WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The fate of a new package of sanctions on Iran proposed by U.S. lawmakers may hinge on whether Iran and six major world powers can make any progress at high-level talks this weekend toward resolving a dispute
(AP) Obama defends typically GOP states in race to 270By THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated PressPresident Barack Obama begins his re-election campaign defending traditionally Republican territory that he carried when he won the White House four years ago. Republican Mitt Romney is looking
By SAMANTHA HENRYAssociated PressNEWARK, N.J.In a smoky stairwell, with embers falling from the ceiling and his neighbor slung over his shoulder, Cory Booker called it his “proverbial come to Jesus moment.” The mayor of New Jersey’s largest city was carrying
(AP) LOS ANGELES – The future of a film about ancient Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee may be close to flickering out. Warner Bros. spokesman Paul McGuire said Friday the studio is “analyzing what to do with the project.” The film
The first episode of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s new TV interview show will be broadcast on Tuesday on Russia Today and online, the whistle blowing website said on Friday. WikiLeaks remained tight lipped about the identity of Assange’s interviewee in
Fox News President Roger Ailes has just released a statement in response to Breitbart.com’s exclusive interview with Governor Sarah Palin. At the close of the interview, the Governor was asked about Ailes’ recent remarks that she “had no chance to be
(AP) By Mary Foster – NEW ORLEANS The echoing cry of Tarzan, King of the Apes, will ring out this weekend in the coastal Louisiana oil town of Morgan City. The Tarzan Festival started with a proclamation by Gov. Bobby
US writer Dave Eggers will not travel to Germany to receive a prize Friday from the Gunter Grass Foundation due to the controversy over the Nobel laureate’s recent poem on Israel, his agency said. Eggers, 42, best known for his
Syrian forces shot dead three demonstrators on Friday, as tens of thousands marched across the country heeding calls by the opposition to take advantage of a hard-won UN-backed ceasefire. Security forces opened fire at a group of men as they
North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-Un on Friday led a mass rally for his late father and grandfather following the country’s failed rocket launch. The defiant launch drew condemnation from world leaders who described it as a “provocative” act that
By COLLEEN BARRYAP Business WriterMILAN European stocks slipped Friday on weak Chinese economic data and persistent tensions in eurozone debt markets, while Asian markets were buoyed by a botched North Korean missile test. Concerns about the prospects for global groth
In an exclusive interview to Breitbart News, Sarah Palin discussed energy policy and her Fox News Special (with Eric Bolling) “Paying at the Pump,” which airs tonight on FNC at 10pm ET. The program will re-air on Saturday and Sunday.
Pop superstar Shakira helped launch a $36 million education project for Colombian children as part of a series of events linked to the weekend Summit of the Americas. The Colombian singer, who is scheduled to meet with US President Barack
US punk rockers Green Day are to release a trilogy of albums over a four-month period starting later this year, they announced Thursday. The records, to be called “Uno,” “Dos” and “Tre,” will go on sale in September, November and
According to South Korea’s YTN news television, North Korea has launched the rocket it has prepared for the 100th anniversary of the birthday of leader Kim Il-Sung. The launch was prohibited by the United Nations as part of its ban
On the basis of the evidence currently in the public record, one likely outcome of the case against George Zimmerman is a mixed one: There may be sufficient evidence for a reasonable prosecutor to indict him for manslaughter, but there
Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday to win $500 billion in investment for Russian offshore field development over 30 years to tap the country’s full energy potential with the help of foreign expertise. Putin outlined a broad new and largely business-friendly energy
Joe Muto, a former producer on Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor,” was fired today, less than 24 hours after Gawker revealed that it had a mole within the Fox organization. What’s even more incredible: Gawker paid only $5,000, as Jeff
Wissam Mohammed Kazem took off in south Iraq in a homemade plane, but his love of aviation ultimately landed him in jail for making the aircraft without approval. Another Iraqi ended up in trouble 30 years ago over a homemade
With the new reports today that DNC consultant Hilary Rosen has been an incredibly frequent visitor to the White House – at least 35 times, including five times directly with the president of the United States – questions are arising
Confidential calls to Britain’s anti-terrorist hotline have been recorded by hackers, police revealed Thursday, in the second security breach involving the force in the past three months. A spokesman refused to be drawn on who might be responsible. In February,
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who earned her paycheck over the last several weeks by repeating the “Republican War on Women” meme, has now thrown Hilary Rosen under the bus via Twitter: In a massively ironic twist, it turns out that the
Dozens of Roman centurion impersonators protested in front of the Colosseum on Thursday dressed in plumed helmets and clutching plastic swords in a protest against a ban on their work. A clash between the “centurions” and police broke out after
Iran “will not retreat an iota” from its nuclear rights, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday, ahead of weekend talks in Istanbul with world powers over Tehran’s atomic activities. His language indicated a defiant attitude by Iran as its negotiators
The first novel for adults by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling will be the “blackly comic” tale of a fraught parish council election in a quaint English town, her publishers announced Thursday. The 408-page novel “The Casual Vacancy” follows the
