Obama using new political freedom to tackle domestic agenda

PALM CITY, Fla. — In a gym usually home to the Hyde Park Academy Thunderbirds, President Obama spoke about his own home late last week —...

Meet Dr. Ben Carson, the New Conservative Folk Hero

There are two ways you might have heard of Dr. Ben Carson. If you’re a doctor or follow medicine, you might know of his great success...

Excessive TV watching in childhood linked to increased risk of criminal behavior, say researchers

Researchers found that the risk of having a criminal conviction by early adulthood increased by approximately 30 percent with every hour that children spent viewing television...

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Executive, charged with slapping baby on Delta flight, loses job

[youtube id=”KelDQj_6P7Y” width=”620″ height=”360″] By Matt Pearce February 18, 2013, 5:42 p.m.  Rough flight. A 60-year-old business executive accused of drunkenly slapping a 2-year-old and referring...

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Challenging the Vatican: Progressive Catholics say reform must begin with church governance

To progressive Canadian Catholics, reform of their church ultimately means ordination of women, married priests and freedom of birth control. None of these will be on...

Zimbabwe president announces referendum date

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe issued an official proclamation on Friday setting March 16 as the date for the nation to vote on...

Israel violated ‘laws of war’ in Gaza, says Human Rights Watch

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Human Rights Watch said Israeli airstrikes during the most recent Gaza Strip conflict last November “violated the laws of war.” Field investigations, which the...

U.K. flies Ghana troops, kit to Mali

LONDON: Britain’s military has flown troops and heavy equipment from Ghana  to Mali  to support the international intervention in  the West African nation, the British Defense...