Government Intervention: Don’t Make the Markets Worse
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The campaign to turn the current economic turmoil into justifications for new invasive federal government intervention in the marketplace is in full swing. The Hill reports, “After Bear Stearns bailout, Dems renew push to help homeowners,” and E.J. Dionne comments: “Never do I want to hear again from my conservative friends about … how government should keep its hands off the private economy. … The Wall Street titans have turned into a bunch of welfare clients. They are desperate to be bailed out by government from their own incompetence, and from the deregulatory regime for which they lobbied so hard.”

Public reacts to Boston Police warrantless searches
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Boston police officials, surprised by intense opposition from residents, have significantly scaled back and delayed the start of a program that would allow officers to go into people's homes and search for guns without a warrant.

Umbilical Cord Stem Cells a Success
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"It was a huge effort to turn it around, but that's the beauty of cord blood," says Dr. Elizabeth Shpall, a professor of stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy and the bank's director. "It provides matches where previously there were none."

Hillary calm under fire: Unless it’s made up!
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Sen. Hillary Clinton has used a story of arriving in Bosnia under sniper fire to bolster her foreign policy bona fides, but the Washington Post retrieved a photo showing that upon landing, she actually was greeted in a customary tarmac ceremony, complete with a kiss for a native child. "I remember landing under sniper fire," Clinton recounted. "There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."

Barack Hussein Obama: Liberal and Cheap!
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his wife Michelle gave $10,772 of the $1.2 million they earned from 2000 through 2004 to charities, or less than 1 percent, according to tax returns for those years released today by his campaign.

Obama plagiarizes freely from others, even movies
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Evidence is accumulating that Barack Obama is an equal opportunity plagiarist, readily borrowing some of the catchiest lines in his campaign speeches and ads from a variety of literary, movie, political and popular sources, all without giving credit or attribution to the original source.

Milwaukee paper promotes gay-sex play on Good Friday
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A radio talk show host will be leading a protest against the city of Milwaukee’s local newspaper, the Journal Sentinel for publishing on Good Friday an advertisement for an explicit sex show being highlighted as part of "The Res-erection" tour.

Shroud of Turin's Authenticity Probed Anew
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The Shroud of Turin, the 14- by 4-foot linen believed by some to have been wrapped around Jesus after the crucifixion, might not be a fake after all, according to new research. Venerated by many Catholics as proof that Christ was resurrected from the grave, the yellowing cloth is kept rolled up in a silver casket in Turin's Cathedral.

Pope baptizes prominent Italian Muslim
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Italy's most prominent Muslim commentator, a journalist with iconoclastic views such as support for Israel, converted to Roman Catholicism Saturday when the pope baptized him at an Easter service.

Another Obama pastor under fire for racist talk
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Sen. Barack Obama has been linked to another controversial pastor, this time a declared spiritual adviser who has called white American mayors "slave masters," and referred to black preachers and politicians who "protect" the "white man" as "house n-ggers."

Musician killed during concert in Mexico
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Gunmen opened fire on a band playing at a dance in the southern state of Guerrero, killing the singer and wounding three band members, in the latest in a series of killings of Mexican musicians. A string of Mexican musicians have been killed in recent years, with motives in most cases unclear. Some speculate that gunmen may target singers they don't like, or who have sung songs about the drug trade, or who have become involved personally or on a business level with traffickers.

Air Force to Wall Street: Invest in coal
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On a wind-swept air base near the Missouri River, the Air Force has launched an ambitious plan to wean itself from foreign oil by turning to a new and unlikely source: coal. Governor Sebelius are you listening?

Embryo revolt grows as 12 ministers reveal they may resign over Bill
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Gordon Brown is facing an unprecedented challenge to his authority over plans for embryo research. As many as 12 ministers could quit if ordered to back a Bill allowing the creation of part-human, part-animal embryos for medical research.

Ben Stein’s Expelled is a must see
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A rousing SRO preview on Tuesday of the new Ben Stein documentary, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, brought a Kansas City audience to its feet. And with good cause. Stein’s often funny, always engaging frontal assault on the oppressive neo-Darwinist establishment is arguably the smartest and most sophisticated documentary ever produced on the right side of the cultural divide, on any subject, ever.

Food stamps double since '01
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Nearly one in 10 Ohioans now receives food stamps, the highest number in the state's history.

Islamic Fascist attacks Rabbi on NY Subway
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The case is against 18-year old Ali Hussein, accused of snatching Ohana's yarmulke last week inside a Park Slope subway station. It was an offense Ohana says he couldn't let pass. Rabbi Ohana says as he ran back down the station's stairs two of Hussein's friends got up from this bench and chased him out of the station. "They were screaming 'Allah Akhbar (God is great) and punching my face," Ohana said.

US Treasury chief says Social Security 'unsustainable'
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US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Tuesday that America's Social Security program for the retired is "financially unsustainable" and needs an urgent overhaul.

Veteran’s event cancelled at High School by Principal
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A national tour featuring decorated veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan won't be stopping at Forest Lake Area High School today as planned, after school leaders abruptly canceled the visit.

Facebook Security Breeched
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A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout, circumventing a recent upgrade to the Web site's privacy controls. Despite the risks, more people than ever -- especially teenagers and young adults -- are publishing personal photos and other intimate details about their lives on the Internet.

Congressman: Let's decriminalize marijuana
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Openly Gay, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. is making national news after suggesting on a talk show last week that marijuana possession shouldn't be a federal crime.

Presidential Primary Results
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Republicans – Delegates – 1,191 Delegates Needed
McCain is the Republican nominee.
Democrats – Delegates – 2,025 Delegates Needed
Obama - 1628 Clinton – 1497