(AP) Biden asks clergy to make moral argument on gunsBy JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONVice President Joe Biden wants pastors, rabbis and nuns to tell their flocks that enacting gun control is the moral thing to do. But another vote may have
(AP) IMF’s Lagarde criticizes US spending cutsTOBY STERLINGAssociated PressAMSTERDAMInternational Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde criticized the U.S. government’s budget policies as too tight on Tuesday, in an appearance in Amsterdam that was interrupted by student protestors. Lagarde said the U.S.
(AP) Frantic 911 call leads to 3 missing women in OhioBy THOMAS J. SHEERAN and JOHN COYNEAssociated PressCLEVELANDThe woman’s voice was frantic and breathless, and she was choking back tears. “Help me. I’m Amanda Berry,” she told a 911 dispatcher.
Iran on Tuesday warned against any “provocations” in the Gulf as a US-led international naval force began a massive minesweeping exercise. According to the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet, 35 ships, 18 unmanned underwater vehicles and more than 100 explosive ordinance
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – (AP) — A Saudi journalist says he has been banned from writing in a Saudi newspaper after criticizing the Interior Ministry. Ali al-Elayan wrote on his Twitter account Tuesday that Al-Watan daily has stopped him from
The heavy metal-loving governor of Indonesian capital Jakarta has surrendered a guitar that was a gift from US band Metallica to anti-corruption authorities, an official said Tuesday. A beaming Joko Widodo appeared on TV last week strumming the maroon bass
A bomb attack on Tuesday killed at least five people and wounded a Pakistani election candidate as he was campaigning in a market in the country’s northwest, police said. The attack in the town of Hangu, a flashpoint for violence
Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi will appoint nine new ministers in a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, state media reported, in a shake-up that falls short of opposition demands. At least two of the new ministers are affiliated with Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood
Iran began registering candidates Tuesday for a June 14 presidential vote, the first in the Islamic republic since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election sparked months of violent street protests in 2009. The interior ministry opened the five-day registration process at 8:00
A US Air Force officer in charge of preventing sexual attacks has been arrested for assaulting a woman, police said Monday, in the latest setback for a force struggling to stem a pervasive rape problem. Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Krusinski, head
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN and JOHN COYNEAssociated PressCLEVELANDThree women who went missing separately about a decade ago were found Monday in a home just south of downtown and likely had been tied up during years of captivity, said police, who
By LISA LEFFAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCOThe California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a decision likely to further diminish the network of storefront pot shops and fuel efforts to have the state regulate the
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is calling for the United States to provide weapons to vetted Syrian opposition groups battling President Bashar Assad’s forces in the 2-year-old civil war. Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of
(AP) – Jason Collins, the NBA veteran who recently announced he was gay, is seeking a book deal, The Associated Press has learned. Officials at three publishing houses said Monday that they had been contacted about a planned memoir by
There may be some mention in one of the tiny little headline-crawls of Benghazi. I didn’t see it. I’m looking at the big links. Limo Fire, Jodi Arias, Amanda Knox.* No Gosnell (even though his jury is deliberating, just like
Radio talk show host Michael Savage has won the latest round in his legal battle with former syndicator Original Talk Radio Network. A federal court upheld an arbitration panel’s decision stating that Original Talk Radio Network did not legally exercise
In response to Obama Angrily Denied His Team Would Ever ‘Play Politics or Mislead’ on Benghazi: It seems rather obvious it was a prepared statement, scripted and rehearsed. Has anyone in the media ever asked for confirmation of that, or
(AP) NEWARK, N.J.–Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings. She was also sentenced Monday in Newark to three additional months of home confinement. The
In a desperate attempt to direct Turkish, Egyptian, and broader Sunni ire against his regime into hatred for Israel, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has now said that he will give the go-ahead for Palestinian operations against Israel in the Golan
Hating Breitbart, the documentary about the late Andrew Breitbart and his successful battles with the mainstream media, will premiere in Atlanta Monday May 6. Screenings of the film last weekend in Los Angeles sold out, and the documentary will be released
On Monday, the Obama administration requested dismissal of a suit the government had filed against Bible publisher Tyndale House Publishers, which refused to implement the Obamacare mandate to provide employees’ birth control. “Bible publishers should be free to do business
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) charged today that the Obama administration’s “quiet diplomacy” on behalf of jailed Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi is “not working” and that more aggressive measures should be taken. “The U.S. Ambassador should be recalled and legislation should
On Sunday the Huffington Post ran a blaring headline at the top of its page blaming Israel, without context, for attacking Syria. The headline read: “ISRAEL STRIKES AGAIN.” A picture of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, clapping and smirking, ran
On Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) came out strongly against the Senate’s proposal to force companies to collect state sales tax for sales over the internet. He called it “incomprehensible” that the Senate was considering such a measure. The internet,
(AP) China hosting both Palestinian, Israeli leadersBEIJING China is hosting both the Palestinian and Israeli leaders this week in a sign of its desire for a larger role in the Middle East. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed by his
