The most important news for Monday, March 15th, 2010....
The reconciled health care "reform" bill has been released. You can read the entire 2309 page document here.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging calm after another stern rebuke from the U.S. government over plans to build 1,600 new apartments for Jews in east Jerusalem.
Are hundreds of very powerful U.S. "bunker-buster" bombs being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for a possible attack on Iran?
U.S. military forces have recovered a huge cache of weapons that was given to Afghan security forces but wound up in the hands of the Taliban.
One top Israeli official says that U.S.-Israeli relations are facing a "crisis of historic proportions".
An official from the U.S. government met with organizers of the recent "International Temple Mount Awareness Day" to pepper the activists about their intentions regarding Jewish ascent to the holy site.
The South Pacific is being devastated by a very powerful set of twin cyclones.
According to Moody’s Investors Service, the U.S. and the U.K. have moved "substantially" closer to losing their AAA credit ratings.
For the first time since the 1980s the Social Security program is projected to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes — nearly $29 billion more.
Chinese banks reportedly face a $350 billion debt time bomb that could mirror the financial crisis suffered by U.S. and European banks.
Is the Chinese government spoiling for an economic showdown with America?
China is seeking reassurance from the U.S. government that the U.S. dollar will not lose value.
According to reports, Google appears to be getting closer to shutting down its strictly monitored search engine in China.
France's biggest telecom company is calling for Google to be investigated over the "scary" amount of information it collects about its customers.
There are reports that Washington and Moscow are close to reaching agreement on a new nuclear disarmament treaty.
A new Russian nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine will debut on May 7th.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd is poised to introduce legislation that would give the Federal Reserve sweeping new powers.
A Transportation Security Agency worker who pats down members of the flying public has been charged with multiple child sex crimes against an underage girl.
A new report by the U.S. State Department says that anti-semitism is dramatically on the rise around the globe.
Kuwaiti scientists are warning that global oil production will peak in 2014.
Cindy Sheehan is building a tent city near the Washington Monument in an attempt to pressure Barack Obama to pull troops out of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The government of Denmark has released a 326-page report affirming that endocrine disrupting chemicals are probably contributing to the birth of fewer males and the "feminization" of existing ones.
There is a report that an elk in Utah has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
In the U.K., staff in sports clubs who warn women not to lift heavy weights could be prosecuted under new equality laws.
Are native Hawaiians soon going to be allowed to form their own government?
A central figure behind the Center for Disease Control's claims disputing the link between vaccines and autism and other neurological disorders has disappeared after officials discovered massive fraud involving the theft of millions in taxpayer dollars.
A new bill in Congress would prohibit Christian adoption agencies from refusing to adopt to gay and lesbian couples.
Pressure on the Pope is increasing as very serious allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests continue to come out all over Europe.
The Pope's spokesman has launched a vigorous counter-attack against a report linking Pope Benedict to a sex abuse cover-up while he was archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1981.
The Vatican is telling their priests to limit their sermons to no more than 8 minutes so that those attending will not get bored.
One town in Arizona has banned absolutely all church meetings in private homes.
Archaeologists in Egypt are excavating the first stretch of a two-mile avenue lined with hundreds of carved sphinxes.
Former Apollo astronauts are expressing dismay at Barack Obama's decision to cancel the NASA program that was intended to send American astronauts to the Moon.
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia on Sunday morning.
A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 struck northeastern Japan on Sunday afternoon.
A new investigation claims that the CIA caused an entire French village to go mad nearly 60 years ago by spiking their baguettes with the mind-bending drug LSD.
Lastly, if you want to take a break from bad news for a while, just check out this list of 50 of the strangest buildings in the world.
