June, 2010
Second Amendment ruling on the last day of Supreme Court session
The constitutionality of gun control laws have been clarified by the Supreme Court. This ruling does strike down laws that limit handgun ownership – to a point. For one of the most part, McDonald v. Chicago clarifies the 2008 decision striking down a Washington D.C. law.
The Supreme Court gun decision
In the last 3 years, the ...
Online credit card scam took millions with just pennies at a time
An online credit card scam that stole millions of dollars was halted by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The online credit card scam used fake companies and identity theft to steal small amounts of money that went undetected by consumers or fraud detectors. Over the last four years, a lot more than a million individuals ...
Elena Kagan is waiting for a grilling while the Supreme Court senate hearing begins
Monday, the senate opened Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan. The actual grilling of Kagan by senators probably won't start until Tuesday. The first day of these hearings can be spent by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee making their own statements. Remarks in favor or opposed to President' Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan ...
BP says the oil spill cleanup is hurt by a lack of big spills
Recently, NBC reporter Tom Costello interviewed Doug Suttles , who's the BP Exploration and Production Chief Operating Officer, on the "Today" show concerning the Deepwater Horizon oil spill within the Gulf of Mexico. Specifically, he asked Suttles for his response to the rapidly circulating info that oil spill cleanup technology is woefully behind the times, ...
Arlington National Cemetery having a hard time keeping bodies sorted
Running a cemetery is a more difficult business than numerous individuals assume, particularly a cemetery like the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Sadly, Arlington National Superintendent John Metzler and his deputy Thurman Higginbotham are being replaced after a some mix-ups involving mislabeled graves and at least one service member's body being buried on top of ...
