UNFUNDED LIABILITIES OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS - The total unfunded liabilities for all state and local government benefit plans could be as high as $3.1 trillion -- nearly three times higher than the plans currently report

Free Enterprise -- Not Government Oversight -- Key to GM Turnaround, Say Company Officials

GAO: Some Mexican Drug Traffickers ‘Specialize’ in Smuggling Aliens From Countries With Ties to Terrorism Into the U.S.

Mexican drug cartels are helping aliens from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan to illegally enter the United States through the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a GAO report.

Doomsday shelters making a comeback
Underground shelters are intended to protect people from catastrophe for up to a year

Expiration of Bush Tax Cuts Would Cost Families Thousands in 2011, Study Shows

Bank reforms to pinch consumer credit; Will raise fees elsewhere - Law of unintended consequences

Newspaper asks, 'Was Tony Hayward right, after all?'
U.S. government scientists trying to figure out where all the oil went

Court upholds expulsion of Christian student who opposes homosexuality
Ruling could result in Christian students across the country being expelled for similar views

A moratorium we need - House Majority Leader John Boehner’s proposal for a one year moratorium on new regulations affecting business has the support of a plurality of voters, according to a new Rasmussen poll.

On midterm campaign trail, Obama mixes populist appeal with wooing of big donors - Obama started Wednesday at the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, N.J., where he attended a roundtable with small-business owners. He ended the day mingling with some of New York's wealthiest at the Greenwich Village townhouse of Vogue editor Anna Wintour. Price of admission: $30,000.

Federal judge blocks key parts of Arizona immigration law - The ruling halts implementation of provisions that require police to determine the immigration status of people they stop and suspect of being in the U.S. illegally. An immediate appeal is expected.

Michael Boskin: Obama's Economic Fish Stories -

RNC fails to report $7M in debt to FEC - The Republican National Committee failed to report more than $7 million in debt to the Federal Election Commission in recent months - a move that made its bottom line appear healthier than it is heading into the midterm elections and that also raises the prospect of a hefty fine.

Despite oil spill 'catastrophe,' Cameron defends BP- British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday came to the defense of embattled energy giant BP PLC, warning Americans not to let justifiable anger over the Gulf oil spill and questions about BP's suspected role in the release of a Libyan terrorist convicted in the Lockerbie airplane bombing undermine the viability of the company

State Department says Russia cheating on START insignificant - A classified State Department report to Congress says that potential Russian cheating on the new START nuclear-arms pact would not be significant because of the size of U.S. nuclear forces.

Dems approve $34 billion deficit spending for jobless benefits

NPR producer fantasized about watching Rush Limbaugh die on Journolist - The Daily Caller's latest piece on journalist is up. Here's your tax dollars at work: If you were in the presence of a man having a heart attack, how would you respond?

Obama Administration’s Actions in Auto Bailout Added to Unemployment, Audit Says - The Obama administration's policies in steering the auto bailout drove unemployment up, according to an audit by the Office of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (SIGTARP).

British PM Doesn’t Plan Full Inquiry of Lockerbie Bomber Release or Alleged BP Connection - British Prime Minister David Cameron does not think there should be an inquiry into the release of the Lockerbie bomber and also does not believe that BP Global played a role in lobbying Scottish officials to free the terrorist.

Official Quits After 'Full Force' Race Admission - Days after NAACP clashed with Tea Partiers over racism allegations, video shows USDA official regaled NAACP crowd with tale of how she withheld help to bankrupt white farmer

'Sanctuary' is lawless and deadly - Last week, the Justice Department made an astonishing statement about its unprecedented lawsuit to stop the Arizona illegal-immigration law. Attorney General Eric Holder's spokeswoman, Tracy Schmaler, claimed that it was appropriate to go after Arizona, but inappropriate to stop "sanctuary cities."

Local Census Officials Instructed Workers to Falsify Questionnaires, Says Inspector General -The Commerce Department's Inspector General (IG) confirmed whistleblower allegations that management at a local Census office in Brooklyn, N.Y., "directed employees to falsify Census questionnaires during" the decennial count's largest and most expensive operation known as Non-response Follow-Up.

Afghanistan tops agenda for British PM's visit - The White House on Monday said the war in Afghanistan is "first and foremost" on the agenda for Prime Minister David Cameron's first Washington visit with President Obama

UNFUNDED LIABILITIES OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS - The total unfunded liabilities for all state and local government benefit plans could be as high as $3.1 trillion -- nearly three times higher than the plans currently report

Michael Boskin: Obama's Economic Fish Stories -

State Department says Russia cheating on START insignificant - A classified State Department report to Congress says that potential Russian cheating on the new START nuclear-arms pact would not be significant because of the size of U.S. nuclear forces.

Official Quits After 'Full Force' Race Admission - Days after NAACP clashed with Tea Partiers over racism allegations, video shows USDA official regaled NAACP crowd with tale of how she withheld help to bankrupt white farmer

Afghanistan tops agenda for British PM's visit - The White House on Monday said the war in Afghanistan is "first and foremost" on the agenda for Prime Minister David Cameron's first Washington visit with President Obama

Sperm bank says donors look like celebrities - Want your baby to resemble your favorite celebrity? A Los Angeles sperm bank is already one step ahead.