(AP) Election hits $2B mark amid last-minute donationsBy JACK GILLUM and STEPHEN BRAUNAssociated PressWASHINGTONRemarkable for its last-minute surge of contributions, the U.S. presidential election witnessed unprecedented sums of cash boosting two men in their quest for the White House. It
(AP) Arrested Ill. senator continues bid for CongressCHICAGOAn Illinois state senator accused of trying to board a flight with a gun and ammunition in his bag says he plans to continue his campaign for the congressional seat once held by
(AP) Mich. legislators defy unions, OK right-to-workBy JOHN FLESHER and JEFF KAROUBAssociated PressLANSING, Mich.In an audacious flex of political muscle, Republicans in a single day reached the brink of a goal that for years has seemed an all-but-impossible dream: making
Several supporters of Occupy Wall Street probably won’t see the irony in their appearance on Forbes magazine’s latest list. The business publication just released a countdown of the world’s 25 highest paid musicians, and four of the artists spent time
The US unemployment rate plummeted to 7.7 percent in November, its lowest level in almost four years, as the labor force shrank sharply, government data released Friday showed. The economy added 146,000 jobs last month, more than expected, the Labor
(AP) Egypt protesters march toward president’s palaceBy MAGGIE FICK and MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated PressCAIROThousands of Egyptians marched toward the president’s palace early Friday afternoon for another day of demonstrations against the president while thousands of his Islamist backers gathered outside the
(AP) Chavez back in Venezuela after Cuba treatmentBy IAN JAMESAssociated PressCARACAS, VenezuelaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived back home in Caracas early Friday after 10 days of medical treatment in Cuba. State television showed images of Chavez arriving at Caracas’ airport
(AP) Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversaryBy AUDREY McAVOYAssociated PressPEARL HARBOR, HawaiiMore than 2,000 people are gathering at Pearl Harbor on Friday to mark the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launched the
The US State Department expressed concern Thursday over the influence of fundamentalist groups in Syria, including the Al-Nusra Front, which is said to have ties to Al-Qaeda. As opposition fighters in Syria struggle to topple the regime of President Bashar
(Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on Thursday he vetoed a bill that would have created a health insurance exchange for his state under President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare program. Christie, whose announcement came on a day when
Tonight, Breitbart News’ Brandon Darby and Occupy Unmasked producer Stephen K. Bannon will be appearing on Fox News’ Hannity to talk about the rise of the Occupy Black Bloc anarchists – a group that recently released a video on YouTube
Stephen Baldwin, the youngest of the four acting Baldwin brothers, could face up to four years in prison after being accused of evading New York state taxes. The youngest Baldwin brother has been charged with failing to file New York state
(AP) LANSING, Mich.The Michigan House has voted to approve right-to-work legislation for private-sector workers. House members voted 58-52 to approve the measure Thursday afternoon as hundreds of union activists protested loudly in the state Capitol halls in Lansing. Only Republicans voted
Preventing the Democrat-Media Complex from painting him as yet another anti-science Republican fringe figure, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) today said, “There is no scientific debate on the age of the earth.” He said that the planet is “at least 4.5
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who has refused a vote on President Obama’s fiscal cliff plan altogether, today labeled the entire Republican Party extremist – with the exception of some 26 Republicans. “Consider yesterday’s failure, the disabilities convention, at
According to Alternative Luxury Travel by Bruvion, an LGBT advocacy group, “the most dangerous US city to visit for gay travelers” is Detroit, Michigan. Yes, Democrat-dominated Detroit is the most problematic place in the United States for gays and lesbians.
As Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) leaves the Senate to take the leadership post at Heritage Foundation, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) showed her class today, bashing DeMint. Speaking of the Senate ratification of a UN treaty on treatment of
Some Republicans are siding with Democrats around the proposition that online sales should be taxed. Now, Congress is adding a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act that would allow such a tax. The so-called Marketplace Fairness Act, which also
France’s new gender equality law dictates a series of restrictions designed to abolish gender differences. Those restrictions include lessons for children on the “ABC of gender equality,” compelling companies to pay equally for jobs as dictated by a court. The
Gov. Jerry Brown may be running the state of California into fiscal disaster; he may be taxing the people of California at record rates. But they love him all the same. According to a new poll from the Public Policy
According to a new study, Obamacare’s effective health insurance sales tax will impose “a new sales tax on health insurance that starts at $8 billion in 2014, increase to $14.3 billion in 2018, and will continue to increase each year.”
(AP) Smokers celebrate as Wash. legalizes marijuanaBy GENE JOHNSONAssociated PressSEATTLEThe crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle’s Space Needle early Thursday morning with nary a police officer in sight bespoke the new reality: Marijuana is legal under Washington state
(AP) Illegal immigration drops after decade-long riseBy HOPE YENAssociated PressWASHINGTONNew census data released Thursday affirm a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases. The number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. dropped to
(AP) NAIROBI, Kenya – George Clooney is trying to highlight satellite evidence from a U.S.-based anti-genocide group that 26 villages in Sudan were intentionally set on fire last month. The American actor and activist said Thursday that destroying a village
(AP) Guatemalan police arrest software guru McAfeeBy SONIA PEREZ-DIAZAssociated PressGUATEMALA CITYSoftware company founder John McAfee was arrested by Guatemalan police for entering the country illegally, ending his bizarre weeks long journey as a blogging fugitive claiming to be persecuted by
