June, 2015

Ontario racks up debt while ‘Rust Belt’ states largely balance their books

Coping with a Changing Economic World, compares the economic and fiscal performance of Ontario and Quebec with Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois between 1999 and 2013
By Fraser Institute - Thursday, June 18, 2015 - Full Story

White Man kills 9 at Black Church

Official: SC Senator Clementa Pinckney among 9 dead in Charleston church shooting
By News on the Net - Thursday, June 18, 2015 - Full Story

GOP leaders vow to resurrect Obama trade deal

The White House has described last week’s failure as a “procedural snafu” and GOP leaders’ new plan to separate the TPA and TAA issues into separate votes could solve the problem.
By News on the Net Washington Times- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Americans' confidence in religion hits a new low

Overall, church and organized religion is now ranked in fourth place in the Gallup survey — behind the military, small business and the police
By News on the Net USA Today- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Discover New Zealand's Best Chefs

Focusing on the bounty of seafood that New Zealand’s southern ocean has to offer, her menu is based on the selection of seafood caught by the Moeraki Bay fishing boats every day
By Travel New Zealand - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Planned Parenthood Abortion Business in Nation’s Capital Will Close This Month

While Planned Parenthood is closed, we know it will be losing money. The longer it is closed, the harder it will be to reopen.”
By News on the Net - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Cyberattack takes down government websites; 'Anonymous' claims responsibility

The sites appeared to go back online shortly before 3 p.m. ET.
By News on the Net CTV News- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

I Know Free Trade. This Isn’t It.

If we cannot win a legislative debate on the merits of free trade, the deal wasn’t worth making.
By News on the Net Jim Demint- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Manitoba paints an unflattering family picture

The Manitoba government is borrowing hundreds of thousands of dollars every day. There is only one source of revenue the government can use to pay it back: taxes
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Todd MacKay- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Federal judge tosses Army's ban on beards, turbans

Sikh college student prevails in lawsuit.
By Dan Calabrese - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Wine-making shortcut gives bubbly a fruitier aroma

Sparkling wine gets a fruity boost with the help of a yeast product.
By American Chemical Society - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Hatch should fix H1-B visa program instead of expand it

H-1B rules allow employers to displace and replace U.S. workers with foreign tech workers
By News on the Net Salt Lake Tribune- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Italian Families Protest Forced Cross-Dressing of Schoolchildren

Parents are especially up in arms over the school district’s attempt to conceal the program and its contents from them
By News on the Net Breitbart News- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Plant discovery offers new hope for diabetics

‘Goldilocks’ flowering shrub indigenous to Israel improves insulin secretion and glucose absorption, says researcher.
By Guest Column Israel21c- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Horrifying rise in child human sacrifice in Uganda at the hands of witch doctors

Snatched on their way to school then castrated or decapitated
By News on the Net Daily Mail- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Broken Sprinklers At CA State Capitol Raise Concerns Of Water Waste During Drought

“It’s frustrating because we’re making cutbacks on a personal level,” said Sacramento resident Michelle Coughlin, who watched video of the broken sprinkler spewing what she described as a “geyser” onto the pavement.
By News on the Net (SACRAMENTO) CBS13- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Greece warns it cannot make IMF payment without bailout funds - live updates

Asked how confident he was that a deal could be reached, Tsakalotos said: “I think that question is mostly for European partners now.” He said it was up to Europe to show it is willing to “learn from its mistakes” and whether it was willing to accept
By News on the Net The Guardian- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Leaders at African summit expected to avoid migration troubles

The stalemate thwarts efforts to combat the continent's refugee crises.
By News on the Net Daily Mail- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

2 boys rescue young children from burning home in Florida

Isiah and Jeremiah say the smoke inside the home was so thick they could barely see.
By News on the Net Associated Press- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

NatWest and RBS customers are panicking after thousands of payments went 'missing' overnight

Around 600,000 payments may have failed to enter accounts, the BBC said.
By News on the Net The Independent- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

A Warning To The Pope: Rising Green Energy Taxes To Hit Poorest Hardest

US Catholics Divided Over Global Warming
By Guest Column Dr. Benny Peiser- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Why Conservatives Blame Republican Leadership for Failure on Trade

Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, believes House Republican leadership could better include conservatives in a debate over giving President Obama trade authority.
By Heritage Foundation Josh Siegel- Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

On the road to needle-free medicine

Scientists are working to make needles obsolete.
By American Chemical Society - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Toward nanorobots that swim through blood to deliver drugs (video)

Patients could one day benefit from swimming nanorobots that deliver drugs where they're needed.
By American Chemical Society - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Cain's presidential ratings

And now there are 16!
By Herman Cain - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Novel battery uses light to produce power (video)

This photo battery can run small electronics and recharge without an outside power source.
By American Chemical Society - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Inside Every Liberal Is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out: The Death of the Neighborhood

No neighborhood in America will be safe from federal enforcers thanks to new Obama mandates
By Arnold Ahlert - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Supremes on abortion: Texas clinic regs upheld; North Carolina ultrasound requirement goes down

One step forward . . .
By Dan Calabrese - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

The Fall of Al Jazeera America

The Muslim Brotherhood and Al Jazeera America were undone by their own hubris. There’s a lesson there, but Qatar’s arrogant rulers aren’t likely to learn it.
By Daniel Greenfield - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

The Waterloo Elm Chair

Ulmus minor
By Wes Porter - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - Full Story

Alan Caruba: A candle that goes on flickering in the dark

Unfailing in his belief that America would survive the domestic enemies working to take her down
By Judi McLeod - Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - Full Story

Best of Donald Trump's presidential announcement

Highlights from The Donald's campaign kickoff
By News on the Net - Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - Full Story

Seven Reasons Donald Trump Says He’d Make a ‘Truly Great’ President

“Our country needs a truly great leader and we need a truly great leader now,”
By Heritage Foundation Ken McIntyre- Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - Full Story

Chart: The animals that are most likely to kill you this summer

Rounded to the nearest whole number, sharks killed about 1 person per year between 2001 and 2013
By News on the Net Washington Post- Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - Full Story

Study: Anti-Semitism Skyrockets in Canada

Highest level of anti-Semitic incidents ‘ever recorded’
By News on the Net Washington Free Beacon- Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - Full Story

Drone strike kills Al Qaeda's No 2 in command

Top terrorist in Yemen now heads 'steadfastly to God' . . . or somewhere.
By Dan Calabrese - Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - Full Story

Donald Trump announces his 2016 candidacy - yes, really!

By Robert Laurie - Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - Full Story

Burnout 101 for Caregivers

The physical task facing caregivers can be overwhelming. But according to experts it's the mental toll that is more likely to bring caregivers to their knees.
By W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones - Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - Full Story

Either Hillary or the State Dept. withheld Benghazi emails from the Select Committee

This administration has an email problem.
By Robert Laurie - Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - Full Story