(AP) Kobe: Mom wasn’t given permission to sell my stuffCAMDEN, N.J.Kobe Bryant says in a court filing that he never gave his mother permission to sell mementos from his high school days and early professional basketball career. Bryant is in
(AP) Senate committee takes up immigration billBy ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONA bill to enact dramatic changes to the nation’s immigration system and put some 11 million immigrants here illegally on a path to citizenship is facing its first congressional test. The
(AP) House to vote to prioritize US debt paymentsBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Republican-controlled House is moving to put U.S. bondholders and people on Social Security at the front of the line to be paid if the government hits its borrowing
Coptic Orthodox leader Tawadros II arrives in Rome on Thursday for a historic four-day visit to meet Pope Francis — a sign of growing rapprochement between the Vatican and the Orthodox world. The meeting on Friday will be the first
A special Bangladeshi court sentenced a senior Islamist opposition official to death by hanging Thursday for crimes including genocide and torture during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, the assistant general secretary of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, is the
Gunmen from a shadowy cult ambushed a group of police officers in central Nigeria, killing 23 of them and then setting fire to their bodies, the state’s police chief said Thursday.
Israel has warned the United States that Russia plans to sell sophisticated missile systems to Syria that would complicate any foreign intervention there, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Journal reported late Wednesday that Israel had provided information to Washington
Greek unemployment climbed to 27 percent of the workforce in February compared with 26.7 percent a month earlier, the state statistics agency said on Thursday. The number of unemployed rose to 1,320,189 while 3,568,186 were registered as employed. The highest
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) blamed the media, in part, for the messaging problems Republicans have in America. Speaking at the Ripon Society on Wednesday in Washington, Cantor said, “The media has done a great job of sort of
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say gunmen have attacked an election rally in the southern Punjab province and abducted the son of former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. A police official, Abdul Rehman, says gunmen stormed the rally in the
(AP) Warriors end skid at 30 in San Antonio, tie seriesBy RAUL DOMINGUEZAssociated PressSAN ANTONIOKlay Thompson scored 34 points, Stephen Curry added 22 and the Golden State Warriors withstood another furious rally by the San Antonio Spurs for a 100-91
Elisabeth Hasselbeck understands the core values of most women’s groups, and it has less to do with a person’s sex than how they vote come Election Day. The conservative Hasselbeck, a mainstay on the primarily liberal chat show The View,
(AP) Teen charged with homicide by assault in ref deathBy BRADY McCOMBSAssociated PressSALT LAKE CITYA Utah teen accused of punching a soccer referee who later died was charged Wednesday with homicide by assault, a count issued when an attack unintentionally
(AP) Toronto’s Happ released from hospitalBy FRED GOODALLAP Sports WriterST. PETERSBURG, Fla.Toronto Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ was released Wednesday from a Florida hospital, just a day after he was hit on the head by a line drive, and hopes
(AP) Ferguson key in Man U’s financial transformationBy PAN PYLASAssociated PressLONDONManchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson. Apple and Steve Jobs. Will one of the world’s most recognized soccer clubs face the same challenges the world’s technology darling did after the
(AP) Reports: Bucs CB Barber to retire after 16 seasonsBy The Associated PressMultiple media outlets report that Ronde Barber is retiring from the NFL after 16 seasons as a standout defensive back. Barber told Fox Sports.com, “I’ve had a better
(AP) Singh suing PGA over proposed suspensionBy DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf WriterPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.Vijay Singh sued the PGA Tour on Wednesday for exposing him to “public humiliation and ridicule” during a 12-week investigation into his use of deer antler spray
Apparently the two big revelations today were Partisan Politics As Usual and Apricot Salsa. Allah discusses this here, but even more interesting is his synthesis of two different stories: Left-wingers freaking out that the LATimes might become non-, um, neutral,
1. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s spokeswoman Victoria Nuland demanded the Talking Points be changed. 2. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s friend Susan Rice was tasked with delivering the falsified Talking Points to the public. 3. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s chief of staff and lawyer
By LYNN ELBERAP Television WriterLOS ANGELESJeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on “The Young and the Restless,” has died. She was 84. Cooper died Wednesday morning in her sleep,
(AP) Judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suitBy JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated PressBEAUMONT, TexasA judge has ruled that cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games. In a summary judgment of
Memo to Kanye West: The whole God complex routine has been done, and by a far more famous band. While the Beatles’ John Lennon innocently said the group was “more popular than Jesus Christ” during a 1966 press conference, rapper
(AP) Rodman to Kim: ‘Do me a solid’ and free AmericanSEOUL, South KoreaFormer NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of a Korean-American man sentenced to 15
In blatant violation of the Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure, the Department of Justice has apparently declared that they do not require warrants for grabbing Americans’ emails and Facebook chats. The ACLU has gotten hold of the
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