(AP) Jerry Lewis makes appearance at ‘King of Comedy’By JOHN CARUCCIAssociated PressThe Tribeca Film Festival has ended on a royal note with Jerry Lewis showing up at the 30th anniversary screening of “The King of Comedy.” The 87-year-old comedian-actor walked
(AP) New conservative lobbying push for gay marriageBy PATRICK CONDONAssociated PressST. PAUL, Minn.A national group of prominent GOP donors that supports gay marriage is pouring new money into lobbying efforts to get Republican lawmakers to vote to make it legal.
The Sacramento Bee published a political cartoon exploiting the tragic explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, TX as a means to attack the state’s governor, Rick Perry. The Associated Press says Perry is “disgusted” and demands an apology:
(AP) – Two college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who were jailed by immigration authorities the day after his capture had nothing to do with the deadly attack and had seen no hints that he harbored any
(AP) 38 die in mental hospital fire outside MoscowNATALIYA VASILYEVAAssociated PressMOSCOWA fire swept quickly through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow early Friday, killing 38 people, most of them sedated and in their beds, officials said. The one-story brick-and-wood hospital building
(AP) STOCKHOLM–The latest chapter in Justin Bieber’s European tour escapade was added Thursday when Swedish police said they had found drugs and a stun gun on the pop singer’s bus. Lars Bystrom, spokesman for the Stockholm police, told The Associated
(AP) Officials: Bomb suspect silent after read rightsBy PETE YOST, LARA JAKES and RODRIQUE NGOWIAssociated PressBOSTONSixteen hours after investigators began interrogating him, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings went silent: he’d just been read his constitutional rights. Dzhokhar
The only company that will have a College Football Playoff semifinal game named after them is Chick-fil-A. The honor will come less than a year after President Dan Cathy came out against gay marriage, and the Huffington Post had to
On Tuesday, the United States Justice Department sued Lance Armstrong, the disgraced cyclist who recently admitted to Oprah Winfrey this year that he had doped during all of his Tour de France titles and intimidated witnesses who had been telling
On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that in the years leading up to the devastating bombing attack on the Boston Marathon, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older of the two bombing suspects, “fell under the influence of a new friend, a Muslim
(AP) APNewsBreak: Ricin suspect released from jailBy JEFF AMYAssociated PressOXFORD, Miss.The Mississippi man charged with sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a state judge was released from jail on Tuesday, federal official said, though the
In response to The Social Media President: Obama, to his credit as a political technician, understands the value of these manufactured social media moments. A heroic, sad photo his adoring followers can pass around will do a lot for their
Early Tuesday afternoon, the verified Twitter account of the Associated Press was hacked. The breaking news tweet (captured below) claimed President Obama had been injured due to “two explosions” in the White House. The tweet went out to the AP’s
By EMILIO MORENATTIAssociated PressBARCELONA, SpainIn the first horrific moments after the Boston bombing, with smoke still billowing around the wounded, I know what is going through the minds of the maimed victims. They are at once conscious and unconscious. They
The federal government was scheduled to begin allowing airline passengers to bring small knives, bats, golf clubs, and other sports equipment on planes this week, but the Transportion Security Administration announced on Monday that it would delay the policy change
According to the Associated Press, a defense attorney for Kermit Gosnell has fallen ill, leading to a delay in the trial of the abortion doctor. The prosecution rested last week, following five weeks of testimony, and the defense was scheduled to
(AP) Napolitano to talk immigration before Senate panelBy ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONRepublican senators skeptical of new immigration legislation and of the Obama administration’s record on border security are getting a chance to question Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Napolitano is appearing
(AP) Car bomb targets French embassy in LibyaBy ESAM MOHAMEDAssociated PressTRIPOLI, LibyaA car bomb targeted the French embassy in the Libyan capital early on Tuesday, wounding two French guards in an attack that President Francois Hollande denounced as an assault
(AP) Limping al-Qaida offshoot rearms with TwitterBy ELAINE GANLEYAssociated PressBattered by a French-led military campaign in Mali, al-Qaida’s North African arm is trying something new to stay relevant: Twitter. The PR campaign by the terror network seeks to tap into
By MESFIN FEKADUAP Music WriterNEW YORKRichie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died Monday, his family said. He was 72. Havens died of a heart attack, the family said it a statement. Further
Consider this your “feel good” story of the day. The Washington Times is reporting Arpaio’s opponents are having trouble obtaining the number signatures they need in their petition to recall “America’s Sheriff” Joe Arpaio. Volunteers’ latest effort took place at
(AP) FAA furloughs kick in, some flight delays appearBy The Associated PressCommercial airline flights moved smoothly throughout most of the country on Sunday, the first day air traffic controllers were subject to furloughs resulting from government spending cuts, though some
(AP) Interrogators wait to query wounded bomb suspectBy BRIDGET MURPHY and KATIE ZEZIMAAssociated PressBOSTONAs the lone surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing lay hospitalized under heavy guard, the American Civil Liberties Union and a federal public defender raised concerns
By KRISTEN WYATTAssociated PressDENVERGunfire erupted at a Denver pot celebration Saturday, injuring two people and scattering a crowd of thousands at a downtown park after they had just marked the first 4/20 counterculture holiday since the state legalized marijuana. The
(AP) – Iraqis braved the fear of violence on Saturday to vote in the first election since the U.S. military withdrawal, though delayed voting in some parts of the country and an apparently lackluster turnout elsewhere has cast doubt about
