Judgy moms and dads face off in hit ad
Ask any mom or dad to name one of the biggest challenges about parenting today, and you will probably get an earful about the constant judgment they face about their…
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Michelle Obama headscarf ‘scandal’ is bogus
It was a very telling mini-scandal, the faux-fury over Michelle Obama’s short visit to Saudi Arabia. First there was the phony claim that Saudi television had blurred the first lady’s…
Ohio Democrat explains pro-choice shift
READ: Walker sees ‘gaps’ in 2016 field “I have come to believe that we must trust women and families — not politicians — to make the best decision for their…
Keystone bill moves closer to Senate passage
“It is now time to get through the remaining amendments and vote up or down on passage of this bill before we leave for the week,” said Senate Majority Leader…
Walker sees ‘gaps’ in 2016 field
He said he believes Americans are looking for “fresh leadership with big, bold ideas … leaders from outside of Washington who are willing to take on Washington and put the…
Luis Figo: The man who could be King of Football
The 42-year-old, a man of formidable football pedigree, confirmed to CNN in an exclusive interview on Wednesday he wants to replace Sepp Blatter as president of world soccer’s governing body….
Huckabee: Fox News women aren’t ‘trashy,’ but cursing New Yorkers are
Huckabee, an evangelical conservative from Arkansas, described the “cultural shock” he experienced while living part-time in New York to work on his Fox News show, calling the city a “different…
Perry pledges to keep up fight against indictment
Perry’s attorneys had sought to have the two criminal charges — coercion of a public official and abuse of official capacity — against him thrown out on constitutional grounds, their second failed…
Jeb Bush’s conservative evolution
“Many things he’s said have rubbed conservatives raw,” said Morton Blackwell, a Republican National Committee member from Virginia, who said a lot of base voters were particularly suspicious of Bush’s…
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Your guide to political committees on the 2016 presidential campaign trail
Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin launched a 527 called “Our American Revival” on Tuesday. Gov. Chris Christie created his “Leadership Matters for America” PAC on Friday. Jeb Bush launched…
For ISIS, tough times as it seeks to regroup
But lest anyone declare victory, predictions of ISIS’ demise are wildly optimistic. ISIS still controls some 50,000 square kilometers of Iraq as well as up to 30% of Syrian territory…
Mom: Family that refused vaccination put my baby in quarantine
Livia isn’t sick, but doctors fear she might become the 53rd person to contract measles in a recent Disneyland outbreak. Now she’s in a 28-day quarantine, because of a family…
Boko Haram militants conduct more deadly raids in Nigeria
For two weeks, Boko Haram gunmen have sacked dozens of villages in Michika district, close to the border with Cameroon, slaughtering male residents and abducting others. “They move house to…
Puppies? It must be Super Bowl week
Seems like you can’t throw a stick without running into a shaggy (or short-haired) dog storyand advertisers, in particular, know that puppies demand attention. Take GoDaddy.com. In recent years, the…
‘Wet Hot American Summer’ to become Netflix series
The show will debut this summer and tell the “story of the first day of Camp Firewood’s famous summer season,” 14 years after the film’s debut in 2001. The movie…
What post-9/11 U.S. can teach France
“Oh please, mind your language, show some restraint: it was not a French September 11!” wrote Olivier Roy last week, in an otherwise nuanced article on the French Muslims and…
Little Richard Fast Facts
Birth place: Macon, Georgia Birth name: Richard Wayne Penniman Father: Charles Penniman Mother: Leva Mae Penniman Marriage: Ernestine Campbell (1959-1961, divorced) Children: Danny, adopted (date unavailable publicly, now an adult)…
France launches website to counter jihadist propaganda
The target audience is families and friends of young people at risk of radicalization, young people themselves, and the wider public, according to a government news release. Entitled “Stop jihadism,”…
This backpack was trash. Now it’s a life-saving schoolbag for kids
For Thato Kgatlhanye, this was all too familiar. She saw it every day in her hometown of Rustenburg, a mining community in the North West province of South Africa. So…
Manuel Noriega Fast Facts
Birth place: Panama City, Panama Birth name: Manuel Antonio Noriega Morena Father: Ricaurte Noriega, accountant Mother: Maria Feliz Morena Marriage: Felicidad Sieiro (late 1960s-present) Children: Sandra, Thays (daughter) and Lorena…
How the Koch brothers’ $889 million pledge helps Democratic fundraising
“I don’t think it was surprising to many of us,” said a Democratic fundraiser. “I think we all expected we would be up against an enormous amount of money and…
S.C. judge tosses sit-in convictions for Friendship Nine
Lunch-counter protests had become the cause célèbre the year before, in 1960, just two hours up the road in Greensboro, North Carolina. African-Americans, many of them students, sought to break…
Luis Figo: Exclusive interview with CNN
“Thanks for inviting us from CNN to Madrid. What have you got to tell us?” Luis Figo: “Well, today is important because I will present my candidacy for the president…
A better way for the Kochs to spend their millions
Here comes spendageddon! To influence the 2016 elections, oil barons Charles and David Koch have pledged that their political network will spend $889 million, media reports say. Basically — wrap…
Game on: Romney team points to Hillary over wealth
A new report in the Boston Globe details how Romney purchased or built two new homes after the 2012 Republican presidential nominee’s election loss. The former private equity CEO, whose…
Jérôme Fernandez: Gallic handball giant with the golden touch
France’s Jérôme Fernandez may not be a household name outside his sport, but his achievements on court put even those of his twinkle-toed compatriot Thierry Henry in the shade. With…
Lynch promises ‘new and improved relationship’ with Congress
Lynch has overseen high profile financial fraud cases against banks, terror cases including one against a would-be New York subway bomber, and the corruption case against a former GOP congressman….
How CEOs predict the future
In the lead-up to war in Ukraine, a few prescient companies increased their presence in the country, securing an influential position as competitors fled. The ability to foresee major events…
The truth about border security
America’s immigration debate has become red hot because President Obama’s critics not only believe that he lacks the authority to act without the consent of Congress, but also that he…