Russian President Vladimir Putin told Europe if they do not help Ukraine pay off the $17 billion debt their gas and energy supplies could be in jeopardy. British Petroleum (BP) offered to use their influence in Russia to help relations
Deep discount retailer Family Dollar announced on Thursday it will begin laying off workers and closing 370 stores nationwide after suffering a 35% drop in profits last quarter. Analysts cite competition from Dollar General and Dollar Tree as contributing to
On April 8th, Representative Steve Stockman (R-TX) announced H.R. 3199, the Safe Military Bases Act. Its goal is “to restore the right of trained soldiers to carry their guns.” According to USA Today, Stockman compared the situation soldiers are in
The Ministry of Defence has been accused of paranoia for trying to ban a book that exposes intelligence blunders in the war in Afghanistan. The Daily Mail reports that Captain Dr Mike Martin from the Territorial Army spent six years
A new Field Poll released Thursday reports that California voters now have a negative view of the state legislature, with 46% of registered voters now saying they disapprove, and only 43% saying they approve of its performance–a nine-point negative swing
Desperate to amp up sales of its Chevy Volt, General Motors is lowering prices and planning to offer a cheaper model that doesn’t go as far on a single charge as the existing model. Featuring a smaller, cheaper battery system,
In the continuing fallout following General Motors’ admission that for years it failed to recall of 2.6 million vehicles with known life threatening risks, Toyota Motor Corp on April 9th announced it would recall 6.39 million faulty vehicles in the company’s
A Moroccan national was arrested on Monday for planning to bomb a U.S. university and federal building. On the basis of multiple conversations recorded by the FBI, it was learned that the man had sought to avoid deportation by means
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claimed pro-Russians held 60 hostages in their building in Luhansk and the building was rigged with explosives. However, the protesters said there were no hostages and Tetyana Pogukai, regional police spokeswoman, said it was
Gothenburg, Sweden is cutting work hours for municipal employees to six hours a day, while continuing to pay them full salary. According to The Independent, the reduction in hours is part of an experiment where one department will be cut
A new report suggests that there is a massive wave of illegal immigration coming to American soon. For USA Today, Alan Gomez wrote this week that “there is growing consensus that changes in the economies of Latin America and the
In the American civil rights movement, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King were among those who set the moral tone. They were champions of non-violence who believed in civil disobedience to generate change by casting light on unjust laws. If
White House press secretary Jay Carney and Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason had back-and-forth dialogue over the validity of the White House’s claim women are paid less than men… (h/t RNC Research)
Ukraine’s security service (SBU) said pro-Russians took 60 hostages in Luhansk and placed explosives around the building. These people have been in control of the security building since Sunday. From The Kyiv Post: “That means they act as terrorists,” the
There are tensions between Ukraine and Russia, but it appears the tensions between the Ukrainian parties are just as bad. A fist fight broke out in parliament on Tuesday. Communist Party member Petro Symonenko “accused nationalists of playing into the
Just two days after April Fool’s Day, the California State Assembly passed House Resolution 29, denouncing outsourcing of government services to private contractors, and pledging oppose all future “outsourcing of public services and assets.” Despite staunch opposition from the League
Gay columnist Andrew Sullivan is getting pummeled by fans for standing against the actions of gay activists who forced Mozilla to dump its new CEO, Brendan Eich. Sullivan is undaunted, however, saying that gay activists are creating a civil rights
A study in the November 2013 issue of Applied Economic Letters shows that gun-related “murder rates were 19.3 percent higher when the Federal [‘assault weapons’] ban (AWB) was in effect.” The Federal AWB went into effect in 1994 and expired
Ukraine faced more protests in the east over the weekend and on Monday morning, Donetsk claimed independence from Ukraine. Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk pointed the finger at Russia, but Moscow told Ukraine to stop blaming
For the first time since the search began a month ago, the tone of investigators briefing media on the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has changed. “We are encouraged that we are very close to where we need
Despite having America’s highest proven reserves at over 15 billion barrels of oil, Californians now pay $.72 per gallon more per gallon of gasoline than Texans. Consequently, each driver in California pays a penalty of $326 per year more for
Russian rioters have seized a number of buildings in eastern Ukraine, throwing rocks and combating riot police as they call for further Russian intervention in the region, according to several reports. As reported yesterday, pro-Russian protesters in eastern Ukraine have
On April 2nd, U.S. Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA), who represents the 14th congressional district, including southern San Francisco and San Mateo County, asked President Obama “to ban the import of assault weapons” after “the arrest of state senator Leland Yee
More pro-Russia protests exploded in east Ukraine on Sunday. Protesters targeted government buildings in Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kharkiv. Two-thousand people gathered at Lenin Square in Donetsk, but about 50 people left and took an administration building without any resistance from
Venezuelan general Antonio Rivero surfaced from hiding to speak to the UK Telegraph about life on the run after President Nicolás Maduro issued a warrant against him for being a member of the opposition party. Rivero’s life in the underground reflects
