US & Canada
Hardline Muslim Cleric Caught Sneaking into US
Daily Mail - U.S. border guards got a surprise when they searched a Mexican BMW and found a hardline Muslim cleric - banned from...
Opinion: Obama Turning Right?
Time - In May 2010, Barack Obama invited a small group of presidential historians to the White House for a working supper in the Family Dining Room. It was the second time he'd had the...
Dad Says Jewish Ex-Wife Too Religious; Wants Custody
WLS Chicago - A woman who is now married to a Hasidic Jew accuses her ex-husband of not following their custody agreement to support her religion. Click here for full story
Mayor Bloomberg Pushes for More Gun Control
The Last Word Blog - Mayor Michael Bloomberg began his fight for stricter gun control laws in the Spring of 2006. Nearly five years later, and after the deadly shooting in Tucson, Mayor Bloomberg has renewed...
Copy of Obama Birth Records Will Cost $100 in Proposed Bill
New York Times - The state would charge $100 for a copy of President Obama's birth...
California Serial Killer Charged with New York Murders
Reuters - New York prosecutors on Thursday blamed two long-unsolved murders on a convicted killer...
Illinois Governor Wrings His Hands on the Death Penalty
New York Times - While Rahm Emanuel was undergoing a political near-death experience Thursday, Gov. Pat Quinnconfronted...
Obama Calls for More Tolerant World to Honor Holocaust Victims
Xinhua - U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday called for building "a more peaceful, just...
Social Security Now Permanently in the Red
AP - Sick and getting sicker, Social Security will run at a deficit this year...
Hardline Muslim Cleric Caught Sneaking into US
Daily Mail - U.S. border guards got a surprise when they searched a Mexican BMW and found a hardline Muslim cleric - banned from France...
Opinion: Obama Turning Right?
Time - In May 2010, Barack Obama invited a small group of presidential historians to the White House for a working supper in the Family...
Dad Says Jewish Ex-Wife Too Religious; Wants Custody
WLS Chicago - A woman who is now married to a Hasidic Jew accuses her ex-husband of not following their custody agreement to support her religion. Click...
Mayor Bloomberg Pushes for More Gun Control
The Last Word Blog - Mayor Michael Bloomberg began his fight for stricter gun control laws in the Spring of 2006. Nearly five years later, and...
Copy of Obama Birth Records Will Cost $100 in Proposed Bill
New York Times - The state would charge $100 for a copy of President Obama's birth records under a bill introduced in the Legislature by five...
California Serial Killer Charged with New York Murders
Reuters - New York prosecutors on Thursday blamed two long-unsolved murders on a convicted killer on death row in California. Rodney Alcala, 67, known as the...
Illinois Governor Wrings His Hands on the Death Penalty
New York Times - While Rahm Emanuel was undergoing a political near-death experience Thursday, Gov. Pat Quinnconfronted death itself. Or that's what he'd have us believe. Mr. Emanuel,...
Obama Calls for More Tolerant World to Honor Holocaust Victims
Xinhua - U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday called for building "a more peaceful, just and tolerant world" in honor of the survivors of and...
Social Security Now Permanently in the Red
AP - Sick and getting sicker, Social Security will run at a deficit this year and keep on running in the red until its trust...
January Snow Shatters New York Records
AccuWeather - New York City and Philadelphia are just two of the communities across the mid-Atlantic that broke daily snowfall records on Wednesday. For a...
Republicans Invoke 18th Century Doctrine to ‘Nullify’ Health Care Law
BOISE, Idaho - Republican lawmakers in nearly a dozen states are reaching into the dusty annals of American history to fight President Obama's health care overhaul. They are introducing measures...
Police Hunt for New York Serial Killer
The hunt for a serial killer who dumped four women's bodies along a deserted stretch of New York beach is now focusing on a victim's...
Record Federal Deficit Set to Reach $1.5 Trillion
WASHINGTON — The government's budget deficit will soar to nearly $1.5 trillion this year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday, an anticipated but politically galvanizing...
JFK Airport Could Get New Runway
The New York region's two largest airports, already choked with crowds and delays, may need to be radically reconfigured so they can make way for...
