The most important news for Friday, June 19th, 2009.....
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that the United States has positioned more missile defenses around Hawaii as a precaution against a possible North Korean missile launch.
There are reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is experiencing rapidly declining health. Does this help to explain North Korea's recent actions?
The CIA is recruiting laid-off bankers in its latest New York recruitment drive. That is where all the jobs are now - in spying on Americans and setting up the big brother police state.
Ron Paul is slamming the dictatorial powers that the Federal Reserve would acquire under Barack Obama's new financial reform plan.
Senator Chris Dodd says that giving the Federal Reserve more power is like rewarding a son with a "bigger, faster car right after he crashed the family station wagon".
Henry Kissinger is threatening Iran with "regime change" if things don't go the way the U.S. wants.
The European Commission is calling for the United States to let go of ICANN and to put it under international supervision. For the sake of the Internet, let us hope that never happens.
California's unemployment rate rose to 11.5 percent in May. Things are not quite so sunny anymore in the sunshine state.
An Australian father who beat up a man caught molesting his 10-year-old son is facing a prison sentence, while the boy's attacker walks free.
Did Tony Blair know about the policy that allowed the secret torture of British prisoners?
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fell and broke her elbow on Wednesday and will undergo surgery.
According to a new poll, the Internet is the most popular source of news and information by far. In the poll the Internet far outdistanced television, newspapers and the radio.
The EU is once again trying to cram the Lisbon Treaty down the throats of the Irish.
Former president George W. Bush is publicly attacking Barack Obama for the first time.
Canada.com is asking this question: With hidden cameras seemingly everywhere, what are the implications for our lives?
Why has the Pentagon "blinded" astronomers to "Armageddon"?
Lastly, Japan is actually considering what many believe to be unthinkable — the abolition of cash.
