Oil Gets (More) Expensive: Over $83 Due to Increased Chinese Demand
If the current trend continues, prepare to pay a little more at the pump when you fill up. A weak dollar, increased Chinese demand and other factors have caused the price of crude oil to rise 20 percent in the last month.
Top Counterterrorism Official Stayed on Vacation After Christmas Day Airline Bombing Attempt
The New York Daily News is reporting Counterterrorism director at the NCTC, Michael Leiter, continued his vacation on the slops after the Christmas Day crotch Bomber nearly blew up a plane destined for Detroit. One official was reported to have said “People have been grumbling that he didn’t let a little terrorism interrupt his vacation.” [...]
