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By JIM SUHR Associated Press Writer MARION, Ill. — Once the nation's most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti. Now the mayor of Marion hopes to roll out the welcome mat for a new set of accused criminals: Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects. Robert Butler, mayor of Marion, Ill., since John Kennedy occupied the White House, works in his office Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Butler is hoping to persuade the Bureau of Prisons to restores the town's medium-security prison to its former high-security status to house Guantanamo detainees. (AP Photo/Whitney Curtis) While other cities across the U.S. have balked at taking in any of the more than 200 detainees from the infamous lockup in Cuba that President Barack Obama hopes to shutter,... [read full story]
We are staring at a nascent but potentially and probably startling increase in the price of gold and precious metals mining stocks and warrants. Gold will reach mind-boggling levels because the actions of our political leaders...
As you read this, the Chinese government is doing an extraordinary thing... something nearly unheard of in the modern world. It is encouraging citizens to put at least 5% of their savings into precious metals.
Although fewer people are now being fired, are any of those that have previously been fired being re-employed? Probably not yet, according to the continuing unemployment claims data, but the outlook for re-employment is improving.
by Staff Writers Ankara, Turkey (UPI) Nov 25, 2009 Turkey has warned Israeli defense contractors to deliver on 10 promised drone aircraft in 50 days or the deal may be canceled. Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul said this week that...
