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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man faces federal drug charges for allegedly trying to smuggle more than 4 pounds of methamphetamine to Japan in what looked like dozens of Snickers bars. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Monday that 34-year-old Rogelio Mauricio Harris of Long Beach was arrested last week at Los Angeles […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Party is moving to include support for gay marriage in the official party platform for the first time, a Democratic official said Monday, marking a key milestone for advocates of same-sex unions. The party's platform drafting committee voted to include language backing gay marriage during a weekend meeting in Minneapolis, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Ten days after the Colorado movie theater massacre, federal lawmakers introduced a bill that would effectively ban people like suspect James Holmes from buying thousands of rounds of ammunition by mail or online. "It's time to close the loophole that's allowing killers — deranged, insane — and even terrorists to buy […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Southern Baptist leaders called Monday for a Mississippi church to reject racism after some congregants prevented a black couple from getting married there. Leaders of the Mississippi Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention said Monday that preventing Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson from marrying at First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs […]
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The spot where Joe Paterno's bronze likeness once stood is now occupied by freshly planted trees. The Centre Daily Times reports the trees were planted outside Penn State's Beaver Stadium over the weekend. The weekend before, workers removed the 7-foot statue of the late coach in the wake of a […]
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 […]
So, BAW readers, precisely because no one asked me to, in this column I’m going to give my assessment of the Olympic Games, now in their first week. I have to ‘fess up: there are only a few sports I’m interested in watching when it comes to the Olympics. I’ll start off with men’s basketball. […]
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 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A team of genealogists has found evidence that President Barack Obama could be a descendent of an African slave — but not through the lineage of his black father, the most likely route researchers had followed and exhausted. (Watch video of report below) The link, genealogists with Ancestry.com said Monday, […]
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 […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi couple says the church where they planned to get married turned them away because they are black. Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson say they had set the date and mailed invitations, but the day before their wedding they say they got bad news from the pastor of predominantly white First […]
