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Mitt Romney's disparaging 47 percent comments have been a hot topic since "Mother Jones" leaked the secret audio almost two weeks ago. Now, President Obama is using Romney's own words as the voice in his new ad that is being aired in battleground states. The video features images of blue collar workers, the elderly, and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A key witness against convicted child molester and former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, known in court papers as Victim 1, has a book deal and will soon reveal his identity, a publisher announced Thursday. Ballantine Bantam Dell said that "Silent No More: Victim (hash)1's Fight for Justice Against […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are settling a federal defamation case in Las Vegas, clearing a key hurdle to a long-awaited bout between two top fighters who've traded verbal jabs for years but have never met in the ring. Terms of the pretrial agreement cited in documents filed Tuesday in […]
As the trend toward privatizing state prison systems continues to skyrocket, Corrections Corporation of America, the nation’s largest operator of for-profit prisons, is offering to purchase scores more facilities all across the country provided states will guarantee occupancy rates of at least 90 percent over the next 20 years. In a letter penned to […]
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Council members in an Alabama city voted Tuesday to stop a group's work on a new monument honoring a Confederate general who was an early leader in the Ku Klux Klan. The Selma City Council voted 4-0 with two members abstaining to stop all work on the monument to Gen. Nathan […]
According to reports, Sandi Jackson, the wife of Jesse Jackson Jr. called the media who were sitting outside of her fundraiser at the Park 52 restaurant "jackals." She said to the audience at her event, “The jackals are outside. Let them stay outside," referring to the media at her birthday/fundraiser party. Jackson went on to […]
Perhaps the conditions were too ripe for him to pass on this kind of action. Recently Michael Winans Jr., who’s related to the Winans family of gospel singers, was charged with wire fraud in connection with accusations that he operated an $8 million Ponzi scheme in which he promised people they’d make out big by […]
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama made their first appearance together on “The View” yesterday morning. President Obama looked debonair in his suit and Michelle looked ravishing in her green dress as they chatted with ladies of “The View” about everything from the President’s love of Michelle and his girls Sasha and Malia, to […]
After Monday Night Football's debacle, GOP vice presidential nominee decided it would be funny to compare the President of the United States Barack Obama to the NFL refs. Ryan questioned a crowd in Ohio, saying, "Did you guys watch that Packers game last night? I mean, give me a break. It is time to get […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential election is Nov. 6, but it could take days to figure out the winner if the vote is close. New voting laws are likely to increase the number of people who have to cast provisional ballots in key states. Tight races for Congress, governor and local offices also could be […]
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten (AP) — A judge in St. Maarten has ordered a Jamaican security guard detained as a suspect in the slaying of a South Carolina couple who were stabbed to death in their Caribbean vacation home. Meyshane Johnson made his first court appearance Wednesday since his arrest on suspicion of killing Michael and […]
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A gunshot rang out at an Oklahoma junior high school before classes began Wednesday, terrifying teenagers who feared a gunman was on the loose. Soon, though, students learned no one else was in danger. One of their eighth-grade classmates had taken his own life, shooting himself in the head with a […]
