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This Sunday is the 73rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941. This is the day President Franklin Roosevelt said would be the day that 'lived in infamy'. It's the date that threw the United States into the World War.

The United States national debt has now hit the $18 trillion mark. That is the highest the national debt has been and many are questioning how much money the government is spending under President Obama.

Father’s Day in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada falls on the third Sunday in June. The first Father’s Day celebration was in 1910 in Spokane, Washington but it didn’t become an official holiday until 1972. Father’s Day is celebrated around the world and varies from country to country.

China is kicking around the idea of building a high-speed train that would run from the countries northeast to the United States. The rails would cross Siberia and the Bering Straits to Alaska, across Canada then to the U.S.