By JAMEY KEATENAssociated PressPARISWhen Nicolas Sarkozy bounded up the steps of France’s presidential palace in jogging shorts and shoes on his first day in office five years ago, many French instantly sensed they were in for something new. In a
China said Monday it was ready to work with France after the election of Socialist Francois Hollande as president, amid concerns his victory could derail Paris’s deficit-cutting plan. The 57-year-old Socialist won power Sunday in a close race against incumbent
By NICHOLAS PAPHITISAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceBailout-reliant Greece faces weeks of financial turmoil after voters angry at crippling income cuts punished mainstream politicians, let a far-right extremist group into Parliament and gave no party enough votes to govern alone. The one certainty
(AP) Feelings run deep in Wis. recall; few undecidedBy DINESH RAMDE and TODD RICHMONDAssociated PressRACINE, Wis.Al Trossen feels like a wanted man. The former Teamster voted for embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in 2010 but isn’t sure who to support
(AP) Twitter plays outsize role in 2012 campaignBy BETH FOUHYAssociated PressNEW YORK(at)BarackObama is on Twitter. So is (at)MittRomney. And so are all the voters following the 2012 presidential contest, whether they know it or not. Candidates, strategists, journalists and political
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien appears to have been one of the many who not only accepted, but promoted Brian Leonard Creekmur’s fake credentials as a Navy SEAL, according to an investigation by WTKR News Channel 3, the local CBS affiliate in the
(AP) Airstrike kills senior al-Qaida leader in YemenBY AHMED AL-HAJAssociated PressSANAA, Yemen An airstrike Sunday killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI’s most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, Yemeni officials
(AP) Obama calls new French President-elect HollandeWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama has called France’s new president-elect to congratulate him on winning Sunday’s election. The White House says Obama told Hollande that he looks forward to working with him on a range of
(AP) Paul wins majority of delegates from Maine GOPBy GLENN ADAMSAssociated PressAUGUSTA, MaineWith Mitt Romney’s GOP presidential nomination all but decided, Ron Paul supporters took control of the Maine Republican Convention and elected a majority slate supporting the Texas congressman
Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx jumped on the Obama bandwagon three-plus years ago along with most of his celebrity pals. But, like “Saturday Night Live” alum Jon Lovitz, he’s seen enough of the “cool” leader’s impact on the country. Sixx,
The Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party will enter parliament for the first time in nearly 40 years, exit polls showed on Sunday as ballots closed in an early election that could derail the country’s reforms. The party is calculated to
According to the latest exit polls, Francois Holland is the new president of France, defeating incumbent Nicholas Sarkozy with approximately 53% of the vote; Sarkozy pulled approximately 47%, according to Harris, Sofres and Opinion Way polling. Hollande’s win represents a
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Comcast Corp’s NBCUniversal business exercised an option to sell “a substantial portion” of its stake in A&E Television Networks to joint-venture partners, a filing from the media company showed. Comcast, which owns almost 16 percent of
By TRAVIS LOLLERAssociated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn.George Lindsey, who spent nearly 30 years as the grinning Goober on “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Hee Haw,” has died. He was 83. A press release from Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home in Nashville said Lindsay died
The New York Times reported today that the 2012 presidential election will come down to nine swing states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin. The Times did admit: It would be hard to argue that
James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on indigenous peoples, has recommended that the US government give the Black Hills region of South Dakota back to Native American populations. That region, of course, includes Mount Rushmore. He did meet with the
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It’s a shame President Barack Obama doesn’t watch more “Will & Grace” reruns. Vice President Joe Biden told NBC’s “Meet the Press” today that the NBC sitcom, which ran from 1998-2006, “did more to educate the public than anything” on
North Korea vowed on Sunday to push ahead with what it says are peaceful nuclear and space programmes, rubbishing calls from the five permanent UN Security Council members. The communist North condemned a statement issued Thursday by the United States,
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday she was deeply hurt by charges that the United States was biased against Muslims, staunchly defending her country’s record in protecting minorities. Clinton, visiting the world’s third largest Muslim-majority country Bangladesh, was asked
Moscow prepared for rival rallies on Sunday between tens of thousands of Vladimir Putin supporters and members of Russia’s nascent protest movement ahead of his inauguration to a third Kremlin term. Russia’s current premier will crown his thumping March presidential
An offshoot of Al-Qaeda now dominates northern Mali, regional security sources said Saturday, as militants brazenly began to impose their radical vision of Islam by desecrating a holy tomb in Timbuktu. The shock attack at the UNESCO World Heritage site
Voting stations opened at 7:00 am (0400 GMT) on Sunday for Greece’s general election, the interior ministry announced, after a campaign marked by public anger over swingeing austerity cuts. After two years of cuts, opinion polls suggest voters are set
Chancellor Angela Merkel faced a knife-edge state election on Sunday that could provide vital clues to Germany’s political landscape 16 months before a national vote likely to hand her a third term. With most eyes fixed on critical national elections
Argentina on Saturday said that a TV spot filmed in the Falklands with an Argentine athlete competing in the 2012 London Summer Olympics was not meant to be a provocation. The ad shows Argentina hockey captain Fernando Zylberberg running through
On Megyn Kelly’s America Live on Fox News on May 4, lefty political commentator Jehmu Greene called the Daily Caller‘s Tucker Carlson a “bow-tying white boy” as she tried to defend Elizabeth Warren, the Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts
