(AP) President Obama is Time’s ‘Person of the Year’NEW YORKPresident Barack Obama has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2012. The short list for the honor included Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the
(AP) Report blames chaos, not cover-up, for BBC scandalLONDONAn internal report into the BBC’s handling of a pedophilia scandal surrounding one of its best-known children’s presenters is blaming weak management for failing to get to grips with the story. But
(AP) MOSCOWRussia’s parliament has given preliminary approval to a measure banning the adoption of Russian children by Americans, a harsh retaliatory move against U.S. human rights legislation. Top Russian officials have expressed unease about the proposal, an apparent indication that the
(AP) Obama Social Security offer at odds with top DemsBy STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama’s offer to slow the growth of Social Security benefits would force fellow Democrats in Congress to abandon promises to shield the massive retirement and disability
By MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe leaders of an independent panel that blamed systematic State Department management and leadership failures for gross security lapses in the deadly Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya will explain their findings to
President Barack Obama on Wednesday will appoint Vice President Joe Biden to lead a government panel tasked with formulating a response to gun violence after last week’s school massacre, US media reported. The New York Times and the Washington Post
Members of the leftist media have been gleefully distributing the fib that Fox News has banned all talk about gun control from its airwaves in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre. That falsehood is based on an email from
Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Pat Roberts (R-KS) sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano demanding answers regarding the administration’s soft treatment of immigrants likely
The Wall Street Journal reports today that Newark Mayor Corey Booker, widely perceived as a potential 2013 Democratic nominee for New Jersey governor against incumbent Chris Christie, may forego that race and instead run for the New Jersey Senate seat
According to Joshua Flashman, 25, an acquaintance of the Lanza family and son of a pastor at an area church, Adam Lanza may have snapped due to his mother’s plans to involuntarily commit him. “From what I’ve been told,” Flashman
David Letterman proved to be one of the Left’s most consistent, vocal voices in the 2012 presidential election season. So we could reasonably expect Letterman to favor more gun control legislation in the wake of Friday’s tragic school shooting. It’s what
(AFP) Qatar-based company Alnoor Holding has said it will raise the budget for a planned movie series on the life of Prophet Mohammed to $1 billion dollars from the $1.5 million announced three years ago. The biopics will be produced
Most mainstream media journalists are ignoring possible intelligence leaks to the creative team behind “Zero Dark Thirty,” the film which recreates the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Government watchdog group Judicial Watch is doing the work the media should have
With the fiscal cliff looming, Speaker of the House John Boehner tried to use the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as an excuse in his decision to begin caving to President Obama’s demands to raise taxes. Asked about the timing
Psychiatrist James Knoll told CNN’s Headline News today that Adam Lanza, the perpetrator of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, was acting in a “ritualistic” way during the horrific events. Knoll, who does research at the State University of New
Today, a group of relatives of shooting victims from across the country and residents of Newtown, Connecticut headed to Capitol Hill to stump for gun control. None of those present were relatives of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary
Amidst the political fallout surrounding the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, one chain of sporting goods stores is suspending sale of certain types of rifles. Dick’s Sporting Goods, which has branches all over the United States,
(AP) Cerberus to sell gun company that makes BushmasterBy JOSHUA FREED and MICHELLE CHAPMANAP Business WritersThe company that makes one of the weapons used to kill elementary school children in Connecticut is being put up for sale by its owner,
Christian talk show host and former Major League Baseball pitcher Frank Pastore died yesterday of injuries sustained one month ago, when a car hit him as he drove on his motorcycle on the 210 freeway in Upland. Pastore’s show, broadcast
According to CBS reporter Jon Keller, actor-director Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt, aka Ben Affleck, a longtime liberal and devotee of anti-American author Howard Zinn, is considering running for John Kerry’s open Senate seat in Massachusetts. Writes Keller: Go ahead and laugh
With fiscal cliff negotiations at a virtual standstill, Speaker of the House John Boehner has proposed a new plan that would put President Obama’s feet to the fire – but would also raise taxes on high income earners, betraying conservative
Controversy has broken out in California after the state’s teacher pension fund realized that its private equity fund, Cerberus, owns a series of gun manufacturers organized under the umbrella Freedom Group. One of the manufacturers is Bushmaster, the maker of
(AP) Reid: Boehner fiscal cliff plan can’t pass SenateWASHINGTONSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid says a House Republican backup plan for avoiding the “fiscal cliff” can’t pass the Democratic-run Senate. House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that he was preparing a
(AP) School shooting compels entertainment changesBy DAVID BAUDERAP Television WriterNEW YORKThe Connecticut school shooting rampage compelled Hollywood to air disclaimers before violent television shows, swap some programs for others, cancel film openings and present somber specials on daytime TV shows
(AP) Iraq official says President Talabani had a strokeBy ADAM SCHRECK and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRAAssociated PressBAGHDADIraqi President Jalal Talabani has had a stroke and his medical team in Baghdad is still trying to stabilize his condition, a spokesman for the prime
