The most important news for Monday, July 19th, 2010....
The Federal Reserve is now saying that the U.S. economy may not recover for another five or six years.
Consumer sentiment weakened in early July to its lowest in 11 months on a resurgence in fears about the economy.
According to one shocking new survey, 28% of U.S. households have at least one member that is looking for a full-time job.
Banks repossessed a record number of U.S. homes in the second quarter of 2010.
China's holdings of U.S. Treasuries fell $32.5 billion to $867.7 billion in May.
Is the U.S. on the edge of a growing deflationary sinkhole?
Economist Nouriel Roubini says that the second half of the "global double dip" has arrived.
Wheat prices soared last week as traders questioned how much of the global crop has been damaged by poor weather.
On Sunday, at least 46 people were killed and 47 others were injured in two separate bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the progress of peace talks with the Palestinians.
According to a new poll, 49 percent of Israelis want the Temple to be rebuilt, but the poll also found that most Israelis do not want the Israeli government to actually take active steps towards the reconstruction of the Temple.
Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Saturday that Turkey must remain that mediator between his nation and Israel and that it is the country most qualified to serve in that position.
BP chief operating officer Doug Suttles told reporters during a morning technical briefing on Sunday that the cap that is now on the damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico could stay in place until mud and cement are used to plug the well for good in August.
A sample of polluted water from the Dolphin Island Marina actually exploded when mixed with an organic solvent intended to separate the oil and water.
It is being reported that for the last few weeks, BP has been offering signing bonuses and lucrative pay to prominent scientists from public universities around the Gulf Coast to aid its defense against spill litigation.
The National Tea Party Federation, an organization that represents the Tea Party political movement around the country, has expelled conservative commentator Mark Williams and his Tea Party Express because of an inflammatory blog post he wrote.
A very large free blogging platform has been taken down by its hosting provider on orders from U.S. authorities on grounds of "a history of abuse". More than 73,000 blogs are out of action as a result. Could this be the start of a wider crackdown on the Internet?
Governments around the globe are increasingly implementing the strict population control measures promoted by the United Nations.
Uzbek women are accusing the state of mass sterilizations.
Is the new term "freedom of worship" being used by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton meant as a replacement for the term "freedom of religion"?
Washington's intelligence establishment appears to be in panic mode over an upcoming Washington Post series about runaway growth in defense and intelligence spending.
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann recently said that Obama is turning the United States into a "nation of slaves".
Thirty-two U.S. soldiers took their own lives last month, the most Army suicides in a single month since the Vietnam era.
The Russian parliament has passed a controversial bill expanding what rights groups say are already formidable powers of the successor to the Soviet-era KGB security service.
In the U.K., it is being reported that children are being snatched by social workers from loving families, on what appears to be the flimsiest and most questionable of pretenses.
An upper layer of Earth's atmosphere recently shrank so much that researchers are at a loss to adequately explain it.
The largest earthquake ever recorded near the capital rattled Washington, D.C. early on Friday, waking many residents but causing no reported damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey says that a 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Alaska at 9:56 p.m. Saturday and was centered in the Bering Sea about 110 miles northeast of Dutch Harbor or 930 miles west of Anchorage.
Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.9 and 7.3, respectively, struck in the New Britain Region of Papua New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific ocean on Sunday.
Waters were receding Sunday as rescue crews conducted searches in the aftermath of flash flooding in eastern Kentucky that killed at least two people.
An unidentified flying object forced Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, China to cease operations on July 7th, and now the Chinese government is investigating the matter.
Are the "Twilight" films secretly introducing occultic philosophies to our young people in the form of entertainment?
Evangelical churches across the nation, including several megachurches, will join in a national day of prayer for the Gulf Coast community on Sunday.
Lastly, a Christian-inspired media group is being targeted with a fine of about $125,000 for its broadcast of television ads in Spain that promote the traditional family by using video footage of homosexual "pride" events and asking "Proud … of what?"
