The classic movie musical “Camelot” arrives on Blu-ray this week in time for its 45th anniversary, and one clever Big Hollywood reader can win his or her own high-def copy of the Oscar-winning film. The tales of Arthurian legend have inspired
Today, Police Chief Bill Lee announced his resignation. And today, Sanford city commissioners voted to reject his letter of resignation by a margin of 3-2. Mayor Jeff Triplett and commissioners Patty Mahany and Randy Jones refused to allow City Manager
(AFP) Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson, choking back tears, testified Monday how no one in her family wanted her sister to marry the man who is accused of murdering her mother, brother and nephew. Balfour, the estranged husband of Julia
WASHINGTONThe White House says President Barack Obama’s lawyers have concluded that no member of his White House staff engaged in improper conduct in Cartagena, Colombia. Obama spokesman Jay Carney says the White House counsel’s office undertook a review as due
Sanford, FL police chief Bill Lee, Jr., who had taken a leave of absence during the follow-up Trayvon Martin investigation, resigned today. “Elected officials used this man as a scapegoat to heal our community,” said City Commissioner Patty Mahany. “Our
Susan Sarandon alleged yesterday at the Tribeca Film Festival that the government had tapped her phone and denied her security clearance to the White House. “We know we’re under surveillance,” she stated. “I’ve had my phone tapped … I was
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lindsay Lohan is set to play iconic screen legend Elizabeth Taylor in a new TV movie, Lifetime Television said on Monday, confirming what Lohan has claimed for weeks as she forges ahead with her comeback from
The US public pension system will exhaust its reserves in 2033, three years earlier than previously estimated, as the gap between income and payments continues to grow, according to an official report Monday. Projections show that Social Security, which currently
MOSCOW, April 23 (Reuters) – Russia’s MICEX-RTS exchange suspended trading on its main stock market section on Monday at 1156 GMT for one hour until the end of the main trading session, the exchange’s spokesman said. Read the rest of
Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney was campaigning in Pennsylvania ahead of the state’s Tuesday primary with Marco Rubio in tow, the US senator widely discussed as a possible running mate. Rubio is the latest among potential vice presidential picks to
By GREG KELLERAssociated PressPARISFrancois Hollande charged back into campaign mode Monday with momentum on his side to capture France’s presidency, after the Socialist won the most votes in the first round of voting that put him into a runoff with
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta begins his first Latin America tour Monday, traveling to Colombia, Brazil and Chile to bolster bilateral military cooperation and regional security ties. Panetta is “looking to expand the defense and security cooperation with three important
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte tendered his government’s resignation to Queen Beatrix on Monday after the collapse of a parliamentary partnership with a far-right party. The resignation has been widely expected since the weekend when Rutte acknowledged that his government’s
By MIKE CORDER and TOBY STERLINGAssociated PressTHE HAGUE, NetherlandsThe Dutch government, one of the most vocal critics of European countries failing to rein in their budgets, quit Monday after failing to agree on a plan to bring its own deficit
United Nations ceasefire monitors were touring towns near the Syrian capital on Monday, an official said, as the European Union slapped new sanctions on the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Neeraj Singh, spokesman for an eight-member advance team of UN observers
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Hu Jintao vowed on Monday to bolster ties with North Korea and backed its young leader, Kim Jong-un, despite an international outcry over the North’s recent rocket launch and the possibility of a third nuclear
Asian markets slipped lower Monday as slightly improved manufacturing data from China failed to dampen fears of a slowdown in the world’s number two economy, as markets took a bearish view. Tokyo gave up early gains to close down 0.20
By JULIE PACEAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama on Monday will announce a plan to impose sanctions against foreign entities and individuals who help authoritarian regimes use technology to crack down on dissidents, an administration official said. Obama signed an executive order
PYONGYANG, North KoreaNorth Korea promised Monday to reduce South Korea’s conservative government “to ashes” in less than four minutes, in an unusually specific escalation of recent threats aimed at its southern rival. The statement by North Korea’s military, carried by
By JAMEY KEATENAssociated PressPARISFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy’s career was on the line Sunday as voters turned out in solid numbers for the first round of France’s presidential election, a contest that could shake up Europe’s political landscape and approach to
BY SLOBODAN LEKICAssociated PressLUXEMBOURGThe European Union on Monday suspended its sanctions against Myanmar for a year following a wave of widely praised political reforms in the country, but will retain an embargo on arms sales, officials said. The EU wants
Retrieving a lost football is standard fare for many teenagers, but one Japanese schoolboy is getting his ball back all the way from Alaska, where it drifted following last year’s tsunami. Misaki Murakami, 16, lost his house and all its
He has been mocked as rich and out of touch, struggled to woo his own party, and left a trail of gaffes — but Mitt Romney still has a genuine shot to make Barack Obama a one-term president. A cascade
Bloggers from all over the country met in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the weekend for a two-day conference sponsored by FreedomWorks and the Franklin Center. It was a time to catch up with old friends, make new ones, exchange ideas and
(AP) Hill panels expanding probes of Secret ServiceBy TOM RAUM and ALICIA CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONCongressional committees are widening their investigations into an alleged U.S. Secret Service scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia ahead of a recent trip there by President Barack Obama.
