State representative Derrick Smith is shown leaving the Federal Building last month after he was charged with one count of accepting a bribe. | TOM CRUZE~Sun-Times

SPRINGFIELD — Defying calls for his resignation, indicted state Rep. Derrick Smith finally showed up for work Tuesday in the Illinois House, where he strode onto the House floor, was greeted…

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Updated: April 18, 2012 2:00PM

The Illinois National Guard will be used during next month’s NATO summit to help transport foreign leaders around Chicago.

National Guard Major Troy Scott said guard troops will also conduct…

Halliburton Co. drilling a well using hydraulic fracturing in 2004. The company reported record revenue in North America even as natural gas production drops. (Los Angeles Times / April 18, 2012)

April 18, 2012 |  9:01 am

NEW DELHI -– India is expected to test-fire a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile as early as Thursday morning targeted to land in the Bay of Bengal, a device capable of reaching Shanghai or Beijing.

The 50-ton, 55-foot three-stage Agni-5 rocket, named after the Hindu god for fire and dubbed the “China killer” by some in India’s hyperactive press,…

U.S. Army National Guardsman Pfc. Philip Moore, 28, rests during a "down time" shift near the border fence with Mexico in Nogales, Ariz. (John Moore / Getty Images / June 22, 2011)

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Warren Buffett says he has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer but the 81-year-old chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is giving no indication he plans on retiring any time soon.

By JOSH FUNK

AP Business Writer…

Tonight we will be discussing The world of a Surveillance society tonight on Vokle @ 730 pm! 

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Business or pleasure, sir? Plane passenger strips naked at Portland airport in protest at security searches

By Gareth Dorrian

PUBLISHED: 10:29 GMT, 18 April 2012 | UPDATED: 16:42 GMT, 18 April…

Monday through Friday (which is Tuesday through Saturday here in New Zealand), I am producing THE VINNY EASTWOOD SHOW which is heard on American Freedom Radio. The network has 21 radio stations currently and streams on the internet. You can hear the show from 1 PM until 3 PM Central Standard time.

Revealed: The official fears US and Britain shared about over President Obama's 'anti-American' and 'anti-white' father

By Claire Ellicott, Sam Greenhill and…

New research could mean cell phones that see through walls

Comic book hero superpowers may be one step closer to reality after the latest technological feats made by researchers at UT Dallas. They have designed an imager chip that could turn mobile phones into devices…

The specter of FEMA Internment (Concentration?) Camps existing in almost every state of the Union has a lot of people wondering if President Obama is planning a declaration of Martial Law. The steady traffic on “Now We Know Why There’s A Press Blackout On S 1959 – It’s Called “ENDGAME” By DHS – Updated 7/20/08″…

These are the rich Criminals who represent you.

The hard times that most Americans continue to experience don't seem to be making an impact on their representatives in Washington. Why? Between 1984 and 2009, the median net worth of a member of the House more than doubled from $280,000 to $725,000 in inflation-adjusted 2009 dollars, excluding home equity.

Members of Congress have been getting richer over the last 25 years by kowtowing to the…

A history of the New World Order — Part I

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The U.S. Secret Service is looking into a violent rant by "Catch Scratch Fever" rocker Ted Nugent in which he denounced President Barack Obama and his top advisers as "evil" and urged National Rifle Association members to help "chop their heads off in November."

"I'll tell you this right now: If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be…