Pat Dollard

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State says she expects Iran to “pull some stunt” in the next few days because it expects further United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program. Speaking to reporters before leaving on a trip to Latin America, Clinton said Iran’s leaders have “consistently tried to avoid being held accountable.” The [...]

BETWEEN THE SWORD AND THE WALL: The Guardian: The enormous bald detective in beach shorts took the camera from my wife. “Let me see.” He scrolled through the photographs, just taken, of me being detained at the campsite gates. He scrolled past, to see a photo of a limousine convoy, whooshing up the hill to [...]

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) – A serious re-election fight wasn’t what Republican John McCain expected when he returned to the Senate after losing the presidency. But the four-term senator is battling for his political life in a race that embodies the volatility of an unpredictable election year. He’s facing former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, a [...]

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The lone suspect in the disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway was paraded — moist-eyed and looking stunned — before reporters on Saturday as Peruvians denounced him and detectives began interrogating him about the murder of a Lima student. Joran van der Sloot arrived at criminal police headquarters in a brown [...]

(Reuters) – Two men were arrested late Saturday at John F. Kennedy International Airport where they were believed headed for meetings with militant groups in Somalia, The New Jersey Star Ledger reported. The men were arrested as they tried to board flights to Egypt. They were charged with conspiring to commit an act of international [...]

Times Online: Schools have been accused of ignoring the views of their Christian pupils while paying careful attention to children of other faiths. According to Ofsted, the schools inspectorate, teachers are failing to educate children in the core beliefs of Christianity, ignoring their legal obligation to do so. An Ofsted report released today says stories [...]

Jerusalem Post: The IDF flotilla raid should be investigated by a New Zealand-lead committee, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday. Ban called for the commission to be lead by former New Zealand prime minister Geoffrey Palmer, and advised that Israeli and Turkish deputies join. The UN-backed proposal was given to Israel over the [...]

Jerusalem Post: Shuki Weiss, the producer of the upcoming concert by the “Pixies”, an American alternative rock band, announced on Sunday that the band had canceled its Wednesday June 9 performance in Tel-Aviv. The latest cancellation follows earlier cancellations by the ‘Klaxons’ and ‘Gorillaz’ following the killing of 9 Turks, when the Navy boarded ships [...]

Police released video Saturday taken by hotel security cameras showing van der Sloot and his alleged victim entering his hotel room together and the Dutchman later leaving alone with his bags. (June 5)

Politico: Yet again, it’s the economy, stupid. Political observers of every stripe agree it will be the deciding factor in November’s midterm elections. And between now and Election Day, there will be key milestones to measure just where the economy is heading — and perhaps more importantly, where voters think it is heading. Here are [...]

Times Online: DAVID CAMERON has warned that the economy is in a far worse state than previously thought and signalled that Britain faces years of “pain” as the spending axe falls. The prime minister indicated a sharp downgrade in official growth forecasts and revealed that welfare and public sector pay would bear the brunt of [...]

The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s plan to move energy legislation in July has cast a pall over the chances of comprehensive immigration reform. The signal from Reid (D-Nev.) that Senate Democrats will focus on energy over the next two months has changed the strategy of some pro-immigration groups. Instead of pushing for comprehensive [...]

The Hill: As the economy struggles to rebound from a deep recession, Democrats have settled on a campaign message for voters impatient with the slow pace of job growth: Never forget how bad it was. Reminders of the depths of the economic collapse have become a hallmark of Democratic speeches, and party officials say they [...]

Politico: The nation’s economy added 431,000 jobs in the month of May, and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.7 percent, the government reported Friday. The job growth is lower than many expected and will not provide a boost to the Obama administration, which has been struggling to demonstrate that its economic policies are helping to [...]