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Oklahoma Supreme Court Sides With Homeowners: Yes, You CAN Sue Fracking...

In another surprise ruling, the Oklahoma State Supreme Court has decided that homeowners whose dwellings suffer damage due to fracking-related earthquakes can sue the companies responsible.  It’s bad...

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Obama sick of US lagging behind in employee leave policies: "The U.S. and...

President Barack Obama touted the United States’ comeback from a crippling recession during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, but he also called attention to some of the ways in which the...

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Health insurance companies around the country are seeking rate increases of...

 Health insurance companies around the country are seeking rate increases of 20 percent to 40 percent or more, saying their new customers under the Affordable Care Actturned out to be sicker than...

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Humans are now taller and smarter than ever before , due to greater genetic...

HUMANS HAVE EVOLVED to be faster-thinking and taller than ever before.That is the finding of a new study on human populations around the world from the University of Edinburgh.The research also...

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Missing Comma Gets This Woman Out Of A Parking Ticket

Never underestimate the power of proper grammar.From Newsnet5 in Cleveland:Ohio’s 12th District Court of Appeals ruled in favor of punctuation and sanity, according to reports by The Washington Post.On...

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SICK: Parents Encourage 4-Year-Old To Become Transgender

Becoming transgender is a touchy issue. But it’s even a more sensitive topic when you factor in the age one decides to become transgender.One California family is allowing their son to make a...

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Female Writer Says Restroom Signs Are SEXIST Because Women Aren’t Wearing...

So, now feminists are claiming that our society is still so sexist because our restroom signs still show women wearing dresses instead of pants.Because, clearly, women never wear dresses, so the...

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''If Hispanic Americans Hear The GOP Does Not Want Them In The USA.......''...

Times really have not moved on.....

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Parents force 14-year-old to live in woods after eating Pop Tart

Two South Carolina parents were arrested this week after forcing their 14-year-old daughter to live in a tent in the woods because she ate a Pop-Tart without permission, authorities said.The Sumter...

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Man gets eight years in prison for shooting DEA agent during surprise raid on...

An Orangeburg County man who shot and wounded a DEA agent during a surprise pre-dawn drug raid outside his home last fall was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday.Just before U.S. Judge Michelle...

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6 Investing Lessons From The Richest Man In The World- Warren Buffett

Warren Buffet, also known as the oracle of Omaha, is no stranger to the world of investing. There’s a lot to learn from the most successful (and did we also mention, the richest) man in the world of...

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Touting progress, Barack Obama says Islamic State militants losing ground

President Barack Obama portrayed the US-led coalition Monday as gaining ground against the Islamic State amid an expanded US effort and ample signs of progress, but conceded more difficulties lay ahead...

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Hawaii Becomes First State in The Nation to Ban Plastic Bags

In the past couple of years, cities and towns across the nation have started to ban plastic bags. Less than one percent of plastic bags are recycled, and it costs more to recycle a plastic bag that...

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It is one of the biggest social and health problems facing Japan - about 1...

It is one of the biggest social and health problems facing Japan - about 1 million people, mostly men, have locked themselves in their bedrooms and will not come out.Japanese health professionals are...

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The FBI, DEA, and the U.S. Army have all bought controversial software that...

The FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Army have all bought controversial software that allows users to take remote control of suspects’ computers, recording their calls, emails, keystrokes...

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David Cameron's proposed encryption ban would 'destroy the internet'

A highly respected cryptographer and security expert is warning that David Cameron's proposed ban on strong encryption threatens to "destroy the internet."Last week, the British Prime Minister told...

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Doctors refuse to take sick days, even when they know it puts their patients...

Doctors and nurses refuse to take sick days even when they believe that their illness will put patients at risk, according to a new paper published in JAMA Pediatrics. The study found that peer...

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'Hackers' give orders to German missile battery - German-owned Patriot...

The attack took place on anti-aircraft ‘Patriot’ missiles on the Syrian border. The American-made weapons had been stationed there by theBundeswehr (German army) to protect Nato ally Turkey.According...

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US presidential race: Clinton, Bush take potshots over immigration

As the US presidential race hots up, rival Democratic and Republican frontrunners, Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, are taking potshots at each other over immigration, while long shot Bobby Jindal...

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Russia vetoes UN move to recognize Srebrenica `genocide`

 Russia vetoed a draft UN resolution Wednesday that would have recognized the Srebrenica massacre as genocide, triggering warnings the bitter diplomatic wrangling could spark renewed violence.Britain...

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