While Anthony Weiner undergoes the trials and travails of a continuing sexting scandal that could put him out of the running for New York City mayor, ex-governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned office after a prostitution scandal, is widening his lead
In response to Did someone say Bruce Campbell?: The first Evil Dead was an attempt at horror. The second one was a straight-up remake (yes, a remake within like five years), but done as a hysterical comedy. While there is
A Los Angeles teenager was kidnapped, then stuffed in a metal box, forced to process marijuana, and sexually assaulted by her two kidnappers, according to prosecutors. Authorities said that Ryan Balletto, 30, and Patrick Pearmain, 24, have been charged with
On Thursday afternoon, a man walked into Discount Gun Sales in Beaverton, Oregon. He was carrying a baseball bat and a knife. He proceeded to smash a display case with the bat, and grab a handgun. The manager promptly grabbed
On Sunday, Breitbart News reported on a rally held the previous day in Smyrna, Tennessee by 300 Tea Party activists who have launched a ground game to support an as yet undetermined conservative challenger to Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in
(AP) US says it won’t seek death penalty for SnowdenWASHINGTONAttorney General Eric Holder has told the Russian government that the U.S. will not seek the death penalty for former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden. In a letter dated
(AP) Photos show Aaron Hernandez apparently holding gunBy ERIKA NIEDOWSKI and BRIDGET MURPHYAssociated PressATTLEBORO, Mass. Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is holding what authorities have said is a gun in several surveillance photos that were released Thursday
Tunisia faced a general strike on Friday as the country was plunged into crisis after gunmen shot dead a leading opposition figure, an assassination that brought thousands onto the streets. The killing of MP Mohamed Brahmi, a father-of-five who was
A huge crowd of 1.5 million Catholics greeted Pope Francis on Brazil’s Copacabana beach after the pontiff toured a notorious Rio slum to defend the cause of the poor. Latin America’s first pope was confronted with starkly contrasting images of
A Russian court on Friday ruled to keep a member of punk band Pussy Riot in prison, after she appealed an earlier decision denying her release on parole from her sentence over a church protest against President Vladimir Putin. The
It’s a long way from your average flower show, with mock missiles bristling behind the begonias, and garden gnome-sized troops lobbing grenades over a bed of orchids. But then, as the North Korean staff inside the cavernous bloom-decked exhibition hall
A knife-wielding Chinese man stabbed five people to death and wounded another three, state media reported Friday. Ding Jinhua, 38, killed three people in a village in the central province of Henan, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing local
The Islamist Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip slammed Egypt on Friday after a Cairo court ordered ousted president Mohamed Morsi be detained for questioning over suspected collaboration with the Palestinian militant group. Morsi will be quizzed on whether he
(AP) Ousted Egypt president detained over Hamas contactBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROAn investigating judge has ordered the detention of Egypt’s ousted president over alleged contacts with Hamas to help in his escape from prison in 2011, the official state news agency
By JAKE PEARSONNEW YORKRetired tax auditor Jerry Stern was sitting in the front row with reporters the day in June 2011 when then-U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner–reading a short statement and ignoring the shouts from hecklers–announced his retirement from Congress at
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUSAssociated PressTULSA, Okla.When Wyatt Tate Brady arrived here in 1890, Tulsa was just a spit of a town–an untidy tangle of dirt streets and a handful of tents occupied by white men seeking their fortune in uncharted Indian
By STACY A. ANDERSONAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama saluted Muslim Americans on Thursday for their contributions in helping build the nation as business entrepreneurs, technology innovators and pioneers in medicine. Obama spoke at a White House dinner he hosted to celebrate
Mind you, this story has been big for about two weeks. But they refused to cover it earlier– doing so might have cast the party fighting the War on Women in a bad light. Might have made them look like,
In response to Reporters Often Gush About Obama’s ‘Great’ Economic Ideas …According To Obama: Or rather my Coblogger John Ekdahl has it beat. He brought this up in a podcast we just did. I couldn’t believe it was true. And
Apparently you can grope three women, but when the number threatens to hit the double digits, the San Diego Democratic Party, part of the militia auxiliaries in the ongoing fight against the War On Women, will step in to unambiguously
The indie thriller Black Rock came out a few weeks ago but did little to distract movie goers from the likes of World War Z, Man of Steel or Pacific Rim. The film caught Alex Horton’s attention all the same.
(AFP) – A new cartoon superhero disguised in a flowing black burka is set to debut on Pakistani television next month in an animated series which follows her battle for girls’ education in Pakistan. The Urdu-language show charts the adventures
(AP) New health insurance markets: Not like TravelocityBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressWASHINGTONYou may have heard that shopping for health insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul will be like using Travelocity or Amazon.But many people will end up with something
The summer movie box office receipts are up from last year, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. A series of film flops, from the liberal White House Down to the misguided Lone Ranger reboot, are making Hollywood very nervous.
French EPO report no shock to Armstrong by AFP 7/25/2013 3:38:38 PM Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong said Thursday he was “not surprised” that 18 leading riders in the 1998 Tour de France have been named by the French Senate as having taken
