TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Rebel forces and armed civilians are rounding up thousands of black Libyans and migrants from sub-Sahara Africa, accusing them of fighting for ousted strongman Moammar Gadhafi and holding them in makeshift jails across the capital. Virtually all of the detainees say they are innocent migrant workers, and in most cases there [...]
Los Angeles Times: President Obama’s standing has slumped among California voters, but he holds an expansive lead over potential Republican opponents, including two who have leaped ahead of the GOP presidential pack in California, a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll has found. Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney were tied [...]
Army Times: The Army may cut 10 of its 45 active-duty brigade combat teams as it works to meet President Obama’s order to slice defense spending, said an Army official familiar with the budget deliberations. This is one of many proposals being considered as the Army goes through a series of budget drills before the [...]
AP: The FBI and Homeland Security have issued a nationwide warning about al-Qaida threats to small airplanes, just days before the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. Authorities say there is no specific or credible terrorist threat for the 10-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. But they have stepped [...]
The Daily Caller: Domestic violence is no sexy matter, so it’s more than a little bizarre that Los Angeles photographer Tyler Shields put together a “bruised-up Barbie” photo shoot of blond “Glee” star Heather Morris. The 24-year-old actress, who plays perky blond cheerleader Brittany on the television series, has a fake black eye and sports [...]
Army Times: Gary Linfoot spent the better part of the decade since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks deployed to war as a pilot for an elite Army helicopter unit based at Fort Campbell, Ky. But after his legs were paralyzed in a helicopter crash in Iraq in 2008, he turned to cycling on a [...]
CBS News A Labor Day ritual, The Muscular Dystrophy telethon goes on the air Sunday night. However, for the first time in 45-years, Jerry Lewis will be a no show. The Muscular Dystrophy Association says the so-called king of comedy is no longer its national chairman and will not appear on this year’s broadcast. CBS [...]
Bloody feet prints are seen at the scene where Sabar Lal Melma, a former Guantanamo detainee, was killed in a NATO and Afghan forces raid in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. NATO and Afghan forces killed the man who had become a key al-Qaida affiliate after returning to Afghanistan, [...]
Reuters: Iran’s first nuclear power plant has finally begun to provide electricity to the national grid, official media reported on Sunday, a long-delayed milestone in the nuclear ambitions of a country the West fears is covertly try to develop atomic bombs. “The Atomic Energy Agency announced that atomic electricity from Bushehr power plant joined the [...]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Think before you tweet. A former teacher turned radio commentator and a math tutor who lives with his mother sit in a prison in southern Mexico, facing possible 30-year sentences for terrorism and sabotage in what may be the most serious charges ever brought against anyone using a Twitter social network [...]
Mendocino County law enforcement agents arrive at the Skunk Train depot in Fort Bragg, Calif., after spending the day hunting for Aaron Bassler, suspected killer of City Councilman Jere Melo Reporting from Fort Bragg, Calif.— In the quiet mountains above this small coastal town, it feels at times as if war has broken out. Large [...]
Houston Chronicle: SAN ANTONIO – Up to 3,000 Muslims from around the state are expected to converge Sunday on Six Flags Fiesta Texas for “Muslim Family Day” to celebrate the end of Ramadan and spread the post-9/11 message that most Muslims are peaceful and mainstream. Families from as far as Corpus Christi, Austin and Waco [...]
Fox News: Chaz Bono, the “transsexual” woman who underwent plastic surgery and takes male hormones in an effort to appear to be a man, and who asserts she is a man, will appear on the upcoming season of “Dancing with the Stars”, according to ABC, the network which airs the show. He will be partnered [...]
