BAGHDAD: Moqtada al-Sadr’s recent threat to unleash his Mehdi Army could revive radical elements in Iraq and pit the once-feared militia against both Iraqi and U.S. troops. Sadr’s warning, issued on April 9, the eighth anniversary of the day U.S. forces toppled Saddam Hussein’s statue in Baghdad, reveals a delicate balancing act by Sadr and [...]
The Obama administration, after being served a reminder that WikiLeaks continues to torment Western countries with its trove of secret documents, lashed out at the website and several news organizations for revealing previously undisclosed details about the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. U.S. and European newspapers, using assessments first obtained by WikiLeaks, described an inconsistent and [...]
The legal fight over President Obama’s health care overhaul will apparently go through normal legal channels after the Supreme Court on Monday announced it will not expedite a major lawsuit from Virginia challenging the controversial law. It’s the second time the high court has denied a expedited review request from the law’s opponents. While Monday’s [...]
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO war planes struck Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s compound here early Monday and bombed a state television facility in an evident escalation of the air campaign to aid the rebellion against his four decades in power. The attack on the compound was the third since air raids began in mid-March, but the strike [...]
As the countdown begins for the scheduled Friday launch of space shuttle Endeavour, Cmdr. Mark Kelly, along with his twin brother and fellow astronaut, Scott Kelly, sat down for his last interview before the big day, with “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric. Mark Kelly spoke at length about his wife, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who [...]
Under a new budget proposal from State Sen. Bruce Casswell, children in the state’s foster care system would be allowed to purchase clothing only in used clothing stores. Casswell, a Republican representing Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee and St. Joseph counties, made the proposal this week, reports Michigan Public Radio. His explanation? “I never had anything new,” [...]
DENVER (Reuters) – The FBI on Sunday identified a recently paroled bank robber as the man suspected of planting a bomb at a crowded shopping mall near Columbine High School last week on the 12th anniversary of the school massacre. Earl Albert Moore, 65, who remains at large, “is considered armed and dangerous and has [...]
Bill Nye, the harmless children’s edu-tainer known as “The Science Guy,” managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas at a presentation, when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun. As even most elementary-school graduates know, the moon reflects the light of [...]
Some 540 members of the Taliban including military commanders have escaped from Kandahar prison via a 320 metre-long tunnel, Afghan government officials have confirmed to Al Jazeera. A Taliban official on Monday also confirmed the overnight escape, boasting that the prison break had been “very well-planned” and that it was five months in the making, [...]
Chrissy Polis is the 22-year-old woman who was brutally beaten by two teenage girls inside a Rosedale McDonald’s. The attack was caught on video, and then posted all over the internet. Polis says she went inside the McDonald’s to use the bathroom and get something to eat. Polis says, one of the girls’ boyfriend tried [...]
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Click here to watch the video 1. The Smoking Gun: A McDonald’s worker has taken credit for filming and uploading to YouTube the latest viral video to capture a brutal assault at a fast food restaurant. The employee, identified as Vernon Hackett on social network accounts, posted the video clip to his YouTube page earlier [...]
The Hill: The White House has joined congressional Democrats in targeting oil companies with criticism for nearly $4 per gallon gas. President Obama lashed out at oil companies — and the tax breaks they get from the government — for a second day in a row on Thursday and again in Saturday’s address. “Four billion [...]
