(AP) – A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced a leader of an Islamic political party to death for crimes during the nation’s 1971 war for independence, a politically charged decision that sparked violent protests that left at least
(AP) – They bound his hands to the rear of a van, and then sped off, dragging the slender taxi driver along the pavement as a crowd of onlookers shouted in dismay. The man was later found dead. A gut-wrenching
Hollywood films are becoming increasingly reliant on the digital wizardry of special effects. Tell that to the FX gurus who make it all possible. The high-profile bankruptcy of Rhythm and Hues, the firm responsible for the stunning special effects work
Lanny Davis, who served under President Bill Clinton as special counsel to the White House, told Washington, D.C.’s WMAL this morning that the Obama White House had threatened the Washington Times over his column, warning that the Times would suffer limited access
(Reuters) – The Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday postponed until next week a vote on the confirmation of White House aide John Brennan to be CIA director, dashing hopes of Democratic leaders who had hoped to have a vote on
(AP) DHS official retires after immigrants are freedBy ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe senior Homeland Security Department official in charge of arresting and deporting illegal immigrants announced his retirement the same day the agency said that hundreds of people facing deportation
(AP) Obama nears deadline on gay marriage decisionBy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONThe next phase of President Barack Obama’s evolution on gay marriage may come with the deadline for his administration to weigh in on a landmark Supreme Court case
(AP) Congress set to OK bill renewing anti-violence lawBy JIM ABRAMSAssociated PressWASHINGTONCalling a truce in the partisan battles, Congress appears ready to send to President Barack Obama a bill that renews and expands the nation’s primary law on protecting women
Sitting on the fringes of upheaval in the Middle East, Lebanon’s capital Beirut has become the scene of experimental music-making by Khat Thaleth, a group of rappers out to take the revolts that started during the Arab Spring to the
Wednesday night on CNN, legendary Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward stated that a “very senior person” in the Obama administration had told him in an email that Woodward would “regret” it if he continued to press the point that President
Wednesday night, in the aftermath of the blow-up regarding the White House’s email to Bob Woodward suggesting he would “regret” his reporting of sequestration, White House Senior Adviser David Plouffe took to twitter to bash Woodward as a past-his-prime hack:
By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONThe Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jacob Lew to be Treasury secretary, affirming President Barack Obama’s choice of a budget expert at a time when Congress and the White House are at odds over sharp government spending
Code Pink got Punk’d. The radical anti-war group tried trumpeting a letter from The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart saying the comic supported the group’s anti-drone campaign. Comedy Central had the unenviable task of telling them the letter is phony.To be
(AFP) – The European Union on Thursday pledged 144 million euros of fresh funding for research of rare diseases that currently affect some 30 million Europeans, the majority of them children. The funding will go to 26 research projects in
(AFP) – Lawmakers slammed Britain’s Ministry of Defence on Thursday after it was revealed that between 2009 and 2011 it bought £1.5 billion worth of equipment more than it used. A report by a cross-party committee of MPs identified £3.4
(AP) Singer Scott Weiland responds to STP firingBy MESFIN FEKADUAP Music WriterNEW YORKSinger Scott Weiland said he learned that he’d been fired by the Stone Temple Pilots when the band released a one-sentence statement to the media Wednesday. The statement
(AP) NEW CANAAN, Conn.–A Connecticut woman whose son died in the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center says she’s upset the Oscar-winning movie “Zero Dark Thirty” used a recording of his last words without her permission. Mary Fetchet
The Republican National Committee’s (RNC) website has been very inactive since the Romney-Ryan defeat in the presidential election on Nov. 6 and, as the site shows, it has not updated some pages since at least July 2012. In contrast, President
In response to I Ain’t No Feminist: I believe your faith in forever “explaining” Advanced Conservatism to people who are barely aware of who their congressman is is misplaced. If you’re explaining you’re losing. I hear this kind of thing
In response to Feminism and ideological evolution: That’s an intriguing notion, Ace. I suspect most feminists of the movement’s early era would readily agree with your three-point summary of their ideas. So would a lot of average women who
I’m asking this for two reasons. First, the word “feminist” is, in my opinion (and I don’t have any data to back this up), attractive to low-information female voters looking for — as people do — a sense of belongingness
A hip hop promoter is offering a unique way to see Beyonce in concert, and it won’t cost the singer’s fans a penny. It will leave them less prepared to fend off an intruder, though. A millionaire hip-hop mogul has
In response to Donna Brazile: Why did my health care premiums go up? : Holmes’ email asks if Donna Brazile might be available to serve as his apprentice/partner. He said she has a mind “sculpted for deduction.” Ahem. This is
(AP) Pistorius representatives name substance found By GERALD IMRAYAP Sports WriterJOHANNESBURG Oscar Pistorius’ representatives have named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum and said Wednesday it is an herbal remedy
By ANGELA K. BROWNAssociated PressFORT WORTH, TexasVan Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock-star status,
