Jul 22, 2011 Posted by Nicole

Debt Ceiling Getting Ready To Crash

The biggest question on the minds of the Congress and the President is what to do with the debt ceiling? Congress has a few more days to make a decision or for the first time in history, the United States may be defaulting on their loans. Over the past two weeks the biggest issue that has been overtaking the news has been the debt ceiling.  The problem that our nation is looking at right now is that we... read more

Dec 18, 2009 Posted by Lisa

Death Sentences Dying Out

According to a recent report by the Death Penalty Information Center, death sentences have been dropping for seven years now. In 1994, sentences peaked with 328, and only 106 were projected for 2009. during the 1990s, the average annual rate of inmates put to death was 295. The report finds that the greatest decline in death penalties carried out is in Texas, which had nine so far this year. This is... read more

Dec 17, 2009 Posted by Lisa

Obama Approval Rating Dips

One thing’s for sure: During hard economic times, no president is popular. In a recent poll, it was found that President Barack Obama’s popularity has slipped to below 50 percent. Other surveys find him at about 50 percent, meaning half of the country gives him a thumbs-up. The the other half, not so much. According to two separate surveys taken by CNN/Opinion Research Corp. and Quinnipiac... read more

Dec 15, 2009 Posted by Matt

Illinois Town Gets Gitmo

The small Illinois town of Thomson is going to take on the Guantanamo Bay terror suspects in the Thomson Correctional Center.  The town is small, with 559 people as of the 2000 Census, and the state prison is currently operating at nowhere near maximum capacity.  The facility currently 144 prisoners in its minimum-security wing, though the minimum security can hold up to 200 prisoners, and the currently... read more

Dec 11, 2009 Posted by Lisa

Times Square Shoot-out

A little after 11:00 A.M. in New York City yesterday, a shoot-out took place in Times Square. It was in the theater district where Raymond Martinez, a 25-year-old Bronx resident and panhandler engaged in a conversation of bullets with police. Christopher Newsom, a plainclothes police sergeant, questioned Martinez, who was selling CDs with another man on the street. Apparently Newsom had spotted Martinez... read more