Osama bin Laden is dead. Ratko Mladic was captured in Serbia today, striking another name from the world’s most wanted list. So who’s left? AP takes a look at the war criminals and terrorists still out of reach: Omar al-Bashir: The president of Sudan is wanted for crimes allegedly committed…
Continue reading …More signs of a presidential run: This weekend, Sarah Palin will begin an East Coast bus tour starting in Washington, the Huffington Post reports. “Sarah Palin will embark on a One Nation tour of historical sites that were key to the formation, survival, and growth of the United States of…
Continue reading …Joplin officials have released a list of 232 people still unaccounted for in the wake of the deadliest tornado ever recorded in the US. Search and rescue teams haven’t found any new survivors of the disaster since Tuesday, but Joplin officials tell the AP that they don’t think everyone on…
Continue reading …Lindsay Lohan arrived bright and early at LA’s Lynwood Jail today to surrender for a house arrest sentence related to the alleged theft of a necklace , according to TMZ . The 24-year-old actress will be cooped up in her townhouse for roughly 35 days with the electronic ankle bracelet she was…
Continue reading …Pakistan has given the CIA its blessing to search Osama bin Laden’s compound for anything American forces may have missed during their clandestine night raid. An agency forensics team is expected to land in Abbottabad in a matter of days, armed with high-tech equipment designed to sniff out anything bin…
Continue reading …Two New York City cops have been cleared of rape charges in a high-profile case. Officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata were accused in the assault of a drunken woman in her apartment after being called to help her out of a taxi. The 29-year-old woman accused Moreno of raping…
Continue reading …It’s starting to look like Americans haven’t moved from the couch all week. Early numbers show yesterday’s finale of The Oprah Winfrey Show drew the most viewers it has had in 17 years. The final episode—which featured no guests , but rather a personal conversation between Oprah, her studio audience…
Continue reading …Democrats are downright gleeful over their upset victory in the Buffalo-area congressional race, but they’re also misguided about what happened, writes Karl Rove. The common narrative is that Kathy Hochul clobbered Jane Corwin by linking her to Paul Ryan’s Medicare overhaul and that Democrats now have a lethal weapon to…
Continue reading …The Supreme Court today upheld an Arizona law that proscribes a so-called “business death penalty” for companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrants. In a 5-3 decision, the court said that states are free to take action against employers on immigration—which augurs well for supporters of Arizona’s more recent and…
Continue reading …He’s been heading toward a presidential run for two years now, and Rick Santorum will make it official next month, reports Politico . The conservative former senator is set announce his 2012 candidacy from his home state of Pennsylvania on June 6. Then he heads for Iowa, where Mike Huckabee’s decision…
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