Labour leader Ed Miliband has gone to further lengths to prove how out of touch he is with the British voting public – this time by declaring that he doesn’t read much British news. In a bizarre statement reported by
The police department of a Chicago area forest preserve district used a local woman’s social media post as a basis to send her a citation in the mail after she made a Facebook post about a county park. The woman
Maya Angelou died at her North Carolina home on May 28, but not without leaving us with her poetry, her writings, and at least one account of her love for guns. According to the Chicago Tribune, Angelou told TIME magazine
Type “Obamacare rollout disaster” into the Google search engine, and you get approximately 290,000 results, most of them dating back to the days immediately following the catastrophic October 2013 launch of Healthcare.gov. Significantly, however, the most recent results focus on
A man known in Chicago as a “coffee guru” was killed last week when a brewing machine he was working on fell on him, crushing his head. Jim Karr, 48, was a well-known figure around Chicago’s high-end coffee establishments and
With approximately 10 percent of the DePaul University student body participating in last week’s anti-Israel divestment referendum vote, apathy appears to be the big winner on the Lincoln Park campus. Still, by a vote of 54 percent to 46 percent (1,575
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing an ordinance that will ban gun stores in “99.5 percent” of the city and require video recording of all gun sales at the stores that are allowed to exist. The ordinance will also require
As Democrats and gun control advocates continue to push the three gun-related deaths in Santa Barbara as justification for more gun control, the gun-related deaths of three people at a “predominantly black” bike fest in South Carolina have gotten no
Chicago has had another blood-soaked weekend with shootings and murders occurring across the city. The worst happened Saturday when two were killed and eight wounded in less than 10 hours. The weekend got to an uncharacteristic start when no shootings
Tea Party candidates are losing races this year due in large part to reverting to something like Knute Rockne’s Single Wing Offense with no air support to try outscore the Chamber of Commerce’s air attack that looks like Peyton Manning’s offense. The Establishment
Tribune Media Services, a division of the Tribune Company (owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and 8 others) laid off around 25 of its roughly 400 employees earlier this week. Apparently this is in addition to 20 employees
New revelations out this week show that disgraced former IRS official Lois Lerner was a key player in the Justice Department’s foiled scheme: “tax-exempt groups engaging in politics.” The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has discovered, via an
Retired Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley is still fondly remembered by many in the Windy City, but he left three giant messes for his successors: a failing pension system that rivals Detroit’s for insolvency; a bad parking meter deal that
Former Pentagon Spokesman J.D. Gordon has seen the facilities at Guantánamo Bay and can attest personally to the fact that the al Qaeda operatives being detained at the naval base received better and faster care than veterans in the United
President Obama visited Chicago last night for a fundraiser, joking with some of his closest wealthy friends that it was difficult to talk about global warming after a cold winter. “I know it’s hard to talk about global warming here in Chicago
At a fundraiser held in Chicago for Illinois Democrat Senator Dick Durbin and other Democrat Senators, President Obama said that he faced a Republican Party that was anti-science, opposed women receiving equal pay for equal work, and wanted to stop
Freshman Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) reported from the House floor on May 22nd that a group of Veteran’s Administration (VA) disability officers have filed federal whistle-blower complaints and/or sworn affidavits. The complaints stated that the Oakland, California VA has had a
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — As the bronze plaque of hard-throwing slugger Babe Ruth glistened behind him, President Barack Obama on Thursday pitched the United States as a destination spot for travelers, casting tourism as a job-creator that can offer a
As Common Core opponents increasingly gain ground, the initiative’s supporters are articulating more of the social engineering ideology that is at the heart of the nationalized standards. Kimberly Morin of Manchester Political Buzz Examiner reports that teacher David Pook, who
The Cleveland Cavaliers, sitting atop the NBA Draft board, most need a small forward (3.0) with the first pick of the NBA draft, so in the mock draft below they take Andrew Wiggins. Doug McDermott is moving up the fastest
CHICAGO (AP) — Jeff Carter scored three of Los Angeles’ six straight goals, and the Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2 on Wednesday night to leave the Western Conference final tied at one game apiece. Drew Doughty and Tyler Toffoli
The streak ends at 42. Masahiro Tanaka, who hadn’t lost a regular season game since August 19, 2012, lost for the first time in the major leagues last night. The Yankees rookie allowed four runs in six innings as Mike
Prison insiders say that former Chicago Congressman and now convicted felon Jesse Jackson, Jr., wants Obama to give pardons to all ex-offenders who have already served their time. The information comes to The Huntsville Times from John P. Karoly, Jr.,
A set of twin brothers from Chicago who have a history of arrests for sex trafficking have been arrested again, this time for opening a sex business run over social media outlets like Facebook. Twin brothers Tyrelle and Myrelle Lockett
Tanking radio ratings and an exorbitant $25.9 million compensation package for Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey may spark tough questions from investors at the forthcoming Cumulus shareholders meeting, reports top radio industry analyst and author of Inside Music Media, Jerry Del
