Venezuela Sends Military To Fight Caracas Street Crime

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro has launched a plan to fight crime in the streets of Caracas, with its first phase involving 3,000 military troops.

Jill Langlois and Simeon Tegel
By Jill Langlois and Simeon Tegel

LIMA, Peru — Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro has launched a plan to fight crime in the streets of Caracas, with its first phase involving 3,000 military troops. "Our armed forces are taking the streets to protect the people," Maduro said in a speech to military police and troops that was carried live on state television on Monday. "I call

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The 182 Percent Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers In A World Of Hurt

World Finance, a billion-dollar company, peddles installment loans, a product that often drives borrowers into a similar quagmire of debt.

Paul Kiel
By Paul Kiel

One day late last year, Katrina Sutton stood at a gas pump outside Atlanta and swiped her debit card. Insufficient funds. But that couldn't be. She'd been careful to wait until her $270 paycheck from Walmart had hit her account. The money wasn't there? It was all she had. And without gas, she couldn't get to work. She tried not to panic, but

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Post-Sandy Hook: Bulletproof Whiteboards Used By Schools For Protection

The products are a godsend for some, yet others are targeting the company for profiting off tragedy.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

In 2003, a 17-year-old student in a rural Minnesota community walked into his high school armed with a .22 caliber pistol and hunted down two of his classmates, killing one with a shot to the head and another with a shot to the chest. Ten years after the carnage caused by Jason McLaughlin, who has since been sentenced to life in prison, the

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A Whodunit In Jordan: Attack On A Shiite Hotel

Sectarian conflicts between Sunnis and Shiites are spilling across the Syrian and Iraqi border into neighboring moderate countries like Jordan.

Dale Gavlak
By Dale Gavlak

The recent burning of a Shiite pilgrim’s hotel in mainly Sunni Muslim Jordan has raised more questions than answers about who carried out the attack. Authorities, be it the Jordanian interior ministry, police or government officials, have been reluctant to identify publicly those responsible, possibly pending investigation of the May 3

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Giant Sinkhole Near San Francisco Swallows Homes As Families Evacuate

It is possible that all 30 of the neighborhood’s homes will have to be abandoned if the sinking cannot be stopped.

Talia Ralph
By Talia Ralph

A giant sinkhole in Lake County near San Francisco has begun the slow process of swallowing up homes. Eight homes in the subdivision 100 miles north of San Francisco have been evacuated, while 10 others are on notice for potential imminent evacuations, the Los Angeles Times reported. Mail deliveries to the area, called Lakeside Heights, have

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China To Free-Flow Currency, Challenging U.S. Dollar

China, already an economic power in East Asia, is poised for another great leap forward after Beijing announced plans this week to liberalize trade of its currency, the yuan. The decision could, in the long term, spell the demise of the U.S. dollar as the preferred reserve currency of international commerce and trade, a favored […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

China, already an economic power in East Asia, is poised for another great leap forward after Beijing announced plans this week to liberalize trade of its currency, the yuan. The decision could, in the long term, spell the demise of the U.S. dollar as the preferred reserve currency of international commerce and trade, a favored position enjoyed by

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