Nation

Exulam I. Holman (pictured), a Will County, Ill., resident, allegedly gouged out his uncle’s eyes, after the two men struggled for control of a TV remote on New Year’s Eve, according to the Sun Times. SEE ALSO: Al Qaeda On The Ropes After 10 p.m. on Saturday, the local sheriff’s department was called to a […]

Exercising his constitutional powers, President Barack Obama named Richard Cordray as the director of the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which watches for violations of mortgage company laws. SEE ALSO: Ron Paul Attracts Young Voters The new appointment is controversial because President Obama chose to elect Cordray without Senate confirmation during Congress’ recess. The […]

The top GOP candidates who emerged from yesterday’s Iowa Caucus have a few things in common: They’re all white. They’re all men. And they’ve all been accused of racism. Some of these claims proved baseless, but others — we think — are  legitimate. RELATED: Obama Team Reassured By Iowa Santorum Says “Game On” After Iowa […]

Michele Bachmann is quitting the Republican presidential campaign, saying she’s “decided to stand aside” in the wake of her sixth place finish in the Iowa precinct caucuses. SEE ALSO: Al Qaeda On The Ropes Speaking deliberatively at a news conference in Des Moines, Bachmann said she had “no regrets” whatsoever and said she ran her […]

PROVO, Utah — Police in Utah say a 32-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of shoplifting falsely told officers she co-starred with Bill Cosby on “The Cosby Show.” Police say Leah Efay Davis of Provo, Utah, was in a J.C. Penney store when they say she put several items into a bag and walked out of […]

NEW YORK-Police say that Ray Lazier Lengend, 40, admitted to fire-bombing five separate locations due to ongoing problems with the establishments. Police also say that Lengend made anti-Muslim statements and said that he firebombed the Al-Khoei Islamic Center because he wasn’t allowed to use their bathroom. The New York Daily News reports: He made “broad […]

WASHINGTON — The head of the National Urban League said Tuesday that Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum tried to leverage a stereotype about black people and public assistance programs to gain an advantage in the Iowa caucuses. Urban League President Marc Morial called on other GOP candidates to repudiate Santorum’s comments, which were made as […]

WASHINGTON– President Barack Obama is pushing his economic message in Ohio, brandishing his presidential megaphone in a politically important state to make certain his appeal to the middle class is heard amid the boisterous start of the Republican campaign for the White House. SEE ALSO: Santorum Says “Game On” After Iowa Caucus Obama was traveling […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban announced Tuesday that they will open an office in the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar to hold talks with the United States, an unprecedented step toward a peace process that might lead to a winding down of the 10-year war in Afghanistan. Although U.S. and Taliban representatives have met […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Mitt Romney eked out a minuscule 8-vote victory over Rick Santorum in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses, the state party chairman said early Wednesday, ringing down the curtain on an improbable first act in the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in the fall. SEE ALSO: Understanding The […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum waged a tense, three-way struggle for supremacy in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses Tuesday night, opening the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama. SEE ALSO: Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work Returns from slightly […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Check-ups during pregnancy tend to focus around the waist. But there’s growing debate about which mothers-to-be should have a gland in their neck tested, too. SEE ALSO: Ron Paul’s Fundamentalist Christian Roots Numerous studies since 1999 have found that an underactive thyroid can raise a woman’s risk of miscarriage, premature birth, or […]