Maryland Lawmakers Target Special Session In July To Tackle Gambling Expansion
Maryland’s legislative leadership has announced a possible date for another special session, this time to consider the expansion of gambling.
Notre Dame, Dozens Of Dioceses Sue Obama Administration Over Birth Control Mandate
The University of Notre Dame is suing Obama administration officials over the mandate requiring most employers to cover birth control.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker Backs Off ‘Nauseating’ Comment
Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker is backing off comments he made earlier Sunday, when he criticized President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign for its attacks on Bain Capital, the private equity firm once run by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Obama: ‘There Will Be Great Challenges Ahead’ In Afghanistan
As President Barack Obama and fellow NATO leaders herald the coming end of the deeply unpopular Afghanistan war, they face the grim reality of two more years of fighting ahead and more of their troops sure to die in combat.
New Obama Ad Challenges Mitt Romney’s Economics
President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign is keeping up its effort to paint Mitt Romney as a job-destroying corporate raider at Bain Capital.
Families Of Lockerbie Victims Still Seek Answers
The death of the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has left some victims’ relatives relieved and others raising questions about his guilt and whether others went unpunished.
Study: 2,000 Convicted Then Exonerated In 23 Years
More than 2,000 people who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the United States in the past 23 years, according to a new archive compiled at two universities.
Chinese Activist Renews Call To Fight Injustice
A blind Chinese legal activist who escaped house arrest, endured a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle and a hurried daylong flight paused ever so briefly upon his arrival in New York City before taking up a familiar fight.
Christie Bashes Obama For ‘Posing And Preening’
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told Kentucky Republicans on Saturday that President Barack Obama was “posing and preening” instead of working to resolve pressing issues facing the country.
Obama: Europe In ‘Difficult State’ Because They Didn’t Take Decisive Steps Like US
Drawn together in this serene mountain outpost, leaders of the major industrialized nations are prodding Germany to balance its push for European fiscal austerity with doses of stimulus spending to avoid an economic calamity that could reverberate worldwide.
