Sears to close 100 to 120 Kmart, Sears stores
(AP) NEW YORK – Sears Holdings Corp. plans to close between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores to raise cash after a weak holiday shopping season for the retailer. The closings fueled speculation...
Monthly Archive: December 2011
Anti-Abortion Group Sues for Documents on U.S. Funding of New Hampshire Planned Parenthood
New Hampshire Right to Life is suing the Obama administration for access to records about a decision to fund Planned Parenthood in violation of state rules, a move that comes amid efforts by some...
Putin Calls for Clean Presidential Vote, Rejects Demands for Parliamentary Election Rerun
MOSCOW – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the March presidential election, in which he’ll compete, should be transparent and fair, but rejected demands from swelling numbers of protesters for a rerun...
Afghanistan Urges No Foreign Interference in Taliban Talks
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan government body seeking a negotiated peace deal with the Taliban insisted Monday it would not tolerate foreign interference in any talks. The head of the foreign relations department of...
Christmas wild weather could cost millions
STORMS pelted Victorians with hailstones as big as billiard balls during a wild Christmas Day barrage. The damage bill could run into tens of millions of dollars after hundreds of cars were bombarded, windows...
Gorbachev Calls on Russia’s Putin to Quit Amid Unrest
MOSCOW – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called on Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to resign as tens of thousands of demonstrators cheered opposition leaders and jeered the Krelin in the biggest show of...
Russia test-fires two new nuclear missiles
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia successfully tested on Friday its two new Bulava intercontinental missiles, which experienced several failures in the past. The Defence Ministry said the 12-meter-long Bulava, or Mace, which Moscow aims to...
Symptoms of the Storm, Politics
There has been a great deal of talk about democracy and how democratic uprisings are beginning to take root throughout the world. The globalists are treating current world uprisings like a rebellious youth coming...
Water in the 21st Century: The National Water Census
(multimedia) Eric Evenson, coordinator of the National Water Census discuses a new set of water resource challenges brought on by the 21st century. Even in normal water years, water shortages and use conflicts have...
200th Anniversary of New Madrid Earthquakes (Dec 16)
Two hundred years ago today, the central Mississippi River Valley was violently shaken by the first of a series of three earthquakes of magnitude 7 – 8 and hundreds of aftershocks greater than magnitude...
