(AP) Playboy, Penthouse get the ax at military storesBy DAVID CRARYAP National WriterNEW YORKPlayboy, Penthouse and other sex-themed magazines will no longer be sold at Army and Air Force exchanges _ a move described by the stores’ operators as a
(AP) Italy court confirms Berlusconi fraud convictionBy FRANCES D’EMILIOAssociated PressROMEItaly’s highest court has upheld ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s tax fraud conviction, but ordered a review a five-year ban on public office that was part of the lower court’s sentence. The court
If Army chaplain Emil Kapaun served in Afghanistan today rather than Korea six decades ago, President Obama would probably give the Catholic priest discharge papers instead of the Congressional Medal of Honor. In Obama’s Army, the Pentagon brass is ordained
With its no. 4 ranking in the first coaches poll, Stanford football will enter the 2013 college football season as a legitimate national title contender after finishing the 2012 season with a Rose Bowl win over Wisconsin on New Year’s
The Defense Department claimed the sequester is forcing it to potentially reduce the size of the Army in such a manner that the country will no longer be able to fight two simultaneous wars. On Wednesday, the Pentagon said “one
A former US Army intelligence expert who investigated the fallout from the handover of classified files to WikiLeaks by Bradley Manning said no one named in the Afghan war logs had been killed. The testimony put a dent in the
(AP) O.J. Simpson wins small victory in bid for freedomBy SANDRA CHEREBAssociated PressCARSON CITY, Nev.O.J. Simpson won a small victory Wednesday in his bid for freedom as Nevada granted him parole on some of his 2008 convictions for kidnapping and
If a light bulb goes out somewhere in the Middle East, someone will come forward to blame a Jewish conspiracy. So when the Muslim Brotherhood’s man is forced from office in the wake of massive Egyptian opposition rallies, it can’t
(AP) NFL Pro Bowl rosters to be determined by draftNEW YORKThe NFL Pro Bowl rosters for next year will be selected in a draft by team captains, with Deion Sanders and Jerry Rice assisting as alumni captains. The NFL will
President Obama defended his likely choice to head the Federal Reserve Wednesday, telling House Democrats that while he still hasn’t made his pick, Larry Summers shouldn’t be written off by the left. One Democrat described the president’s defense as “full-throated,”
(AP) Simpson wins small parole victory on some chargesCARSON CITY, Nev.O.J. Simpson won a small victory Wednesday in his bid for freedom as Nevada granted him parole on some of his convictions in a 2008 kidnapping and armed robbery involving
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul have engaged in a war of words with each other and this week, the finger pointing continued with Christie claiming that Kentucky gets more federal aide than New Jersey. In reply,
(AP) San Diego City Council to sue mayorBy ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated PressSAN DIEGOThe San Diego City Council voted Tuesday to sue Mayor Bob Filner over any costs the city must pay from a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by his former communications
Bradley Manning, the US soldier who risks life in prison for leaking a massive trove of secret US government files to WikiLeaks, is expected to learn the verdict in his trial Tuesday. US military judge Denise Lind plans to issue
(AP) The mother of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin and a prominent black lawyers’ organization are keeping up the pressure for repeal of “stand your ground” self-defense laws.
(AP) Witness: Paterno said Penn St. erred on SanduskyBy MARC LEVYAssociated PressHARRISBURG, Pa.Longtime Penn State head coach Joe Paterno said that the university mishandled its response to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, a former assistant coach testified Monday
(AP) Obama honors Giants on World Series winBy STACY A. ANDERSONWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama says the San Francisco Giants are making a “habit” of dropping in at the White House. Obama welcomed the 2012 World Series champions Monday at a South
On June 18, the Congressional EMP Caucus held a public event to launch the SHIELD Act, which would protect the national electric grid from a natural or manmade electromagnetic pulse (EMP). EMP is like super-lightning that can damage and destroy
Israeli and Palestinian officials resume direct peace talks Monday after a three-year hiatus, amid hopes US Secretary of State John Kerry’s quiet diplomacy may this time carry some chance of success. In a landmark agreement, the chief negotiators from both
The Obama administration has put pressure on a southern California school district to settle a federal civil rights complaint brought by the parents of an incoming high school freshman who is anatomically female, but claims her identity is male. Her
In the October 1981 issue of the American Historical Review, Allen Goodman of Georgetown University recounted asking former Comintern member Bertram Wolfe about Ho Chi Minh, whom he had spent three months with touring the Soviet Union as part of
(AP) Israeli PM faces objections to Palestinian dealBy IAN DEITCHJERUSALEMIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged his skeptical coalition partners Sunday to agree to free Palestinian prisoners as part of U.S efforts to resume peace talks, calling the deal a “tough
Stanford redshirt sophomore quarterback Kevin Hogan, whom some NFL scouts are pegging as a potential first-round draft pick in the future, recently indicated support for the Second Amendment, tweeting that while a bad man with a gun is dangerous, a
AP) At least 38 Morsi supporters killed in EgyptBy SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROClashes erupted early Saturday in Cairo between security forces and supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi, killing at least 38 protesters and overwhelming field hospitals with the
A new Marist poll shows that despite media attention on the supposed political brilliance of Huma Abedin’s defense of her beleaguered husband, Anthony Weiner, her support has created zero impact on the public perception of Weiner. 73 percent of voters
