By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressCHARLOTTE, N.C.Reince Priebus has been elected to lead the Republican National Committee for another two years. The 40-year-old RNC chairman ran unopposed in his bid for a second term, which begins less than three months after what
(AP) Court: Obama appointments are unconstitutionalBy SAM HANANELAssociated PressWASHINGTONA federal appeals court has ruled that President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate to fill vacancies on a labor relations panel. The U.S. Court of Appeals for
(AP) – Former CIA officer John Kiriakou (keer-ee-AH’-koo) has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for leaking a covert officer’s name to a reporter. Kiriakou was sentenced Friday in federal court in Alexandria. The 48-year-old Arlington resident
(AP) – BAGHDAD Iraqi troops killed five protesters on Friday when they opened fire at demonstrators angry at the troops for preventing them from attending an anti-government rally west of Baghdad, officials said. Police officials said the soldiers started shooting
(AP) Biden heading to Virginia to push gun controlBy NEDRA PICKLERAssociated PressWASHINGTONVice President Joe Biden is taking the White House’s campaign for gun control on the road to Virginia. Biden plans a roundtable discussion Friday in Richmond with experts who
(AP) Economist: Euro crisis could erupt again this yearBy DAVID MCHUGHAP Business WriterDAVOS, SwitzerlandIs the euro crisis over? A leading U.S. economist says not by a long shot. Even as the head of the European Central Bank talked Friday of
(AP) LOS ANGELESAnother universe of sci-fi fans has been put in the hands of J.J. Abrams. According to multiple trade reports, Abrams, 46, is set to direct the next installment of “Star Wars,” which Disney has said will be “Episode 7”
Huge crowds were expected to demonstrate in Egypt on Friday for the second anniversary of the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak and brought in an Islamist government, at a time of political tensions and economic woes. The secular-leaning opposition called
Australia on Friday joined three European nations in urging its citizens to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi due to a “specific, imminent threat to Westerners” linked to French action in Mali. The advice followed similar warnings from governments in
Russia’s parliament was expected Friday to give initial backing to a bill banning homosexual “propaganda” among minors that could lead to gays being fined for demonstrating or kissing in public. The highly contentious measure is based on a law passed
Senator John Kerry, on track to become the next US secretary of state, is to visit Jerusalem and Ramallah in February to examine ways of reviving the peace process, an Israeli daily reported on Friday. Quoting senior Israeli officials, the
Twitter suspended the account of Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents Friday, days after they posted photographs of a French commando they killed and threatened to execute Kenyan hostages. A message from Twitter on the English-language @HSMPress account read that it
Via Brian Maloney, “Radio Equalizer” – “I have to tell you, man, watching the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday and she appeared in front of the House committee in the afternoon, I
America is drowning in debt, but D.C. is swimming in money. Sean Hannity reveals how you’re paying the price for the booming business of government. Friday, Sean gets real insight from political insiders on Boomtown: Washington, the Imperial City! Watch a
Burger King has ditched an Irish supplier of beef that is at the centre of a food scare after horse meat was discovered in beefburgers sold in Britain and Ireland, where it is deemed to be a taboo. The US
By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKIn Netflix’s bid for a flagship original drama of its own _ a “Sopranos” to its HBO _ the subscription streaming service is presenting a high-class adaptation of a British political thriller offered up all
(AP) AMMAN, JordanAbout three dozen Islamists and other government critics who ran as independents have won seats in Jordan’s newly empowered parliament despite a boycott by the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, according to initial results released Thursday. The government has touted the
BEIJING (Reuters) – Japanese authorities have detained a Chinese boat for fishing in Japanese waters, China’s Xinhua news agency said on Thursday, even as the two countries moved to defuse tensions that flared last year over disputed islands. The boat,
By MICHAEL TARMAssociated PressCHICAGOA small-time American drug dealer-turned-terrorist plotter who helped plan the brutal 2008 attack on Mumbai, India, learns Thursday whether his wide-ranging cooperation with U.S. investigators will earn him any leniency as he faces sentencing in federal court.
In a horror story that must have shocked young children into lifelong nightmares, a Philadelphia fifth-grader made a gun out of paper last week and brought it into class. Thanks to the intrepid work of the officials at the school,
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised Wednesday that the United States would use the Internet and social media in its fight against Al-Qaeda and other extremist Islamist groups. The outgoing top diplomat said the US State Department had “started two
By ANGELA CHARLTONAssociated PressDAVOS, SwitzerlandBritish Prime Minister David Cameron wants nothing to do with a United States of Europe, an idea that’s gaining currency as the countries that use the euro struggle to fix their debt crisis. A day after
African forces were moving towards Mali’s centre Thursday, as pressure grew on Malian troops over summary killings and rights abuses in a French-led assault on Al Qaeda-linked groups. The first troops from a UN-mandated African force aimed at replacing the
A far-right political party is distributing thousands of knives to women in a western Indian state to help them protect themselves after a fatal gang-rape last month alarmed the country. Shiv Sena, a party with a reputation for intimidation and
Prime Minister David Cameron warned Thursday that corporations must “pay their fair share” of taxes and said he would use Britain’s G8 chairmanship to counter tax avoidance. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Cameron said too many global
