(AP) WASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama has signed an order authorizing the government to begin cutting $85 billion from federal accounts, officially enacting across-the-board reductions that he opposed but failed to avert. Obama acted Friday, the deadline for the president and Congress to
Building on the late Andrew Breitbart’s legacy of cultivating the next generation of conservative leaders and citizen-journalists in media, the National Bloggers Club announced three major initiatives on Friday, the one-year anniversary of Breitbart’s passing. 1) The Breitbart Blogger Scholarship: Citizen journalists
The Harlem Shake has reached new heights with a performance on a Frontier airplane, and that has the FAA in a low-grade panic according to Reuters. No, FAA officials aren’t commenting on any aesthetic concerns but rather possible safety issues. In
(AP) AP source: Flacco agrees to Ravens deal By BARRY WILNER A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco has agreed on a new contract with the Baltimore Ravens. An ESPN
Sexual abuse allegations caused Kevin Clash to quit as the voice of Elmo on Sesame Street. Clash’s legal woes are still haunting the puppeteer, but he says the law is on his side. Clash has just filed a motion to
(AP) Michael Jordan targeted in Ga. paternity suitBy PHILLIP LUCAS Associated PressATLANTA An Atlanta woman has filed a lawsuit saying basketball Hall of Famer and Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is the father of her teenage son. The lawsuit was
(AP) Leaving NKorea, Rodman calls Kims ‘great leaders’PYONGYANG, North Korea Ending his unexpected round of basketball diplomacy in North Korea on Friday, ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman called leader Kim Jong Un an “awesome guy” and said his father and grandfather
Actress Jane Fonda should know a thing or two about offending large groups of people. The woman infamous for posing for pictures with the Vietcong in the 1960s is steamed over Seth MacFarlane’s edgy performance hosting last Sunday’s Oscar telecast.
NBC is thisclose to being put out of our misery. Can’t we band together and give it the final push into the grave? You know NBC’s ratings are bad when… An affiliate decides to air a 21-year-old Matlock movie
On Friday, State Rep. Ernest Hewett (D) of Connecticut made a rather odd remark to a 17-year-old witness talking about overcoming her shyness while talking about the Connecticut Science Center. The girl stated, “I am usually a very shy person,
By FRAZIER MOOREAP Television WriterNEW YORKBonnie Franklin, the pert, redheaded actress whom millions came to identify with for her role as divorced mom Ann Romano on the long-running sitcom “One Day at a Time,” has died. She died Friday at
(AP) Boehner after Obama meeting: No new taxesWASHINGTONHouse Speaker John Boehner says higher taxes won’t be part of any deal to solve the country’s budget mess. Boehner emerged from a White House meeting with President Barack Obama and said there
(AP) US construction spending down 2.1 percentBy MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONSpending on U.S. construction projects fell in January by the largest amount in 18 months as home construction stalled and spending on government projects fell to the lowest level in
The largest compliment Breitbart could give someone was, “He’s a warrior.” All men respect guts, and Breitbart more than most men. I think on this anniversary of his death we should honor him — andourselves — by seeking to be
(AFP) – Horsemeat has been found in ground beef supplied to Taco Bell’s three restaurants in Britain after tests sparked by Europe’s sprawling food scandal, the US fast food giant said Friday. Taco Bell said it was “disappointed” by the
(AP) – Fourteen people were killed in a shootout Friday as Malaysian authorities tried to end a three-week standoff with about 200 members of a Filipino clan occupying a village in eastern Malaysia, police said. Members of a Muslim royal
(AP) – Here’s one they weren’t expecting — meat pies with no meat. When officials in Iceland began hearing about horse meat being secreted into beef products around Europe, they decided to run tests to ensure the same thing was
(AFP) – British border officials have seized 94 kilogrammes (207 pounds) of dried caterpillars from a man who claimed they were “for personal consumption”, the Home Office said. Officials at Gatwick Airport, south of London, found the bugs in the
By DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated PressCHICAGOMichelle Obama says it was “absolutely not surprising” to her that her satellite appearance at the Academy Awards ceremony provoked a national conversation about whether it was appropriate, after some conservative critics accused her of selfishly crashing
American Conservative Union chair Al Cardenas revealed this morning on WMAL’s Mornings on the Mall that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference this month. Sen. Cruz has lately become the prime
Astronomers using a powerful telescope in southern Chile said Thursday they have captured the first direct image of a protoplanet forming around another star, still embedded in thick gas and dust. An international team of researchers said the disc of
An Egyptian opposition leader said he and colleague Mohamed ElBaradei have turned down invitations to meet Secretary of State John Kerry when he visits Cairo because of US pressure. Hamdeen Sabahi, a leader of the National Salvation Front (NSF), said
Official data Friday painted a far from encouraging picture for the European economy, with unemployment running at record highs in the eurozone while inflation fell sharply, highlighting the weakness of consumer demand. Separately, a closely followed manufacturing survey suggested the
Jihadist fighters of Al-Nusra Front have seized control of a checkpoint on northeast Syria’s border with Iraq, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. The rebels overran the post at Yaarubiyeh in oil-rich Hassakeh province on Thursday after
(AP) Blackhawks extend points streak to 20 gamesST. LOUISJonathan Toews scored twice, and Ray Emery and Corey Crawford combined on a shutout as the Chicago Blackhawks extended their NHL-record season-opening points streak to 20 games with a 3-0 win over
