Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Manchester, N.H.— Mitt Romney on Saturday questioned President Obama’s motives for ordering the withdrawal of the remaining U.S. forces from Iraq by year’s end, saying it was a decision based on either “politics” or “ineptitude.” The former Massachusetts governor said the administration had signaled it would keep some level of [...]
New Hampshire’s Secretary of State Bill Gardner walks by the historic desk where presidential candidates file their paperwork to be on the nations first presidential primary ballot, in Concord, N.H. LAS VEGAS (AP) – Nevada Republicans voted Saturday to shift the date of the state’s presidential caucuses to Feb. 4 and avoid penalties from the [...]
The “Occumom”? The “Occuwhore”? NY Post: A married mother of four from Florida ditched her family to become part of the raggedy mob in Zuccotti Park — keeping the park clean by day and keeping herself warm at night with the help of a young waiter from Brooklyn. “I’m not planning on going home,” an [...]
Students, who are members of the Basij militia, a part of the Iran Revolutionary Guard, attend a gathering in support of anti-Wall Street demonstrators in front of the U.S. interest section of the Swiss embassy in Tehran October 22, 2011. (REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi) A group of Iranian demonstrators chant slogans in a gathering to show their [...]
Jerusalem Post: Belief in witchcraft, spells, the occult and protective charms runs deep, despite religious and governmental bans against using magic. When Tara Umm Omar was a young bride in her first marriage, she and her Moroccan husband took the youngest sister of a family friend into their home. On the day the young Moroccan [...]
NY Daily: A gunman perched on a Brooklyn rooftop opened fire Friday, grazing an 11-year-old girl and killing a pregnant woman who was shielding several of her kids. A second woman was wounded when the the gunman unleashed a hail of bullets from atop a building near Public School 298 in Brownsville about 2:30 p.m., [...]
INC.com: Which Countries Love Start-ups? The World Bank’s annual Doing Business report ranks the ease of doing business within 183 countries based on business-friendly regulations. The formula takes into account the ease of starting a business, factoring minimum cost, time, and available capital. Which economies are fostering start-ups? Get this, entrepreneurs: While the United States [...]
Hillicon Valley: Silicon Valley is lining up behind President Obama’s reelection bid, donating more money to his campaign than to any of his Republican rivals. Computer and Internet companies have donated more than $1.2 million to Obama’s 2012 campaign so far, among the highest totals for any industry, according to an analysis of campaign finance [...]
The Guardian: Bloodied, wearing just a pair of khaki trousers, and dumped on a cheap mattress, Muammar Gaddafi’s body has become a gruesome tourist attraction and a macabre symbol of the new Libya’s problems. Hundreds of ordinary Libyans queued up outside a refrigerated meat store in Misrata, where the dead dictator was being stored as [...]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Despite some tough talk, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s recent visit to Pakistan seemed to subtly soften Washington’s stand on a key point of contention between the two countries: whether Islamabad should take military action against Pakistan-based insurgents fighting American troops in Afghanistan, or try to engage them in peace talks. [...]
