For all of the credit union members (including me) that thought they were safe: You're NOT.. Late Friday evening, the government seized control of two credit unions .. AP REPORTING: "The National Credit Union Administration said it has taken over and put into conservatorship the two corporate credit unions, U.S. Central Federal Credit Union, based in Lenexa, Kan., and Western Corporate Federal Credit Union, in San Dimas, Calif. U.S. Central has about $34 billion in assets while Western Corporate, known as WesCorp, has an estimated $23 billion in assets"... The government will now operate the financial institution..

The brutal days in California getting worse: Unemployment rate now almost 11%..

MUST READ: ROLLING STONE REPORTS ON HOW ECONOMIC CRISIS ISN'T ABOUT MONEY--BUT INSTEAD ABOUT POWER

The ink is out: Xerox in crisis..

Do cell phones cause autism?

If it's fair for Michelle, isn't it fair for us? First Lady creating a vegetable garden at the White House .. but while the Obamas rightly proclaim the health value of planting your own food, why is Congress focused on passing the Food Modernization Safety Act, which according to the John Birch society that opposes the bill, could end up severely limiting the freedom people have to plant their own home gardens..?

Flashback: Shocking video in February showed bulldozers wrecking community garden..

Study tries to determine why human being kiss..

Interesting video making its way around online: Did NASA shuttle tape a UFO on March 17?

Photographs from Mars start debate: Are little blobs of something water?

The ultimate distraction: Debate continues over Obama's "special olympics" joke.. But it was just an off-hand comment.. should he have made it? I don't know.. but should we be over it? Yes.. Should we focus on the banking problems.. Geithner's knowledge of bonuses..? Other urgent issues that mean something? YES.. The media feeding frenzies always choose the least important issue to pay attention to..

Metallica welcomes new Guitar Hero fans..

Is Chris Brown holding a sex tape over Rihanna's head?