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DALLAS (AP) — Authorities in a Texas county where a drug enforcement program was allegedly used to shake down black and Latino highway travelers are returning more than $100,000 taken during the traffic stops. The stops in Tenaha, which often resulted in people being forced to hand over cash without any charges being filed, have […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits dropped 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 363,000 last week, a level consistent with modest hiring. The report comes just before Friday's October jobs data, the last broad snapshot of the economy before the presidential election Tuesday. The still-weak job market has been a top issue for voters. […]
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities said Tuesday they uncovered a massive gambling operation targeting youth football games in South Florida, leading them to arrest nine men, including several coaches with extensive criminal backgrounds who they say exploited kids to turn a profit. The 18-month long investigation started when ESPN journalists brought Broward County Sheriff's […]
NEW YORK — Fifteen people have been charged with looting businesses in a Queens neighborhood in the aftermath of the storm. District Attorney Richard Brown says the suspects broke into numerous businesses on the Far Rockaway peninsula. The businesses included a liquor store, clothing stores and a Radio Shack. The area was badly damaged by […]
The free and persistent flow of bogus letters aimed at tricking or intimidating black and other Florida minority voters from showing up at the polls in the upcoming presidential election has become so rampant that a copy of one of the writings even made its way into the hands of the Republican Party chairman. […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — White South Africans earn six times more than black South Africans nearly two decades after the end of apartheid and much remains to be done to reduce the disparities between rich and poor, the president said after the release of the country's census. "These figures tell us at the bottom of the […]
Now what the hell kind of memo is this to get from the boss? In a low-blow attempt to exploit people’s fears about being able to hang onto their jobs in this struggling economy, it seems a few corporate moguls have taken it upon themselves to not only tell their employees what time to come […]
Any day now, I expect God to make an official announcement endorsing atheism. How can the Supreme Being pass on endorsing atheism, what with some people contending that such despicable things as rape and murder are “what God intended,” or are “part of his plan”? And yes, I’m thinking of none other than […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, locked in a fierce re-election bid, is emphasizing his incumbent's role for a third straight day, skipping battleground states to visit victims of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey, a state he's confident of winning. The president's actions have forced his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, to walk a careful line […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City's mayor says he would love nothing better than to confront New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie "mano a mano." Speaking on NBC's "Today" show Tuesday, Mayor Lorenzo Langford disputed Christie's criticism that Langford erred by allowing people to shelter on the barrier island rather than moving them inland. Langford […]
MIAMI (AP) — With a week to go until Election Day, the nasty campaign tactics are coming out. People in Florida, Virginia and Indiana have gotten calls falsely telling them they can vote early by phone and don't need to go to a polling place. Indiana's secretary of state launched an investigation. Virginia officials issued […]
Veteran Democratic Florida lawmaker Al Lawson locked arms with the legendary civil rights leader and Georgia Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.) to lead a throng of supporters to vote early. With a week left in a highly contentious battle against one-term U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland (R-Fla.), Lawson knows that every vote counts if he is going […]
