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  • Can Biden Murder Trump and Get Away With it?

    Monday, March 11, 2024
    Rumors are spreading that the U.S. Supreme Court will vote 5-4 to rule that a U.S. president cannot be prosecuted for anything he does while he is president. Some Democrats are suggesting that Joe Biden bring a gun to his first debate with Donald Trump. If he shoots Trump, he would be immune, but if Trump shoots Biden he would be prosecuted because he is not a sitting president.   read more
  • 10 Worst Industries for Women

    Monday, April 18, 2011
    Women continue to make less money than men, earning on average about 80% of male salaries. According to the website 24/7 Wall St., the disparity in wages is even greater in some sectors, as seen in the list of 10 worst industries for women in te...   read more
  • China Leads U.S. in Cyber Spying

    Monday, April 18, 2011
    In the war against cyber-spying, the United States is losing out to China, according to experts in the field and previously undisclosed government documents. Chinese hackers have stolen terabytes (trillions of bytes) of sensitive data ranging fr...   read more
  • Newly-Elected Republican Governors Aggressively Attack Environmental Regulations

    Monday, April 18, 2011
    Organized labor isn’t the only target of newly-elected Republican governors this year. Environmental laws also are within the GOP sights.   Maine’s governor, Paul LePage, has crafted a 63-point plan to cut environmental regulations, which incl...   read more
  • IRS Completed Only 13 High Wealth Audits in 18 Months

    Monday, April 18, 2011
    A special unit created in 2009 by the IRS to audit wealthy Americans with foreign assets has investigated only 13 tax returns to date.   The Global High Wealth Industry Group of the IRS audited two returns in fiscal year 2010 and 11 during the...   read more
  • Ambassador from Honduras: Who is Jorge Ramón Hernández Alcerro?

    Monday, April 18, 2011
    For Jorge Ramón Hernández Alcerro, serving as Honduras’ ambassador to the United States seems like old times, having already served in this capacity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His current stint began on May 5, 2010. The year before, he h...   read more
  • Rich Americans Ready to Spend Big Again

    Sunday, April 17, 2011
    America’s wealthy plan to increase their spending on luxury goods this year, forking out $26.6 billion more than in 2010, according to an American Express Publishing and Harrison Group survey of 1,458 families with more than $100,000 that can be...   read more
  • 57-Year-Old to be Charged with Murder in Juvenile Court

    Sunday, April 17, 2011
    Michael Ferreira, who is now 57 years old, will be arraigned in juvenile court in Massachusetts for a murder he is charged with committing more than 40 years ago, when he was 16. He was arrested in New Hampshire and is awaiting extradition.   ...   read more
  • Vietnam Government Accused of Financing Forced Labor…in U.S.

    Sunday, April 17, 2011
    Migrant workers from Vietnam have sued in U.S. federal court over being mistreated in America by Vietnamese companies.   The lawsuit targets International Investment Trade and Service group (Interserco) and General Automotive Industry Corp. of...   read more
  • Ambassador from Colombia: Who is Gabriel Silva?

    Sunday, April 17, 2011
    Gabriel Silva Luján began his second stint as Colombia’s ambassador to the United States in August 2010. He previously held this post in the mid-1990s.   Silva was born on October 5, 1957, in Barranquilla. One of nine children, he completed hi...   read more
  • Ambassador from Hungary: Who is György Szapáry?

    Sunday, April 17, 2011
    An economist by trade with extensive experience in international finance and banking, György Szapáry took over as Hungary’s ambassador to the United States in January 2011. This marks the first diplomatic post of his career.   The grandson of ...   read more
  • Workforce in U.S. Drops to 27-Year Low

    Saturday, April 16, 2011
    Less than half of all Americans were part of the workforce last year, raising concerns about the nation’s long-term ability to support itself.   Only 45.4% of the U.S. population had jobs in 2010, marking the lowest rate since 1983. Also, only...   read more
  • Graceland Replica Opens…in Denmark

    Saturday, April 16, 2011
    Fans of Elvis Presley living in Europe need not travel to Tennessee to get a glimpse of Graceland.   A replica of the King’s home has been built in Randers, Denmark, although this Graceland is actually twice the size of the original so it can ...   read more
  • Chinese Government Halts Time-Travel Movies

    Saturday, April 16, 2011
    China’s government has had it with movies in which protagonists go back in time and fall in love. Such films have become popular lately with Chinese television watchers, leading cultural authorities to scrutinize the trendy entertainment. Li Jin...   read more
  • U.S. Refuses Visa to German Journalist Probing Argentine Rights Violations

    Saturday, April 16, 2011
    Gabriele Weber, a freelance journalist from Germany who has investigated Nazi war criminals and human rights violations in South America, has been permanently denied entry into the United States.   The U.S. government has refused to give a spe...   read more
  • Ambassador from Jordan: Who is Alia Hatoug-Bouran?

    Saturday, April 16, 2011
    An academic turned diplomat, Alia Hatoug-Bouran became Jordan’s first female ambassador prior to assuming her post in the United States on September 14, 2010.   Born in Amman, Bouran earned her Bachelor of Science degree (1979) and Master of S...   read more
  • Why No Prison for Banksters Who Caused Financial Crisis…Yet?

    Friday, April 15, 2011
    Following the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980s, more than a thousand bank officials faced prosecution, with 800 of them winding up in jail for their financial misdeeds that ruined institutions and robbed Americans of their retirement. ...   read more
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