Drug-related violence over the weekend claimed 51 lives across Mexico, including 15 decapitations in the beach resort of Acapulco, authorities reported. The beheadings, mutilations, drive-by shootings and summary executions were carried out in southeastern Guerrero and northern Chihuahua states, as well as in the Mexican capital, despite the government’s five-year, 50,000-troop crackdown on... 

Joe Arridy, shown in a police mug shot, had an IQ of 46. Outgoing Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has granted a posthumous pardon to Joe Arridy, a mentally disabled man who was executed for murder more than 70 years ago, despite evidence suggesting his innocence. “The tragic conviction of Mr. Arridy and his subsequent execution … merit such relief based on the great likelihood that Mr. Arridy... 

If you caught Starfire Tor on CoastToCoastAM last week you may have heard her mention that ‘they’, the PowersThatBe know that an incoming near earth object is going hit earth sometime in the next 2 years. There is evidence to suggest the object is going to strike one of the poles… most likely the south pole. Special Scientific teams have been down in Antarctica mapping the ice shelf for probable... 

A grim report prepared by France’s General Directorate for External Security (DGSE) obtained by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) states that president’s Obama and Sarkozy have “agreed in principal” to create a joint US-European military force to deal exclusively with a Global uprising expected this spring as our World runs out of food. According to this report, Sarkozy, as head... 

An aerial view shows damage caused to a street after heavy rains in Nova Friburgo, Brazil, on Wednesday. Floods and landslides devastated towns in a mountainous area near Rio de Janeiro, killing hundreds of people. At least 335 people have been killed and the death toll is likely to rise after heavy rains caused flooding and mudslides near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Driving rains sent tons of rusty red... 

Reps. Dan Brady, right, R-Bloomington, and Roger Eddy, R-Hutsonville confer on the House floor during a session at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn defended a massive increase in state income taxes passed by lawmakers Wednesday and promised to quickly sign the measure to help heal the state’s ailing finances. Lawmakers worked overnight to pass the increase to raise... 

Mohammed Hanif Khan in the Stoke on Trent mosque where he worked as imam. He is alleged to have sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy inside the mosque. He denies all the charges against him. A British Muslim worship leader is accused of serially raping a young boy during visits to a mosque for religious lessons. Mohammed Hanif Khan, 42, is alleged to have sexually assaulted the boy, who was 12 years... 

Itzhak Abergil, center, is escorted by Israeli forces at Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv. Israel extradited five top criminals to the United States Wednesday for trial on murder, money laundering and other charges, officials said. Underworld king-pins Meir Abergil and his brother Yitzhak were taken to Ben Gurion International Airport where U.S. federal agents and air marshals escorted them on a direct... 

Virginia Creates Subcommittee To Study Monetary Alternatives In Case Of Terminal Fed “Breakdown”, Considers Gold As Option. In what may one day be heralded as the formal proposal that proverbially started it all, the Commonwealth of Virginia introduced House Resolution No. 557 to establish a joint subcommittee to “to study whether the Commonwealth should adopt a currency to serve... 

On December 13th, we have reported that WikiLeaks Set To Reveal UFO Cables. After almost a month, Wikileaks finally released its first cable about UFOs. The US Embassy in Minsk prepared this diplomatic cable on the comments of Yuriy Zhadobin, chairman of the intelligence service of the former Soviet Republic of Belarus. This is what Zhadobin said in the cable just released by the Norwegian newspaper,... 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, flanked by his lawyers Mark Stephens and Jennifer Robinson, addresses the media outside Belmarsh Magistrates Court today. Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said today they fear he could face execution in the United States if he is extradited to Sweden. The 39-year-old whistleblower is wanted by the Swedish authorities over claims that he sexually assaulted... 

Sketch of Kensington Strangler suspect in Philadelphia. Man known as “Kensington Strangler” killed four women and raped three others but he doesn’t get any media attention. Philadelphia police say they found a woman’s body in the same area terrorized by the so-called “Kensington Strangler”, who is linked to the murders of at least three other women, Fox News confirms. The... 

The devastating Queensland floods that have claimed at least nine lives in the past 24 hours and left 59 missing have hit the state’s capital Brisbane, where thousands of residents have been warned to evacuate their homes. There were fears that the extent of the flooding could exceed the levels of the 1974 flood, which killed 14 people and inundated more than 6,700 homes. The emergency escalated... 

Monday: Burnt debris fills a garage in Southeast Washington, where a Washington lobbyist was found dead. Ashley Turton, the wife of a White House adviser Dan Turton, was found after firefighters extinguished a burning car in the couple's garage. Homicide investigators were called to the scene Monday of a burning car that contained the body of the wife of a White House adviser. Ashley Turton, a... 

Fears are growing that the authorities may try to take the young son of Andrei Sannikov, one of the country's leading opposition leaders, into care. Belarus will be issued an ultimatum on Wednesday by the EU to immediately release political prisoners or face unprecedented sanctions. Sergei Martynov, Belarus’s foreign minister, will be told that the EU expects “the immediate release...