were able to carry electrical pulses more effectively after the treatment."]

The Fate Of A Pagan Nation newswithviews.com 5/11/10 [By Sheriff Jim R. Schwiesow, Ret.  "In the space of half a dozen months the United States has experienced an endless and seemingly seamless string of calamities that many would call natural disasters, but there is nothing natural about them."]
EU Crafts $962 Billion Show of Force to Halt Crisis businessweek.com 5/11/10 ["European policy makers unveiled an unprecedented loan package worth almost $1 trillion and a program of bond purchases to stop a sovereign-debt crisis that threatened to shatter confidence in the euro."]
Obama taps Kagan to give court historic 3rd female google.com 5/11/10 ["She would be the youngest justice on the court and give it three women for the first time in history."]
Spike in disability claims clogs overloaded system google.com 5/11/10 ["The Social Security system is so overwhelmed by applications for disability benefits that many people are waiting more than two years for their first payment. In Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota and other states, the wait can be even longer."]
Barack Obama Names Pro-Abortion Activist Elena Kagan to Supreme Court lifenews.com 5/11/10 ["Kagan was credited by the ACLU with “shaping Clinton’s policy on hate crimes,"]
Crimes prompt Census Bureau to issue worker identification guidelines washingtonpost.com 5/11/10 ["Three men who identified themselves as census workers barged into a house in Houston over the weekend and killed the owner, and the crime has prompted officials to offer advice on distinguishing census takers from impersonators. "]
Minnesota Taxpayers: Abortions Are Done on Your Dime at Planned Parenthood lifenews.com 5/11/10 ["Many Minnesotans still do not realize that they fund abortions every day simply by paying state taxes -- sales tax, income tax and other taxes. This is the result of the Minnesota Supreme Court's 1995 Doe vs. Gomez decision, in which the court "found" a right to taxpayer-funded abortion in the state Constitution. "]

Moody's warns Portugal of possible debt downgrade google.com 5/10/10 ["Portugal, striving to avoid becoming the next victim of Europe's debt crisis, was put on standby for a credit rating downgrade on Wednesday even as the government managed to raise some euro500 million ($654 million) on the bond markets."]
Federal Reserve opens credit line to Europe google.com 5/10/10 ["The Fed's balance sheet ballooned to $2.3 trillion, more than double where it stood before the crisis struck. The program reopened on Sunday will expand the Fed's balance sheet, economists say."]
Regulators close four banks, total now 68 reuters.com 5/10/10 ["Regulators on Friday shuttered four more small U.S. banks, adding to the tide of bank failures that is supposed to peak in the third quarter."]
The Situation Is Grave - Are You? newswithviews.com 5/10/10 [By Paul Proctor  "...frankly, I don’t see “grave” in the Church today. In fact, I see more revelry than repentance; and since today’s best-selling Christian authors and experts aren’t very “grave” in their presentations and publications, it only stands to reason that “grave” would be absent in the pulpit and classroom as well, seeing as that’s where most of our theology comes from these days. "]
UK budget deficit 'to surpass Greece's as worst in EU' guardian.co.uk 5/10/10 ["The commission's spring economic forecasts put the UK deficit for this calendar year at 12% of GDP, the highest of all 27 EU nations and worse than the Treasury's own forecasts."]
David Rosenberg: Euro Breakdown Could Drive Gold to $3,000 moneynews.com 5/10/10 ["Sadly, the central bank is not a remake of the Bundesbank and the Euro is less of a “hard currency” than its architects could have ever envisaged a decade ago,” Rosenberg says. “Now there is talk that the ECB is contemplating a quantitative easing plan.”"]
Manipulation, Not Error, Behind Market Plunge newswithviews.com 5/10/10 [By Cliff Kincaid  "... says the historic market plunge on Thursday was “due to computerized hedge fund short selling because there is no protection for the invested capital in the equity markets. There is no uptick rule, no circuit breakers and no trading curbs. Our market is primed for manipulation.” "]

