Congress and the president have designated ten days as federal holidays. Being 'federal', these holidays technically only pertain to federal employees and inhabitants of the District of Columbia, although they are so widely observed that they can be thought of as national holidays.

It has been revealed that the head of the American missionaries sent to prison for alleged child abduction in Haiti has a very tainted past full of bad debts, divorce and unpaid wages back home.

The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti last Tuesday has destroyed the city of Port-au-Prince. The doctors and citizens in need are desperate for more help. The looters are fighting each other over simple items such as toothpaste, and doctors do not have enough tools to save the hurt people they find.

The IRLI (Immigration Reform Law Institute) was founded by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) to act as their legal arm and to work on cases that deal with the laws and regulation related to the current policies on illegal immigration in this country - particularly the cases that involves U.S. citizens that are impacted by these policies.

It is important that you try to make sure that you are always safe from risk. Of course certain risks are completely unavoidable but there are some things that you can do in order to give yourself the best chance to be prepared for any risk of attack that might come your way. Crime is always going to be prevalent so its important to prepare yourself in-case someone comes after you to grasp your purse or to sexually attack you. Self defense is something that you should consider whenever you are out alone or in a vulnerable state.