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Japan says it may purchase new Europe bailout bonds
Japan said Saturday it would consider buying bonds issued by Europe’s new permanent bailout fund in a bid to help soothe the eurozone’s crippling debt crisis. “We will consider buying them after...
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Bruce Springsteen to again campaign for Obama
Rock music icon Bruce Springsteen will hit the campaign trail this week for President Obama, adding star power to the president’s reelection effort as the race moves into the home stretch. Springsteen...
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Syria rebels down fighter jet near Aleppo: watchdog
Syrian rebels shot down a fighter jet in the northern province of Aleppo on Saturday, a monitoring group and a military defector said. “The rebels shot down the fighter jet in the west of Aleppo...
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Billionaire Koch brother accused of imprisoning, interrogating former employee
William Koch, the billionaire energy tycoon and prominent Republican donor, allegedly kidnapped and interrogated at a remote Aspen ranch a former top-level executive whom he suspected of subversion....
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Mauritanian president shot, wounded
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was shot and wounded as he was drove through the capital Nouakchott Saturday, but his life is not in danger, a security source told AFP. Abdel Aziz was...
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Thousands protest in Spain, Portugal against austerity cuts
Thousands of protesters in Portugal and Spain marched Saturday in fresh protests against the austerity measures their governments have imposed to tackle their debt crisis. Portuguese demonstrators...
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Bill Nye: GOPers disbelieving evolution ‘betrays the best use of our brains’
Bill Nye, he of the popular 90s science education TV show, continued Saturday to question the logic of several prominent Republican lawmakers who’ve publicly doubted evolution, saying that such a...
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Charges dropped against ex-Morgan Stanley exec who allegedly stabbed cabbie
William Bryan Jennings, a former top bond writer with Morgan Stanley, will no longer be charged in connection to an alleged assault on a cab driver last December in which the driver said Jennings...
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Mexico’s drug cartels target journalists in brutal killing spree
Scores of journalists have died in a country gripped by violence that has claimed an estimated 60,000 lives since 2006 He shakes as he speaks and at moments his eyes fill. “It’s certain that the...
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Hobbit tourism scatters more of Tolkien’s magic across New Zealand
For millions, the Lord of the Rings films turned the country into Middle-earth. As the premiere of a second trilogy approaches, tour operators are ready for another bonanza This time last year, New...
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Virginia congressional race aims to make gains with social media
Congressman Scott Rigell faces the tightest re-election battle in all of Virginia, so while he steps up his campaign ground game, the lawmaker is turning to what helped get him elected in the first...
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Fox News psychiatrist wonders if Biden is suffering from dementia
On the Sunday edition of “Fox & Friends,” a member of Fox News Medical A-Team suggested that Vice President Joe Biden might be suffering from dementia based on his debate performance. Psychiatrist...
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History shows ‘coattail’ effect not so crucial to presidents
History shows “coattail” effect not so crucial to presidents The trifecta of national politics is for a candidate to win the White House and help his party win control of Congress on presidential...
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50 years after Cuba Missile Crisis, U.S. influence in hemisphere waning
50 years after Cuba Missile Crisis, US influence in hemisphere waning It was what many consider the most dangerous moment the world has ever faced: the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, which saw the...
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Second City ‘Partisans’ mock Paul Ryan: ‘I’m really good at math, so I get...
Second City’s latest parody video –Behind The Scenes At The Paul Ryan Workout Shoot– satirizes the now-infamous Time Magazine photo feature Paul Ryan: All Pumped Up for His Closeup. “Paul Ryan” begins...
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New comet likely to impress when it passes closest to Earth in December
A comet found recently beyond the orbit of Jupiter could well become spectacular late next year and may be a sibling of one of the most celebrated comets of all time. What is formally known as Comet...
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Americans top the list of favorites for Monday’s Nobel Economics Prize
Americans top the list of favourites for Monday’s Nobel Economics Prize, an award that increasingly rarely seems to go to a European. The European Union was handed this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, but...
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‘Peeping Tom’ on Japan flight avoids charges: reports
A “peeping Tom” who used a pen-shaped camera to take an upskirt shot of a cabin attendant during a domestic flight in Japan has avoided charges after prosecutors failed to decide which prefecture the...
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Study reveals ADHD children’s views on drugs, doctors
New research finds that children with disorder are concerned that doctors do not understand the condition Children with hyperactivity problems do not feel that Ritalin and other drugs they are given...
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‘Soft’ drugs should be decriminalized: UK Drug Policy Commission
MPs must acknowledge that not all drug use is problematic and should consider decriminalising possession of small amounts of controlled substances, a report by independent experts urged Monday. The...
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