Loretta Lynch Fast Facts
Birth place: Greensboro, North Carolina Birth name: Loretta Elizabeth Lynch Father: Lorenzo Lynch, Baptist minister Mother: Lorine (Harris) Lynch, school librarian – April 2014 – Lynch’s office indicts Congressman Michael…
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Don’t rely on insanity defense
Two major trials kicking off 2015 feature defendants invoking the insanity defense. For many, this adds to the myth that insanity is commonly used and frequently successful. But in fact,…
Republican candidates face the curse of London
Republican Govs. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana traveled to the United Kingdom recently to try to burnish their foreign policy credentials. Next up is Wisconsin…
Mireia Miro: The alpine adventurer who skis up mountains
That’s the distance Mireia Miro estimates she covers every season in a bid to stay fit for the lung-busting sport of ski mountaineering. “In a normal winter, when we start…
Mueller possibly paired with ISIS fighter, officials say
Intelligence suggests Mueller may have been given to an ISIS fighter as a sort of bride, one U.S. government official said. Mueller’s parents announced Tuesday that it had received confirmation…
#RememberingWhitney on the third anniversary of Houston’s death
Bobbi Kristina Brown: What we know (and don’t know) The similarity in circumstances — the superstar singer was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub in 2012 — added…
U.S. Little League champs lose title for using ineligible players
Little League International announced Wednesday that it is vacating all of the Jackie Robinson West squad’s wins from last year’s tournament, including from the Great Lakes regionals and U.S. championship,…
Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn admits his approach to sex is ‘rougher’ than most
His words followed testimony from two sex workers about his behavior at sex parties he’s accused of organizing or encouraging in Europe and the United States. He denies knowing that…
Boehner: Why can’t Senate Democrats ‘get off their ass’
On Tuesday Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters the House GOP bill was “stuck” and it was up to the House to take the next move. – RELATED: McConnell…
Jon Stewart: Court jester with a knife
The baby boomers had Walter Cronkite; the millennials have Jon Stewart Leibowitz, better known by his nom de comedy, Jon Stewart. The “Daily Show” anchor announced Tuesday that he would…
Want to host a victory party in Des Moines? Aim for 30%
In none of the latest crop of surveys did the leader of the poll top 20% support among likely Republican primary voters or caucusgoers. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker topped the…
Jon Stewart: The voice of my generation — and yours
I’ll give you two hints: Younger than George W. Bush. Older than Justin Bieber. Forty-ish, you say? Forty-five, maybe? Nope, 52. And isn’t it incredible that someone that age —…
Your best weight loss tool may already be in your pocket
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that smartphone applications and wearable devices are actually quite accurate in tracking step counts. “Data from smartphones were only slightly different than observed…
Official: Houthis seize U.S. Embassy vehicles, Marines’ weapons at airport
The actions come after the United States, along with Britain, suspended operations at their respective embassies and moved out staffers because of the instability in the Arab nation. According to…
Obama ISIS fight request sent to Congress
Lawmakers on Wednesday morning received a draft Authorization for the Use of Military Force, a resolution that would formally authorize a six-month U.S. military effort against the militant group. Shortly…
Letter from President Barack Obama requesting authorization for the use of military force
February 11, 2015 TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: – February 11, 2015.
‘We’ll die without that boat:’ What the Costa Concordia leaves behind in Giglio
Nothing much ever happened on Giglio before the doomed cruise liner crashed here on that fateful Friday the 13th in January 2012. There were the odd inconveniences, like when bad…
Schettino: the cruise captain who sailed into notoriety
The liner capsized after it struck rocks off Italy’s Giglio Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea in January 2012. No one died on impact but 32 lives were lost during the…
Florence + The Machine video, ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ will make your day
In the video, lead singer Florence Welch dances with, and hugs, her doppelganger. It’s as wonderfully weird as it sounds. – Lest you think this day is all about music,…
‘American Sniper’ trial starts Wednesday
Opening statements in the trial of Eddie Ray Routh, charged with capital murder in the 2013 deaths of Kyle and Chad Littlefield, are scheduled to begin Wednesday morning at a…
Help find the world’s ‘loneliest whale’
They call him “52,” which isn’t as much a name as much as a measurement, since that’s the frequency, in hertz, of his bleating, electric call. He’s said to have…
Three admirals censured in Navy corruption investigation
Rear Admirals Michael Miller, Terry Kraft and David Pimpo were censured by the Secretary of the Navy on Tuesday after an investigation found that they “improperly accepted gifts from a…
Social media suggest #JobsForJonStewart
At the end, the show cut to a clip of a monkey washing a cat, mixing the lighthearted with a serious moment in true “Daily Show” form. Stewart fans took…
UK police arrest 2 women on Syria terror charges
Both were detained at their homes in the town of Walsall, north of Birmingham, on Wednesday morning by officers from the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit. They are currently being…
Joni Mitchell: I felt like a black man
The Canadian wisp of a singer feels she shares an affinity with black men. “When I see black men sitting, I have a tendency to golike I nod like I’m…
Caroline Wozniacki: Tennis player, marathoner and now swimsuit model
Her pal, world No. 1 Serena Williams, along with Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic, have featured in the swimsuit edition in the past and the Dane couldn’t wait to join…
The disconnect between diplomacy, reality in Ukraine
“It is a life or death moment for us,” one Ukrainian MP told a senior western diplomat. Ukraine is at war. It’s not a 21st century, media-driven war — or…
Obama says Putin has failed to modernize Russia
“I don’t want to psychoanalyze Mr. Putin. I will say that he has a foot very much in the Soviet past. That’s how he came of age. He ran the…
$15 million Assange security is ‘sucking resources in,’ police say
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe says the operation is being reviewed, as there’s “no doubt it’s a drain.” Assange has been living in the embassy since June 2012 to avoid…
Rick Santorum Fast Facts
Birth place: Winchester, Virginia Birth name: Richard John Santorum Father: Aldo Santorum, a psychologist Mother: Catherine (Dughi) Santorum, a nurse Marriage: Karen (Garver) Santorum (1990-present) – February 15, 2012 –…