In a burgeoning crackdown instituted in Russia by President Vladimir Putin since the Boston Marathon bombing, Russian police detained 140 people on Friday who were in a Muslim prayer room in Moscow. Federal Security Service (FSB) officials said the detainees
On Thursday, House Democrats proposed a new bill that would create a minimum 45 percent tax rate on income more than $1 million, and a rate of 49 percent on income more than $1 billion. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) is
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian security services offered US intelligence no information on the Tsarnaev brothers. They instead likely warned the Americans that the Tsarnaevs might join an anti-Russian terrorist group within Russia. The Federal
A nonprofit group in Houston, TX known for helping single mothers has begun an ambitious new effort to help an entire neighborhood, and ultimately, the entire nation. This nonprofit stands apart from most others because of how it is trying
In a letter to Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) claimed that passing the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill will improve the national security of the United States. According to Reid, “[t]he bipartisan immigration reform
BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) – A new bird flu strain that has killed 22 people in China is “one of the most lethal” of its kind and transmits more easily to humans than another strain that has killed hundreds since 2003, a
Al Jazeera, the Qatar-financed media network which in January bought Al Gore’s Current TV, now is interested in acquiring the Tennis Channel. A source close to the New York Post said, “the Tennis Channel is in play and the Qataris are looking hard.”
Speaking on April 22, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the Boston Marathon bombing forces us to change our interpretation of the constitution. He cited the left’s success to date in eroding the 2nd Amendment as giving him confidence
The terrible economic news released today is so terrible Reuters didn’t even attempt to spin it. The headline reads, “Durable Goods Report Delivers More Bad News for Economy,” and the story gets right to the point: Orders for long-lasting U.S.
The lawyer for Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, the widow of Boston bombing ‘Suspect 1’ Tamerlan Tsarnaev, issued a statement Tuesday on her behalf. It said, in part, that “she is doing everything she can to assist with the investigation.” The statement was
Reuters is reporting that sources close to the Boston Marathon bombing say Tamerlan Tsarnaev was listed on the government’s “highly classified” database of potential terrorists. “But the list is so vast that this did not mean authorities automatically kept close
On Monday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the Constitution would have to be reinterpreted in order to curtail civil liberties to prevent terrorism. Bloomberg likened such reinterpretation to the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment, which
The war on the English language from gender-neutrality advocates has reached new lows in Washington state, where the governor signed a new piece of legislation dictating that the terms “fisherman,” “freshman,” and “penmanship” all be replaced because of alleged sexism.
CNN commissioned an explosives expert in New Mexico to build and detonate a homemade bomb built from a pressure cooker, filming the blast in slow motion to study the damage it can cause. The demonstration, which premiered on April 22
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 4/22 cover the dark and crazy sides of social media, an odd blogger, journalist ethics, an internet blackout, a DMCA takedown, and gamers meet pizza. Summary of stories: the success
Reuters – TORONTO – Canadian police said on Monday they had arrested and charged two men with an “al Qaeda-supported” plot to derail a passenger train. The RCMP said it had arrested Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal, and Raed Jaser,
Matthew Keys, deputy social media editor at Reuters, was fired by the news agency Monday. Reuters hired Keys in 2012 but suspended the editor in March after federal prosecutors accused the 26-year-old of conspiring with the hacker group Anonymous to
Less than a week after the push by Democrats push for more gun control went down in flames in the Senate, Reuters is reporting the suspected Boston Marathon bombers ignored gun laws that are already on the books in possessing the
During an April 21 appearance on Face The Nation, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani said “whether we want to call this a War on Terror, they call this a war on us.” Speaking specifically of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com North Korea positions two more missile launchers on east coast Hunger strike at Guantanamo grows among prisoners The assumptions for the Cyprus bailout are ‘patently ridiculous’ Heavier fighting flares on the Syria / Lebanon
Within just the past five months, the nation has seen how the media’s reporting of national events has often been grossly inaccurate and even based on biases that reflect the media’s own political agenda. With the heinous shooting in Newtown,
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said in light of the Boston Marathon bombings, which were allegedly committed by individuals who immigrated to the US, that the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill should not be rushed because it is a bill that
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the brothers who are suspected to have bombed the Boston Marathon, were on a “jihad mission” motivated by radical Islam. Graham also claimed Dzhokhar, who was captured alive on Friday, should
TOKMOK, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) – One trail in the search for clues about why two ethnic Chechen brothers may have carried out the Boston Marathon bombings leads to a sleepy town in Kyrgyzstan where former neighbors recall a quiet family that
