SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – A Hinesville man accused of taking hostages at Fort Stewart is expected to make his first appearance before a federal judge on Wednesday in Savannah. Robert Anthony Quinones, 29, is being held on charges in connection with assault of a federal officer, kidnapping, threatening to kill President Barack... 

Mekeisha Madden Toby / Detroit News Television Writer Nikita is sexy, smart and dangerous and when her eponymous show debuts Thursday night on The CW, the rogue operative will join an ever-growing number of spy types taking over the small screen. Although the Cold War ended two decades ago, a number of significant and... 

The Obama administration is trying to jump-start its sputtering attempts to tackle the foreclosure crisis with an effort to assist homeowners who owe more on their properties than their homes are worth. Starting Tuesday, the Federal Housing Administration will permit lenders to give these borrowers refinanced loans backed by... 

U.S. special operations forces are expanding their training of the Yemeni military as the Obama administration broadens its program to counter terrorism in countries reluctant to harbor a visible American military presence. That balancing act has become an administration trademark, funneling millions of dollars in aid and low-profile... 

By Stephen C. Webster Law enforcement can still be required to obtain a search warrant for access to citizens’ mobile phone location data, but police need not uphold the traditional Fourth Amendment standard of “probable cause” in the process of such an investigation, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. While... 

By Daryl G. Jones FORTUNE — A few weeks ago, Hedgeye, the investment research firm where I’m a managing director, hosted a conference call for our subscribers that posed the question, “Should U.S. Government Debt Be Rated Junk Status?” Given that debt issued by the U.S. government continues to trade... 

By: Patrick Allen Even if the US and European economies manage to avoid a double dip, it will still feel like a recession, while more than half of the 800-plus US banks on the “critical list” are likely to go bust, according to renowned economist Nouriel Roubini of Roubini Global Economics. The second half of... 

Paul Owen, Matthew Weaver and agencies The gun-toting pastor at the centre of international outrage over his plans to stage a Qur’an burning day to mark the 9/11 attacks says he is determined to go ahead in the face of fierce condemnation from the Obama administration. The Rev Terry Jones said more than 100 death threats... 

By Paul Wiseman and Richard Wolf, USA TODAY President Obama’s proposal to jolt a listless recovery with $180 billion worth of tax breaks and transportation projects left economists largely unimpressed Tuesday. “I don’t think they’re game-changers,” says Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s... 

UNIONDALE, N.Y. CBS 2 — He was arrested for protecting his property and family. via Long Island Man Arrested For Defending Home With AK-47 « CBS New York- News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of NY.  Read More →

by Tyler Durden Yesterday we presented Dylan Grice’s thoughts on why economists and their opinions should be summarily dismissed as nothing but mere noise on the steep downward slope of a series of failed “authoritarian” policy decisions, which seek to validate one false choice after another, by presenting... 

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and MARY WILLIAMS WALSH MILWAUKEE — President Obama, looking to stimulate a sluggish economy and create jobs, called Monday for Congress to approve major upgrades to the nation’s roads, rail lines and runways — part of a six-year plan that would cost tens of billions of dollars and create a government-run... 

By Sheree R Curry Homeowners are slashing prices more drastically and more frequently, according to recently released data from ZipRealty. The average price reduction is now 7.1 percent of list price. List prices dipped about $19,000 in August compared with July, across the 26 markets studied. On average, sellers made two price... 

BRUSSELS — A top Belgian politician warned the country’s citizens on Sunday to “get ready for the break-up of Belgium,” as King Albert II seeks to relaunch knife-edge coalition talks. Leading francophone Socialist Laurette Onkelinx, considered a potential successor to party chief Elio Di Rupo, who gave up... 

Turns out politics, for all its focus on the gloomy economy, is a recession-proof industry. This year’s volatile election is bursting with money, setting fundraising and spending records in a high-stakes struggle for control of Congress amid looser but still fuzzy campaign finance rules. Based on the latest financial reports,... 

By John Byrne Remember 2000? That’s when Ralph Nader’s Green Party candidacy in Florida helped abet a presidential coup for then-governor George W. Bush. 2000, meet 2010. A Republican political operative in Arizona has taken the third-party to the third degree: he’s now recruiting candidates to run on the... 

By Richard Alleyne A decline in bees and global warming are having a damaging effect on the pollination of plants, new research claims. Researchers have found that pollination levels of some plants have dropped by up to 50 per cent in the last two decades. The “pollination deficit” could see a dramatic reduction... 

By David Oakley The eurozone debt crisis is about to enter a critical phase as governments prepare to step up borrowing in the capital markets to fund their faltering economies. Some strategists are warning that some of the weaker economies could fail to raise the amount of money they need as eurozone governments attempt to... 

By Neil Foster One of hundreds of chemtrails pictures taken outside my home! For anyone who was up a little late on Sunday night and happened to chance upon an RTE programme call ‘Best Evidence’, you would have been treated to this 2007 Discovery Channel climate change propaganda piece so badly made it was almost comical,... 

By GEORGE JAHN VIENNA – The U.N. atomic agency says its monitoring of Iran’s nuclear activities is being hampered because Tehran objects to giving some agency inspectors access to its program. The unusual warning is contained in a restricted report on Iran made available to The Associated Press. It follows Iran’s...