If Congress won't limit the nation's emission of greenhouse gases, the Obama administration will, as the EPA on Dec. 7, took a big first step toward issuing federal regulations limiting emissions across all sectors of the U.S. economy. Read more...

More than one-quarter of U.S. families either have no bank account or rarely use banking services, according to a recent survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Read more...

As we near the end of 2009, another decade of wasteful pork barrel, earmark spending of your money by your U.S. Congress cha-chings to a $208 billion end. Fittingly enough, the decade ended with taxpayers benevolently watching Congress spend $1.8 million for a research conducted in Ames, Iowa to determine why pigs stink. Well, something stinks, and you can read a rundown of the best of the worst in The Decade in Pork.

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Congress to Attack Earmark Spending (2006)

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While President Obama's Afghanistan troop buildup is unlikely to necessitate the first military draft since the Vietnam War, virtually all male U.S. citizens ages 18 through 25, are still required by law to register with the Selective Service System. While those who fail to register may never be prosecuted, they face the loss of valuable federal benefits, like student aid. [Learn more...]

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Will Obama's Afghanistan Troop Buildup Trigger a Draft?
Up to 75 Percent of US Youth Ineligible for Military Service
Despite Sagging Recruitment, Draft Still Doubtful

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