LONDON (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to five people who were molested by priests as children in his latest effort to defuse the sex abuse crisis shaking his church, as thousands of people angered at the Vatican’s response marched in central London in the biggest protest of his 5-year papacy. Benedict met for [...]
TMZ: Lindsay Lohan has failed a drug test in her criminal case … TMZ has learned.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The tea party’s latest darling, Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell, aligned herself squarely with the Republican Party’s social conservative base Friday in criticizing Democrats and “ruling class elites” in her first national appearance since her upset primary victory. “They’re trying to marginalize us and put us in a box,” O’Donnell said [...]
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Arizona Republic: Maricopa County Supervisors Mary Rose Wilcox and Don Stapley and other community leaders today demanded that Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu send to the FBI or another law enforcement agency allegations of serious misconduct lodged against Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s chief deputy. Wilcox also said she would formally ask the U.S. Department of Justice [...]
Arizona Republic: The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has placed two of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s top aides on administrative leave after they and another aide were accused of misconduct and mismanagement. The move comes as Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu determines the merits of the allegations against them. The deputy chief who wrote a memo containing [...]
The Telegraph: have arrested five suspected Islamist terrorists, working as street cleaners in London, over an alleged plan assassinate the Pope The men were arrested during raids at 5.45am at a rubbish depot in central London based on an intelligence tip off received overnight. The suspects, aged 26, 27, 36, 40 and 50 were arrested [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – With just six weeks to avoid a possible election catastrophe, Democrats are trying to limit the damage with a closing argument that’s more plea than platform: We know you voters are furious with us, but just let us explain why the Republicans would be worse. The strategy requires an autumn influx of [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A San Francisco man upset with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s support of health care reform has pleaded guilty to threatening the Democratic congresswoman and her family. Gregory Lee Giusti admitted Thursday to making more than 30 abusive and harassing phone calls to the homes and offices of Pelosi. He spoke to [...]
The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) does not plan to finish the defense authorization bill until after the election, freeing Democrats to debate taxes before Nov. 2. Reid has told colleagues he plans to take up the authorization bill and consider an amendment to add the DREAM Act, which allows certain children of [...]
Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Kettering, Ohio —Democrat Lee Fisher knows exactly who’s to blame for Ohio’s 10.3% unemployment rate: It was George W. Bush who dug the state’s economic hole, he tells voters, and one of those shoveling right alongside him was Rob Portman. “He helped create the recession,” Fisher says of his Republican [...]
