The most important news for Friday, March 5th, 2010....
Investigators are looking into the history of a man who they say shot two police officers at the Pentagon on Thursday evening before being fatally wounded.
Barack Obama's latest judicial nominee has said that "the Constitution must adapt" to changing conditions in the world.
Iran has announced plans to test a new laser-guided bomb.
On Thursday, Syria denied hiding nuclear activities from the world and said that Israel was the source of suspicious uranium particles found at a Syrian desert complex, allegedly bombed two years ago by Israeli jets.
Many U.S. states have started reaching out to illegal immigrants to encourage them to be counted during the coming U.S. census, because states with bigger populations get more money.
According to a new report from a group of leading economists, financiers, and former federal regulators, another economic collapse worse than the one that the U.S. just experienced is inevitable unless major changes are implemented.
By the end of 2010, the U.S. Treasury will have to refinance $2 trillion in short-term debt, plus additional deficit spending for this year estimated to be around $1.6 trillion. So the bottom line is that the U.S. Treasury will need to borrow $3.6 trillion in just one year.
A new survey by USA Today has found that federal employees earn higher average salaries than private-sector workers in more than eight out of 10 occupations.
The Obama administration is reportedly pushing for a new United Nations super-agency dedicated to radical feminism.
China may start its first city-wide carbon cap and trade system by June.
Police in California have arrested at least 150 students participating in peaceful rallies to protest against cuts in education funding.
Starting in December, some passengers on Canadian airlines flying to, from or even over the United States without ever landing there, will only be allowed to board once the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has determined they are not terrorists.
Aren't you glad that you don't live in the U.K.? More than 2.5 million homes now have trash cans that have been fitted with microchips to weigh their contents.
The U.S. government is weighing an expansion of its Internet monitoring capabilities.
For years, Arizona has been known as "the sunset state", but lately many residents have been calling it "the surveillance state".
Seven intense aftershocks hit Chile on Friday morning, including one that measured 6.6 on the Richter scale.
The city of Taiwan experienced a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Thursday.
Japan is bracing for the worst after dozens of rare giant oarfish - traditionally the harbinger of a powerful earthquake- have been washed ashore or caught in fishermen's nets.
The Irazú volcano in Costa Rica sent panic through neighbouring communities last night, as residents reported at least 9 tremors from the volcano during a 30 minute period.
The number of large and destructive earthquakes around the world has jumped dramatically in the last few years.
The director of the China Meteorological Administration has announced that China will step up weather modification in key regions to help relieve the drought.
Some researchers are claiming that genetically engineered corn may cause food allergies.
A new U.S. Army biolab in Maryland where Ebola Virus and Q Fever can escape from an exhaust stack is going to be opened up anyway.
Vietnam is experiencing what is being described as "a 100-year drought".
Why does Bill Gates believe that the spread of vaccines around the world would be good for population control?
Why are so many millions of Americans turning to Bible-based programs in an attempt to get out of debt?
The Vatican has been rocked by a sex scandal reaching into Pope Benedict's household after a chorister was sacked for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for a papal gentleman-in-waiting.
It has been confirmed that the much-hyped fossil named "Ida" is not a human ancestor.
Devices allowing people to write letters or play pinball using just the power of their brains are drawing a lot of attention at a technology fair in Germany.
It is being claimed that a team of physicists has proven that the teleportation of energy is possible.
Lastly, is a small company located in Vancouver, British Columbia on the verge of creating a revolutionary device capable of delivering virtually unlimited clean energy for the entire planet?
