The economy is crumbling. War in Afghanistan may last another five years. Layoffs are happening at an alarming pace at companies all over the country. Some states are discussing letting criminals out on the streets to lessen budget woes. If all that wasn't bad enough, global climate change is going to either burn the planet up or plunge it into another Ice Age - depending on which expert you listen to. ...more

February 25, 2009

The recession is killing jobs at an alarming pace, with tens of thousands of new layoffs announced Monday by some of the biggest names in American business - Pfizer, Caterpillar and Home Depot. ...more

January 27, 2009

The rate of drug users who fatally overdose on methadone, a prescription that curbs heroin addiction, is skyrocketing at an alarming pace, a new Justice Department study shows. ...more

December 6, 2007