Nez Perces tribe protesting megaload tractor trailers moving through their lands to Canadian tar sands 

Tropical Storm Karen Has Gulf States On Alert

Adobe Software hacked; 2.9 Million customers' data information stolen in encrypted form

Teen allegedly kills two older men, then accidentally shoots self in Oregon hunting trip

Boehner aides say he will not allow the US Government to default

Woman Shot Dead In Capital Car Chase Identified As Connecticut Woman, Miriam Carey

Republicans in Congress giving thumbs up or thumbs down to which government employees are deemed essential/non-essential and allowed into the "lifeboat"

Christopher Cruz, Motorcyclist who cut off Range Rover starting Sunday's road rage incident in NYC, is arraigned in court

Church Bus Blows Tire, Crashses, Kills 8 Senior Congregants In Tennesseee

Witness Claims Hernandez Was Trigger Man In Murders Of His Two Friends In 2012

Shutdown, Sequestration: Military Towns Suffering

New Republic: Conservatives Have Already Lost Control Of The Shutdown Narrative

A must read excerpt from the book "The Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-1945"

Gang of bikers cuts, beats man senseless in front of his family on NYC street

21 Signs Your Relationship With Netflix Has Gotten Out Of Control

Two Marine Major Generals relieved of command in Afghanistan for security lapses resulting in deaths of two Marines

UN Weapons inspectors enter Syria to oversee destruction of WMD

Forbes Magazine looks at the scam of  Charter Schools' "high return on investment/low performance of students"  

'Nonessential' federal workers will feel squeeze of looming shutdown

Department of Justice to sue North Carolina over Voter I.D. law