Suspect hunted over Paris attacks left France last week: sourcesNews from Reuters: By Geert De Clercq and Mark John PARIS Sat Jan 10, 2015 6:15pm EST 1 of 19. French soldiers patrol in the street near a department store in Paris as part of the highest level of ‘Vigipira…………… continues on Reuters … Read the [...]
U.S. sanctions North Korea over Sony hackingNews from Dallas Morning News: WASHINGTON — The Obama administration imposed sanctions Friday on three entities and 10 individuals tied to the North Korean government, describing it as the first step in response to the devastating cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. White House officials said there was no evidence [...]
Crimea as consolation prize: Russia faces some big costs over Ukrainian regionNews from Washington Post: That’s all lost — for now. Crimea is a different story. Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula votes Sunday in a referendum on whether to seek annexation by Russia. Ukraine, the European Union and the United States have all refused to recognize the [...]
Boehner opts for wine and cigs over White HouseNews from New York Daily News: NBC/Paul Drinkwater/NBC Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) says he won’t ditch his vices to please the American people and ascend to the White House. John Boehner says give me wine and cigs or give me death. He fessed up that the “chain-smoking, [...]
Video threat emerges amid security concerns over Sochi Winter OlympicsNews from CNN: Russia will do its utmost to keep Sochi visitors safe, says President Vladimir Putin He reassures visitors about Russian laws outlawing “gay propaganda” Putin denies corruption has pushed up cost of the Winter Olympics in Sochi Sochi construction work is completed and only [...]
Upscale Coach brand suing Flint party store over pursesNews from Mlive- flint: C&P Party Store, 641 W. Carpenter Road in Flint, is being sued by leather goods company Coach over claims that the store violated Coach’s trademark by selling counterfeit goods. Coach has filed more than three dozen similar suits in Michigan’s eastern federal court [...]
North Korea threatens war with South over UN sanctionsNews from Reuters: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers a New Year address in Pyongyang in this picture released by the North’s official KCNA news agency on January 1, 2013. Credit: Reuters/KCNA By Jack Kim SEOUL | Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:47am EST SEOUL (Reuters) – North [...]
Lawmakers outraged after AIG announces potential suit against US over bailoutNews from Fox News: As American International Group Inc. weigh whether to join a lawsuit against the government that spent $ 182 billion to save it from collapse, U.S. lawmakers has a message for the insurance behemoth: “Don’t even think about it.” In a letter [...]
Republican House leaders voice serious concerns over fiscal billNews from Fox News: Congress blew past the deadline for averting historic tax hikes as the ball dropped and Americans rang in 2013, but lawmakers were making seemingly steady progress toward a deal that could contain the damage in the days ahead. Senate leaders were trying to [...]
Christians flock to Bethlehem to mark Jesus’ birth, as pope presides over Vatican …News from Fox News: VATICAN CITY – Despite the tension and violence that shook the Holy Land this year, Christians from around the world flocked to Manger Square in Bethlehem on Monday to celebrate the birth of Jesus in the ancient West [...]