The Washington Post was caught up in a controversy Thursday when a political-news outlet revealed that the newspaper promoted private sessions where lobbyists could meet with Obama administration officials and reporters and editors from the Post in exchange for payments ...Read More
President Barack Obama is considering setting a provisional target for cutting America's huge greenhouse gas emissions, removing the greatest single obstacle to a landmark global agreement to fight climate change.
The Observer has learnt that administration officials have been consulting international ...Read More
SEATTLE - Whatever storm clouds that had been brewing between David Beckham and Landon Donovan on the Los Angeles Galaxy this past summer have all but been abated. The two superstars have left their rift between them behind as they pursue ...Read More
(NECN/ABC news) - For the second time this week, new guidelines urge women to get less screening for cancer.
"We're more concerned that people are getting over-treated than we are about missing cervical cancer," said Dr. Cheryl Iglesia of American College ...Read More
Mayor Daley's decision to blame the media for Oprah Winfrey's career-altering choice to pull the plug on her syndicated talk show after her 25th season is preposterous. But it's also incredibly revealing.
When the mayor said, "You keep kicking people, and ...Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. - The U.S. Army said Friday it would open former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of ...Read More
RALEIGH, N.C.—The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against ...Read More
A day later, the Thierry Henry handball controversy has spun off into something entirely different from Thursday's woe-to-Ireland, Henry-the-thief themes. Now, it's a lively discussion of sportsmanship. Henry kicked this off all on his own, by coming out and saying the ...Read More
(CNN) -- Thierry Henry believes a replay would be the "fairest solution" after his handball set up France's clinching goal in their World Cup playoff with the Republic of Ireland.
As the controversy showed no signs of abating on Friday, Henry ...Read More
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Washington - The United States is developing a set of benchmarks to ensure that Afghan President Hamid Karzai keeps a promise delivered at his inauguration to fight corruption and inefficiency, U.S. officials said.
Taking the oath ...Read More
KABUL, Afghanistan — It is far from clear that President Obama can depend on President Hamid Karzai to bring order to this violent country, but it is becoming clear that he will depend on Hillary Rodham Clinton to be his ...Read More
"Precious," the new drama from director Lee Daniels stirring up beaucoup Oscar buzz, has stirred up something else as well: controversy within the black community. That the picture would inspire some bickering is not all that surprising. It is, after all, ...Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials say flights were delayed across the country when a piece of communications equipment in Salt Lake City failed. Federal Aviation Administration officials and an official for the union that represents the agency's technicians said Thursday the ...Read More
A member of the panel that unleashed a firestorm of controversy when it recommended a change in the age and frequency at which women should get mammograms today answered critics' claims that the new recommendations could be harmful to women. "This ...Read More
Everyone knows magazines extensively airbrush the stars on their covers to make them look appealing as possible (well, except any Newsweek Sarah Palin cover, they leave those alone because they're so sexist, according to her).
Usually, celebs appreciate a little touchup ...Read More
BEIJING (AP) - President Barack Obama says creating jobs isn't the goal of a coming White House forum on jobs and economic growth. But the president told NBC News on Wednesday that the purpose of the Dec. 3 summit is to ...Read More
This column is really a second installment to yesterday's ("How To Not Give Khalid Sheikh Mohammed What He Wants"), where I took a look at two of the criticism's against Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try the accused mastermind ...Read More
BEIJING - President Barack Obama says creating jobs isn't the goal of a coming White House forum on jobs and economic growth. The president told NBC News on Wednesday that the purpose of the Dec. 3 summit is to figure out ...Read More
Top Obama administration officials on Tuesday announced a new federal task force to combat financial fraud after deciding that the number and complexity of investigations linked to the economic crisis require a more coordinated response from government agencies. Created by executive ...Read More
CHICAGO ? Sarah Palin said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that it's heartbreaking to see the road that Levi Johnston, the father of her grandson, has taken and that the soon-to-be Playgirl model hasn't seen his baby in awhile.
In ...Read More
BEIJING — President Barack Obama on Wednesday wraps up a three-day visit to China that’s left him keenly aware of the limits of his administration’s leverage over this economic powerhouse on issues from currency values to human rights. Obama holds weaker ...Read More
