AAA’s 8 newest Five Diamond resorts
Some 121 hotels and 63 restaurants have received the AAA/CAA Five Diamond rating over the past year, and they’re mostly repeat winners. The list is made up of only 0.3…
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Does GOP want a boiling planet?
That means average land and sea temperatures, worldwide, have never been hotter in modern times, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (the gold standard for global climate data)…
Is glorifying God a hate crime now?
That much isn’t all that new these days, from the Duck Dynasty brouhaha to the axing of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich to the skirmishes over forcing, with state power, bakers…
Rand, Rubio skip day job retreat for 2016 prep
Paul stopped in New Hampshire, Arizona and Nevada this week to meet with supporters. Rubio spent the first half of the week on a media blitz for his new book,…
Flu season gets worse, but there are hopeful signs
Epidemic means that it is a higher than usual number of cases. Some 8.5% of all deaths across the country reported for the week ending January 10 were due to…
Supreme Court agrees to take on same-sex marriage issue
Supreme Court gay marriage decision could have 2016 impact – However, it stopped short of a nationwide ruling that would have made gay marriage legal in every state.
Obama-Menendez dispute shows Dem Iran rift
The unusually sharp exchange, between a senior senator and a president from his own party, occurred during a Senate Democratic retreat at a hotel in Baltimore. A senior administration official…
Muhammad Ali released from hospital one eve of 73rd birthday
Bob Gunnell said Ali is looking forward to gathering with family and friends to watch a college basketball game Saturday between the Duke Blue Devils and his hometown team, the…
‘West Wing’ cast makes cameo in White House video for second year in a row
When advertising last year’s Block of Cheese Day, then-press secretary Jay Carney paired up with “West Wing” stars Bradley Whitford and Joshua Malina to promote the event. The former NBC…
Ohio terror plot suspect denied bond
An FBI agent said Cornell, 20, planned to set off pipe bombs at the U.S. Capitol to put lawmakers and employees in panicked flight and then gun them down with…
Priebus overwhelmingly elected to third term as RNC chairman
RNC cuts primary debates down to 9; CNN to host up to 3 – RNC sets 2016 presidential convention date
Africa Cup of Nations: Teams come together to unite against Ebola
It is important to take Ebola seriously, but Morocco took too long to make a decision and the North African nation had various options to control the risk, notably preventing…
Boehner tailors Swift gifs in Obama attack
While the community college proposal “sounded exciting at first,” Boehner’s staff writes — paired with a gif of Swift to illustrate the excitement — “when President Obama said ‘free’ what he meant was…
Peak-bagging for couch potatoes
This story is about humbler summitssome of them aren’t even hillsthat beckon hikers in largely flat, low-lying parts of the country. They have modest names like Charles Mound and Hoosier…
Big threats, big questions in Europe’s anti-terrorism fight
European security services in recent weeks have received indications that the extremist group ISIS may have started directing European adherents in Syria and Iraq to launch attacks back in their…
Obama on Romney 2016: ‘I have no comment’
But not President Barack Obama, the man who beat Romney when the two squared off in 2012. – Related: GOP’s top 5 arguments against Romney in 2016
RNC cuts primary debates down to 9; CNN to host up to 3
“By constructing and instituting a sound debate process, it will allow candidates to bring their ideas and vision to Americans in a timely and efficient way,” Republican National Committee Chairman…
Proposed NCAA settlement could restore Penn State wins
The settlement is part of a lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania state Sen. Jake Corman. The suit began as a way to force the $60 million fine money the NCAA levied…
Gordon Brown: Where children are scared to go to school
Boko Haram’s murderous tactics have descended to a new barbaric low. Last Saturday, a bomb strapped to a schoolgirl exploded in the center of Maiduguri in Borno state, killing at…
Cameron, Obama to announce cyber security effort
Cameron is at the White House for bilateral talks expected to focus squarely on security after this month’s terror attacks in Paris and growing fears of violent Islamic terror cells…
The end of Google Glass, or a new beginning? Twitter has its say
Google has announced it will stop producing Google Glass in its present form. In a statement posted to its Google + account, the company said it would still be working…
Sebastian Vettel starts new Ferrari job
It was Vettel’s decision to quit Red Bull for Ferrari, a decision he said was partly inspired by a desire to follow in the footsteps of his racing idol Michael…
Carson camp brings on former Bachmann staffer in Iowa
“Iowa’s obviously very important as it goes on the national stage and as it relates to the presidential. That’s where the action is,” Rhodes said. Rhodes said in his new…
Help! My teen’s watching online porn
What happened to Maddie, a mom of two boys, one afternoon has no doubt happened to countless other parents across the country. Maddie’s computer was out of juice, so she…
Can love win a presidential election?
But his pitch to unseat Sepp Blatter and become the next president of FIFA, those qualities lasted about as long as the glossy montage to announce his candidacy. In public…
2014 was Earth’s hottest year on record
The National Climatic Data Center, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, noted the average temperatures over land and oceans were higher in 2014 than any year since…
Top health official involved with Obamacare resigns
“It is with sadness and mixed emotions that I write to tell you that February will be my last month serving as the Administrator for CMS. I have great pride…
Grateful Dead reuniting for 50th-anniversary shows
The four original surviving membersMickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weirwill take part, along with Phish’s Trey Anastasio and longtime Dead pal Bruce Hornsby. Keyboardist Jeff Chimenti is…
‘Selma’ screening at White House on Friday
The movie still cinched two nominations, for best picture and best original song, but director Ava DuVernay and lead actor David Oyelowo’s portrayal of Martin Luther King didn’t get an…
Is the U.S. at risk of a Paris-like attack?
One day after Cornell’s arrest Belgian authorities took down a group they believed was plotting imminent attacks, resulting in a battle with the suspects who opened fire with military weaponry…