Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer says his state, and it’s 1 million residents, would be thrilled to bail the United States out of its current energy predicament.  The US Geological Service estimates that there are 4.3 billion barrells of oil in the region.  Governor Schweitzer believes the region even has more to offer than the estimation.

They are always conservative, there will be more. It’ll probably be more like 40 billion.

Governor Schweitzer hopes that by drilling, we’ll save our national dignity and even save our economy.  He further claims that his residents would welcome refineries in their region. 

We’ve been drilling out there for 70 years.  People there like new oil production. In fact, the city of Sydney [the county seat] wants to build a refinery. Where else in America do you have a community that says, ‘we want to build a refinery in our backyard?’ 

Joshua Hager has been sending out nearly 10 resumes a day looking for work since he’s been laid off a few weeks ago as a mortgage underwriter.  Not many biters, and he’s unsure of what his next steps are.  Joshua meet the 2008 economy and job market.

Many Hatians have begun eating cookies made of dried yellow dirt to supplement their lack of money for food.  The increase in food prices, throughout the world, have hit Hatians the hardest.  In some instances, food prices are up 40%. 

A Tinton Falls (NJ) man was charged with eight counts of animal cruelty today.  Victor Amato, SPCA investigator, went to the man’s home and reported the following,

They found three puppies shivering uncontrollably and five adult dogs all left out in a pen that had enclosures so open that the puppies would have been dead within a few hours.  There was no food, no water, no adequate shelter.

An orange juice tanker and two dredging ships collided in Newark Bay.  The coast guard is reporing that no one was hurt, but one of the dredging ships was taking on water.  There’s also reports of  “hyrdaulic oil” in the bay, but there’s been no evidence of a major spill from the collision.