CNNMoney By Annalyn Censky @CNNMoney Harold Camping and his devoted followers claim a massive earthquake will mark the second coming of Jesus, or so-called Judgment Day on Saturday, May 21, ushering in a five month period of catastrophes before the w… more »

Yahoo News/The Lookout By Liz Goodwin Theological doomsayers have been trying to convince innocent pedestrians for years that the end of the world is nigh. A new theory that Judgment Day is coming this Saturday has certainly generated lots of media a… more »

The Red Tape Chronicles/MSNBC By Bob Sullivan In New York, a 44-year-old firefighter retires with a $101,000 a year pension, for life.  Near Chicago, a parks commissioner quits and begins collecting a $166,000 pension – a sum sweetened by $50,000 tha… more »

Economists peddling dire warnings that the world's number one economy is on the brink of collapse, amid high rates of unemployment and a spiraling public deficit, are flourishing here. The guru of this doomsday line of thinking may be economist Nouriel… more »

Yohkoh / Montana State A 1992 X-ray image from the Yohkoh solar observatory satellite shows the sun and its corona. Cosmic Log Alan Boyle   Don’t panic over those reports that solar storms could cause high-tech disruptions in 2013. But don’t… more »