Islamist Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan is planning to visit the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip next week, Turkey’s Today’s Zaman reports. According to Erdogan, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal invited him to visit. He’s always wanted to go, but in the
President Obama has made noises about pursuing carbon taxes in order to curb global warming. Now, look for that noise to increase. A new study contends that sea levels between 1993 and 2011 rose 60% faster than predicted previously by
The doctor is in, and he’s asking us to pray for one paparazzi-friendly patient. Dr. Drew Pinsky, the addiction medicine specialist from VH-1’s “Celebrity Rehab” program as well as radio’s long-running “Loveline,” is weighing in on Lindsay Lohan’s current state
Leave it to local government to rip on internet shoppers for trying to find bargains. Yesterday, Maryland’s comptroller, Peter Franchot, made this absurd statement: “Online shopping is convenient, but unpatriotic. If you live in Maryland, get off the internet and
In the aftermath of the 2012 election, in which Republicans garnered a shockingly low percentage of the Hispanic vote, Republicans have begun to rethink their position on comprehensive immigration reform. In the short term, many Republicans are looking to take
In another sign that America’s long national economic nightmare might just be beginning, a new study by the Pew Research Center shows that the American birth rate has fallen to a record low. That means that as our population ages,
Former NBCUniversal Chief Jeff Zucker has been hired to head up CNN. It’s a disastrous move for the network unless Zucker can somehow recapture his “Today Show” magic from over a decade ago. As I wrote earlier this week: While
Yoko Ono is still drawing artistic inspiration from her marriage to ex-Beatle John Lennon. Ono’s latest commercial endeavor ties back to sketches she once drew for Lennon of clothing that would, in her words, flatter his “hot bod.” Yoko Ono
Former NBC top executive Jeff Zucker was named Thursday as president of CNN Worldwide, heading up the news media operation as it seeks to adapt to new technology platforms. Zucker will start in January as head of the 23 news
(AP) Ex-President George H.W. Bush in Texas hospitalBy MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated PressHOUSTONFormer President George H.W. Bush was in a Houston hospital Thursday for treatment of a lingering cough. Bush, 88, has been in and out of the hospital recently for complications
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States effectively set a March deadline on Thursday for Iran to start cooperating in substance with a U.N. nuclear agency investigation, saying it would otherwise urge reporting the issue to the U.N. Security Council.
(AP) Palestinians certain to win recognition as a stateBy EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSThe Palestinians are certain to win U.N. recognition as a state Thursday but success could exact a high price: Israel and the United States warn it could
Syria has effectively been cut off from the Internet, two US technology companies which monitor web traffic reported Thursday. Akamai, one of the firms which monitors global traffic, said traffic stopped from 1026 GMT, and that this supports the observation
(AP) Wave of attacks in Iraq kills at least 43 peopleBy SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADBack-to-back explosions tore through tents housing Shiite pilgrims in southern Iraq Thursday, the deadliest in a wave of bombings that killed at least 43 people nationwide, officials
Sandra Fluke’s 15 minutes of fame aren’t over quite yet. The nation’s foremost expert on free birth control will be part of The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Breakfast to be held Dec. 5. Fluke, who became one of President
By MARK KENNEDYAP Drama WriterNEW YORKLock up your ears _ Mike Tyson’s coming to a theater near you. The former champion boxer and convicted rapist will take his one-man show “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” on a three-month tour to more
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is calling in the big public relations guns: former co-chairman of Obama debt commission Erskine Bowles. Bowles has long been an advocate of entitlement reform, recognizing that Americans entitlement programs are unsustainable in the mid-
That didn’t take long. Angus T. Jones’ tirade against his show “Two and a Half Men” is less than two days old and already we’ve got our first parody video hitting the web. The responsible party? Rainn Wilson of “The
With the media’s focus on trying to paint Republicans as the party of rich white men, additional scrutiny has been placed on House Republican chairmanships. And Republican Congresswomen are taking notice. Today, several House Republican women are pushing for female
Former Republican National Committee Finance Chair Elliott Broidy has been sentenced to the “minimum” allowed by the State of New York for his involvement in a pay-for-play scandal centering on New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi. Hevesi took gifts from
President Obama’s supposedly sterling recovery hasn’t just crushed the middle class – it’s benefitted the top 1 percent, the very folks Obama says he wants to tax for purposes of fairness. Perhaps he should start by cutting out subsidies for
Charlie Sheen is uniquely qualified to weigh in on the latest “Two and a Half Men” imbroglio. Sheen left the show last year after his on and off-set behavior caused too much friction on the hit CBS sitcom. Now, he’s
REUTERS – Tens of thousands of people packed New Zealand’s capital city, clambering on roofs and hanging onto lamp posts on Wednesday to get a glimpse of the stars at the red carpet world premiere of the film “The Hobbit:
Today, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) rejected an attempt by Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) to leverage the Republicans into supporting a bill that would only maintain current tax rates for those earning less than $200,000 per year. Obama
The new, supposedly moderate Egyptian regime led by Muslim Brotherhood despot Mohammed Morsi has condemned seven Egyptian Christians to death for their inclusion in the anti-Islam YouTube video that led to the Egyptian assault on the American Embassy in Cairo.
