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A new survey found that many young people do not consider themselves as adults just yet. The survey conducted by Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts recruited over a thousand people ages 18-29 regarding this life stage. About 60 percent of the respondents admitted that adulthood would be more exciting than their current lifestyle. Study […]
Jim Greer, Florida’s ex GOP chair, admitted that the GOP has made attempts to suppress black voters. The former Florida Republican Party chair revealed the information in a deposition he filed against the committee regarding a lawsuit for unpaid severance. Greer told reporters that he became uncomfortable with the situation once a party official openly […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama told campaign donors Monday that "if the election were held today, I think it'd be close, but I think we'd win." He said his opponents were "spending like nobody's business" and that Democrats need substantial sums to counterpunch. "We now have 99 days left, and if I can […]
Leading protestors – supporting an assault weapons ban outside a movie theater in Chicago on Saturday – the Reverend Jesse Jackson spoke to reporters about his son, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. The elder Jackson said there is no timetable on his son’s recovery and asked for prayers for their family. The younger Jackson has […]
EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida airboat captain whose hand was bitten off by a 9-foot alligator faces charges of feeding of the animal. Collier County Jail records show 63-year-old Wallace Weatherholt was charged Friday with unlawful feeding of an alligator and later posted $1,000 bond. His next court date is Aug. 22. The […]
PALMER PARK, Md. (AP) — Calling himself "a joker," a Maryland man with an arsenal of guns threatened to shoot up a business he was being fired from, and was wearing a T-shirt that said "Guns don't kill people. I do" when police confronted him, authorities said Friday. The 28-year-old man, identified in a search […]
The controversial image comparing President Barack Obama to accused Colorado gunman James Holmes that has been circulating steadily through social media outlets, such as Facebook and Twitter, has exploded into the national conscience in a huge way. Making it’s explosive debut on an Idaho billboard, the viral image is drawing the same kind of polarizing […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Penn State's president says the university is adequately covered to handle lawsuits stemming from the child sex abuse scandal but hopes to settle many of them "as quickly as possible." Rodney Erickson told CBS's "Face the Nation" program in an interview taped for broadcast Sunday that the university has liability coverage like […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A man who saved his girlfriend's life at the Colorado movie shooting was remembered for his selfless sacrifice Saturday, while an aspiring sportscaster was praised for her boundless energy and an Air Force reservist as a good friend. The girlfriend who Matt McQuinn saved by taking three bullets aimed at her […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stubbornly close and deeply divisive, the presidential race throttles into its last 100 days as an enormous clash over economic vision, with the outcome likely to come down to fall debates, final unemployment numbers and fierce efforts to mobilize voters. It may seem like an election for the whole nation, but only […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have their thumbs on Republican scales in Senate primaries in Missouri and Wisconsin this summer, hoping to improve their own chances of maintaining a majority in November. The idea isn't quite as far-fetched as it might sound. Two years ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's allies invested heavily in an effort […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says it was a mistake for Republican Sen. John McCain to pick Sarah Palin as his vice presidential nominee. Cheney says he liked Palin, but that she didn't pass the test of being ready to be president and that McCain's campaign didn't handle the vetting process well. […]