New Study “Follows the Money” of Abortion lifesitenews.com 5/6/10 ["Evans’ findings note that between the fiscal years 2003 and 2008, the abortion industry – 1,787 abortion providers in the United States in 2005 – grew from an 810 million dollar business to 1.038 billion dollar industry."]
America's favorite birth control method turns 50 google.com 5/6/10 [""]
Lawmakers Raise Concerns about Pentagon Approval of Plan B Pill for U.S. Bases lifesitenews.com 5/6/10 ["The morning-after pill is designed to prevent sperm from fertilizing an egg when taken before an embryo’s conception. However, the drug can be taken within 72 hours of sexual intercourse, and will also abort a newly-conceived embryo by preventing its implantation into the wall of the mother’s womb. "]
Wild day on Wall Street leaves electronic exchanges under scrutiny washingtonpost.com 5/6/10 ["In the span of minutes, the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted nearly 1,000 points from its previous close -- a record -- and whipsawed back up, creating one of the wildest trading days ever."]
Powerful Forces Calling For A Consitutional Convention newswithviews.com 5/6/10 ["...there are powerful forces who consider that document to be antiquated and a hindrance to their vision of an all powerful government. These things, and more, make today the worst possible time in our nation’s history to mess with the greatest governing document of all time. "]
Euro leaders to set up urgent crisis fund google.com 5/6/10 ["The 16 heads of the countries that share the euro currency said they want to build an emergency fund for countries targeted by powerful bond markets, after the region's debt mountain sent global bourses tumbling and triggered alarm from the US to Asia."]
Food-stamp tally nears 40 million, sets record reuters.com 5/6/10 ["The Agriculture Department said 39.68 million people, or 1 in 8 Americans, were enrolled for food stamps during February, an increase of 260,000 from January. USDA updated its figures on Wednesday."]
Plan for Congressional Audits of Fed Dies in Senate wsj.com 5/6/10 ["The compromise, endorsed by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) and the Treasury, would require the Fed to disclose more details about its lending during the financial crisis. It would also require a one-time audit of those loans and a one-time review of Fed governance."]
20-minute panic plunge stuns Wall Street suntimes.com 5/6/10 ["...sent the Dow Jones industrial average down nearly 1,000 points for a time and trimmed the value of all stocks by $1 trillion. It was the biggest intraday point drop in Dow history"]
Atlantic ash cloud adds time to US-Europe flights google.com 5/6/10 ["The obstacle was already forcing more than 500 daily flights operated by about 40 airlines to carry extra fuel, because the diversions were lengthening flights by one to two hours."]

Tennessee Abortion Opt-Out Becomes Law without Gov.’s Signature lifesitenews.com 5/6/10 ["The law forbids insurance companies receiving public subsidies in the state-run health exchange from offering or requiring abortion coverage when the exchanges come online in 2014. "]
Planned Parenthood Thinks Moms Want More Abortions for Mother's Day lifenews.com 5/6/10 ["...Planned Parenthood apparently thinks moms want donations made to the abortion business in their name from those lucky enough to not have been aborted themselves."]
Freddie Mac asks for fresh 10.6 billion dollar bailout google.com 5/6/10 ["Announcing a 6.7 billion dollar loss in the first quarter, Freddie Mac said it would need the new funding by June 30 this year. The Washington-area company has already received more than 50 billion dollars in taxpayers cash to cover losses from toxic assets."]
Controlling The [Ignorant] Masses newswithviews.com 5/6/10 ["History is replete with examples of wanna-be tyrants first disarming the masses – for their own good, of course – before seizing complete power. Immediately thereafter, there’s always a purging of those considered to be a threat to the new regime."]
Mexico Law Is Tougher On Illegals Than Arizona newswithviews.com 5/6/10 ["Under the Mexican law, illegal immigration is a felony, punishable by up to two years in prison. Immigrants who are deported and attempt to re-enter can be imprisoned for 10 years. Visa violators can be sentenced to six-year terms. Mexicans who help illegal immigrants are considered criminals."]
NY bomb attempt reignites security camera debate reuters.com 5/6/10 ["The bomb scare and quick capture of the suspect prompted U.S. Senator Charles Schumer of New York and others to ask for at least $30 million more in federal aid for video and security measures for New York City."]
DC Council Approves Medical Marijuana foxnews.com 5/6/10 ["Local lawmakers in Washington, D.C. Tuesday put the final stamp of approval on the use of legalized marijuana after agreeing to allow qualified patients with chronic illness to possess larger amounts of the drug if medically necessary, The Washington Post reported."]
3 die in Athens riot over cutbacks, debt crisis google.com 5/6/10 ["Although violent demonstrations are commonplace in Greece, they usually takes the form of set-piece clashes between anarchist youths and police and rarely lead to serious injuries. The deaths shocked public opinion and could affect future demonstrations. Economists say Greeks face years of living with less to even have a chance to avoid national bankruptcy."]
Times Square Eyewitness: Bomb Scare Looked Like Drill infowars.com 5/6/10 ["Eyewitnesses, including those who comment on the video on the You Tube page, are baffled as to why police chose to evacuate some locations and not others, as if certain buildings had been chosen to be evacuated beforehand while others were left alone."]

