INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana’s Republican House leader on Tuesday promised swift movement on a push to make his state the first in more than a decade to ban labor contracts that require employees to pay union fees. Speaker Brian Bosma
The enormous cost to American cities of the Occupy Wall Street “occupations” is now starting to become clear. As of the end of the first two months of the nationwide occupy events, the movement that claims to represent 99% of
From Accuracy in Media’s Logan Churchwell: With the first legitimate event of the 2012 Republican presidential primary just days away in Iowa, the Associated Press today offered a clear example of hatchet jobs to come for the candidates. Mitt Romney
After a U.S. troop withdrawal some criticized as premature, could Iraq experience the kind of instability and violence seen in South Vietnam in 1973? Or is this a last, desperate show of strength from a fading Al-Qaeda? BAGHDAD (AP) —
A story on horrific poverty oddly gives me hope for local TV news. As a local TV news/sports anchor for almost 30 years, one of my biggest problems with the business was when young producers or reporters would cut-and-paste a
From the Associated Press: A deal on the $1 trillion-plus spending bill was reached after Republicans agreed to drop language that would have blocked President Barack Obama’s liberalized rules on people who visit and send money to relatives in Cuba.
From Accuracy in Media’s Logan Churchwell: An internal memo penned by the Associated Press’ Managing Editor Mike Oreskes was leaked and featured on sites such as The Huffington Post and Gawker this morning. As an effort to keep up with
PAKISTAN (AP) — Associated Press reporter, photographer and videographer Ishtiaq Mahsud spent six days with fighters from the Pakistani Taliban close to the Afghan border. His account of their travels through South Waziristan offers a look at an area that
From the Associated Press: HONOLULU — A group of Pearl Harbor survivors say they were disrespected by the crew of the CBS drama “Hawaii Five-O” during a visit to Honolulu’s National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. The Denver-based Greatest Generations
From the Associated Press: Lynch with her daughter, Dakota MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jessica Lynch was just 19 when the world first saw her — a broken, blond soldier caught on combat video in Iraq, her face wearing something between a
By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro I don’t have a whole lot of sympathy for Wall Street at this point. That’s because I don’t feel the banking industry has acted ethically or even legally in many of the transactions that have occurred
From the Associated Press: General Motors will buy Chevrolet Volts back from any owner who is afraid the electric cars will catch fire, the company’s CEO said Thursday. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, CEO Dan Akerson insisted
From the Associated Press: More than 1,400 police officers, some in riot gear, cleared the Occupy Los Angeles camp early Wednesday, driving protesters from a park around City Hall and arresting more than 200 who defied orders to leave. Similar
Don’t expect this news to deter those who, like with Jared Loughner, would use Breivik’s horrific murders to score cheap political points. OSLO, Norway (AP) – Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik belongs in psychiatric care instead of prison, Norwegian
ZUBIN POTOK, Kosovo (AP) – A German NATO officer and a soldier were shot and wounded and some 23 Austrian and German soldiers injured in clashes with Serb protesters in northern Kosovo throughout Monday after the military alliance’s troops used
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann received an apology from an NBC executive after an off-color song was played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s “Late Night,” her spokeswoman said late Wednesday. The Minnesota congresswoman received
From the Associated Press: Berwick’s fate was sealed early this year when 42 GOP senators–more than enough to derail his confirmation–asked Obama to withdraw his nomination. His resignation takes effect Dec. 2. Berwick’s statements as an academic praising Britain’s government-run
From the Associated Press: A New York judge has upheld the city’s dismantling of the Occupy Wall Street encampment, saying that the protesters’ first amendment rights don’t entitle them to camp out indefinitely in the plaza. Supreme Court Justice Michael
From the Associated Press: Oakland officials had issued written warnings similar to Saturday’s eviction notice before officers raided the encampment on Oct. 25 with tear gas and bean bag projectiles, arresting 85 people. Oakland became a rallying point for demonstrators
The state of movie criticism is far different than when the avuncular Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert first flashed their thumbs on national TV. Film bloggers rule, while veteran movie scribes are losing their gigs left and right from mainstream
From the Associated Press: NEW YORK — Thousands of U.S. military veterans are heeding the rallying cry of Occupy Wall Street, saying corporate contractors in Iraq made big money while the troops defending them came home — and can’t make
From the Associated Press: BEIJING — China’s military is accepting recruits who are heavier and have more visible tattoos, conceding to rising prosperity and individuality among the nation’s young. In keeping with a drive for better educated recruits, the military
Earlier we told you how the AP buried the lede when a man toting a gun showed up at an Occupy Atlanta protest. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s full statement here. The Associated Press published a report this morning about the
The Associated Press published a report this morning about the Occupy Oakland protests. Way, way down at the bottom of article was this explosive detail about Occupy Atlanta: Mayor Kasim Reed had been supportive of the protests, twice issuing an
Pakistan supports militants trying to overthrow is government. The United States helped to put him in power. But Afghan President Karzai says he would side with Pakistan over the United States. File under: lack of gratitude. From the Associated Press:
