Oct. 5, 2012

Soaring gas prices across California have forced some station owners to shut off their pumps while people change their driving habits or, in some cases, avoid driving all together.

A gallon of regular gas was $5.69 Thursday in Calabasas, while a gallon of super costs $5.89 with cash and $5.99 with credit. Such prices are…

Oct 5, 2012  Because of oil refinery stoppages in California, gas prices have risen so high that independent gas stations are shutting down because they can’t make a profit. 

Exxon’s Torrance refinery lost power Oct. 1 and is only starting to recover now; Phillips 66 is trying to fix two of its California refineries this month; and…

October 5, 2012

The United States Congress has passed a bill which mandates the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to prepare for “mass fatality planning” and funeral homes, cemeteries and mortuaries being “overwhelmed” in the aftermath of a mass terror attack, natural disaster or other crisis. …

October 5, 2012

Ankara’s military forces have struck back after a mortar bomb fired from Syria hit a farm in the Turkish province of Hatay, reports Reuters quoting the state news agency.

No deaths or injuries have so far been reported.

According to Turkish media, a mortar shell fell near the town of Altinozu, some 50 meters…

October 02, 2012

Instead of paying for their lunches with crumpled dollar bills and loose change, students in Carroll County schools are having their palms scanned in a new check-out system — raising concerns from some …

Magnesium is a mineral needed by every cell in the human body and is required for more than 300 biochemical reactions that take place within each and every one of us. Around half of the body's magnesium is found inside the cells of body tissues and organs, and half is combined with calcium and phosphorus in bone. Only a very small amount, approximately 1%, is found in the…

October 03, 2012

The Monsanto company has forged a new partnership with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company whose primary focus seems to be on figuring out how to best crack the genetic code so as to manipulate the way genes inherently express themselves. And based on the agreement the two…

9/28/2012

Ann Romney told a Nevada television station her biggest concern if her husband, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, becomes president was his "mental well-being."

In an interview Thursday with television station KTVN, Mrs. Romney was asked what her biggest worry was should Mitt…

October 3, 2012

A federal appeals court has extended a stay on the injunction blocking the notorious indefinite detention provision in the 2012 defense bill that lets the US government jail any American without end over even suspected terrorist ties.

This comes as attorneys for the White House …

October 2, 2012

The Stockholm-based web host for WikiLeaks and The Pirate Bay has been raided by Swedish police. Four of the firm’s servers were seized, though it remains unclear exactly who was being targeted.

The Stockholm-based web host PeRiQuito AB, or PRQ, was targeted by police on Monday, the company’s owner Mikael Viborg told…

October 1, 2012

Kevin O’Reilly, a member of the White House National Security Staff who regularly communicated about Operation Fast and Furious with the Arizona-based ATF agent responsible for running the operation that allowed guns to flow to Mexican drug cartels, was suddenly transferred out of the White House and into Iraq in July…

Oct 2, 2012

Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were shot, one fatally, Tuesday morning in an area in south Arizona known as a major drug-smuggling corridor, authorities said.

The identities of the agents were not immediately released, but the shooting occurred at the Brian Terry Station near Naco, Ariz., which is just south of Tucson. The station was…

From breakfast to dinner (and snacks in between) you're entire day can be heart-healthy! A good-for-your-ticker diet doesn't have to be bland or boring, as we show you here with these heart-y foods that will leave you satisfied.

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Changing your eating habits can be tough. Start with these eight strategies to kick-start your way toward a heart-healthy diet. Although you might know that eating certain foods can increase your heart disease risk, it's often tough to change your eating habits. Whether you have years of unhealthy eating under your belt or you simply want to fine-tune your diet, here are…

• Heart disease is a leading killer and the most common is congestive heart failure
• Some symptoms of congestive heart failure include: fatigue, nausea and abdominal…

October 1, 2012

Washington is notorious for dropping news it doesn’t want scrutinized too closely on the last day of the work week. So last Friday was a convenient time for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to release a statement about the Obama Administration’s conflicting accounts of the attack that killed the…

September 26, 2012

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (KMOV.com) – East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks has enacted a tough curfew for  residents under the age of 18 after four people were killed and three others injured over a violent 36-hour span.

During a press conference on Wednesday, the mayor said anyone under 18 years old will…

March 22, 2010

It seems counterintuitive to think that genetically modified plants could possibly be considered real food. After all, the whole point of eating and growing real food is to avoid organisms that have had their naturally nourishing qualities tampered with in the name of “progress” and profit motive. But a recent…

If you didn't burn yours in the 'Sixties, you might want to put it away now. "Bras cause breast cancer. It's open and shut," says medical researcher Syd Singer.…

October 1, 2012

A TSA agent convicted of stealing more than $800,000 worth of goods from travelers said this type of theft is “commonplace” among airport security. Almost 400 TSA officers have been fired for stealing from passengers since 2003.

Pythias Brown, a former Transportation Security Administration officer at Newark Liberty…