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HONOLULU (AP) — With a yearend deadline looming before the economy goes over the so-called fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama is cutting short his traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii, planning to leave for Washington on Wednesday evening. Obama was expected to arrive in Washington early Thursday, the White House said late Tuesday. First lady Michelle […]
The “Queen James Bible” that has recently been released purports to be based on the King James Bible version and is being touted as the…
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Former Atlanta Braves star center fielder Andruw Jones was free on bond after being arrested in suburban Atlanta early Tuesday on a battery charge, according to jail records. Around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to a call for a domestic dispute between Jones and his wife in Duluth. Gwinnett County Detention […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Three Atlanta-area counties have filed a lawsuit claiming that British bank HSBC cost them hundreds of millions of dollars in extra expenses and damage to their tax bases by aggressively signing minorities to housing loans that were likely to fail. The Georgia counties’ failure or success with the relatively novel strategy could […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A security company claims in a lawsuit that George Zimmerman, his wife and attorney owe more than $27,000 for protection services. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Associated Investigative Services filed the lawsuit Friday in Orange County Circuit Court. The company says it was hired in June to provide security for the […]
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting deaths of two people overnight at a nightclub near Birmingham, Ala. Hoover police Capt. James Coker said U.S. marshals made an arrest at 7 a.m., seven hours after the shooting inside Martini’s Lounge in Hoover, Ala. The suspect has not yet been charged. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer “waiting in the wings.” The National Rifle Association broke its silence on last week’s shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school that left 26 children and staff dead. “The […]
First lady Michelle Obama penned a heartfelt letter to Newtown, Conn. one week after the senseless Sandy Hook tragedy that claimed the lives of 26…
Sarah Palin shoe-horned her way back into the headlines yesterday after speaking out against Time Magazine’s choice of President Barack Obama as its “Person of the Year.” The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, who has been listed twice as one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People,” first poked fun at herself while taking a […]
The controversy over same-sex lifestyles is now going from legislatives floors to college classrooms. In 2013, Morehouse College will offer students the opportunity to enroll in a course on the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Just a year ago, the historically black college found themselves under scrutiny for banning cross-dressing […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Two convicted bank robbers who pulled off a daring overnight escape from a high-rise Chicago jail had changed from their prison garb by the time they hopped into a cab near the lock-up, investigators said Wednesday as they expanded their manhunt for the men. Authorities were raiding houses and combing through records […]
DETROIT (AP) — Dozens of Michigan schools canceled classes for thousands of students to cool off rumored threats of violence and problems related to doomsday scenarios based on the Mayan calendar, officials said Thursday. Public schools in Genesee and Lapeer counties, neighboring counties north of the Detroit area, started the Christmas break Wednesday night rather […]
