“One of the homes damaged by the arson fires was in Laurel Canyon where Morrison and his girlfriend once lived, neighbors said.” CBS: An arsonist set numerous vehicle fires early Friday that spread to nearby houses and apartment buildings in Hollywood and neighboring West Hollywood, including a home once occupied by Doors frontman Jim Morrison. [...]
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CNS News: A Mexican drug trafficker awaiting trial in a Chicago federal court claims that the notorious Sinaloa cartel received weapons from “Operation Fast and Furious” under an alleged immunity agreement that the U.S. government made with cartel leaders, in exchange for information on rival gangs. The defendant in a trafficking case before the U.S. [...]
TMZ: Russell Brand has filed for divorce from Katy Perry … TMZ has learned. In the docs, filed in L.A., Brand cites “irreconcilable differences.” The two were married Oct. 23, 2010 in India. They have no kids. Russell has released a statement, claiming, “Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage. I’ll always adore her [...]
(CNN) — Al Qaeda’s leadership has sent experienced jihadists to Libya in an effort to build a fighting force there, according to a Libyan source briefed by Western counter-terrorism officials. The jihadists include one veteran fighter who had been detained in Britain on suspicion of terrorism. The source describes him as committed to al Qaeda’s [...]
Foreign Policy: As the violence in Syria spirals out of control, top officials in President Barack Obama’s administration are quietly preparing options for how to assist the Syrian opposition, including gaming out the unlikely option of setting up a no-fly zone in Syria and preparing for another major diplomatic initiative. Critics on Capitol Hill accuse [...]
Fox News: Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign has gotten its court date in Virginia. U.S. District Judge John Gibney Jr. has set a hearing on the validity of Virginia’s primary ballot for Jan 13th. Before that hearing, the judge is requiring that the Perry campaign reach out to the other Republican candidates, to see if [...]
Fox News: As the rest of the Republican presidential candidates leap-frog one another in the polls, Mitt Romney has over the last several days watched his numbers quietly rise, lending confidence to his sudden push for a strong finish in the Iowa caucuses. All along, the former Massachusetts governor’s strategy was built around a dominating [...]
“By the way, you know, the reality is that we’re probably not going to be able to stop Iran from getting a bomb, the way, if that’s what they choose to do. And the way we’re going to react to it is the same way we reacted to the Soviet Union. It’s going to be [...]
Russia said it had brought a blaze aboard a nuclear submarine under control on Friday by partially submerging the vessel at a naval shipyard, after hours of dousing the flames with water from helicopters and tug boats.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Obama administration is considering transferring to Afghan custody a senior Taliban official suspected of major human rights abuses as part of a long-shot bid to improve the prospects of a peace deal in Afghanistan, Reuters has learned. The potential hand-over of Mohammed Fazl, a ‘high-risk detainee’ held at the Guantanamo Bay [...]
The Weekly Standard: While campaigning in Iowa on Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul praised the Occupy Wall Street movement, comparing it to the Tea Party movement. “In many ways, I identify with both groups,” Paul said. Both groups are fed up with problems in Washington and “the two-party-system,” Paul said while speaking at an [...]
Israel National News: The Obama administration is trying to convince Israel to release arch-terrorist and mass-murderer Marwan Barghouti. According to the Hamas-aligned Al Quds daily, Washington views Barghouti as its preferred candidate for Fatah to field against Hamas in Palestinian Authority (PA) elections in May 2012. “A high-profile US delegation has regularly discussed with officials [...]
The Guardian: Egyptian security forces have launched raids on a series of high-profile human rights and pro-democracy organisations based in Cairo, including the US National Democratic Institute, founded by former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, and the International Republican Institute. During the raids riot police confined staff to their offices and forbid them from making [...]
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Ron Paul accused President Barack Obama on Thursday of offering suspected terrorists fewer legal protections than Nazi war criminals were given. The Republican presidential candidate laced into Obama for authorizing the CIA-led drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, an Al Qaeda leader, in Yemen this September. He reiterated his previously stated [...]
