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U.S. President Barack Obama, who was born to a Kenyan father and an American mother, moved to Indonesia at the age of seven, after his mother married an Indonesian man, Lolo Soetoro, she met while studying at the University of Hawaii. The recently...
A calm male voice announced "Attention, Wal-Mart customers: All black people, leave the store now," over the public-address system at a New Jersey store on Sunday evening. The incident prompted apologies on Wednesday from the management of the com...
A single-engine plane with oil covering its windshield, while trying to make an emergency landing, hit and killed a man on a South Carolina beach Monday afternoon.
A Guardian article allows readers some insight in the world of secret-service bodyguards surrounding U.S. President Barack Obama. It ponders questions, like who wants to kill him, and how likely are they to succeed?
A killer whale attacked and killed a trainer in front of a horrified spectators at a SeaWorld show Wednesday in Orlando, Florida.
Conservative bloggers says the new logo of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, looks "scarily" similar to both President Obama's 2008 campaign symbol and the crescent moon and star design typically seen on Islamic flags. Other say the logo reminds th...
Following the terrorist attacks on 9/11, tough security measures have been introduced- cockpit doors were sealed, air marshals were put on guard and airport searches were enhanced - to avoid that an airliner could ever again be used as a weapon. H...
Esquire.com contributor John H. Richardson explores through email forwards how the Tea Party political movement is connected to native American "patriotic poet" Ezra Pound who was found guilty of treason and escaped capital punishment by being dec...
Sky New presenter Kay Burley has been left red-faced after mistaking a Catholic Ash Wednesday symbol on U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's head for a "large bruise".
John Murtha remembered at funeral as veterans' advocate
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Congressman John Murtha was remembered at his funeral Tuesday as a patriot, a fighter for his constituents and for veterans, a consummate politician and a family man able to separate work from his personal life.
New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg is expected to return to work soon after being hospitalized for bleeding ulcer
U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg expects to be back to work soon after doctors successfully treated him today for a bleeding ulcer, his spokesman said.
California: Democrats meddling in GOP race, Whitman campaign says
SACRAMENTO -- In its first on-air foray -- a 30-second radio ad attacking Meg Whitman -- an independent Democratic group is being accused of meddling in the Republican gubernatorial primary and favoring Whitman's GOP opponent Steve Poizner.
Sarah Palin: Tea Partiers "Have to Pick a Party"
In front of a crowd of Republican Party activists and the tea-party movement’s rank and file here on Tuesday night, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin seemed to put a damper on speculation that she might consider running for president in 2012 as a...
Illinois Republicans see unique chance for victory
CHICAGO — The last decade was lousy for Illinois Republicans. They lost a Senate seat, their party's last governor went to prison and they were shut out of every statewide office.
Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh says his decision to retire at the end of the year rather than run for re-election has not left his party in a bind.
Obama Administration Silent on Details of Taliban Leader's Detention
WASHINGTON -- The recent capture of the Taliban's No. 2 is a big score for the Obama administration in the war on terror, but so far, the White House has said little about how Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was captured, where he is being held and wha...
Investigators seek cause of Illinois fire that killed seven
CICERO, Ill. - Firefighters shifted through a burned-out house in a Chicago suburb yesterday, trying to pinpoint the cause of a weekend blaze that killed seven people, including a 3-day-old baby.
Joe the Plumber says John McCain 'screwed up my life'
Joe the Plumber, the mascot of the 2008 John McCain campaign for the US presidency, has lashed out at the veteran US senator from Arizona for "screwing up" his life.
Underdog Hayworth says he'll rap McCain on illegal immigration
In explaining his decision to try to end John McCain's 24-year career in the US Senate, J.D. Hayworth, Mr. McCain's opponent and a fellow Republican, borrows an idea from an unlikely source: Barack Obama.
Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana won't run for reelection
Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana announced Monday that he will not seek a third term in November, a decision that, coming on the heels of other Democratic departures, could imperil the party's prospects of retaining control of the Senate.