The most important news for Wednesday, March 10th, 2010....
The European Parliament has voted for a new tax on financial transactions which will be paid directly to Brussels.
At least 36 state legislatures throughout the United States are considering legislation that would allow their citizens to opt out of a key component of Barack Obama's health care bill – an "individual mandate" requiring that all Americans purchase health insurance.
Frightened Christians streamed out of villages in central Nigeria yesterday after threats of new attacks from radical Muslims responsible for a weekend massacre in which at least 500 people were killed.
The former head of the Mossad said on Tuesday that the world needs to get ready to use military force to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb.
A Pennsylvania woman known as "Jihad Jane" has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country.
Chief Justice John Roberts said on Tuesday that the scene at Barack Obama's State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech has "degenerated" into a political pep rally.
The Obama administration will accept no more public input for a new federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing many of the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters.
According to Rasmussen Reports, Barack Obama's approval rating has hit yet another new record low.
Skepticism about global warming is rising in the Republican Party.
The European Union's climate chief has told the European Parliament that she wants the bloc to forge ahead with cuts in carbon emissions of 30 percent.
Two members of Congress have introduced new legislation that is designed to expand President Barack Obama's decision to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research.
Nancy Pelosi says that we need to pass the health care reform bill so that we can find out what is in it.
Democrats are pressing ahead with legislation to create a vast new bureaucracy that would have virtually unlimited powers to slap sweeping controls on the United States financial industry.
More Christian persecution by Islamic radicals - a World Vision office in Pakistan was attacked by militant gunmen on Wednesday, leaving at least five staff members dead.
U.S. banks charged off a record $83.3 billion in credit card losses in 2009.
A federally funded ticketing blitz in the state of Virginia resulted in a total of 6996 traffic tickets being handed out this past weekend.
According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute's annual Retirement Confidence Survey, the percentage of Americans who have less than $10,000 saved for retirement has grown to 43%.
More U.S. schools than ever are using GPS devices to track students.
Passengers will be able to travel by train from London to Beijing in just two days on trains that travel almost as fast as airplanes if China is able to build the high-speed rail network to India and Europe that they are planning.
An Amish farmer has won his case against Wisconsin's livestock registration law, which he argued violates his religious beliefs.
Actress Jenny McCarthy is asking this question: "Who's Afraid of the Truth About Autism?"
Eric Massa has told Fox News that "you can literally be bought and sold legally" as a member of the U.S. Congress.
Concerns about an Oregon Department of Transportation employee who purchased several guns after being placed on leave prompted law enforcement officials to take him into "protective" custody.
Archaeologists believe that they have finally found the real location of a city called Neta'im mentioned in the Bible.
A 500 member Baptist church in Dallas Texas recently changed its website to reflect the church's affirmation of gay and lesbian lifestyles.
U.S. health officials announced on Tuesday that approximately 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes.
The DNA of an extinct giant bird was recently extracted from fossilized eggs in Australia.
A new solar cycle of activity begins this year, and so the Earth will once again be bombarded with increased radiation from the sun.
Lastly, Russian scientists have confirmed that a multi-coloured snowfall – ranging from light purple to brown – recently landed in Russia's Stavropol Region.
