Trump ordered that the term Homo sapiens be changed to Hetero sapiens. In history books and on websites, the airplane from which the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima will no longer be identified as the Enola Gay, but rather the Enola Straight. Trump also ordered billionaire Mark Cuban, who supported Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, to change his name to Mark American. If he does not do so, he will be charged with terrorism.   read more

Scientists working for the National Marine Fisheries Service have been told to not publicly discuss the investigation into why dolphins are dying in large numbers along the Gulf Coast, where the nation’s worst-ever oil spill occurred last year.  ...   read more

If there’s one product that Libya has and the West wants, it’s oil. In a move to bolster their campaign to overthrow the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi, rebels in Libya have reached an agreement to export oil they control in the North African coun...   read more

The 33 million travelers who visit Virginia rest stops each year may soon notice the floral landscaping or vending areas “sponsored by” familiar business names.   Tight for cash, the state government has decided to sell the naming rights to it...   read more

With unemployment still high and governments at all levels slashing services, it’s shocking to realize that the nation’s largest corporation, General Electric, paid zero taxes in the United States last year.   GE earned $5.1 billion in profits...   read more

With little scientific analysis to show it was safe, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended the use of coal ash and other waste to build roads and structures over the past 10 years.   According to a new report from EPA’s in...   read more

Americans are living longer than ever, according to new figures from the federal government. The National Vital Statistics System determined that the average life expectancy at birth in 2009 was 78.2 years, the highest rate on record.   Howeve...   read more

Support for Army Private Bradley Manning, accused of giving government secrets to WikiLeaks, has manifested into protests on both sides of the Atlantic.   Demonstrators from Wales, where Manning attended school as a teenager and his mother sti...   read more

Officials of the small town of Abbeville, Alabama, have publicly apologized to a 91-year-old African-American woman for not prosecuting the white men who raped her in 1944.   Recy Taylor, then 24, was married, a mother and living in Henry Coun...   read more

Vermont has moved a step closer to becoming the first state in the nation to adopt a government-run, universal health care system, following the passage, by a 92-49 vote, of legislation in the state House of Representatives.   Under the propos...   read more

In light of recent energy-related disasters (the nuclear plant in Japan, the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico), advocates are calling for a new approach to generate electricity: space solar power.   First proposed in 1968 by Dr. Peter Glaser...   read more

History has demonstrated repeatedly that when evil is not confronted, it can have devastating results, writes conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly in supporting President Barack Obama’s decision to use military force against Libya.   Good men ...   read more

Americans are living longer than ever, according to new figures from the federal government. The National Vital Statistics System determined that the average life expectancy at birth in 2009 was 78.2 years, the highest rate on record. Numerous f...   read more

A career librarian and administrator, Susan H. Hildreth was nominated to be director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) by President Barack Obama in September 2010. Confirmed by the Senate on December 22, she assumed the posi...   read more

In the wake of Japan’s nuclear crisis, attention in the United States has turned to the Oyster Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey, home of the country’s oldest reactor.   Oyster Creek features a GE Mark I Boiling Water reactor which is identica...   read more

In a move that likely will please conservatives, the Obama administration is moving ahead with its plan to expand the government’s power to hold terrorism suspects longer without issuing a Miranda warning.   Law enforcement is required to imme...   read more

As many as 20,000 endangered rockhopper penguins are at risk in a remote part of the South Atlantic where a cargo ship crashed and split into two, causing 1,600 tons of heavy fuel oil to spill into the ocean.   The penguins live on the Tristan...   read more