RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi authorities have announced the discovery of large quantities of weapons in the capital Riyadh belonging to Al Qaeda terror network. The official Saudi Press Agency quoted an Interior Ministry spokesman Sunday as saying the discovery included 281 assault rifles and 51 ammunition boxes. Gen. Mansour …
Read More »Report: South Korean Tycoon Kills Himself
SEOUL, South Korea – The former chairman of South Korea’s oldest conglomerate, the Doosan Group, apparently hanged himself, police said Wednesday, following a string of suicides by other high-profile South Koreans. A maid found Park Yong-oh hanged with a necktie at his home, an officer at Seoul’s Seongbuk police station …
Read More »Iran's Prominent Pro-Reform Figure Is Free After Spending 4 Months in Jail
TEHRAN, Iran – One of Iran’s prominent pro-reform figures was released on bail Wednesday after spending nearly four months in jail on charges of inciting the country’s postelection unrest, the official IRNA news agency reported. It said Saeed Shariati, one of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi’s campaign aides during the …
Read More »Dogs Possibly Find Human Remains at Jaycee Kidnap Suspect's Home
Authorities investigating two missing girl cases said Thursday that cadaver dogs picked up a scent that could indicate buried remains in the backyard of a Northern California couple already charged in a kidnapping. PHOTOS: Missing Girl Found 18 Years Later Alameda County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Sgt. J.D. Nelson said two …
Read More »'Vicious' Tongue-Eating Parasite Discovered in the Sea
A rare, sea-dwelling parasite that eats a fish’s tongue and then takes the tongue’s place in the fish was discovered off the coast of Jersey in Europe, the BBC reported. The isopod is about 1-inch long and was first found by fishermen. “When we emptied the fish bag out there …
Read More »CNN Salutes the 'Coffee Party'
It was a movement that rocked the political landscape, changing forever the way we looked at our nation. Am I talking about the anti-war movement in the Sixties? Nope. The peaceful Tea Party rallies? Nada. The march for sequential hermaphrodite rights? You’re close, but no. I speak of the “Coffee …
Read More »Principles Require Policies That Match
I want to have a series of conversations with you tonight and I come to you trying to figure out what’s going on. I’m a real stickler on things like consistency. Things have to be consistent. I mean, you either have principles or you don’t. Principles. Principles. Base everything on …
Read More »Copenhagen 'Circus' Turning Into Feel-Good Jamboree, Critics Say
As activists from groups as wide-ranging as the Girl Scouts and the World Council on Churches converge on the climate change conference in Copenhagen, some critics say it’s turning into a “circus” sideshow, with 20,000 attendees creating an international echo chamber of climate piety. Apart from the main proceedings, there …
Read More »Top Five Gadgets to Keep You Safe and Sound
In your family and circle of friends you no doubt know someone who’s germaphobic. I bet you’ve also got a buddy or cousin who’s forgetful, another who’s anxious, yet another who’s careless, and at least one with a lousy sense of direction. For better or worse, all of these people …
Read More »2010 Census Stirring Up Controversy
A quick trip around Hannity’s America… Counting Illegals The 2010 Census is fast approaching and it’s stirring up a great deal of controversy. An op-ed in The Wall Street Journal recently pointed out that the Census will count illegal immigrants currently living in the United States. Experts say that this …
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