Bill Drops Fund to Shut Failed Banks nytimes.com 5/5/10 ["Leaders of the Senate Banking Committee said Tuesday that they had reached an agreement to limit the likelihood that big banks would be bailed out by taxpayers."]
NY: Paterson Offers Choice: Furloughs or Shutdown nytimes.com 5/5/10 ["The sixth emergency bill issued by Mr. Paterson would require one day of furlough for state employees during the work week beginning May 17, saving the state about $30 million. The Legislature is expected to vote on the bill on Monday. If the bill is rejected, state agencies would not be able to spend money after May 9. "]
Obama lawyers want more secrecy at White House wnd.com 5/5/10 ["The federal government is arguing that previous court rulings applying the Freedom of Information Act to records such as the visitor logs at the White House are incorrect, and President Obama's administration should be allowed to withhold from the public the information it chooses. "]
Au: Big brother checks up on farmers smh.com.au 5/5/10 ["...the NSW government set to begin mailing satellite photos of infringements to farmers across the state - many of whom had no idea they were being watched from space."]
Bernanke Admits Printing $1.3 Trillion Out Of Thin Air usawatchdog.com 5/5/10 ["as Representative Ron Paul said, “Well, where did you get the money? You created this money. So you did monetize debt, and that went into the banking system.”"]

America - Governed by Organized Crime! lasttrumpetnewsletter.org 5/4/10 ["As antichrist powers arise, every other kind of evil rises with it. We are living in a time of historic firsts as new and outrageous things continue to arise. On March 10th, 2010, Washington, D.C., gave its blessing to gay marriages, and leading the way were two female ordained ministers."]
Luke Warm Christian Leadership newswithviews.com 5/4/10 [By Coach Dave Daubenmire  "You see, the battle is not over IF religious beliefs will impact the culture, but rather which religious beliefs. By convincing our Christian leadership that there is no relationship between politics and the saving of individual souls they have been successful in covering the light of the Gospel with a bushel."]
Greece Faces `Unprecedented' Cuts as $159B Rescue Nears bloomberg.com 5/4/10 ["The government may agree to budget cuts worth 24 billion euros, or around 10 percent of gross domestic product, in return for the aid, Greece’s NET Radio said. Measures may include a three-year wage freeze for public workers and the elimination of two of their 14 annual salary payments, the ADEDY union said."]
US says it has 5,113 nuclear warheads google.com 5/4/10 ["Monday's announcement marked the first time the Pentagon has officially disclosed the number. The U.S. has previously regarded such details as top secret. A senior defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, says the size of the stockpile represents a 75 percent reduction since 1989."]
Atheist Group Calls on Obama to Endorse ‘National Day of Reason' Instead of 'National Day of Prayer' cnsnews.com 5/4/10 ["A White House spokesman indicated last Friday, however, that President Obama will formally recognize the May 6 observance of the National Day of Prayer with a proclamation because the judge’s order barring the observance would not take effect until after the appeals process had been exhausted."]
Judge orders U.S. militia members released on bond reuters.com 5/4/10 ["Prosecutors later asked Roberts to delay Tuesday's scheduled release of the defendants while an appeal of the decision is prepared. If allowed, an appeal would be heard by the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals."  Disclaimer: I do not agree with this group's views. This is posted as an observation on criminal proceedings and railroading justice with flimsy evidence.]
New 'safety plan' would control what you eat wnd.com 5/4/10 ["The proposal, which was cleared by the U.S. House last year but has been languishing in the Senate because of a full calendar of projects, creates a long list of new requirements for food-producing entities to meet the demands of the Secretary of Agriculture. It is expected to be the subject of discussion in coming days."]
Another UK Street Preacher Arrested, Charged, for Views on Homosexuality lifesitenews.com 5/4/10 ["“The Public Order Act of 1986 was not meant to permit the arrest of Christian preachers in English towns for quoting from the Bible. But it has. The Civil Partnerships Act 2004 was not meant to force public servants to approve of homosexuality. But it has. The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 was not meant to lead to a state of affairs where it is increasingly dangerous to say anything critical about homosexuality. But it did.” "]
New Okla. anti-abortion law temporarily blocked google.com 5/4/10 ["Oklahoma's attorney general agreed Monday to temporarily block enforcement of a controversial new state law that requires pregnant women to get an ultrasound and hear a detailed description of the fetus before they get an abortion."]
Too Much TV for Toddlers Dangerous Says New Study lifesitenews.com 5/4/10 ["Children who are exposed to higher television at 29 months of age appear to have more problems in school and poorer health behaviors in fourth grade, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. "]
Volcanic ash closes parts of UK airspace reuters.com 5/4/10 ["Parts of the airspace over Britain and Northern Ireland will close on Tuesday and operations from Irish airports will be restricted because of the cloud of volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland that wreaked havoc on European air travel last month."]

