Man Sends Message to Bank, IRS by Bulldozing his home

Hoskins said he’s been in a struggle with RiverHills Bank over his Clermont County home for nearly a decade, a struggle that was coming to an end as the bank began foreclosure proceedings on his $350,000 home.

“When I see I owe $160,000 on a home valued at $350,000, and someone decides they want to take it – no, I wasn’t going to stand for that, so I took it down,” Hoskins said.

Italy is the biggest PIIG of them all according to Robert Mundel

Italy is Biggest Threat to Euro says Nobel laureate Robert Mundell

Amongst the PIIGS countries , Italy and not Greece represents the biggest threat to the stability of the Euro says Nobel laureate Robert Mundell
Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Nobel laureate Robert Mundell's comments on the euro. Italy is the biggest threat and what to do about Greece.

Chinese city bans spitting ahead of Asian Games

The city of Ghuangzou in southern China will host the Asian Games later this year.

In preparing for the event, the city has been cleaning up and that includes wiping out some habits that might offend international visitors.

From now on, laundry has to be dried inside, not in public, and spitting at public places has been outlawed.

Al Jazeera Rob Mcbride reports.

Feb 20, 2010

Texas Man Angry at IRS Crashes Plane Into Building

Man Angry at IRS Crashes Plane Into Building

A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service plowed his small plane into an office building housing nearly 200 federal tax employees after setting his home on fire Thursday, officials said. (Feb. 18)

Saudi Support Critical to US Iran Figh Pollack Says

Saudi Support Critical to U.S.'s Iran Fight

Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Kenneth Pollack, director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about U.S. efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear program. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Qatar on Feb. 15 that Iran is turning into "a military dictatorship" as she pushed to rally regional support for sanctions aimed at reining in the Persian Gulf nation's nuclear projects. The comments led Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni to accuse Clinton of spreading "lies." (Source: Bloomberg)

An Attack on Iran Could be in weeks says Chief of Staff to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

Iran's Time Running Out?

George Birnbaum, former Chief of Staff to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, breaks down the nuclear situation in Iran.

Hillary Clinton Iran Is Becoming Military Dictatorship

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that Iran is becoming a military dictatorship, a new U.S. accusation in the midst of rising tensions with Iran over its nuclear ambitions and crack down on anti-government protesters. (Feb. 15)