Patriot News Network

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

Road to Depression

Citigroup loses $7.6 billion in fourth quarter as it repays TARP!

NEW YORK - January 19, 2010 - Citigroup says it lost $7.58 billion during the final three months of 2009 as consumers still struggled to repay loans and the bank repaid its government bailout money.

Road to Depression

Japan Airlines files for bankruptcy protection!

TOKYO, Japan - January 19, 2010 - Japan Airlines filed for bankruptcy Tuesday in one of the nation's biggest corporate failures ever, entering a restructuring that will shrink Asia's top carrier and its presence around the world.

Road to Depression

Arizona closes state parks!

Facing a multibillion-dollar shortfall, the state will shut 13 parks by June, including the Tombstone Courthouse and Yuma Territorial Prison. Several had already been closed.

PHOENIX, Arizona - January 16, 2010 - Wrestling with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, Arizona decided Friday to close nearly all of its state parks

War on Freedom

TSA joke at airport security gate not funny to victim!

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania - January 21, 2010 - In the tense new world of air travel, we're stripped of shoes, told not to take too much shampoo on board, frowned on if we crack a smile.

The last thing we expect is a joke from a Transportation Security Administration screener - particularly one this stupid.

War on Freedom

U.S. Airways jet lands when religious item is mistaken for a bomb!

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (PNN) - January 21, 2010 - A U.S. Airways passenger plane was diverted to Philadelphia on Thursday after a religious item worn by a Jewish passenger was mistaken for a bomb, Philadelphia police said.

War on Freedom

Man arrested for preaching the Gospel!

EDISON, New Jersey - January 20, 2010 - A New Jersey judge has dismissed a criminal case against a volunteer who was preaching the Gospel on public property in front of the Edison, New Jersey High School when his toe inadvertently brushed the grass and he was arrested.

War on Freedom

NYPD routinely arrests students for non-crimes!

NEW YORK - January 20, 2010 - A lawsuit filed Wednesday by five students in the New York City school system against the New York Police Department paints a picture of school officers who routinely abuse students and arrest them for non-criminal activities.