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Buried Woman Survives Thanks To Air trapped In Hard Hat

A Chinese woman buried under a mountain of sand reportedly survived because her hard hat had trapped enough air for her to breathe until rescuers dug her out. “The accident happened in the county of Jinjiang in southeast China’s Fujian

Bird Conservancy Slams Obama for Wind Farm Eagle Deaths

The American Bird Conservancy, one of America’s top bird conservation groups, intends to sue the Obama administration for allowing wind energy companies to kill eagles without prosecution thanks to a federal permit. The group contends that Obama’s Department of the

SEIU Fortunes Sink As Michigan Stops 'Underhanded Scheme'

Almost 45,000 home-based healthcare workers broke with (Service Employees International Union) SEIU Healthcare Michigan upon learning that they didn’t need to join, or pay SEIU dues, causing the union’s membership and dues numbers to drop significantly. In effect, many had

Obama: My Foreign Policy Isn't 'Sexy,' but…

Obama: My Foreign Policy Isn't 'Sexy,' but…

While also saying his foreign policy isn’t “sexy,” barack Obama compared himself to a singles hitter on the world stage during recent remarks in Manila, Philippines. What’s unclear is how that equals a plus given what some would say is

Israeli Minister Yisrael Katz, "Kerry, Shame on You"

Likud Party member and Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz criticized US Secretary of State John Kerry for recent remarks by first invoking the Holocaust before saying, “And now the Secretary of State describes Israel as an ‘apartheid state,’” Katz lamented. “Us? The Jewish state, [which was]

Driver Sues Teen She Struck and Killed With Vehicle

Sharlene Simon, 42 and a mother of three, is suing a dead teenager, two of his friends, and the boy’s family for alleged “emotional trauma” she claims to have suffered as a result of the tragic accident that took the

Connecticut Considers Day Care Ban on Whole, 2% Milk

Operating under the presumption that milk is bad for you, potentially contributing to obesity, the  Connecticut state legislature is considering banning day care centers from serving whole milk or 2% milk to children. The American Academy of Pediatrics did produce “a

The Curious Timing Of The Pending Michael Grimm Indictment

In what some are sure to view as a politically motivated prosecution, Obama’s Justice Department waited until just after a critical race deadline to announce the impending indictment of Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) The timing of the expected Grimm indictment also

Obamacare Exchange 'Cover Oregon' Collapses in Failure

Breitbart News and others have chronicled the “Unmatched failure” that Cover Oregon has now officially become. As was pointed out on March 20 of this year, “The Oregon Obamacare exchange has received $305 million in taxpayer-funded federal grants, spent $160

Gearing Up for Keystone II in Maryland?

With the business versus environmentalist battle over the Keystone Pipeline ongoing, a potential Keystone II-like battle is shaping up in Maryland as energy company Dominion Resources seeks to invest approximately $3.8 billion to upgrade a Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas

NYPD Hashtag Gambit Goes Horribly Wrong

Given the success some commerical enterprises have had with using Twitter hashtags as promotional gimicks, the New York City Police Department decided to give it a shot. What they got amounted to a shock in return. A number of  Twitter

Charlie Crist Says He's Pro-Life by "His" Definition

Bill Clinton said it depends on what the definition of “is” is. Florida candidate for Governor Charlie Crist does him one better in a recent interview with WPTV’s “To the Point.” There was a time when Crist defined being pro-Life as

Media Matters To SEIU: Don't Unionize Us, Bro?

The hypocrisy could not be more evident as reports indicate Media Matters for America is resisting efforts by Service Employees International Union Local 500 to unionize its employees. Heck, next thing you know, they’ll be asking them for a higher minimum

Two More Charged In Gang-Related Kidnapping Involving NC Prosecutor

Two more suspects now stand charged in the gang-related kidnapping of the father of Raleigh, North Carolina prosecutor Colleen Janssen, 33. who helped send high-level Blood gang member Kelvin Melton to prison for life. According to reports, “Federal authorities unsealed kidnapping charges Wednesday

Over 100 NYC School Staffers Had Student Flings In 5 Years

Richard Condon, New York City school’s commissioner of investigation haa examined 593 complaints of illicit relationships since April 2009 and has substantiated 104 of those cases.  That means over “100 city teachers, administrators and other school staffers have been caught in