LONDON, England - February 3, 2009 - Police have vowed to crack down on youngsters caught “acting irresponsibly” following the worst snowfall to hit the UK in 18 years.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - January 29, 2009 - The Iraqi government has informed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad that it will not issue a new operating license to Blackwater Worldwide, the embassy's primary security company, which has come under scrutiny for using excessive force while protecting American diplomats, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Sweeping undefined purpose raises worries about military police state.

WASHINGTON - February 1, 2009 - Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) has introduced to the House of Representatives a new bill, H.R. 645, calling for the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish no fewer than six national emergency centers for corralling civilians on military installations.

NEW YORK - January 28, 2009 - A call to utilize the current global economic crisis as a panic in which governments worldwide can move to nationalize banks is emerging from the 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

ATLANTA, Georgia - January 28, 2009 - Another bombshell was revealed Wednesday morning as Georgia lawmakers heard testimony regarding the ongoing peanut salmonella crisis.

WASHINGTON - January 26, 2009 - A new survey of Democratic voters has found 44 percent believe that former President Bush and members of his regime committed war crimes during their term, which ended January 20.

LONDON, England - January 26, 2009 – Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday the financial crisis must not be an excuse to retreat into protectionism and instead be viewed as the "difficult birth-pangs of a new global order".