The most important news for Sunday, February 21st, 2010....
General David Petraeus said in an interview on Sunday that the United States is placing its efforts to thwart the Iranian nuclear program on a "pressure track".
Syrian Prime Minister Naji al-Otari warned Israel on Saturday that any new Mideast war "would be catastrophic" for the world.
The New York Times says that millions of unemployed Americans could face "years" without jobs.
Some economists are warning that it could take five years or more for the U.S. to get all of the lost jobs back.
Citibank is currently sending the following notification to their customers in Texas: "Effective April 1, 2010, we reserve the right to require (7) days advance notice before permitting a withdrawal from all checking accounts. While we do not currently exercise this right and have not exercised it in the past, we are required by law to notify you of this change."
Taxpayers for Common Sense estimates that 12 spending bills for this current fiscal year contained 9,499 congressional earmarks worth $15.9 billion.
According to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey, 86 percent of Americans believe that the U.S. system of government is broken.
The Obama administration is considering changes to its mortgage modification plan that could include a freeze on home foreclosures.
Congressman Ron Paul won a blowout victory on Saturday in the annual Conservative Political Action Conference presidential straw poll.
A Canadian government department is poised to approve genetically modified pig/mouse hybrids knows as "enviropigs" into the food supply.
One prominent Canadian farming expert is warning about the horrific dangers that genetically modified crops pose to the environment.
Barack Obama is saying that global warming is to blame for the record snowfalls that many areas of the U.S. have been experiencing this winter.
A new U.K. government report says that young children are being "sexualized" at earlier and earlier ages.
A Christian legal group plans to sue a Florida county school district in an attempt to restore the rights of faculty to pray.
Lastly, Christianity Today has published an article entitled "There's Power in the Blood" which discusses how many Christian authors are now tapping into the "riches" of vampire mythology.
