Colorado Student Injured After Setting Himself On Fire, Authorities Say
A 16-year-old boy was critically injured Monday after setting himself on fire in the cafeteria at a suburban Denver high school in an apparent suicide attempt, authorities said.
Entries by Joe Miller
Food in the Sky? Highrise Farming Idea Gains Ground
Imagine stepping out of your highrise apartment into a sunny, plant-lined corridor, biting into an apple grown in the orchard on the fourth floor as you bid “good morning” to the farmer off to milk his cows on the fifth.
Want to Get the Flu? Volunteers Sneeze for Science
Forget being sneezed on: Government scientists are deliberately giving dozens of volunteers the flu by squirting the live virus straight up their noses.
Cruz: Obama Should Apologize to Nation in State of the Union (+video)
With the bungled launch of HealthCare.gov and the Affordable Care Act causing millions to lose their health-care coverage, Ted Cruz urged the president to use Tuesday’s State of the Union address to apologize to the American people.
‘It Sounds Vaguely Like a Threat’: Rand Paul Wary of Obama’s Plan to Override Congress
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul is concerned about the White House’s promise to work around Congress through the use of executive orders and administrative fiat, claiming President Barack Obama’s comments to that effect “sound vaguely like a threat.”
White House Won’t Pay ‘Ransom’ for Debt Limit Hike
White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer on Sunday pressed Republican lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling without conditions, saying that the American people “should not have to pay Congress ransom.”
‘Missing’ Congressman Stockman In Russia as Part of Congressional Delegation; Rips Media for False Reporting
Missing Texas Congressman Steve Stockman told an associate he was headed to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin, according to an electronic communication reviewed by Breitbart News, and now says he is in London.
Sen. Sessions: Immigration Spikes Income Inequality
In Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Obama is expected to discuss the plight of American workers. At the same time, he is pushing Republicans to pass an immigration plan making the problem worse by increasing the flow of immigrant workers to compete against unemployed Americans and those struggling to get by in low-wage jobs.
If You Like Obama’s Executive Orders, You Are Going to Love 2014
The American system of government has as it’s chief executive, a president who is carefully checked by a watchful Congress and a consientious judiciary.
HSBC Imposes Restrictions On Large Cash Withdrawals
Some HSBC customers have been prevented from withdrawing large amounts of cash because they could not provide evidence of why they wanted it, the BBC has learnt.