CNN: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — Security forces in Saudi Arabia have arrested 149 people alleged to be members of al Qaeda, the Saudi Interior Ministry said Friday. Gen. Mansour al-Turki, Interior Ministry spokesman, said the people were plotting to kill government officials, security forces, and media employees. “Their general motives are spreading an [...]
New York Times: WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration presses ahead with the health care law, officials are bracing for the possibility that a federal judge in Virginia will soon reject its central provision as unconstitutional and, in the worst case for the White House, halt its enforcement until higher courts can rule. The judge, [...]
Politico: Google is making a play for your travel dollars, but first it has to clear security. The search giant is looking to break into the travel business and compete with Orbitz, Expedia, CheapTickets, Travelocity and the like. To do it, Google is trying to purchase ITA Software, a company that provides the back-end flight [...]
The Hill: A man was arrested in South Carolina after allegedly saying that he wants to kill President Obama
Politico: THE CULPRIT: The player who elbowed President Obama in the lip during a basketball game on Friday is Rey Decerega, the director of programs for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the White House said. “I learned today the president is both a tough competitor and a good sport,” Decerega said in a statement. “I [...]
Washington Post: LONDON – The debt crisis in Europe escalated sharply Friday as investors dumped Spanish and Portuguese bonds in panicked selling, substantially heightening the prospect that one or both countries may need to join troubled Ireland and Greece in soliciting international bailouts. The draining confidence in Western Europe’s weakest economies threatened to upend bond [...]
Demographics of the province in question: Population groups[3] – Black African 75.2% – White 18.4% – Coloured 3.7% – Indian or Asian 2.7% JOHANNESBURG – A new survey says more than one in three South African men admit to having committed rape. A study led by the government-funded Medical Research Foundation says that in Gauteng [...]
Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Beijing — The distant rumble of artillery practice in North Korea sent shell-shocked residents of Yeonpyeong Island scurrying to their bomb shelters Friday as a U.S. aircraft carrier cruised toward the region for military exercises this weekend. Although the explosions turned out to be training exercises inside North Korea, [...]
TOLEDO, OHIO (AP) — A fight over a Facebook posting may have led to a stabbing in central Toledo on Tuesday night. Toledo Police say Aaron Calhoun, 25, went to a home on Pinewood Ave. to confront a couple after they posted something on Facebook about his sister. When Calhoun arrived at the home he [...]
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) – A U.S. Marine reservist collecting toys for children was stabbed when he helped stop a suspected shoplifter in eastern Georgia. Best Buy sales manager Orvin Smith told The Augusta Chronicle that man was seen on surveillance cameras Friday putting a laptop under his jacket at the Augusta store. When confronted, the [...]
