Patriot News Network

The following collection of articles by various authors are their opinions, inspiration and humor for your reading enjoyment.

War on Freedom

Fears of Taser overuse as children and the elderly are targeted by police!

LONDON, England - May 28, 2010 - Tasers are being used on elderly people and children, figures revealed on Friday.

Hundreds of teenagers and more than 40 pensioners have been fired at or threatened by police armed with the electric stun weapons.

Among those hit with a 50,000-volt shock were a frail 89-year-old man and a girl aged just 14.

The figures raise

War on Freedom

Architect dies after police Taser him!

BALTIMORE, Maryland - May 28, 2010 - Carl D'Andre Johnson was an accomplished architect and religious man, his brother said, not the type of person who would challenge police and wind up dead after receiving a shock from an electronic stun-gun.

But Baltimore County police say Johnson got into a rumble with officers Thursday after crashing his Toyota pickup truck near a busy highway

Road to Depression

Economic rebound slowed last quarter!

WASHINGTON - May 27, 2010 - The economic rebound last quarter turned out to be slower than first thought, one of the reasons unemployment is likely to stay high this year.

The economy grew at a 3% annual rate from January to March, the Commerce Department said Thursday. That was slightly weaker than an initial estimate of 3.2 percent a month ago. The new reading, based on more comp

War on Freedom

Veteran told he must remove American flag after Memorial Day!

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin - May 26, 2010 - An Army veteran in Wisconsin will be allowed to display an American flag until Memorial Day, but the symbol honoring his service in Iraq and Kosovo must come down next Tuesday, his wife told FoxNews.com.

Dawn Price, 27, of Oshkosh, Wis., said she received a call from officials at Midwest Realty Management early Wednesday indicating that she and h

Road to Depression

Jobless claims drop to 460,000 last week!

WASHINGTON - May 27, 2010 - The number of newly laid off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped last week but the level still remained higher than expected, indicating only modest improvements in the job market.

Applications for unemployment benefits fell by 14,000 to 460,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Analysts had expected the level would f

Road to Depression

More U.S. cities on brink of bankruptcy!

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - May 26, 2010 - The possibility of a bankruptcy filing by the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvvania, the state capital, looms large these days - and it could be the first in a series, say some Wall Street traders.

Harrisburg, population 55,000, owes nearly $70 million in debt payments this year, and it's unclear where that money will come from.

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Road to Depression

National debt soars past $13 trillion!

NEW YORK - May 26, 2010 - The U.S. national debt has passed the $13 trillion mark, according to USDebtClock.org, an independent website that tracks the real-time growth of U.S. revenues and spending.

On Tuesday, the national debt stood at $12,995,779,490,444.52, according to the Treasury Department's national debt-tracking website TreasuryDirect.gov.

The Treasury Depar