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

Reinforcing criticism of his too-close relationship with Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is reportedly in touch with executives of Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs on a regular, sometimes daily, basis, spending more tim...   read more

Last year may have been a bad one for many areas of the financial sector, but not for banks when it came to overdraft fees. A report by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) says banks and credit unions collected nearly $24 billion in overdraft...   read more

A comprehensive survey on children’s exposure to violence has revealed that nearly half (46.3%) of those interviewed were physically assaulted within the past year—and more than half (56.7%) have been assaulted during their lifetime. According to ...   read more

For the first time since 2002, U.S. soldiers have been killed in the Philippines. On September 29, a landmine blast on the Philippine island of Jolo killed two soldiers as well as a Filipino marine. Thirty-seven-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Christopher...   read more

Democratic state Senator Linda Puller of Virginia thinks it’s wrong that at a time when energy consumption is vital and money tight, Americans are forbidden from using clotheslines to do their laundry. So Puller introduced legislation in the Virgi...   read more

When the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) decides how to distribute funds for airport improvements, it uses a prioritization system to help determine which projects are the most important. But that system didn’t prevent FAA officials from all...   read more

If the health care reform plan currently in the House of Representatives becomes law, it will shift income from the top of society down to the middle class. An analysis performed by the Tax Foundation concluded that by 2016, when the plan will be ...   read more

The average unemployed American is currently competing against more than six other people for every available job, according to the latest statistics from the Department of Labor. That’s the highest job competition recorded since the agency first ...   read more

The Obama administration is determined to spend the economic stimulus package wisely, according to White House officials, who announced on Thursday a list of proposals that have been axed because they weren’t deemed a smart investment. The Departm...   read more

For years during the Bush administration, and even into this summer, officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had insisted the weed-killer atrazine was not a danger to the public or environment. But in the wake of articles published...   read more

Being separated by thousands of miles turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Jim and Maribel Chouinard. With Jim, a flight chief stationed at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and his newlywed wife, Maribel, still in the Phili...   read more

For the second year in a row, the nation is on pace to break the record for fewest law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. In 2008, 133 police, sheriff and other officers were killed—the lowest total since 1960. This year, officer fat...   read more

When military officials buried the unidentified remains of a Vietnam War soldier in 1984, they figured it was likely to be the last “unknown soldier” memorial for Arlington National Cemetery, given modern advances in DNA technology. In fact, that...   read more

IRS officials were not prepared for the onslaught of phone calls they received from taxpayers during the 2009 filing season. Even though the agency fielded about 12,000 customer service operators at 24 call centers across the United States and Pue...   read more

To call attention to the threat that global warming poses for his island country, President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives has ordered his cabinet ministers to prepare to meet underwater and sign an international treaty cutting greenhouse gas e...   read more

Ask any nutritionist and they’ll recommend leafy greens as part of a healthy diet. So then why are these vegetables No. 1 on a list of the riskiest foods approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? In a word: pathogens. As rich in vitamins...   read more