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Rick Perry & Ron Paul Argued during the Reagan library Debate break

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Republican presidential candidates Rick Perry and Ron Paul, R-Texas got in a verbal argument during a break at a Republican presidential candidates debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, California. Unfortunately we were not able to find out what they were arguing about but presidential candidate Rick Perry looked pretty upset and maybe even a little aggressive with... 

Man opens fire at Brooklyn parade, toll rises to 46 shot since Saturday morning

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Police have a man in custody after he allegedly fired shots into the air at the West Indian Day Parade before fleeing the scene in a cab. Gunfire erupted today near the massive West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn not far from where Mayor Michael Bloomberg was marching as the entire city reeled from a epidemic of shootings over the past two days. By noon today, a total of 46 people had been shot in the... 

Unemployment in the US: Highest in 27 years

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The August jobs report was dismal for plenty of reasons, but perhaps most striking was the picture it painted of racial inequality in the job market. Black unemployment surged to 16.7% in August, its highest level since 1984, while the unemployment rate for whites fell slightly to 8%, the Labor Department reported. “This month’s numbers continue to bear out that longstanding pattern that... 

Huge "Ocean" Discovered Inside Earth

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The discovery marks the first time such a large body of water has found in the planet’s deep mantle. The finding, made by Michael Wysession, a seismologist at Washington University in St. Louis, and his former graduate student Jesse Lawrence, now at the University of California, San Diego, will be detailed in a forthcoming monograph to be published by the American Geophysical Union. Looking down... 

Leaked Videos Show Missile Hitting Pentagon on 9/11

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On the verge of the 9/11 tenth anniversary, leaked videos confirm eye-witnesses’ accounts that the attack was made by a cruise missile rather than a passenger plane, an editor told Press TV’s US Desk. “There were 85 videos; another video was released yesterday (August 29). Now it hasn’t been carefully vetted but it appears to be quite genuine that clearly shows a cruise missile... 

Colin Powell says Cheney fears trial as war criminal

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Accused: Powell brushed off Cheney's claims that he tried to undercut President Bush's policies in Iraq. An aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell has hit out at Dick Cheney, saying the former Vice President fears being ‘tried as a war criminal’ Powell’s long-time aide and chief of staff, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson told ABC news Cheney, ‘Was president for all... 

RT: Whites become minority in America

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Eight of the largest metropolitan regions in America have seen a decline in the percentage of white inhabitants over the last decade, signaling a majority of minorities in some of the USA’s biggest hubs, including New York and DC. New census data analyzed by the Washington Post reveal that non-Hispanic whites are now a minority in 22 of the 100 biggest urban areas in America. While metropolises... 

US Oil Giant Exxon Mobile Flees To Russia Over Obama Fears

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In what can only be described in the most astounding of terms, the Kremlin is reporting this week that the world’s largest corporation, American-based Exxon Mobil, has signed a deal with Russia allowing it to flee the United States in exchange for trading its vast oil and gas reserves in Texas and the Gulf of Mexico and gaining for itself exclusive drilling rights in the vast untapped regions of... 

Hurricane Irene damages exceed $10 billion

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A car is seen in a sink hole after rains from Hurricane Irene washed out a section of a road in New Jersey. Hurricane Irene has caused more than USD 10 billion in damages to the United States after it swept the east coast with heavy winds and flooding, a leading risk-assessment firm says. Eqecat, a risk assessment company, has estimated that over 40 million people living on US east coast were hit with... 

Canada tries to force Russia out of the Arctic

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Russian Flag on Lomonosov Ridge Arctic Seabed Late last week, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper spent four days in the Arctic. Flying around military bases in the northern provinces of Canada Nunavut, Yukon and Northwest Territories has become a tradition over the years of his stay in power. The current Prime Minister has been in power for six years, and for the sixth time he appeared in the Arctic.... 

Underpublicized threat deep in White House

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John Guandolo Infiltration of the federal government by members of the radical Muslim Brotherhood is worse than some have warned recently, says a former FBI special agent in Washington. The agent confirmed that at least three operatives of the Egypt-based Brotherhood – whose credo is “Jihad is our way and death in the cause of Allah is our dream” – have penetrated the Obama administration. The... 

Former Hurricane Irene leaves millions without electricity in Canada

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The storm that had been Hurricane Irene crossed into Canada overnight, but wasn’t yet through with the U.S. on Monday, as floodwaters threatened Vermont towns and big-city commuters had to make do with slowly reawakening transit systems. The storm left millions without power across much of the Eastern Seaboard, killed more than three dozen and forced airlines to cancel about 13,600 flights.... 

One in seven believe U.S. government staged the 9/11 attacks in conspiracy

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American radio host and actor Alex Jones says 'the official story doesn't add up' about 9/11. The belief is more common among younger people, with a quarter of 16 to 24-year-olds subscribing to the theory. One in seven people are convinced that the U.S. government was involved in a conspiracy to stage the September 11 attacks which killed nearly 3,000 people. A survey, which interviewed... 

Former Austin Powers actor Joseph Son convicted of Kidnaping

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Convicted: Joseph Son played the role of Dr Evil's handyman 'Random Task' in the 1997 film 'Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'. An actor who appeared in the first Austin Powers film is facing a life sentence after being convicted of taking part in a brutal rape. Joseph Son, 40, was found guilty of raping and torturing a 20-year-old woman after she was abducted near her... 

Indiana College Bans "Too Violent" National Anthem

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Tiny Goshen College in Indiana has banned the “The Star Spangled Banner: at all sporting events because the Mennonite school’s president considers the National Anthem’s words to be too violent. The 1,000-student school had already banned the words last year, but the band could still play the music for patriots in attendance. Now, the school has banned the song entirely, according... 
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