BEIJING, June 23 (UPI) -- China has doubled or tripled the prices of some rare earth metals, raising concerns about global supplies of the 17 elements, crucial for green energy and high-tech components.

Just in the last three weeks europium oxide, used in the manufacturing of energy-saving light bulbs, plasma TVs and smartphones has nearly tripled in price from about $1,260 a kilogram to $3,400, The Guardian newspaper…

(Reuters) - Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich on Thursday signed into law a bill that allows gun owners in the state to carry concealed weapons into bars and other places where alcohol is…

First Posted: 06/29/11 01:42 PM ET Updated: 06/29/11 04:03 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's top adviser on homeland security unveiled a new national strategy for counterterrorism Tuesday, formalizing actions taken over the past two and a half years. The strategy also lays out a vision for U.S. operations going forward given the death of Osama bin Laden and…

Historical fact: Independence Day is a celebration of freedom from government tyranny…

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I will write what would have been my comment here as I believe it to be fairly important (we all believe that our own blog posts are important or we wouldn't be here).

I will give Ron Goodman one thing-- switching out Congress all at once is the best non-violent…

Source http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?id=N00000286&cycle=2008

This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not…

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 by: J. D. Heyes

When you reward failure, what do you get?

The objective of the war against Libya is not just its oil reserves (now estimated at 60 billion barrels), which are the greatest in Africa and whose extraction costs are among the lowest in the world, nor the…

It's possible to subsist almost entirely on items found in Walmart (you can even buy tents if you don't have a home), but…

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Last updated at 3:31 AM on 26th June 2011

The former mayor of New Orleans has revealed how he became so paranoid after Hurricane Katrina he was convinced the government was trying to poison him.

Ray Nagin also tells the bizarre story of how heavily-armed men in combat suits allegedly stormed his command centre and attempted to plant bugs, as he led the response to the 2005 disaster.

He makes the revelations in a self-published memoir, Katrina's…

Which country do these people serve?

http://www.military.com/news/article/senator-wants-us-israeli-op-against-flotilla.html

A U.S. senator wants U.S. special operations forces to help Israel halt a Gaza-bound international aid flotilla that includes a vessel carrying a number of American veterans, one of whom is a Sailor who served aboard the USS Liberty, the…