President Donald Trump gleefully announced that, under his direction, U.S. military troops had swooped down on the Governor’s Mansion in Sacramento and kidnapped California Governor Gavin Newsom. “We’re charging Newscum with fraud.” When a reporter asked for specifics about the fraud charges, Trump pointed to Attorney General Pam Bondi. Bondi, clearly taken by surprise, said, “We’re looking into it and will let you know the details as soon as we’ve created them.”   read more

“Green exercise” can do wonders for people, even just a few minutes of it. Researchers in the United Kingdom have determined that short stretches of outdoor exercising, such as walking or cycling, can improve mood and self-esteem. The findings cou...   read more

Some countries are not only dangerous for journalists to work in, but also make little effort to arrest and convict those who murder media professionals. As part of its 2010 Impunity Index, the Committee to Protect Journalists has drawn attention ...   read more

In a legal case that has ramifications for women working in male-dominated jobs, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a female truck driver who claimed she was fired unfairly because of her gender.    It took years for Debor...   read more

Given how much intelligence gathering is done these days using electronic methods and impersonal settings, it’s no surprise that the United States’ Intelligence Community has begun using virtual job fairs to recruit the next generation of spies....   read more

More than half of the United States population breathes air filled with dangerous pollution, according to a new study produced by the American Lung Association. The report (State of the Air 2010) states that more than 175 million Americans (approx...   read more

In the United Kingdom, Prince Philip may play second fiddle to his wife, the Queen of England, but on the tiny South Pacific island of Tanna, he’s a god. And the people of Yaohnanen can’t wait for his return.   Prince Philip’s deity status began...   read more

An oil spill of the magnitude currently in the Gulf of Mexico, brought about by BP’s recent offshore platform disaster, is never a good thing for a sensitive ecosystem. But the fact that the oil spill—currently dumping 200,000 gallons of crude a d...   read more

It’s probably safe to assume that the Department of the Interior won’t be giving out any more awards soon to Transocean Ltd., owner of the offshore oil platform that blew up and sank in the Gulf of Mexico. Up until last summer at least, the Minera...   read more

For the American soldiers manning Joint Security Station Wahab, Iraq, near the border with Iran, life has been a mix of espionage and being forgotten. The soldiers guarding the remote outpost, all from the 4th Brigade of the Army’s 1st Armored Div...   read more

Modern medicine may have found the answer for the insensitive jerk. Researchers in Germany and the United Kingdom claim it’s possible to make men more empathetic and caring by using a nasal spray which increases the level of oxytocin in the human ...   read more

In order to provide airplane fuel to American military operations in Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan, the Department of Defense’s logistics agency has been doing business with two companies that have questionable backgrounds. Approximately $1.4 billion...   read more

Millions of American taxpayer dollars have been wasted trying to train Somalia’s ragtag army, as Washington officials try to shore up an isolated government surrounded by Islamic insurgents. The United States has spent $6.8 million since last year...   read more

Hundreds of Sunni men in Iraq were held without charge and tortured by the Shiite-controlled government for months in a secret facility, according to Human Rights Watch and media sources. Abuses included being hung upside-down, deprived of air, ki...   read more

Language diversity in the United States continues to expand, with 20% of the population age 5 and older reportedly speaking a language other than English at home. However, only 5% said they cannot speak English well.   A new report from the U.S....   read more

Michael Gerson, adviser and speechwriter to President George W. Bush, wants to see the United States establish “effective border enforcement” for the Southwest. But the new immigration law adopted by the state of Arizona is not the way to go, Gers...   read more

From readership participation to fundraising, political blogs vary markedly between liberals and conservatives. Researchers at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society studied more than 150 blogs during a two-week span of the 2...   read more