The slaying of Dr. George Tiller in his Kansas church Sunday was part of a decades-long history of domestic terrorism aimed at abortion providers, carried out by a small minority of the much broader and generally peaceful movement that opposes abortion.

The Court said banks can take overdraft fees from Social Security recipients' accounts. Banks earn $40 million a year from overdraft charges. Social Security recipients in the suit lost 20% of their monthly income in a single day because of bank fees.

The Obama administration has quietly made a decision to open the way for at least two dozen more Appalachian mountaintop removals. Betrayed environmentalists had expected to see the end of exposing coal deposits by blowing the tops off whole mountains.

The governor wants to kick 90 percent of the low-income elderly, blind and disabled clients out of the In Home Supportive Services Program, despite the fact that IHSS saves California taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

Federal law has long protected Social Security and veterans benefits from most creditors. But creditors have been seizing the payments anyway by getting court orders to freeze and garnish bank accounts that receive the benefits through direct deposit.

Each year, 20,000 Americans die from lack of access to healthcare. Almost 50 million people in this country have no insurance. With unemployment skyrocketing and costs continuing to spiral upwards, things will only get worse for us. This is unacceptable.

The Obama administration wants to restore federal jurisdiction over all wetlands and streams. Powerful commercial interests, including developers and big farming groups, have been pressuring Congress to keep things the way they are.

Pro-life extremists imagine a country awash in abortions, but they are much harder to procure than most people realize. The truth is that in most places in the United States abortions are technically legal, but they are often nearly impossible to obtain.

"With billions of dollars at stake -- from the purchase of troubled assets to improvements in infrastructure, healthcare, energy and education -- even a small percentage of fraud would result in substantial taxpayer losses," Mueller said.

On June 8th, countries around the globe will celebrate World Oceans Day. This year, the United States should send a powerful signal to the world that we care about ocean conservation and are ready to be a leader within the international community.