Turnout reported off the charts.

LUGANSK, Ukraine (PNN) - May 11, 2014 - The most significant geopolitical event of the day is the east Ukraine independence referendum taking place in various cities across the region, less than two months after the Crimean case study which saw the region split away from Ukraine and join Russia despite the fervent warnings by Kiev and the West that the result of the election would not be accepted by anyone. As it turned out then, it only needed to be accepted by Russia, which promptly took over the Black Sea territory.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (PNN) - April 20, 2014 - Like a mustang tied to a fence post, many westerners for years have resisted Uncle Sam’s control of land they say more properly belongs to states or counties - or to nobody at all except the ranchers, miners and loggers who work the land for its natural resources.

This video is specifically for all those Amerikans who survive an attack by using deadly force. What should you do after you shoot? What do tell the 911 operator? This video was made by a shooting survivor and specializes in criminal defense investigation where the defense is self-defense. Just what are your duties after a shooting? Surviving the criminal justice system may be far more of a challenge than you think. The only real duty you have is to yourself and family. Sit back, relax and pay attention. You are about to learn about those challenges.

BODA, Central African Republic (PNN) - April 12, 2014 - Stifled by the heat inside a barn in the Central African Republic town of Boda, dozens of emaciated and often sick displaced people subsist in fear of the vigilantes who surround them.

The group, members of an extended family, fled to Boda from the village of Danga 15 miles away, seeking shelter from the anti-balaka, or "anti-machete", mainly-Christian militia groups that have been hunting and killing members of the crisis-torn country's Muslim minority.