NEW YORK - April 2, 2009 - It's no secret the Bush regime used fear tactics to push the $700-billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) through Congress last fall. Members of both the House and the Senate have come out after the fact and disclosed the details.

WASHINGTON - April 1, 2009 - Formed in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001 as a way to search out domestic terrorist threats, fusion centers today are being bombarded with criticism on all sides for things like improper surveillance of the supporters of third-party presidential candidates and an ambiguous mission directive that has lead to power overreaching.

DES MOINES, Iowa - March 31, 2009 - More than 500 people who are upset with a plan to change Iowa's tax laws were cleared from a hearing tonight at the Iowa House after they interrupted multiple times.

NEW YORK - March 31, 2009 - Even as taxpayers are struggling to make ends meet in a crumbling, tumbling economy, your friendly neighborhood (and state and federal) government is having a hard time making do with the meager trillions you're throwing its way, so it's relying on an old maxim:

If it exists, it can be taxed.

PARIS, France - Mar 31, 2009 - Hundreds of French workers, angry about proposed layoffs at a Caterpillar office, were holding executives of the company hostage Tuesday, a spokesman for the workers said.

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - March 30, 2009 - Concern that the illegitimate Obama regime could unlawfully impose a new ban on some semiautomatic weapons is driving worried gun owners to stockpile ammunition and cartridge reloading components at such a rate that manufacturers can't meet demand.

DAVIE, Florida - March 30, 2009 - A rookie police officer accused of slamming a 10-year-old boy against his cruiser for skateboarding in the street has received a two-day suspension and been ordered to attend anger management classes.