AUSTIN, Texas — Outgoing Texas Governor Rick Perry invited several Austin area political reporters to the Capitol for coffee and a chance to reminisce about his time in office. Wrapping up his fourteenth year in office, Perry is the state’s
Not since U2 gave its new album to every Apple iTunes user whether they wanted it or not has music felt this much like a threat. Produced by a group called Stand with Hillary, the country music video walks a
Apple intentionally deleted rival music services’ songs from consumers’ iPods between 2007 and 2009 and did not inform iPod owners of the changes, attorneys for consumers argued in an Oakland courthouse Wednesday. According to the Wall Street Journal, iPod owners
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tyus Jones darted through the lane for easy baskets and hit two key 3-pointers. Any time he made a big play, his family followed with raucous applause. It was quite a Midwest homecoming Wednesday night for
Piling on to the racial fiasco known as Ferguson, AG Eric Holder has announced that he would be pressing forward with another federal civil rights case investigating the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York, on July 17,
In a surprise visit to Los Angeles Unified School District’s offices, Tuesday FBI agents seized 20 boxes of documents in response to a federal grand jury subpoena regarding possible contract fraud involving a $1.3 billion Common Core iPad technology project.
On Black Friday in the Westlake section of Los Angeles at about 6 p.m., the Los Angeles Police Department started detaining Ferguson protesters, shackling them with zip ties and running background checks. Lt. Andy Smith for the LAPD said bluntly,
The White House released the menu of President Obama’s Thanksgiving menu as he dined with his family at the White House. The dessert menu included six kinds of pie: banana cream pie, coconut cream pie, pumpkin pie, apple pie, pecan
Transcript as follows: On behalf of the Obama family — Michelle, Malia, Sasha, Bo, and Sunny — I want to wish you a very happy Thanksgiving. Like many of you, we’ll spend the day with family and friends, catching up,
Oh, Thanksgiving. The memories. Never a dull moment. My top 5 over the years… 5) The year my friend and her boyfriend got into a giant fight and I ate my turkey in her bedroom closet with her Chihuahua, sitting
In the first part of this series, we recalled Edward Gibbon’s magisterial history from the 18th century, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and noted the ominous parallels for America today. In the second part of this series, we will recall
The interim superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Ramon Cortines, wants to reverse course from his predecessor, John Deasy, and spend $22 million in bond money for over 20,000 iPads , reviving a canceled contract with Apple and
Am I alone in silently hoping Band Aid 30 bombs? I mean, how ill-conceived does a charity single have to be for Adele—who demands a $20 donation for her favourite cause from every backstage guest at every show she plays—to
National Public Radio has released the latest of its “race card” stories based on “six-word essays.” This one comes from Marc Quarles, a hospital technical who, NPR relates, “is African-American, with a German wife and two biracial children–a son, 15,
Indiana will eliminate exemptions that require food stamp recipients look for work, a rules change that could see up to 65,000 food stamp recipients trimmed from the roles. The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) does require what many in
The U.S. war on Ebola continues, as Florida Congressman Dennis Ross has just filed his Contain Ebola and Stop the Epidemic (CEASE) Act that would restrict certain flights from Africa to land in the United States, as well as prohibit
Rubio is running! Rubio is running! That is what I think, after finding out that Senator Marco Rubio’s new book will be released on January 13, 2015. Amazon, which is preselling, “American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone,” for $21. Rubio’s
President Obama sent out a letter to his Organizing for American brownshirts, asking them to stand up and voice their support for his liberal agenda in final two years of his presidency. Here is the letter. Please try to contain
Another I told you so moment, and yes I’m taking this one. FIRST … Louisianan’s, when you go to the polls December 6th remember Senator Mary Landrieu’s Obamacare vote bought with the $300 million 2010 Louisiana Purchase which is over 20 times the original
Love him or hate him, but liberal Democrat Alan Grayson is doing the right thing by announcing that he would be providing “American-made flags” to high schools in his congressional district. “Some of our schools are buying flags made in
In an interview with Australia’s themusic.com published last weekend, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins slammed U2’s new album, Songs of Innocence, comparing the album’s controversial instant iTunes rollout to George Orwell’s 1984 and saying there wasn’t “anything great” on it.
Russia dismantled a memorial that was erected in 2013 to the late Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs in a St. Petersburg square, citing the need to abide by a law combating “gay propaganda.” The decision came, following Jobs’ predecessor Tim
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov. 4 (UPI) — An interactive memorial to late Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs in St. Petersburg, Russia, was demolished after Apple’s current CEO announced he is gay. The two-meter high replica of an iPhone 6, whose
AUSTIN, Texas — Polls are closed in the majority of Texas — voting remains open until 8 p.m. Central/7 p.m. Mountain time in the El Paso area — and the Texas Secretary of State has posted the early vote totals,
“No Christian should sleep well at night while our brothers and sisters are being martyred,” said the late Charles Colson. Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship and former “hatchet man” to President Nixon, was one of the top Christian leaders who
