U.S. to Lose $400 Billion on Fannie, Freddie, Wallison Says

U.S. to lose $400 Billion...as in US....me and you the taxpayer. Still and will be getting up the behind while we are still awake. And not even geting a kiss. I think it is about time to WTF up!!!

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China Warns Against Force in Carrying Out North Korea Sanctions

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Benefit spending soars to new high

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Marijuana Linked to Aggressive Testicular Cancer - MSN Health & Fitness - Cancer

Just another scheme to discourage people from using, smoking or ingesting marijuana! Political BS!

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Man sues city for demolishing his fixer-upper

There are thousands of buildings that should be demolished in Detroit. Eric Roslonski says his house wasn't one of them.

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Woman missing 12 years found in Swiss woods

Police say a German woman missing for 12 years has been found living in the woods in Switzerland.

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Northern rockhopper penguins near extinction

Lovelace, the rockhopper penguin guru in the film "Happy Feet", probably would be just as stumped as the scientists who report that the population of his northern relatives has declined by 90 percent.

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A triple-dog dare: Boy's tongue stuck on pole

In a scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story," a 10-year-old boy got his tongue stuck to a metal light pole.

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Parents lose custody of Nazi-named children

Three siblings whose names have Nazi connotations have been placed in the custody of the state, police said Wednesday.

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Investors had complained about missing pilot

Clients of an Indiana financial manager who may have tried to stage his death in a plane crash say he charged them exorbitant, unfair fees.

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Did missing pilot fake his death?

Police were searching on Monday for an Indiana man who may have parachuted from his small plane after calling in an emergency and left the aircraft on autopilot until it crashed in Florida.

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Would-be bride, 107, seeks her first husband

A 107-year-old Chinese woman who was afraid to marry when she was young has decided to look for her first husband and hopes to find a fellow centenarian so they will have something to talk about, a paper reported.

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High gas bill imperils 'eternal' flame

An "eternal" flame at Bullhead City's new veterans memorial park that only lasted until city officials received a $961 gas bill has been re-lit following complaints by veterans groups.

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Stevie Wonder: Touch-screens alienate blind

The craze for touch-screen gadgets, sparked by Apple Inc's popular iPhone, is raising worries that a whole generation of consumer electronics will be out of the reach of the blind.

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Mississippi now has highest teen birth rate

Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen pregnancy rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, according to a new federal report.

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Burris rejected in bid to claim Senate seat

Roland Burris failed in his bid to take President-elect Barack Obama's Illinois Senate seat on Tuesday in a scripted piece of political theater staged just before the opening of the 111th Congress.

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Coleman dealt another setback in Minn. race

The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected Republican Norm Coleman's request to count an additional 650 rejected absentee ballots in the state's U.S. Senate recount.

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Twins born on different days, months, years

They're twins, all right, despite what their spanking new birth certificates say.

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Thieves steal $10,000 in jewelry from Latifah

Two gold rings, a gold chain and a silver ring were allegedly taken from singer's $1,000-a-night villa.

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'I'm A Shooter' -- Pittsburgh Intruder Kills Man, Spares Women

One man is shot and killed in Pittsburgh's Sheraden neighborhood early Friday, and two women in the same house with him are spared a similar execution-style death.

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Pittsburgh FBI Shooter Sent Out Of County Before Christmas

Christina Korbe is denied bail after shooting and killing Pittsburgh FBI Special Agent Sam Hicks. She's transferred out of Allegheny County to Cambria County.

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Mexico City cleans up its reputation for smog

The metropolis ranked the world's most polluted by a 1992 U.N. report has since slashed some of its worst emissions by more than three-quarters and has become a model for improving urban air quality.

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Banned Snowzilla returns - bigger than ever

A �giant snowman named Snowzilla has mysteriously appeared again this year - despite a city's cease-and-desist order.

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$1.6 billion went to bailed-out bank execs

Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals.

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U.S. judge jails Muslim woman over head scarf

A judge ordered a Muslim woman arrested Tuesday for contempt of court for refusing to take off her head scarf at a security checkpoint.

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