ECONOMY SLOWS TO 1.8% GROWTH; INFLATION SOARS
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Dollar Drops to Lowest Since 2008
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Obama whips up supporters with jokes about birth certificate
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NO JOKE: Superman to renounce U.S. citizenship
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WAL-MART: Our shoppers are 'running out of money'
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Dollar sell-off intensifies
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Australia to be port of call -- for Chinese navy
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The U.S. got a sovereign credit rating of C on Thursday, in line with ratings for such smaller economies as Mexico, Estonia and Colombia.
Fed Will Make Sure Obama Wins in 2012: Strategist
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Here Is the Problem with Obama's Birth Certificate
FBI: 247 People on Terror Watch List Buying Guns Stirs Debate
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San Jose to Lay Off 106 Police Officers
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Pray for America - VIDEO
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Underground Christians Fear China Crackdown
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The End Times Demonic Deception
Phoenix Underwater Mortgages Show Housing’s Threat to Recovery
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-----Record Number Of Whales, Krill Found In Antarctic Bays
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US Marines ordered to ignore Christian beliefs and embrace homosexuality
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) -- Marine instructor Maj. Daryl Desimone stood before an auditorium filled with fatigue-clad troops, carrying an unequivocal message: It's OK to disagree with letting gays serve openly in the military. It's not OK to disobey orders. He explained that the impending repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" is an order, one heard by generals and rank-and-file alike as the military tries to change the culture of a traditionally conservative institution. Only a few of the roughly 150 Marines stepped up to ask questions. One stood up from a back row and demanded to know why his religious beliefs were being "put aside" in favor of gays, forcing him to "basically grit my teeth and bear it." "It's not really open to discussion," Desimone said. "Nobody's trying to change your mind." Sexual orientation will now be a private...
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Monster Alabama Tornado Spawned by Rare "Perfect Storm"
The monster tornado that devastated Tuscaloosa, Alabama, (see map) on Wednesday was spawned by unusual "perfect storm" conditions, experts say. (See pictures of the Alabama tornado.) Those conditions—which stretched across Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia—included warm, moist air rising and mixing with colder, dry air at higher altitudes. Unfortunately for those living in the tornadoes' path, "weather conditions came together perfectly," said Tim Samaras, a Denver, Colorado-based tornado expert and...
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A devastating drought intensified across Texas over the last week, with high winds and heat causing "massive crop losses," and weather experts said Thursday that little relief was in sight. The latest report from a consortium of national climate experts, dubbed the Drought Monitor, said drought worsened along the Texas border with Oklahoma, and in western, central and southern Texas. Ranchers were struggling to feed and water cattle, and farmers were left to watch their crops shrivel into the dusty soil. Some experts estimated that producers...
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Muslim Brotherhood Urges Protests In Syria
The declaration is the first time that the Brotherhood, whose leadership is in exile, have called directly for demonstrations since pro-democracy demonstrations against President Bashar al Assad's autocratic rule erupted six weeks ago. It comes as members of the country's army units have reportedly clashed with each other over the...
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