(AFP) – A Russian court on Thursday sentenced protest leader Alexei Navalny to five years in a penal colony after finding him guilty of embezzlement, a verdict which will disqualify one of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics from politics.
(AFP) Across the country, biker gangs cleaned streets, volunteers painted schools and politicians spent 67 minutes on worthy projects — all to mark Mandela’s 67 years of public service. “Let us return Madiba’s sacrifices and contributions through our own efforts
AFP) – France holds memorial service for Andre Verchuren – the king of the accordion who entertained generations in the dance halls and on record died last week.
(AP) An effort is underway to save part of a World War II-era bomber plant from the wrecking ball. A group of donors is trying to raise $5 million by the end of the month, to help create a museum
(AP) You could say Emma the mini-donkey was born a step or two behind, but veterinarians at Auburn University corrected a deformed leg with surgery and a prosthesis. Now this girl is kicking some tail by helping save lives of
(AP) The nation’s top military officer told a Senate panel Thursday the Obama administration is deliberating whether to use military power in Syria, where a civil war entering its third year has killed almost 93,000 people.
(AP) “Snooty” the manatee is the oldest living manatee in captivity – and possibly the oldest living manatee in history. He turns 65 on Sunday.
President Barack Obama touts the Affordable Care Act’s federal mandates for health insurers: “Because of the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies have to spend at leasty 80% of every dollar that you pay in premiums on healthcare–not on overhead, not
Professor Michael Eric Dyson on MSNBC’s “All In” with Chris Hayes offers a nuanced, non-conspiratorial analysis of America’s justice system in the wake of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney dismissed a question Wednesday regarding the safety of George Zimmerman and his parents as “ridiculous.” The individual asking the question was a sixteen-year-old intern.
Radio host Mark Levin reacts to Jesse Jackson’s comments calling for a boycott of the state of Florida as though it were an apartheid state.
New York politician Eliot Spitzer resigned from his post as governor in 2008 after allegations that he had solicited prostitutes as a client of Emperors Club VIP. Spitzer never faced criminal charges for the accusations, and he is now in
Bill Cosby in an interview with the “DomNnate Radio Show”:
NBA legend Charles Barkley on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” with Maria Bartiromo says that he agrees with the “not guilty” verdict for George Zimmerman in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin. Barkley further says that the media has allowed “racists” to
Joe Biden during the 2012 elections, at the Vice Presidential debate with Congressman Paul Ryan, attacks Republican candidate Mitt Romney for his proposed solution to General Motors’ fiscal woes.
Mr. Carter Hull, a Tax Law Specialist with over 40 years of experience testified before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday that cases concerning Tea Party groups 501c3 and 501c4 applications were removed from his responsibility after he recommended some
Carter Hull, a retired IRS official with nearly 50 years of service, testified today that the IRS Office of Chief Counsel was involved in the targeting of Tea Party groups.
Congressman Gowdy today at the House Oversight Committee’s hearing about IRS targeting of conservative groups.
As a response to the Trayvon Martin case and Florida’s stand your ground law Jessie Jackson is calling for a boycott of the state:
