Obamacare’s Impact: New Website Tracks and Publishes Health Insurance Premium Increases

A new website addresses the increasingly prevalent issue of premium increases due to The Affordable Care Act.
SkyrocketingPremiums.Com utilizes actual cases sent in from those impacted by Obamacare. Site visitors are encouraged to submit their personal premium increase stories, in addition to a photo documenting before and after premium costs.

The website also features user submitted information on other problems people have had in regard to Obamacare. The objective of this initiative is to keep people informed about what’s going on with Obamacare, on a daily basis.

SkyrocketingPremiums.Com is the brainchild of Steven Foley, longtime conservative new media activist who is best known as founder of the Minority Report Network and former candidate for Congress.

2 Injured in Apartment Fire in Aurora

Two people were injured in an apartment fire, in Aurora, Colorado, Tuesday morning.

The two alarm fire occurred at the Woodhaven Apartments.

Fourteen people were rescued, by firefighters who were able to contain the fire to just one apartment.

However, several other units suffered smoke and water damage.

Firefighters are being praised for putting out the fire in just eleven minutes, after arriving.

An arson investigation is underway, and investigators note that this is the third suspicious fire in the Woodhaven Apartments, in 2013.

4 Fires Destroy 16 Vehicles in Lakewood, Colorado

Four fires erupted Tuesday morning in Lakewood, Colorado, destroying sixteen vehicles.

All four fires happened within half a mile of each other.

The first, at 04:11, destroyed two vehicles, a garage, and a house.

At 05:11, a second fire destroyed one car.

Then at 05:41, a carport and twelve vehicles in it were torched.

Finally at 06:26, a fourth fire destroyed a handyman's truck and all his tools that were in it.

Investigators are treating each as a separate crime scene, so as to not jump to any conclusions.

However, due to the timing and location, they do believe that the four fires were likely set by the same person.

Authorities are asking anyone who saw anything to call the Lakewood Police Department at 303-987-7111.

3 Killed in Tennessee Medical Helicopter Crash

Three people were killed when a medical helicopter crashed in Tennessee.

It happened Tuesday morning near Somerville.

The helicopter was on it's way to pick up a patient when it went down.

Aboard the aircraft were the forty-seven year old pilot Charles Smith, forty-three year old nurse Carrie Barlow, and forty-three year old respiratory therapist Denise Adams.

A full investigation is underway to determine what caused the crash.

Nevada School Shooting Leaves 2 Dead

A shooting took place at Sparks Middle School, in Sparks, Nevada, on Monday.

Authorities say a student brought a hand gun to school.

Just before school was to start, the student shot a teacher and two other students, before turning the gun on himself.

Both the shooter and the teacher died, from their wounds.

No motive is yet known for the shooting, and the identity of the shooter has not yet been released.

The teacher has been identified as Mike Landsberry, a math teacher.

Landsberry was a former Marine and a member of the Nevada Air National Guard who had served multiple tours of duty in Afghanistan.

France Complains About US Spy Programs

Relations between the US and France took a strained toned on Monday.

Another set of Snowden leaks were released, showing that the NSA spied on French phone calls and text messaging.

According to the leaks, more than seventy million calls and several million texts were intercepted.

France called the American ambassador for discussions about the issue.

However, some political analysts note that France is accused of running similar spy programs.

They suggest that the French government is attempting to distract the French people from their own spying, by waving the US's same plots.

Suicide Bomber Kills 6 in Russia

A suicide bomber struck in Volgograd, Russia, on Monday.

The attack happened on a bus, in the afternoon.

Six people were killed, including the bomber, and thirty-three injured in the blast.

According to witnesses, the bomber was a woman.

No group has claimed the attack.

Terrorists Bomb Passenger Train in Pakistan

As the Jaffar Express entered Balochistan province, Pakistan, three explosions knocked the train off the tracks.

Three bombs had been planted on the tracks and went off as the train crossed them.

The explosions derailed the train and tore the tracks apart.

Seven people were killed and sixteen seriously wounded, in the attack.

No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Typhoon Wipha Kills 28 in Japan

Twenty-eight people are confirmed dead and eighteen are missing on Izu Oshima.

The Japanese island took the full force of Typhoon Wipha, over the weekend.

Search and rescue crews were only able to get out on Monday, as the storm weakened enough to remove evacuations.

Nearly two thousand members of the Defense Forces have been dispatched to aid in the searches and recovery efforts.

Residents are being warned that more evacuations are coming, as Typhoon Francisco is approaching Japan.

USMC: Lance Corporal Christopher O. Grant

Lance Corporal Christopher O. Grant, twenty of Richwood, Louisiana, died on October 20.

He was killed in combat in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

It was his first deployment.

Grant was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.