BAGHDAD (AP) – Al-Qaida’s front group in Iraq has threatened more attacks on Christians following a bloody siege at a Baghdad church that left 58 people dead, saying that the “killing sword will not be lifted” from their necks. The Islamic State of Iraq’s warning of further violence against Christians comes two days after the [...]
BERLIN (Reuters) – An Iranian woman whose sentence of execution by stoning for adultery provoked a worldwide outcry will instead be hanged for murder on Wednesday, a human rights group said. “The authorities in Tehran have given the go-ahead to Tabriz prison for the execution of Iran stoning case Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani,” the International Committee [...]
CNN: (CNN) – Long before rapper Kanye West ruined musician Taylor Swift’s night at the 2009 MTV Music Awards, he single-handedly caused one of the lowest points in George W. Bush’s presidency. That’s according to the former president in an interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer, during which he said West’s unexpected outburst during a 2005 [...]
Yahoo Newsroom: It’s like running through a field of four-leaf clovers. It’s like finding a unicorn chillin’ at the fountain of youth. It’s like a hundred Christmases slathered in barbecue sauce. It’s the return of the McDonald’s McRib sandwich. And, to many people, it’s an event to get excited about. The McRib phenomenon is something [...]
Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Washington — President Obama, acknowledging what appears to be a resounding Republican victory, made a midnight phone call to the man who is set to lead the opposition party as speaker of the House, John A. Boehner. The call was made from the president’s Treaty Room office. According to the [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) – California voters said no thanks to a ballot initiative that would have made it the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use and sales. Proposition 19, rejected Tuesday, would have made it legal for adults 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, smoke the drug in [...]
Fox News: Republican Mark Kirk on Tuesday captured the Senate seat once held by the president, dealing an embarrassing blow to Democrats. Kirk, a five-term congressman from Chicago’s northern suburbs, defeated Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias in one of the nation’s ugliest and most closely watched Senate races. Giannoulias faced attacks over his family’s failed bank, [...]
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Los Angeles Times: U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer is projected to win a fourth term in the U.S. Senate, based on exit poll results. Boxer defeated former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina after a bruising multimillion-dollar campaign. The Democratic incumbent bucked the national tide that saw Republicans make gains in the Senate and take control of [...]
The Hill: Republican Rick Crawford captured the seat of retiring Rep. Marion Berry (D-Ark.) Tuesday, a district that has been in Democratic hands for over a century. Crawford defeated Democrat Chad Causey, a former Berry staffer and beneficiary of a late campaign visit from former President Bill Clinton. Republican Tim Griffin also took the seat [...]
Fox News: Democrat Jerry Brown has capped a political journey in California that began the year man landed on the moon, defying an era of term limits to return to the office he held 28 years ago. The 72-year-old state attorney general will take the helm of a state mired in recession and high unemployment [...]
Fox News: Aides say the President received updates on races from his staff, but didn’t sit in front of the television watching the election returns himself. A spokesman said he planned to voice his thoughts on the results in a news conference Wednesday afternoon. Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said “today we get a message [...]
Arizona Republic: The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday ordered 13 of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s employees to testify about financial activities within the agency, which was accused by county officials this week of creating a hidden personnel database that may have allowed years of misspending. The board served subpoenas to staff working on budget, [...]
Fox News: On this election night, there is a stunning turn from ACORN.
