Russian energy giant Gazprom has cut gas deliveries via Ukraine - with European supplies to be hit in "a few hours".
The Washington Post has a report today about outgoing Interior Secretary and former Idaho Gov. and Senator Dirk Kempthorne spending about $235K to renovate his office bathroom. Seems Kempthorne spent about $235,000 in taxpayer funds renovating the bathroom a few months ago, which included installing a new shower, a refrigerator and a freezer and buying monogrammed towels, department officials told our colleague Derek Kravitz.
Now it appears the governor may have found a new way to skirt the rules. How is it possible that the governor's soon-to-be son-in-law, Levi Johnston, is working as an apprentice on the North Slope?
The governor, in trying to dispel rumors the father of her grandchild is a high school dropout, released this statement this past week,
"Levi is continuing his online high school work in addition to working as an electrical apprentice on the North Slope."
But federal regulations require all members of apprentice programs, union or otherwise, to first obtain a high school diploma, something the governor's soon-to-be son-in- law does not have.
The Church of Scientology seems to take issue with the autopsy's suggestion that Jet Travolta suffered from a seizure disorder. In short, it doesn't fit into their beliefs.
read morePinned to the floor by at least two cops Oscar Grant III was shot in the back. The bullet ricocheted off the floor and penetrated a lung. He died several hours later. The entire incident was videoed by several passengers using their cell phones.
Any questions about the reason our Founders created the 2nd Amendment? Self defense is primal and it's becoming increasingly apparent that we face a tyranny from our own government and those who are sworn to "protect and serve."
Here's hoping all the cops involved get to "serve" the rest of their lives in prison.
I feel sorry for John Travollta however he didn't need to try and coverup the fack his son was autistic and had siezers and died from falling in the bathroom.
Being the family are Scientologists his son was not on any medication for autisim or siezers. I am sorry and respect your beliefs John but the part of Scientollogy that refuses meds is out of bounds. In my estimation you should have had him on meds tell he was of age and make that deceision for himself.
Al Franken has won the recount over Norm Coleman and deserves to be the junior US Senator from Minnesota. On the morning of Nov 5th when Norm Coleman thought he beat Al Franken by 217 votes said he would have bowed out had he been in Franken's shoes.
read moreCollege is generally a time for a time for partying and learning to acclimate into the real world, but not for this group. Last May, several students in the Honors College started an LSU Quidditch team. The original members were mainly Harry Potter fans, but the team has grown and includes a diverse crowd of about twenty members.
Parents have stopped reading traditional fairytales to their children because they are too scary and not politically correct, according to research.
read moreRapid growth spurt leaves amount of ice at levels seen 29 years ago.
Thanks to a rapid rebound in recent months, global sea ice levels now equal those seen 29 years ago, when the year 1979 also drew to a close.
Ice levels had been tracking lower throughout much of 2008, but rapidly recovered in the last quarter. In fact, the rate of increase from September onward is the fastest rate of change on record, either upwards or downwards.
read moreabout the war in Iraq and the economy, is there a connection
read moreScientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hope to begin clinical trials this spring on a vaccine to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer.
If successful, the vaccine would not replace traditional treatment such as chemotherapy and radiation but could be an additional treatment for patients, said Laura Hutchins, the principal investigator, professor of internal medicine, and director of the division of hematology and oncology.
read moreTwo Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to run the CIA.
read moreThe rural North Texas town of Ferris about 20 miles south of Dallas has approved a policy that allows authorities to shoot "wild" roaming dogs
read moreStalin's regime of fear, death camps, and secret murders
read moreAs Republicans struggle to determine the future of their party after a tough election, intraparty tensions have flared over three forums next week that may prove crucial to determining the winner of the six-way race for the chair of the Republican National Committee a post that will hold considerable sway over the direction of the GOP.
"Some people are pissed off at [Americans for Tax Reform President] Grover [Norquist]. Some people are pissed off at the Conservative Steering Committee. Some people are pissed off at [current RNC chair] Mike Duncan. Some people are pissed off at social conservatives. The social conservatives are pissed at leaders in Congress," said a Republican consultant who has worked with the RNC. "Everyone is basically pissed."
