Watergate's "Deep Throat" Identity Revealed
Tuesday May 31, 2005
Reporters Woodward and Bernstein's famed "Deep Throat," the shadowy inside source of information in the Watergate scandal, has been revealed as former No. 2 FBI official W. Mark Felt, now ... Read More
White House Ponders Supreme Court Replacements
Tuesday May 31, 2005
Despite the GOP's current problems getting their nominees for lower-level federal judgeships through the Senate, ABC News reports that the White House has been compiling a list of potential conservative ... Read More
Date Lonely Wife Spam Halted by Court
Monday May 30, 2005
The "date lonely wife" email spam-scam, a violator of virtually every provision of the federal CAN-SPAM Act, has been halted by the courts at the request of the Federal Trade ... Read More
Iraqi-U.S. Forces Launch Biggest Mission Since Saddam Hussein
Sunday May 29, 2005
You take 40,000 Iraqi troops, back them up with 10,000 American troops, send them all out to find terrorists, AKA "insurgents," and you get Operation Lighting. As reported here by ... Read More
SBA Offers New Online Small Business Courses
Saturday May 28, 2005
The Small Business Administration is now offering, free of charge, three new online, instructor-taught classes for small business owners and entrepreneurs. The classes offered are: Creating a Successful Business Plan, ... Read More
Memorial Day 2005: Bush Asks U.S. to Pray for Peace
Friday May 27, 2005
In his 2005 Memorial Day Proclamation, President Bush marked the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II by honoring members of the Nation's armed forces and calling for ... Read More
Deadly Memorial Day Weekend on U.S. Highways Projected
Thursday May 26, 2005
There is good news and bad news today. The good news is that the three-day Memorial Day weekend is coming up. The bad news is that the National Safety Council ... Read More
National Sex Offender Registry Website Put On Fast-Track
Wednesday May 25, 2005
The Department of Justice has announced it will fast-track development and delivery of a national sex offender registry Website where citizens can search public state and territory sex offender lists. ... Read More
Congress Rejects Proposed Gun Control Laws
Tuesday May 24, 2005
Will tougher domestic gun control laws bolster homeland security? Apparently Congress doesn't think so, as five proposed gun control measures, including one that would have banned gun sales to persons ... Read More
Wanted: Baby Boomers for National Service
Monday May 23, 2005
If David Eisner has his way, America's 77 million baby boomer's will fill much more worthwhile community roles in their later years than being Wal-Mart greeters. As CEO of the ... Read More
Government Jobs to Match Your Skills
Friday May 20, 2005
Here's a tool for finding job openings in the U.S. Government. Simply click on your area of interest or expertise, for a complete list of all job openings in that ... Read More
Above-Normal 2005 Hurricane Season Predicted by NOAA
Wednesday May 18, 2005
Coastal residents from Texas to Maine could face damage from as many five major hurricanes during what forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are calling an above-normal ... Read More
Education Greatly Boosts Women's Earnings: Report
Tuesday May 17, 2005
Women who graduated from college earned about 76 percent more than women with only a high school diploma in 2004, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ... Read More
FDA Warns of Fake Viagra, Lipitor and Evista
Monday May 16, 2005
The FDA is alerting health care consumers to be on the lookout for fake versions of the popular prescription drugs Lipitor, Viagra, and a non FDA-approved drug being marketed as ... Read More
National Flood Insurance Myths and Facts
Friday May 13, 2005
"People who live on top of the hill don't need flood insurance." Not true, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and just one of the many myths surrounding ... Read More
Traffic Congestion Getting Worse, Researchers Report
Thursday May 12, 2005
Already costing Americans $63.1 billion a year, traffic congestion is only getting worse, according to a new report from the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI). Factoring in today's rising fuel prices ... Read More
GAO Finds Food Stamp Program Efficiency Improving
Wednesday May 11, 2005
The Food Stamp program -- rife with fraud, waste, and abuse, right? Not so, says a new report released by the General Accounting Office (GAO) showing that efficiency in management ... Read More
IRS Makes Lexus Hybrid Eligible for Tax Deduction
Tuesday May 10, 2005
The IRS has announced the addition of the 2006 Lexus RX 400h hybrid to the list of vehicles eligible to earn their owners a clean-burning fuel deduction on their income ... Read More
'Roadless Rule' Forest Logging Ban Officially Lifted
Monday May 9, 2005
On May 5, 2005, the Clinton Administration's regulatory ban on logging on some 58.5 million acres of national forest land was officially abandoned, leaving the use and protection of much ... Read More
Mothers Day 2005 Presidential Proclamation
Saturday May 7, 2005
"The hard, perpetual work of motherhood shows us that a single soul can make a difference in a young person's future, " wrote President Bush in his Mother's Day Proclamation. ... Read More
Federalism: National vs. State Government
Friday May 6, 2005
Our government is based on a system called "federalism," under which the national and state governments are granted specific powers. This power-sharing form of government is the opposite of "centralized" ... Read More
Postal Service Wants Your Comments and Suggestions
Thursday May 5, 2005
Think you know a way to make the U.S. mail work better? Great, because the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) wants to hear about it. As it prepares to move into ... Read More
Right to Self Defense: A 28th Amendment?
Wednesday May 4, 2005
Between state and federal government, some 23,000 gun control laws are now in effect. Most of them are considered by many people to be in violation of the 2nd Amendment's ... Read More
Millions of Uninsured Kids Eligible for Health Coverage
Tuesday May 3, 2005
Some 9 million children in the U.S. are not covered by health insurance. Sadly, more than 6 million of those children could be getting health care coverage through Medicaid or ... Read More
Bill Would Repeal 107-Year Old Tax on Talking
Monday May 2, 2005
U.S. Rep. Gary Miller (R-California) has introduced a bill to repeal a "temporary" tax on talking enacted 107 years ago. Miller's bill would repeal the 3% federal excise tax on ... Read More

