Iran is getting its chain tightened just a few more links now that foreign ministers with the EU are pushing harder sanctions targeted at the nation’s energy sector, which is in turn aimed at hindering its nuclear program.
BP might be the corporate bad guy du jour, but the toxic transgressions of another multinational corporation are giving them a run for their money.
After a life in the public eye, defending human rights in South Africa, and becoming one of the world’s most recognized advocates of peace, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has decided to retire later this year when he turns 79.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture official who is African American has resigned after a tape of discriminatory comments she made at an NAACP event was posted to the web.
A day after BP placed a new cap over its mile-deep underwater oil leak, discovering that so far it’s working, President Obama spoke briefly, saying in Washingtonese, “whew!”
Newsfeed was going to be really cheeky in the way this post was to be written. But right in the middle of our smart alecky wordsmithing, BP announced that the current attempt to cap the three-month old undersea gusher deep …
Police, as well as friends and family, are having a difficult time piecing together why the mayor of a suburban Dallas town would apparently shoot her 19-year-old daughter to death, then take her own life.
It’s been looked at as one of America’s dream muscle cars for the better part of 50 years, but until now if you wanted to buy a Chevrolet Corvette, you had to trust the engineers at General Motors to put the horsepower under the …
Colorful characters are expected to dot the landscape of the sports world. George Steinbrenner was arguably among the most colorful (if not controversial) managers in baseball history, so much so that since he became part of a …
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has died Tuesday morning after suffering a massive heart attack, his spokesman said.
An Iranian woman convicted of adultery has won a reprieve from her death sentence — of sorts. (via AP)
Legal experts are saying that precedent may be on the side of the Justice Department when it comes to its lawsuit against Arizona over its new immigration law.