In the wake of the tragedy at Fort Hood, in which Major Nidal Malik Hasan has been accused in the deaths of 13 fellow unarmed soldiers during a shooting rampage on November 5, questions have risen as to whether warning signs were stifled for the sake of political correctness. Supposed inaction by the military, as well as in the civilian sphere, have drawn ire after some have denounced the lack of investigation... 

On Wednesday a 15-year-old girl from Missouri was indicted on first degree murder. According to reports, Alyssa Bustamante allegedly strangled, stabbed and cut the throat of her 9-year-old neighbor Elizabeth Olten (pictured). The judge entered a “not guilty” plea on behalf of Bustamante, who sat speechless and shackled in the courtroom. From  missourinet.com: Law enforcement testified... 

Concerned about being charged for offshore tax cheating, about 14,700 wealthy Americans chose to voluntarily plead guilty to the offense and take advantage of a government’s amnesty program. The amnesty program was offered by the Internal Revenue Service traded smaller penalties for self disclosing undeclared foreign holdings. The IRS program ended in October. Reported assets were almost 15000... 

A University of Vienna student, working on a project covering a German massacre of 58 Jews during WWII, identified a 90 year-old former SS agent named in documents as linked to the murders. After the information was turned over to officials in the western German city of Duisburg, Adolf Storms was interviewed several times and eventually charged in the case. Storms has said he doesn’t remember... 

According to reports, a Russian shipping company says one of its cruise ships carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists is no longer stuck in the ice around Antarctica. Captain Khlebnikov says the cruise ship has started to move again after five days. A total of 105 tourists were aboard the ship with each paying up to $16,816 for the tour on which they will see rare Emperor penguins off... 

Jerome O’Hara, 46 and George Perez, 43 two IT programmers who worked for Bernie Madoff have been arrested the New York Times reported. They are accused of maintaining and creating the programs that helped Bernie Madoff to keep its fraudulent “books”. They have also been named in civil cases. The two men worked together and shared office space in Madoff’s headquarters in New... 

According to reports, a Georgia high school teacher has been arrested and may face charges of making terrorist threats after telling a student that he’d put a “hit” out on him. Sources says the teacher had been harassing the student, asking him if he was gay. Randolph Forde, a teacher at Mundy’s Mill High School, remains on administrative leave with pay, schools spokesman Charles... 

The body of the missing little girl, Shaniya Davis, has been found in Fayetteville. Shaniya was first reported missing from her home by her mother, Antoinette Davis, last Tuesday morning. Mario McNeill, 28, was charged with first-degree kidnapping on Friday. Shaniya’s mother Antoinette was arrested early Saturday on accusations that she prostituted her daughter. The 5-year-old’s body was... 

The issue of nuclear energy has become one that is hotly debated throughout Canada. As many Liberals claim that the only way to have true disarmament is not to promote the use of nuclear technology for the production of electricity. They will often claim that such uses could lead to the development of a nuclear weapon. This was the case in 1974 when India tested a nuclear weapon with technology that... 

In a speech to the Royal College of Defense Studies, Prime Minister Gordon Brown charged the Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai of being incompetent. Prime Minister warned the president that he would lose Great Britain’s support if the situation in Afganistan did not begin to show some improvement. The prime minister’s remarks were interpreted as denouncing Afganistan’s President...