(AP) Cheney, Pryor get Showtime ‘Closeup’ profilesBEVERLY HILLS, Calif.Showtime says it’s launching a new documentary showcase, with Dick Cheney and the late Richard Pryor among the first to be profiled. The cable channel told the Television Critics Association on Monday
(AP) ABC pulls Fred Willard improv show after arrestBEVERLY HILLS, Calif.Fred Willard’s improv series is a wipeout with ABC. The network is pulling the last two original episodes of “Trust Us With Your Life,” a move that comes two weeks
Much of the talk in the wake of the July 20 Aurora, Colo. theater massacre involved the influence of the National Rifle Association on gun laws. Gun control advocates quickly seized on the lobbying group as either directly or indirectly
By BOB THOMASAssociated PressLOS ANGELESTony Martin, the romantic singer who appeared in movie musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s and sustained a career in records, television and nightclubs from the Depression era into the 21st century, has died. He
Matthew Jaffe of ABC News, a reporter assigned to cover “the 2012 presidential campaign,” got married this weekend to Katie Hogan, a deputy press secretary for Obama’s election campaign. Attendees at the event included multiple high-ranking members of the Obama
Yesterday, the Democratic Party platform drafters approved language that would make same-sex marriage a plank in the platform. According to Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), an openly gay congressman who sits on the committee, the 15-member panel universally supported the same-sex
Andrew Klavan likely isn’t surprised left-of-center film critics can’t see the conservatism in “The Dark Knight Rises.” After all, the very same group ignores or explains away the violence of Occupy Wall Street, the dying movement mocked in the latest
(AP) Jackson to make ‘The Hobbit’ into a trilogyBURBANK, Calif.Peter Jackson is adding a third film to what was planned to be the two-part series “The Hobbit.” The director of the Oscar-winning “The Lord of the Rings” movies said Monday
(AP) QUITO, EcuadorThe mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says her son’s health is suffering after more than a month confined to Ecuador’s embassy in London. Christine Assange is in Ecuador to meet with officials about her son’s political asylum request.
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and P. SOLOMON BANDAAssociated PressCENTENNIAL, Colo.Colorado prosecutors on Monday charged a former neuroscience graduate student with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder in the shooting rampage at the midnight showing of the new
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinians accused U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday of undermining peace prospects by calling Jerusalem “the capital of Israel”, ignoring their own claims to the city and most world opinion.
(AP) Key role for Bill Clinton at Democratic conventionBy JULIE PACE and KEN THOMASAssociated PressWASHINGTONFormer President Bill Clinton will have a marquee role in this summer’s Democratic National Convention, where he will make a forceful case for President Barack Obama’s
(AP) Syrian regime claims gains in Aleppo, rebels denyBy PAUL SCHEMMAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian government forces mounted new ground attacks against rebel-controlled neighborhoods in Syria’s commercial hub of Aleppo, the state media said Monday, but failed to dislodge the opposition from their
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Solyndra LLC, the solar panel maker that received $535 million in federal loan guarantees before filing for bankruptcy last September, has filed a Chapter 11 reorganization plan, according to court documents.
Breitbart News’ Brandon Darby has delivered serious allegations today at Townhall.com. Darby has revealed that he has been working undercover for the past eight months with the Federal Bureau of Investigation on human trafficking cases. To his dismay, Darby watched
(AP) Iran urges baby boomBy NASSER KARIMIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranIran’s new message to parents: Get busy and have babies. In a major reversal of once far-reaching family planning policies, authorities are now slashing its birth-control programs in an attempt to avoid
(AP) In jam, Romney tries not to make new Iran policyBy KASIE HUNTAssociated PressJERUSALEM Mitt Romney tried to pull back Sunday from an adviser’s suggestion that he favored new American aggression on Iran, distancing himself from comments that the U.S.
China surged clear at the top of the Olympic medals table on Sunday, adding two more golds to their opening day haul as swimming star James Magnussen put Australia on course for relay glory. After dominating day one of competition
Almost half of those killed in Syria since the outbreak of the anti-regime revolt in March 2011 have died since a failed UN-Arab League truce was due to come into force, a monitoring group said on Sunday. Abdel Rahman said
(AP) Italian captives return home from SyriaROMETwo Italian engineers who were kidnapped and held captive for eight days in Syria have returned to Italy. Domenico Tedeschi, 36, and Oriano Cantani, 64, told reporters at Rome’s Fiumicino airport on Sunday that
(AP) US breezes through Olympic in women’s gymnasticsLONDON The Americans breezed through qualifying in women’s gymnastics Sunday, throwing down a challenge to Russia, Romania and defending Olympic champion China in the process. For Jordyn Wieber, there won’ be a chance
(AP) Merkel, Monti: will do all to protect eurozoneBy GEIR MOULSONAssociated PressBERLIN The German and Italian leaders have pledged to do everything to protect the eurozone, adding to a string of assurances over recent days that Europe is determined to
(AP) In Obama era, have race relations improved?By JESSE WASHINGTONAP National WriterPHILADELPHIAAsk Americans how race relations have changed under their first black president and they are ready with answers. Ashley Ray, a white woman, hears more people debating racial issues.
(AP) Romney says reporters can cover Israeli fundraiserBy KASIE HUNTAssociated PressJERUSALEM U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney has reversed course and will let reporters cover his remarks to donors at a fundraiser in Israel. Romney’s campaign says the typical group of
Iran is a very urbanised society with a largely educated, young Muslim population that ranks as the Middle East’s second-biggest, its latest census figures, published on Sunday, show. The snapshot, issued on the website of the presidency’s planning and strategic
