CHICAGO (AP) – Anti-Wall Street demonstrators of the Occupy Chicago movement stood their ground in a downtown park in noisy but peaceful defiance of police orders to clear out, prompting 130 arrests early Sunday, authorities said. Occupy Chicago spokesman Joshua
From the Associated Press: BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister said Saturday that U.S. troops are leaving Iraq after nearly nine years of war because Baghdad rejected American demands that any U.S. military forces to stay would have to be shielded
From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama and his allies in the Senate promise to press ahead with separate votes on pieces of his failed $447 billion jobs measure despite unanimous opposition from Republicans. But there also are signs of
SIRTE, Libya (AP) – Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by his own people in an uprising that turned into a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces
From the Associated Press: LAS VEGAS — Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan kept it simple and sweet. She was eight months into a nine-month assignment in Kuwait, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta had just informed Congress that the U.S. armed
In my experience, there are two ways that the mainstream media blames Bush for problems that exist three years after he left the Oval Office: 1. They blame Bush when something is bad that they think should not be considered
From the Associated Press: LINCOLN, Neb. — A criminal case has been dismissed against a Nebraska veteran accused of lying about his military record. A federal judge in Maryland ruled in August that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 was
Don’t hold your breath waiting for the protests to come to Beijing…. From the Associated Press: Occupy Wall Street…but not Tiananmen Square BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign ministry said Monday the Occupy Wall Street movement highlights issues that are worth
The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline, The Associated Press has learned. The development comes despite concerns about Iraq’s security forces and the potential for insecurity.
From the Associated Press: BOSTON — Prosecutors in the case of a Massachusetts man accused of plotting to kill American troops in Iraq won’t be allowed to refer to the troops as “our soldiers” during his trial, a federal judge
From the Associated Press: But the absence of a simple, common goal frustrated some. “The problem with their street theater is that it discredits the whole thing. It doesn’t seem serious,” said writer Chris Gay, 53. “They have got the
From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama on Saturday urged the US Senate to pass his jobs bill this week, boosted by a non-partisan group’s report that the plan could cut the deficit and grow much-needed employment figures. “It is
From the Associated Press: BAGHDAD — Iraqi leaders said Tuesday that they need U.S. military trainers to stay beyond a year-end deadline for American forces to leave but that the troops should not be granted immunity from prosecution. The late-night
From the Associated Press: Protests against Wall Street entered their 18th day Tuesday as demonstrators across the country show their anger over the wobbly economy and what they see as corporate greed by marching on Federal Reserve banks and camping
From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama said Monday that Americans aren’t better off than they were four years ago as the struggling economy and high unemployment have taken a toll. Looking ahead to next year’s election, the incumbent called
What a phony-baloney plastic banana good-time rock-and-roll optic photo-op that was. — Rush Limbaugh In an article titled “Michelle Obama’s Target Trip,” Politico palace guards for Obama and buries the lead: Never has a Target dash caused such a ruckus.
From the Associated Press: The deals announced Friday include a $1.5 billion loan guarantee to Florida-based NextEra Energy and other investors that bought a planned 550-megawatt solar farm on federal land in Southern California from First Solar, as well as
From the Associated Press: The withdrawal of Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebels from their bases in Mogadishu and severe food shortages in southern Somalia may be linked to the same problem familiar to politicians the world over: tax collections. The abandonment of
From the Associated Press: Florida decided Friday to hold its Republican presidential primary on Jan. 31, snubbing a party rule against fast-track delegate-selection for 2012 and triggering angry responses from traditional early voting states which will now likely rejigger their
SANAA, Yemen (AP) – Yemen’s Defense Ministry said Friday that the U.S.-born al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed. The Yemeni ministry provided no details in the statement, which appeared on one of its website. Yemeni security and tribal officials
Last week, Judicial Watch and its client Tiffany Hartley jacked up the heat on the Obama administration to provide some answers related to the murder of Mrs. Hartley’s husband, David, who was gunned down in September 2010, apparently at the
From the Associated Press: States and a business group opposed to President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday for a speedy ruling that puts an end to the law aimed at extending insurance coverage to
In an Associated Press article published last night, Becky Bohrer writes the following: [emphasis ours] [Governor Sarah Palin’s attorney] John Tiemessen, in a letter to the publisher of Crown Publishing Group Monday, cites an email that author Joe McGinniss allegedly
From the Associated Press; A bitterly divided and poll-battered Congress has nearly worked its way out of a nasty fight over disaster aid, but only by abruptly abandoning efforts to immediately refill almost empty federal disaster relief accounts. Instead, with
From the Associated Press: The U.S. Federal Reserve’s tacit acknowledgment that America’s economic slowdown is likely to persist for quite a while sent global stock markets skidding Thursday as investors brushed off the central bank’s efforts to spur growth and
