Cosmic Log By Alan Boyle It sounds like a story ripped from the parody-filled pages of The Onion, but some Japanese lawmakers really do want to build a "backup city" that would take over the functions of Tokyo, including tourism, in the event of a… more »

Cr Edit Note: OK Fine David, The next original  column from Conservative Refocus will release tonight, and will detail exactly what will happen if Mitt Romney is the nominee. It isn't very pretty either....click here on Monday evening, talk about trick… more »

By Francesco Guerrera It is a parallel that is seducing Wall Street bankers and investors: 2011 as a repeat of 2008, the history of financial turmoil playing in one endless loop. As a big fund manager muttered darkly this past weekend while heading i… more »

Moneynews.com / June 14, 2011 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned on Tuesday that a failure to lift the government's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling risks a potentially disastrous loss of confidence in America's creditworthiness.Bernanke said in… more »

By YURI KAGEYAMA and RYAN NAKASHIMA, Associated Press TOKYO – Japan raised the crisis level at its crippled nuclear plant Tuesday to a severity on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing high overall radiation leaks that have contaminated the air,… more »