By Chuck Baldwin | NewsWithViews.com | Jan. 30, 2009
In my last column, I attempted to wake up my fellow Americans, who are either currently slumbering through the collapse of our constitutional republic or in a protracted state of denial regarding a very real--and very dangerous--burgeoning New World Order. The information that I need to disseminate on this matter is so plentiful that it is extremely difficult to condense into one column. Therefore, I must at least attempt to provide a little more information on this subject. I will use this column to do just that.

Reuters | Jan. 30, 2009
The economy shrank at its fastest pace in nearly 27 years in the fourth quarter, government data showed, sinking deeper into recession as consumers and business cut spending.

By John Byrne | RawStory.com | Jan. 30, 2009
Four days before leaving office, and ten days before House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) subpoenaed him to testify, President Bush's White House Counsel instructed Karl Rove not to appear before Congress or turn over any documents relating to his time at the White House.

By Jo Hartley | NaturalNews.com | Jan. 30, 2009
It has just been released by federal officials that the Georgia peanut plant linked to a salmonella outbreak shipped out contaminated peanut butter knowingly twelve times in the past two years. This current outbreak has killed eight people and affected over 500 others.

The Associated Press | Jan. 30, 2009
The New Orleans Police Department is warning residents not to panic if they see helicopters flying around the city after dark.

By Angelique Chrisafis | The Guardian | Jan. 30, 2009
More than one million French workers downed tools yesterday in the first general strike to hit a major industrialised nation since the start of the global financial crisis.

By Zinie Chen Sampson | The Associated Press | Jan. 29, 2009
Media General Inc., a newspaper publisher and television station operator, said it lost $85.5 million in the fourth quarter on an impairment charge and a steep drop in publishing profits due to declining advertising sales.

By Peter Gadiel | Vdare.com | Jan. 28, 2009
American newspapers are dying. Let us celebrate, since in their extinction lies the only hope for journalism—and (as I will illustrate via my recent experience with the Gannett-owned Asbury [NJ] Park Press) for the patriotic immigration reform so desperately needed by the American nation.

Press TV | Jan. 29, 2009
The Israeli defense minister has vowed to halt a Spanish probe into the alleged war crimes of former Israeli military officials. In a statement issued by the Israeli Defense Ministry on Thursday, Ehud Barak said he would do everything in his power to block an inquiry against former Israeli defense minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer and six other Israeli officials.

By Mark Tran | The Guardian | Jan. 29, 2009
Iraq has taken the first move in effectively throwing Blackwater Worldwide out of the country, by informing the US security company that it will no longer be authorised to work within its borders.

By Liz Sidoti | The Associated Press | Jan. 29, 2009
In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus bill Wednesday night with spending increases and tax cuts at the heart of the young administration's plan to revive a badly ailing economy. The vote was 244-188, with Republicans unanimous in opposition despite Obama's frequent pleas for bipartisan support.

AP | Jan. 29, 2008
Suicides among Army troops shot up again last year and is at a nearly three-decade high, senior defense officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. At least 128 soldiers killed themselves in 2008, said two officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the data has not been formally released.

By Kenneth P. Vogel & Mike Allen | Politico.com | Jan. 28, 2009
President Obama promised during his campaign that lobbyists "won't find a job in my White House." So far, though, at least a dozen former lobbyists have found top jobs in his administration, according to an analysis done by Republican sources and corroborated by Politico.

By David Hambling | Wired.com | Jan. 28, 2009
Critics continue to press the case that Israel committed "war crimes" in its war with Hamas, because of the civilian casualties in Gaza. Ironically, many of these wounds may have been caused by a weapon designed to reduce collateral damage. Not that the Israelis admit they have the thing.

By Christian Palmer | Arizona Capitol Times | Jan. 27, 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously to overturn an Arizona Court of Appeals opinion limiting the power of police to conduct physical searches of citizens during routine encounters.