Iran’s June 14 presidential election steps up a gear on Tuesday when the Guardians Council releases the approved list of candidates who have passed muster under the vetting process. The unelected council, controlled by religious conservatives appointed by supreme leader
A climber from Bangladesh and another from South Korea have died on Mount Everest as hundreds flock to the world’s highest peak during good weather, Nepalese tourism officials said Tuesday. Sung Ho-Seo, 34, of South Korea was attempting the climb
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will try to secure more military aid in talks with Indian leaders on Tuesday as he looks to beef up his security forces after international troops pull out next year. Karzai is to hold talks with
(AP) Policy, discretion guide media sources probesBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONIt was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington
(AP) Red Wings top Blackhawks 3-1, take 2-1 series leadBy LARRY LAGEAP Hockey WriterDETROITGustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the
(AP) NEW YORKCBS has taken the scheduled season-ending episode of “Mike & Molly” off the air because its plot line revolved around a tornado threatening the couple. The network said it replaced the comedy with a rerun on Monday out of
By TIM TALLEYAssociated PressMOORE, Okla.A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to
A 30-year old Uzbekistan national living in Boise, Idaho, was arrested on the morning of May 16th as part of a wide scale federal terrorism investigation. Fazliddin Kurbanov is charged in separate indictments in Idaho and Utah for conspiring to support the Islamic Movement
Cyrus Nowrasteh, the creative mind behind The Stoning of Soraya M. and The Path to 9/11, will be bringing the life of a famed Russian activist to the big screen. Nowrasteh will write and direct a film based on Soviet
Lizz Winstead heard about the tornado touching down in Oklahoma today and her liberal ideology quickly kicked in. Winstead, who created The Daily Show and uses social media to promote her far-left views, sent out this Twitter joke earlier today:
Jihad in America: The Grand Deception, a new film by Investigative Project on Terrorism Executive Director Steven Emerson, was honored this week as the best documentary at the 2013 International Beverly Hills Film Festival. The film previously won Best Documentary honors at
By CHRIS TALBOTT, AP Music Writer–Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74. Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says in a news release that Manzarek died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim,
Donald Trump never does anything in half measures. The outspoken real estate mogul and reality show star used his Twitter account today to implore movie goers to check out the new documentary on late Internet mogul Andrew Breitbart. Director Andrew
By MATT MOOREAssociated PressIt’s a just quick kiss, but it’s a long step forward for Archie Comics’ only openly gay character Kevin Keller. The Riverdale teen finds his life turned upside down after locking lips with his boyfriend, Devon, in
(AP) Cabrera hits 3 HRs, but Tigers fall 11-8 in TexasBy SCHUYLER DIXONAP Sports WriterARLINGTON, TexasMiguel Cabrera never had a night like this last season when he won baseball’s first Triple Crown in 45 years. And it still wasn’t enough
(AP) Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province councilBy AMIR SHAHAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanA suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing the council chief and at least 13 others, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency
A Taiwanese fighter jet ploughed into the sea off the island’s north coast on Monday, the air force’s second crash in less than a week, military officials said. The crash happened when the French-made Mirage 2000-5 fighter was conducting a
Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalise gay marriage returns to Parliament Monday. Cameron faces a setback in the House of Commons, if the Labour Party joins
Tunisian police arrested some 200 members of the hardline Islamist Ansar al-Sharia in weekend clashes that erupted after a ban on their congress, Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said in remarks published on Monday. The Tunisian leader warned of firm action
(AP) Car bombs in Baghdad, south Iraq kill at least 40By SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADA wave of car bombings across Baghdad’s Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 40 people on Monday, striking at market places
(AP) Randolph struggles, Grizzlies routed in Game 1By RAUL DOMINGUEZAssociated PressSAN ANTONIOThe Memphis Grizzlies have lost the opener in each round of this year’s playoffs, but not like this. Tony Parker had 20 points and nine assists, and the San
By DAVID GERMAINAP Movie WriterLOS ANGELES The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009’s “Star Trek,” which opened with $75.2 million. Since premiering Wednesday in huge-screen IMAX theaters and expanding Thursday to general cinemas, “Into
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will headline “Breitbart News Sunday,” and he will discuss his new book, Rumsfeld’s Rules, in addition to the Obama administration’s scandals. Rumsfeld will talk about the AP, Benghazi, and IRS scandals from the perspective of
Emma Watson successfully segued from the Harry Potter franchise to a respectable film career with movies like The Perks of Being a Wallflower and the upcoming Sofia Coppola drama The Bling Ring. Watson fears today’s children won’t be able to transition
