By KASIE HUNT and JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressDELRAY BEACH, Fla.Heading into the campaign’s final weeks, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is upping his criticism of President Barack Obama’s plans for a second term, accusing the Democrat of failing to tell Americans
By BRIAN BAKST and JACK GILLUMAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe latest trend in an election year marked by gushers of money? Big spenders going solo to spread a message. A billionaire investment broker is doling out millions to run a minute-long national ad
By DAVID ESPOAP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTONA little more than two weeks before Election Day, Republicans and Democrats alike say Medicare is working to their political advantage in campaigns for the White House and Congress. They can’t both be right, and no
(AP) Texas A&M evacuates campus after bomb threatCOLLEGE STATION, TexasTexas A&M University officials say they have received a campus-wide bomb threat and are evacuating all students, faculty and staff. The evacuation order was posted on the university’s website Friday as
Reboot-obsessed Hollywood is taking a second look at a low-budget franchise with a spiritual edge. The “Left Behind” films hardly took the box office by storm, but that isn’t stopping some of the creative team from the franchise from trying
Talk show host Montel Williams is a vigorous supporter of medical marijuana. Williams uses the drug to combat symptoms from Multiple Sclerosis. And he isn’t taking kindly to a new ad running in Arkansas that speaks out against bringing legal
(AP) Tom Hanks lets obscenity slip on ABC’s ‘GMA’NEW YORKABC and Tom Hanks are apologizing after the actor let slip a swear word during a live appearance on “Good Morning America.” Hanks telegraphed his “f-bomb” during an interview Friday. Anchor
By BASSEM MROUE and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDYAssociated PressBEIRUTMilitants carrying assault weapons clear the area around a street, shouting in Arabic for people to get out of the way. A jeep pulls up: The world’s No. 1 jihadi has arrived for
(Reuters) – At least two people were killed and 15 wounded in a roadside bomb that exploded in central Beirut on Friday, a security source said. A Reuters witness saw at least one body at the scene and the security
(AP) CIA found militant links a day after Libya attackBy KIMBERLY DOZIERAP Intelligence WriterWASHINGTONThe CIA station chief in Libya reported to Washington within 24 hours of last month’s deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate that there was evidence it was
(AP) Newsweek had unique troubles as industry recoversBy RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business WriterLOS ANGELESNewsweek’s decision to stop publishing a print edition after 80 years and bet its life entirely on a digital future may be more a commentary on its own
A California man arrested on child pornography charges has been linked to the foiled plot by a young Bangladeshi to blow up the New York Federal Reserve, the New York Times reported Friday. The Times said Howard Willie Carter II
For as long as Pakistan has existed, film lovers flocked to the Nishat cinema, sinking into seats in its plush auditorium to watch Hollywood imports, Bollywood hits and homegrown productions. All that came to an end last month when an
(AP) Victims want Fort Hood shooting deemed terror actFORT HOOD, TexasNearly three years after the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, many of those affected are urging the government to declare it a terrorist attack, saying wounded soldiers and victims’ relatives
Syrian regime warplanes have dropped cluster bombs in sorties against rebels in the northwestern town of Maaret al-Numan, the insurgents told AFP on Friday. The rebels showed an AFP correspondent in the battleground Idlib province town debris from one such
A panel of US Army judges ruled Thursday that a soldier accused of the Fort Hood massacre must appear in court clean-shaven, upholding a trial judge’s earlier order. Major Nidal Hasan, charged with the November 2009 shooting spree that left
Now you know why Mitt Romney didn’t bother appearing on “The View.” Ann Romney graced the “View” couch instead, and she was subjected to a series of lies by co-host Whoopi Goldberg. The woman who could be the First Lady
(AP) Springsteen explains why he’s supporting ObamaNEW YORKAfter vowing not to get involved in this year’s presidential election, Bruce Springsteen is supporting Barack Obama again, saying he believes Obama is the best person to lead America. The Boss posted a
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in New York on Thursday ruled that a U.S. law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to lawfully married same-sex couples. The 2nd
(AP) Judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suitBy CHRIS TOMLINSONAssociated PressAUSTIN, TexasA judge says an East Texas school district policy barring cheerleaders from quoting biblical scripture on banners at high school football games appears to violate their free speech
A gaggle of far-left actors have signed on for a new film embracing the 9/11 Truther movement. “September Morn,” to be directed by former stuntman B.J. Davis, will star Woody Harrelson, Martin Sheen, Daniel Sunjata (“Rescue Me”), Judd Nelson and
The Cuban Missile Crisis proved to be one of the most frightening chapters in 20th century history, a time when nuclear war was a very real possibility. Now, a St. Louis-based bar known for welcoming Democrats like Sen. Claire McCaskill,
(AP) Family: Ex-Sen. McGovern ‘no longer responsive’SIOUX FALLS, S.D.The family of ex-U.S. Sen. George McGovern says the 90-year-old is “no longer responsive” in hospice care. McGovern’s family issued a statement Wednesday afternoon through Avera McKennan Hospital. His daughter, Ann McGovern,
(AP) Austerity-weary Greeks stage new general strikeBy DEREK GATOPOULOSAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceGreece was facing its second general strike in a month Thursday as workers protested over another batch of austerity measures that are designed to prevent the bankruptcy of the country.
The Rolling Stones announced new tour dates this week to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary. L.A. residents will get the chance to see the band at the start of their worldwide fame next week courtesy of a new film culled
