(AP) Lugar loses Ind. GOP primary to tea party rivalINDIANAPOLISU.S. Sen. Richard Lugar has lost to a tea party-backed challenger in Indiana’s Republican primary, ending a storied political career that spanned nearly four decades. Tea party-backed state Treasurer Richard Mourdock
By CAITLIN R. KINGAssociated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn.Vince Gill can do whatever he wants. For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Country Music Hall of Fame member doesn’t have a record deal. He got signed by a label in 1983
By EILEEN SULLIVAN, MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONU.S. and Yemeni officials say the supposed would-be bomber at the heart of an al-Qaida airliner plot was actually an informant working for the CIA. The revelation, first reported by The Los
Johnny Depp’s take on Willy Wonka in the 2005 film “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” proved as weird as most Depp fans expected. The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star is known for his outlandish film roles, particularly when he teams
George Soros’ Tides Foundation in Canada is under investigation by the Canada Revenue Agency after members of the Conservative Party labeled the organization a foreign-funded radical group. As the Globe and Mail reports, the group “serves as a clearinghouse for
(AP) By HILLEL ITALIEAP National WriterNEW YORKMaurice Sendak didn’t think of himself as a children’s author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood. Sendak, who died early Tuesday in Danbury, Conn., at age 83, four days after suffering
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National Review‘s John Fund goes after NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” and there’s nothing funny about his assessment of the formerly courageous sketch show. It has had its hilarious streaks and its vacuous doldrums, but Saturday Night Live is an American institution. While it
Conservative Republican Rick Santorum has endorsed Republican presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney in an email to supporters, US media reported late Monday. During his own push for the Republican nomination Santorum, a staunchly Roman Catholic former senator who withdrew from
From Accuracy In Media’s Logan Churchwell: For too long, the American public has maintained a fragmented knowledge of vote fraud and intimidation. The mainstream press have treated the issue as if it were a grab-bag of accusations, rumor and conspiracy theories
(AP) NC votes on constitutional ban on gay marriageEMERY P. DALESIOAssociated PressRALEIGH, N.C.The national debate over gay marriage turns its attention South on Tuesday, as North Carolina could be on the verge of becoming the next state to pass a
(AP) Barrett leads Democrats in Wis. recall primaryBy SCOTT BAUERAssociated PressMADISON, Wis.Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett hopes for a chance at a rematch against Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as Democrats vote Tuesday on who will take on the first-term governor
(AP) PORTLAND, Ore. – Actor Matthew Fox, star of the television series “Lost,” has been charged with drunken driving in Oregon. Police in Bend say the 45-year-old who lives in the Central Oregon city was stopped early Friday after an
Entertainment Weekly: Actor John Travolta has been sued for assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress in U.S. District Court by an anonymous masseur, according to court papers obtained by EW. Referred to only as John Doe, the plaintiff alleges that
Ryan Murphy’s “Glee” routinely injects gay rights issues into its story lines even though the show is essentially about a singing and dancing high school troupe. It’s a core part of the show’s overall approach. Murphy’s newest project cuts right
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said here on Monday that Syria’s regime cannot not continue in power for long and urged the international community to stop a humanitarian crisis. Turkey is “opposed to the regime in Syria… nobody should
(AP) NEW YORK – Almost 45 years after “The Outsiders” was first published, S.E. Hinton is ready to take her classic young adult novel to the next level: an e-book. The 61-year-old Hinton appeared Monday at a luncheon in her
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday she believes al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is in Pakistan and she vowed to keep up pressure on miltant groups in the country. Zawahiri, an Egyptian cleric, was second-in-command under bin Laden and
By CHRIS TALBOTTAP Entertainment WriterNASHVILLE, Tenn.Gregg Allman thinks about his late brother Duane every day. And once in a while, he can feel his presence. The untimely death of the game-changing rock `n’ roll guitarist is a central theme in
Vice President Joe Biden said over the weekend that former NBC series “Will & Grace” helped educate the country on the issue of same-sex marriage. Biden still couldn’t throw his weight behind gay marriage, and the same holds true for
(AP) Cities seek more money from tax-exempt collegesBy DAVID KLEPPERAssociated PressPROVIDENCE, R.I.Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city’s Ivy League campus to see
Republican Mitt Romney has evened it up with President Barack Obama in swing states six months ahead of the US election, with the challenger seen as a better economic steward but Obama more likeable, a new poll showed Monday. In
(AP) NEW YORK – The film that became an album and then a Broadway musical is now becoming a tour. Producers of the show “Once” announced Monday that a national tour of the show will launch in the summer of
Tomorrow night, Jonah Goldberg, author of The Tyranny of Cliches, will be appearing on Piers Morgan’s CNN show for a rematch of last week’s bloodbath, in which Morgan refused to ask Goldberg about his book, clearly hadn’t read it, and
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is ruling out any substantive shift in its approach to Europe’s debt crisis despite a rising chorus of opposition to Berlin’s austerity policies that reached a crescendo in Sunday’s elections in Greece and France. Chancellor Angela
By PALLAVI GOGOIAP Business WriterNEW YORKU.S. stocks are under pressure after angry voters in Greece and France rejected painful budget cuts demanded by international lenders. Investors are uncertain over how the results will affect Europe’s plans to rein in spending
