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lol. I heard on the radio that some man somewhere, decorated his truck with christmas lights because he was trying to spread christmas cheer/spirit and ended up just getting a ticket for it. Because he was distracting people driving. lol. poor guy, come on police, its christmas...Grinches anyways

The nation's largest gun-rights lobby is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings." The National Rifle Association broke its silence Friday on last week's shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school that left...

Dec 21, 2012 Associated Press| by Robert Burns WASHINGTON -- A Marine general who decided to court-martial a Marine for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters and posing for pictures with them in Afghanistan will scale back the punishment announced Thursday by a military judge. A...

A call for a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. this morning to reflect on the killings one week ago in Newtown, Conn. is growing. The movement began when Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy asked people across his state to observe a moment of silence and places of worship and buildings with bells have...

Facebook on Thursday began testing the feasibility of charging to guarantee that messages from strangers make it into inboxes of intended recipients at the social network. Dabbling with getting people to pay to connect with Facebook members comes as the social network strives to tap the...

By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer | LiveScience.com – Wed, Dec 19, 2012 The Mayan Long Count Calendar, which did not predict a doomsday, included dates written out as five hieroglyphs separated by four periods. With chatter about the Mayan apocalypse intensifying as Dec. 21...

Dec 20, 2012 Stars and Stripes | by Heath Druzin MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — The president of Germany presented two American aviation units the country’s highest honor Wednesday, for their “heroic deeds” in support of German forces. President Joachim Gauck visited this northern Afghan city...

Dec 19, 2012 Associated Press| by Susanne M. Schafer COLUMBIA, S.C. - A war over, the Army heeds Congress' demands to cuts costs by paring its ranks. But the nation's economy is weak, and unemployment rates are high. It's an uncertain time for thousands of service members and their families...

Dec 17, 2012 Associated Press| by Rahim Faiez and Heidi Vogt KABUL, Afghanistan - A car bomb outside a compound housing a U.S. military contractor in the Afghan capital killed at least two Afghan workers and wounded more than a dozen other people, company representatives and police said. In...

Dec 14, 2012 Army.mil/News| by Wallace McBride FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- A Fort Jackson Soldier was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor last week for his courage and efforts to save the lives of his fellow Soldiers in 2010. Sgt. 1st Class Clint Lyons, a drill sergeant with 1st Battalion...

Dec 17, 2012 Washington Times | by Rowan Scarborough The Marine Corps has issued new rules for randomly testing its warriors twice yearly with a Breathalyzer to make sure they are not drunk on duty. The Dec. 12 memo from Marine Corps headquarters at the Pentagon said test kits are being...

Dec 11, 2012 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review| by Rachel Weaver OAKLAND, Pa. -- Marine Sgt. David M. Gerardi said risking his life to save his platoon members while under enemy fire in Afghanistan "just made sense." The military on Monday awarded Gerardi, 22, of Moon, Pa., a Silver Star Medal during...

Dec 12, 2012 SAN DIEGO - The secretary of defense has denied a request to upgrade a fallen Marine's Navy Cross to the Medal of Honor, a San Diego congressman's office said Wednesday. The Pentagon told Rep. Duncan Hunter it supports the decision of former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who...

Navy SEAL Killed in Rescue Was From Pennsylvania Dec 10, 2012 Associated Press| by Pauline Jeline WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has identified the Navy SEAL killed during the weekend rescue mission in Afghanistan as Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque of Monroeville, Pa. A Defense...

Dec 10, 2012 The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.| by Adam Ashton The Air Force is prosecuting a Joint Base Lewis-McChord pilot for a 2011 training accident that led to the death of a Special Forces paratrooper. Capt. Jared Foley faces six months in prison for each of three counts of dereliction...

How About a Little Ecstasy for Your PTSD? December 07, 2012, in Marriage & Family, Wounded Spouse by Amy Bushatz 11 A new PTSD treatment has been found to have a long term, lasting positive impact three years later in two-thirds of the 19 people tested. What’s the therapy, you ask? Why, it’s...

Dec 11, 2012 Associated Press| by Edith Lederer UNITED NATIONS - France circulated a U.N. Security Council resolution Monday that would authorize the deployment of an African-led force to oust al-Qaida and allied militants who have seized northern Mali, but the United States wants the troops...

Dec 05, 2012 Fighter jets have been quietly scrambled in the skies above the nation's capital to run air defense "Falcon Virgo" from midnight until 2:00 am this week. The Department of Defense announced Exercise Falcon Virgo this week, a program intended to test and refine the intercept and...

Deadliest Warrior Have you ever wondered who would win in a fight between Vlad the Impaler and Alexander the Great, or maybe who would come out of top between a pirate and a Knight? If the answer is yes, then this week's DotW will be be right up your street as both Deadliest Warrior: The Game...

Today is a very important day to us: the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition! Crack a beer, folks, because you legally can!