US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took a first hand look Saturday at the way a warming climate is changing the Arctic, opening a once frozen region to competition for vast oil reserves. Experts here estimate the value of the
The Washington Post is at it again. Now they’re misleading the public on Mormonism by equating what Mormon women want with what progressive Mormon women want. Neither of these groups are authorized to speak for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
(AP) What’s this? Obama longs for GOP rival like McCainBy JULIE PACEAssociated PressWASHINGTON President Barack Obama seems to think that the world of politics would be better if someone like John McCain were running for the White House. The Democratic
By CONNIE CASSAssociated PressWASHINGTONNothing upsets a president’s re-election groove like ugly economic numbers. A spring slowdown in hiring and an uptick in the unemployment rate are weighing on Barack Obama, while enhancing Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s argument that the president
NATO special forces rescued two foreign women and killed five kidnappers in a “breath-taking” pre-dawn raid on Saturday on a cave in Afghanistan’s remote and mountainous Badakhshan province. The women, who worked for Swiss-based charity Medair, were named as Briton
Britons on Saturday began four days of festivities for Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee, turning out in droves for events around the country in a surge of enthusiasm for the monarchy. Gun salutes across Britain were due to launch celebrations
Moody’s rating agency said it was lowering Greece’s highest possible credit rating because there was an increased risk that the country would exit the euro zone. Moody’s said it “has lowered its assessment of the highest rating that can be
A series of intertwined political crises that began with accusations that Iraq’s prime minister was consolidating power have escalated into calls to unseat him, and paralysed the country’s government. The trouble began in earnest in mid-December, when the secular Sunni-backed
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANAssociated PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M.More than 1,200 firefighters are battling the nation’s largest wildfire that has charred acre after acre of timber and brush in rugged mountains and canyons of southwestern New Mexico, shrouding parts of the region in
DHD: My sources now say Universal’s PG-13 Snow White And The Huntsman (3,773 theaters) will climb to $21M for today and $55+M for this domestic weekend. That result is better than expected for the 2D original fantasy actioner that cost
By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROHosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison Saturday for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that forced him from power last year. But the ousted president and his sons were acquitted of
(AP) LOS ANGELES – A spokeswoman for Andy Samberg said the actor-comedian is leaving “Saturday Night Live.” Samberg’s publicist, Carrie Byalick, said Friday that he won’t return as a cast member next season. Samberg’s exit follows that of “SNL” cast
The Orwellian “Truth Team” which has been panned even by the mainstream media – Jake Tapper busted them on Saturday, for example – is not about the truth. It’s about spin. Sometimes “spin” can be a lie. Like this time. Back in September,
The Department of Justice has ordered the State of Florida to stop removing non-citizens from its voter rolls, the Miami Herald reports. The DOJ sent a letter to Florida officials Thursday night expressing concern the state’s clean up was violating
We’ve already seen John Travolta perform a thinly veiled impression of President Bill Clinton in the 1998 film “Primary Colors.” Now, Clinton himself says he wouldn’t mind another actor playing him on the big screen. And it’s an actor most
(AP) ‘Gumby’ voice-over star Dick Beals dies at 85VISTA, Calif.The radio and television voice-over star whose work included the animated characters Gumby and Speedy Alka-Seltzer has died in Southern California at 85. Dick Beals was 85. A friend, Peter Gorman,
(AP) BRUSSELSUnemployment across the 17 countries that use the euro stayed at 11 percent in April _ the highest level since the single currency was introduced back in 1999, piling further pressure on the region’s leaders to switch from austerity to
By DANIEL WAGNERAP Business WriterA dismal U.S. jobs report and other evidence of a global economic slowdown clobbered U.S. stocks Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped more than 200 points, leaving it down for the year. The Standard &
(AP) Russian ruble hits lowest in over 3 yearsNATALIYA VASILYEVAAP Business WriterMOSCOWRussia’s currency, the ruble, on Friday dropped for the eighth straight day to reach its lowest level since April 2009 as it tracked the falling price of crude oil
Egyptian state television will broadcast live the verdict and sentencing on Saturday of ex-president Hosni Mubarak, his sons and security chiefs in a murder and corruption trial, official media reported. State television will charge foreign media between $7,000 and $10,000
(AP) Activists: Gunmen kill 11 state workers in SyriaBy BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTGunmen killed 11 workers at a state-owned fertilizer factory in a volatile central Syrian province, activists said Friday, the second execution-style shooting reported in Syria in less than a
MADRID (Reuters) – Spaniards alarmed by the dire state of their banks are squirreling money abroad at the fastest rate since records began, figures showed on Thursday, and the credit ratings of eight regions were cut.
DANIEL WOOLLSAssociated PressMADRIDThe European Union urged Spain on Thursday to come clean on how it plans to finance the overhaul of its banking sector, warning that uncertainty over this has contributed the recent market turmoil and the country’s soaring borrowing
By DAVID McHUGHFRANKFURT, GermanyThe setup of the 17-country euro currency union is unsustainable, the head of the European Central Bank has told EU leaders, warning they must quickly come up with a broad vision for the future to get the