Oklahoma Abortion Law: No Exceptions, Even Rape abcnews.go.com 5/3/10 ["Already, one of the three abortion clinics in Oklahoma is reporting that women are so upset about the sonogram procedure, they are leaving the clinic crying. "Not one patient would look at the screen and they all closed their eyes or turned their heads," said Linda Meek, director at Reproductive Services in Tulsa, which does 3,000 abortions a year. "]
Dutch Pro-Lifers Erect Display with 30,000 Unborn Baby Models lifesitenews.com 5/3/10 ["On the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the decriminalization of abortion in the Netherlands, the Dutch Pro-Life organization Cry for Life laid down 30,000 models of a 10-week-old unborn child. The display was erected in the Square next to the government buildings in centre of The Hague, the Netherlands, on Wednesday, April 28."]
Pro-Lifers to Protest Largest Planned Parenthood Facility in Western Hemisphere lifesitenews.com 5/3/10 ["Houston Pro-life groups are planning a huge prayer vigil today (Friday, April 30) in protest of Planned Parenthood's Gala celebration of the completion of the largest abortion facility in the western hemisphere. The 78,000-square foot facility, which has been constructed to perform late-term abortions, is scheduled to open on May 11. "]
U.S. Education Secretary Signs Partnership with Chinese Communists Who Put Dissidents in Re-Education Camps cnsnews.com 5/3/10 ["Leading human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize-nominee Harry Wu, who has documented many of China’s human rights abuses and crimes, said the United States cannot learn anything from the Communist Chinese educational system."]
EU, IMF agree $147 billion bailout for Greece reuters.com 5/3/10 ["In exchange for by far the largest bailout ever assembled for a country, Prime Minister George Papandreou announced further spending cuts and tax increases totaling 30 billion euros over three years on top of tough measures already taken."]
Thousands of angry Greeks march against austerity reuters.com 5/3/10 ["With initial police estimates at around 17,000 protesters, participation in the march seemed to be around the same level as previous anti-austerity protests. Some were resigned to the fact that the government would move ahead with reforms anyhow."]
Banks closed in Puerto Rico, Mich., Mo., Wash. google.com 5/3/10 ["Regulators on Friday shut down three banks in Puerto Rico, two in Missouri, and one each in Michigan and Washington, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 64."]
IRS lacks clout to enforce mandatory health insurance usatoday.com 5/3/10 ["Starting in 2014, the agency will have another task: making sure all Americans have health insurance. Under the law, Americans who can afford health insurance but refuse to buy it will face a fine of up to $695 or 2.5% of their income, whichever is higher."]
Crews race to fix break in Boston's water supply after major main breaks masslive.com 5/3/10 ["There also were economic and social concerns: Restaurants in suburban Lexington shut down Saturday night, unable to wash dishes or serve customers clean water, while police in Revere had to be called into a BJ's Wholesale Club after a run on bottled water turned unruly."]