(AP) – A Cairo court on Saturday ordered the government to block access to the YouTube website for 30 days for carrying an anti-Islam film that caused deadly riots across the world, but the ruling can be appealed and based
(AP) – Assailants fired rockets and mortar rounds at a refugee camp for Iranian exiles outside Baghdad on Saturday, killing six people and wounding dozens, police and a camp spokesman said. Nearly three dozen rockets and mortar shells struck the
(AP) – Germany’s education minister resigned Saturday after a university decided to withdraw her doctorate, finding that she plagiarized parts of her thesis — an embarrassment for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government as it prepares for elections later this year. Merkel
Amazon’s move into original streaming content got a boost today as the company solidified one of the more promising pilots across the media landscape. Sundance breakout Tyler Ross, star of indie Milkshake, and up-and-comer Izabela Vidovic have been cast as two of the four leads
The marketing team behind the upcoming TV movie Killing Lincoln has two big advantages over its televised competition. Fox News star Bill O’Reilly co-wrote the book the movie is based upon, and President Abraham Lincoln remains arguably the most admired
Donald Trump took to Twitter on Thursday to go after embattled Republican politico Karl Rove. “Karl Rove’s strategy and commercials were the worst I have ever seen,” Trump wrote. “Karl Rove is a total loser. Money given to him might as well
Critics couldn’t help themselves from raving over Melissa McCarthy’s performance in the 2011 comedy smash Bridesmaids. The Mike & Molly actress stole so many scenes critics lost count after a while. Identity Thief, the comic star’s newest film, is another story.
Veteran actor James Cromwell’s most visible role came when he starred alongside a lovable pig in Babe. This week, Cromwell went to bat for our feline friends along with a representative from PETA and soon found himself in handcuffs. PETA
Breitbart News has learned that one of the witnesses at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on immigration next week will be outspoken illegal immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas–who will be seated at the same table as Chris Crane, leader of the
In response to Oh, It Is On Like Obi-Wan: Lucador, huh? Mexican toad? For a suburban white guy you’re very… what’s the word… Ethnic. I don’t mean that in a good way. One never does, really. One never does. So
Stephen Colbert’s Comedy Central shtick has him pretending to be conservative while actually blasting all things GOP on The Colbert Report. Today, he’s taking off the clown nose to yuk it up with fellow Democrats on the Hill. Minority Leader
While the mainstream English-speaking media remain asleep at the switch in the Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) prostitution scandal, Univision took the opportunity to grill Menendez over reports about the scandal. Reporter Lourdes Meluza asked Menendez about his “position regarding the
(AP) Former Montana QB’s rape trial begins By AMY BETH HANSONAssociated Press MISSOULA, Mont. More than 150 potential jurors are packing a hotel ballroom for the rape trial of a former University of Montana quarterback, as attorneys attempt to seat
Manufacturer: Device setting caused Bowl outage By KEVIN MCGILLAssociated PressNEW ORLEANS An electrical device that had been installed expressly to prevent a power outage caused the Super Bowl blackout, the stadium’s power company said Friday as it took the blame
CBS Los Angeles: News personality Anderson Cooper claims the former LAPD officer accused of killing three people, including a police officer, sent a package to his CNN office in New York. Cooper, who posted details about the parcel on Twitter
In response to Judgment Withheld: Although I hate to give any credence to Infowars, their story does contain links to other sites. I don’t know if these other sites are credible or not. They’re just completely new to me. Maybe
I just linked this story on my blog, and a reader, @tsrblke, let me know that if you click through all the way, the “news report” the Examiner (not the Washington Examiner, but that online Examiner outfit) cites turns out
Obama has now “pivoted to jobs” more times than he’s made par. And he’s golfed an awful lot, you know. He golfs almost as much as he dusts targets when he does gun-firing-at-moving-inanimate-targets. Meet the new focus, same as the
Clint Eastwood’s “empty chair” speech at last summer’s Republican National Committee didn’t mark the actor’s final thoughts on the current political scene. Eastwood, who returned to acting with last year’s baseball drama Trouble with the Curve, weighed in on the debt
(AP) Senators seek deal on gun-sale background checksBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONA bipartisan quartet of senators, including two National Rifle Association members and two with “F” ratings from the potent firearms lobby, are quietly trying to find a compromise on expanding
(AP) NYC, New England brace for up to 3 feet of snowBy BRIDGET MURPHYAssociated PressBOSTONA storm poised to dump up to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond beginning Friday could be one for the
UN sanctions experts are investigating the Yemeni government’s claims that Iran supplied rockets and explosives seized from a ship last month, diplomats said. The case was raised at a UN Security Council meeting where UN special envoy Jamal Benomar called
A Mexican mayor was having breakfast with his wife in a restaurant when he was gunned down this week. To avoid a similar fate, mayors in the western state of Michoacan admit they must pay off drug cartels. Wilfrido Flores
A spate of car bombs in Baghdad and central Iraq, including two explosions minutes apart at a popular bird market, killed 16 people and wounded dozens on Friday, security and medical officials said. Twin blasts struck just after 9:00 am
Gunmen attacked two clinics where polio vaccinators had gathered in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Friday, killing nine people before fleeing, police and residents said.
