Iranian Paper Shut Down for Obama Cover

A Tehran news weekly was shut down by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last week after featuring President-elect Barack Obama on its front cover and asking the question, “Why doesn’t Iran have an Obama?” The news magazine Shahrvand-e Emrouz [Today’s Citizen] went too far for the hardline president, who quickly had Iran’s Press Supervisory Board ban [...]

OPEC Pushing to Cut Production, Drive Up Oil and Gasoline Prices

Sounds like great timing for someone thats running for President to make another “Drill Here, Drill NOW” statement… Just as Americans are finally beginning to reap the benefits of plunging gasoline prices — including more money in their pockets — OPEC is getting ready to squeeze them once again by cutting oil production and driving [...]