What I’m reading: China’s debt problem
“Logic dictates that if Russia wants to increase the pressure on Europe, it should try beyond the territory of the former Soviet Union,” writes Ivan Krastev in the Financial Times….
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Citizens United 5 years later: Campaign finance reformers stuck
It paved the way for the creation of so-called super PACs, and unlimited, undisclosed contributions to outside groups that are often impossible to track. As a consequence, political operatives expect…
Chris Pratt, Chris Evans in epic Super Bowl bet
In one corner, we have “Captain America’s” Evans, a dyed-in-the-wool fan of the New England Patriots. Evans landed the first blow Monday with a tweet to Pratt that said in…
House GOP leaders face pushback from female members on abortion bill
READ: Who is Joni Ernst? Discussion about the issue at a closed door meeting on Wednesday morning got so tense that congressional aides were kicked out of the meeting when…
Heed the lesson from Disneyland measles outbreak
For many kids, a trip to Disneyland is a dream come true. But for some of those kids and their families who visited “the happiest place on Earth” a few…
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2 bodies found in ruins of burned Annapolis mansion
Technology executive Don Pyle, his wife and four grandchildren are feared dead in the fire. Officials said the two bodies have not been identified. For the first time since the…
2015 Paris Terror Attacks Fast Facts
The Charlie in the title references Charlie Brown from the Peanuts cartoon. Hebdo is short for hebdomadaire, meaning weekly, in French. The magazine ceased publication in the 1980s due to…
Was oldest gospel really found in a mummy mask?
The announcement of the papyrus’ discovery and impending publication was made by Craig Evans, professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Evans described the papyrus…
Jindal: Some Muslims trying to ‘colonize’ West
And the United States could be next, warned Jindal, a Republican who is considering a 2016 presidential run. “They may be second, third, fourth generation, they don’t consider themselves part…
Clinton emerges from hiatus with updated vision for future
READ: Clinton takes month-long hiatus “For our democracies to meet the tests ahead, all of our people, not just those of us here, but all of our people, have to…
ISIS gaining ground in Yemen, competing with al Qaeda
The disturbing information comes from a Yemeni official, who told CNN on Wednesday that ISIS has a presence in at least three provinces in southern and central Yemen, and there…
Obama warns Congress on changing Dodd-Frank
Any legislation that tries to weaken oversight of big banks, Obama added, “will earn my veto.”RELATED: Is it finally morning in Obama’s America?The president’s move to defend Dodd-Frank this week…
Inmate’s book exposes horrors of Gitmo
Mohamedou Slahi was wearing black-out goggles. A guard dragged him onto a boat and someone forced him to drink seawater. “It was so nasty I threw up…They stuffed the air…
Harry Reid to have eye surgery
READ: Reid returns to work but will skip the SOTU “Sen. Reid is expected to be released from the hospital quickly following the surgery but under doctor’s orders to minimize…
Stanislas Wawrinka: Hawk-Eye has undermined tennis umpires
It’s hard to picture Stanislas Wawrinka in the mold of tennis firebrands like John McEnroe or Andy Roddick but the Australian Open champion does admit to occasionally picking a row…
Congo snaps 41-year win drought to top Group A at AFCON
The vital win in Congo’s first appearance at AFCON since 2000 leaves Claude Le Roy’s team needing just a draw from its final group game against Burkina Faso to reach…
Left: Obama was great, except on trade
Democratic lawmakers, labor unions and environmental groups are quickly mounting a campaign to deny Obama’s request for authority to fast-track new deals with Pacific Rim countries and the European Union…
Europeans use lawsuits, laughter to knock down ‘no go’ claims
These are places to go, locals saynot “no-go zones,” as described by a Fox News commentator as well as Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. The last few weeks have seen characterizations…
‘Golden opportunity’ knocks for Chinese footballers in Spain
“This investment will not only provide a golden opportunity for young Chinese players sent overseas by Wanda to be selected by leading European football clubs, it will also strengthen the…
Police seek hundreds in Ferguson-area looting
Surveillance video released by the St. Louis County Police Department on Wednesday shows looters at the Dellwood Market just outside Ferguson, Missouri, following the November 24 grand jury decision not…
Democratic senator fights Obama on Iran
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed deep skepticism that negotiations between six world powers, known as the P5+1, and Iran are…
Anti-Islamization leader steps down amid uproar over Hitler selfie
The photo shows Lutz Bachmann, leader of PEGIDA, which translates in English to Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West. It appeared Wednesday on the cover of German tabloid…
Rubio ‘down to the last decision’ on 2016
“For governors that’s going to be a challenge, at least initially,” Rubio added, “since they don’t deal with foreign policy on a daily basis.” The argument offers an early look…
Leaked video gives glimpse into Saudi beheadings
“Praise God,” a Saudi executioner dressed in white tells her. He lifts his long silver sword and strikes her neck — a gasp, then she falls silent. Twice more the…
Get texts from your ‘Invisible Boyfriend’
Yes, the Internet has a solution for everything, and Invisible Boyfriend (or Girlfriend, they’re not fussy) can take care of those pesky privacy-invading questions by supplying an actual person to…
Steve King’s ‘deportables’ tweet a headache for 2016ers
#Obama perverts "prosecutorial discretion" by inviting a deportable to sit in place of honor at #SOTU w/1st Lady. I should sit with Alito. – “These Romney-style ‘self deport’ type comments…
And the winner of the English Premier League is …
Football Manager is a computer game which allows players to take control of their favorite team. Using the game’s encyclopaedic database, which contains data on nearly a quarter of a…
Protests break out in Supreme Court
According to Professor Garrett Epps of the University of Baltimore, who was in court, a total of between five and seven protestors stood up shouting statements such as “money is…
Chris Christie: Obama’s SOTU ‘was a campaign speech’
“I thought the most ironic part of what the President said last night was when he said he ran his last campaign,” the New Jersey Republican told reporters in Washington…