USA & Canada

Looks like for the first time someone in the government has stepped up against the pat down search carried out by TSA in airports. Senator Rand Paul has been detained by the TSA because he refused full body pat down search after he set off a screening alarm. “I spoke with him five minutes ago and he was being detained ... Read More »

A 9 year old girl named Calysta Cordova, is now a child icon for millions of kids worldwide thanks to her heroic confrontation with the bad-guy (kidnapper). Man, if you do something like the girl did, you should get an honor of Bravery reward. Calysta’s Kidnap Calysta was kidnapped late Thursday evening by a 29-year-old suspect Jose Garcia. According to ... Read More »

European Union have decided to stop signing new contract on Oil purchase from Iran and have agreed to ban all Oil imports from Iran starting July. In their Statement, The EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said on Friday that European countries remained open to diplomacy, even as sanctions were being imposed. She said world powers had yet to receive ... Read More »

Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped at age 14 from her Salt Lake City home and held for what she described as “nine months of hell,” is engaged and anticipates a wedding in early summer, a family spokesman said on Friday. After her rescue, Smart, took up a career as an advocate for missing children and occasional TV news commentator. Her ... Read More »

After the major Blackout of the internet on Jan 18th it seems people are in the government are finally willing to hear us. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office just released a statement explaining that Protect IP Act (PIPA), a contentious, heavily-lobbied bill that was supposed to be debated and voted on in the coming days, has been postponed: “In ... Read More »

One the biggest file sharing site Megaupload has been shut down by FBI and 7 of it’s members have been charged and four have been arrested including the site’s founder Kim Dotcom (born Kim Schmitz). This happened just a day after internet companies revolted against SOPA bill (pushing to be passed by Hollywood heavyweights). Anonymous does not seem very happy ... Read More »

The Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke died today at just 29. She crashed on Jan 10 during her training. Sarah Burke was an X Games star with a grass-roots mentality — a daredevil superpipe skier who understood the risks inherent to her sport and the debt she owed to it for her success on the slopes. “Sarah was the one ... Read More »