Los Angeles Times: REPORTING FROM BEIRUT — Sudan’s armed forces said Sunday that they had killed the leader of Darfur’s main rebel group, inflicting what could prove a severe blow to rebels who have waged a nearly decade-long war against the Arab-led government in Khartoum. In a statement carried on the official Sudan News Agency, [...]
New York Times: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — With the United States facing the reality that its broad security partnership with Pakistan is over, American officials are seeking to salvage a more limited counterterrorism alliance that they acknowledge will complicate their ability to launch attacks against extremists and move supplies into Afghanistan. The United States will be [...]
ABC News: It’s a very Merry Christmas for one Wisconsin man, whose four year battle to regain custody of his daughter from his wife, who had taken her to Japan, ended when he finally was able to bring the 9-year-old girl home. Moises Garcia, whose story was part of an ABC News series on fathers [...]
(MSN Money) — Warning to America’s superrich: Think Occupy Wall Street disappeared in winter’s cold? Wrong: The 99% just declared a new aggressive, covert special-ops war strategy to take back our democracy in 2012. No more peaceful tent encampments in parks. No more Mahatma Gandhi nice-guy stuff. Not enough. Escalation time. Wall Street, the superrich [...]
The Daily Mail: The disappearance of Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa remains one of America’s most enduring mysteries. But now, nearly four decades after Hoffa vanished, his driver has claimed he knows where he is buried – and how he got there. Marvin Elkind said Hoffa was killed by a mob enforcer and buried in [...]
Johnson Fox 8: SANDUSKY, Ohio— Being booed off stage during karaoke night at a Sandusky bar didn’t sit too well with one patron and it ultimately led to his arrest for assault. According to an incident report filed by Sandusky Police, Isiah Johnson, 20, was booed off stage while performing karaoke at Cabana Jack’s on [...]
Hollywood Hills, 1936 Los Angeles Times: If this is the season to be merry, many residents of Hollywood did not get the memo. Instead, they got a community development plan they look upon as their very own nightmare before Christmas. It happened earlier this month, when the Los Angeles City Planning Commission approved zoning changes [...]
New York Daily News: By Archbishop Timothy Dolan This coming weekend, Christians throughout our land will jam churches to celebrate the birthday of Jesus, accepting the angels’ invitation from the midnight skies over Bethlehem to “come, let us adore Him!,” the infant they believe to be their Lord and savior. They’ll be praying and singing, [...]
Washington Times: Three months after President Obama lifted the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military, Pentagon officials say heterosexual troops are adjusting well to the new policy. However, critics say they are just following orders, and many are complaining privately. On the Joint Chiefs of Staff, even the most outspoken opponent of lifting [...]
(Reuters) – Egypt’s two leading Islamist parties won about two-thirds of votes for party lists in the second round of polling for a parliament that will help draft a new constitution after decades of autocratic rule, the election committee said Saturday. The party list led by the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) won 36.3 [...]
Life News: Under an agreement UMDNJ agreed to the nurses can remain in their current positions and not be pressured to assist in any part of an abortion procedure. The nurses are only required to help if a life-threatening emergency materializes with the mother involved in the abortion and no other non-objecting staff are available [...]
