An Indiana man is facing a series of charges after being arrested for an early morning domestic assault. During a struggle with police, the suspect allegedly spit blood in an officer’s face, informed the officer he had Hepatitis C, and
During the first two weeks of nice temperatures in Chicago this year–which included Easter weekend–the city was beset with some 100 shootings with nearly a dozen dead. This intense violence has earned the Windy City a brand new nickname bestowed
Last year employees at the federal office in charge of implementing Obamacare were given raises despite the massive failures of the rollout of the president’s takeover of our healthcare system. A recent Freedom of Information Act request made by the
In The Nation magazine MSNBC host Christopher Hayes spent thousands of words and four web pages explaining how those working at preventing global warming are somehow just like the abolitionists who fought to free the slaves just prior to the American Civil
On April 21 the Detroit Airport introduced a new service dog relief area complete with real grass and miniature fire hydrants. The facility, being called “Central Bark” by airport employees, features two boxes of grass–one artificial and one with real
A leaked memo from the country’s top intelligence director informs the government’s intel employees that they are forbidden to talk to the media, a new report claims. Still stung by the intelligence leaks made public by Edward Snowden, the memo
The Internal Revenue Service has officially revoked the tax-exempt status of a conservative charity group, claiming that since at least 2004 the group has violated its compliance with rules preventing the group from engaging in political advocacy. The IRS claims
A new neighborhood watch group in Fairview, Pennsylvania, has a very surprising sponsor: the local chapter of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. After a spate of break-ins and crimes in the neighborhood, the KKK chapter said
Once again, a network TV show has used the technique of informing audiences that a character is crooked or evil by showing him standing next to George W. Bush or some other Republican politician. This time, the convention was used
The story of a California teen who stowed away in the wheel well of of a 767 jet liner and flew all the way to Hawaii has raised the eyebrows of experts who think the whole story is unlikely to
The warm weather has finally arrived for Chicago, with two recent weekends featuring moderate temperatures. While the warm weather is great for those out jogging and enjoying the Lake Shore, it isn’t so great for crime, as shootings have soared.
Once again President Obama has bowed to his environmentalist supporters and passed on making a decision for or against the Keystone XL Pipeline. But the President’s refusal to make a decision has left several Democrats running for re-election stammering to
As the nation awaits Hillary Clinton’s decision of whether or not she will run for president in 2016, a cache of 7,500 pages of newly released documents from Bill Clinton’s years in the White House show some familiar political themes.
Just ahead of a possible Hillary run for the presidency, the Clinton Library released a new load of documents from President Bill Clinton’s years in the White House. One of those documents attempts to explain Hillary’s “vast right-wing conspiracy” claim
A loud debate about crime statistics is taking place in Chicago as 2014 gets underway. The Police Department is claiming that it has helped lower crime, as statistics are down all across the board over last year. But others claim
It is a month into spring, and large parts of the Great Lakes are still frozen over from the winter that refuses to die. This all has The Huffington Post fretting about ducks and shipping lanes, but, uncharacteristically, not global
Authorities report that Rap artist Andre Johnson cut off his own penis then jumped off the second floor of his apartment building in an apparent suicide bid. He survived the attempt, however, and is in serious condition at Cedars-Sinai Medical
This year marks the 50th year that Fox News’ Chris Wallace has been in broadcasting, and he’s celebrating by signing a new, multi-year deal with the nation’s most-watched cable news network. Fox News’ Roger Ailes was pleased to announce that
Earlier in the week, a woman was shocked when the US Airways’ Twitter account sent her an X-rated image. Now, US Airways says it won’t fire the employee who re-tweeted the image because it was done by “mistake.” The image
A new Fox News poll found that a majority of voters now feel that President Obama lies to the country on important matters. The poll, released on April 16, found that 37% feel that Obama lies “most of the time,”
The Environmental Protection Agency reports that U.S. greenhouse gasses have fallen by 10 percent since 2005. The EPA’s annual report on greenhouse gases also found that greenhouse gas emissions fell 3.4 percent over 2012. “U.S. emissions decreased by 3.4 percent
For generations brewers have been selling leftover brewing grains to farmers to feed to their livestock, but now the feds want to interfere and make that transaction harder and more expensive, a move that will drive up the costs of
Disgraced former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner has his eye on a new position, but it isn’t elective office. Weiner hints that he’d rather become a TV host. In a recent appearance on the Fusion cable network, Weiner said, “I’m
As the IRS targeting scandal grew, in an effort to help the taxing agency put an end to political activism, government operatives decided it was necessary to put more limits on what tax-exempt organizations were allowed to do. However, the
Google is moving forward this month offering its controversial Google Glass for sale to the general public. But the tech company is also delving into a more advanced application for Glass as well as moving forward to purchase a manufacturer
