Barack Obama
Young Jeezy gives shout out to Obama
Posted on 2012-04-30 11:50:41
The Snowman is melting with pride after being name-checked by President Obama during Saturday night's White House Correspondents Dinner. “In my first term I sang Al Green. Read More
U.S., Chinese close to deal on asylum for blind activist
Posted on 2012-04-30 08:48:50
U.S. and Chinese officials are ironing out a deal to secure American asylum for a blind Chinese legal activist who fled house arrest, with an agreement likely before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives this week, a U.S. rights campaigner said Monday. Read More
Hail to Obama, the comedian-in-chief!
Posted on 2012-04-30 08:00:05
President Obama kills — and we’re not talking about his order to take out Osama Bin Laden. Read More
Ghost of Charlie Sheen returns
Posted on 2012-04-30 07:00:15
Unless “Glee” can talk Barack Obama and Mitt Romney into doing a full-dress duet from “La Cage Aux Folles” for its season finale, no gimmick on broadcast TV this season can come close to Monday night’s twist on “Two and a Half Men.” Read More
April 30, 2012: School breakfasts, the Enterprise and George Zimmerman
Posted on 2012-04-30 04:00:55
Brooklyn: The space shuttle soaring over the Statue of Liberty was another iconic moment in the long history of the world’s most iconic city. New York to Enterprise: Welcome home. Chaskel Bennett Read More
Republicans wrong to attack Obama on Bin Laden ad
Posted on 2012-04-30 04:00:10
The political party of the “Mission Accomplished” banner on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in May 2003, the party that gave us George W. Bush as an adorable dressup fighter pilot, now accuses Barack Obama of “spiking the ball” because he runs an ad about the order to take out Osama Bin Laden in May 2011. Read More
Questlove gives Jay-Z a sound baby present
Posted on 2012-04-29 20:09:48
JAY-Z approved of Questlove’s baby gift. The Roots drummer told us at Saturday’s second annual Comedy Awards that his gift to Blue Ivy Carter was a big hit with the infant’s hip-hopping daddy. “Jay loves it,” said Quest, who was on hand at the Hammerstein Ballroom to perform with his band. Read More
U.S. special forces help in hunt for Joseph Kony
Posted on 2012-04-29 20:06:46
Deep in the jungle, this small, remote Central African village is farther from the coast than any point on the continent. It's also where three international armies have zeroed in on Joseph Kony, one of the world's most wanted warlords. Read More
Blind activist's escape gives lift to other Chinese dissidents
Posted on 2012-04-29 19:41:51
The surprising escape of a blind legal activist from house arrest to the presumed custody of U.S. diplomats is buoying China's embattled dissident community even as the government lashes out, detaining those who helped him and squelching mention of his name on the Internet. Read More
White House Correspondents' Dinner: Obama skewers Romney
Posted on 2012-04-29 14:37:32
Reprising his role as the comic in chief, President Obama skewered Mitt Romney and poked fun at himself Saturday night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington. Obama opened his roast by noting that many things have changed since the 2008 presidential campaign. Read More
Al Qaeda desperate for payback after killing of Osama bin Laden
Posted on 2012-04-29 12:14:22
A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted, too busy surviving for the moment to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil. Read More
Florida pastor burns copies of Koran outside church
Posted on 2012-04-29 11:01:54
Terry Jones, who sparked international outrage in 2010 when he vowed to burn copies of the Koran, ignited copies of the Islamic holy book outside his Dove World Outreach Center Saturday night. Read More
Real Romney: real scary
Posted on 2012-04-29 05:02:52
Benen: Jimmy Carter was asked this week about the prospects of a Mitt Romney presidency, and offered an unexpected response. “I’d rather have a Democrat, but I’d be comfortable,” Carter said. The former President added that Romney had at least been moderate “in previous years.” Read More
Bin Laden’s spawn
Posted on 2012-04-29 04:10:01
Almost one year ago, at President Obama’s orders, Special Forces sent Osama Bin Laden to an eternity far less glorious than the one the mass murderer had envisioned. Read More
April 29: Obama, fracking and Carl Kruger
Posted on 2012-04-29 04:00:43
Spring Lake, N.J.: There is no doubt in my mind that President Obama deserves a second term in office. He has proven himself to be a leader who can make hard decisions — decisions that should have been made prior to his term. Read More
Barack Obama
Young Jeezy gives shout out to Obama
Posted on 2012-04-30 11:50:41
The Snowman is melting with pride after being name-checked by President Obama during Saturday night's White House Correspondents Dinner. “In my first term I sang Al Green. Read More
U.S., Chinese close to deal on asylum for blind activist
Posted on 2012-04-30 08:48:50
U.S. and Chinese officials are ironing out a deal to secure American asylum for a blind Chinese legal activist who fled house arrest, with an agreement likely before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives this week, a U.S. rights campaigner said Monday. Read More
Hail to Obama, the comedian-in-chief!
Posted on 2012-04-30 08:00:05
President Obama kills — and we’re not talking about his order to take out Osama Bin Laden. Read More
Ghost of Charlie Sheen returns
Posted on 2012-04-30 07:00:15
Unless “Glee” can talk Barack Obama and Mitt Romney into doing a full-dress duet from “La Cage Aux Folles” for its season finale, no gimmick on broadcast TV this season can come close to Monday night’s twist on “Two and a Half Men.” Read More
April 30, 2012: School breakfasts, the Enterprise and George Zimmerman
Posted on 2012-04-30 04:00:55
Brooklyn: The space shuttle soaring over the Statue of Liberty was another iconic moment in the long history of the world’s most iconic city. New York to Enterprise: Welcome home. Chaskel Bennett Read More
Republicans wrong to attack Obama on Bin Laden ad
Posted on 2012-04-30 04:00:10
The political party of the “Mission Accomplished” banner on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in May 2003, the party that gave us George W. Bush as an adorable dressup fighter pilot, now accuses Barack Obama of “spiking the ball” because he runs an ad about the order to take out Osama Bin Laden in May 2011. Read More
Questlove gives Jay-Z a sound baby present
Posted on 2012-04-29 20:09:48
JAY-Z approved of Questlove’s baby gift. The Roots drummer told us at Saturday’s second annual Comedy Awards that his gift to Blue Ivy Carter was a big hit with the infant’s hip-hopping daddy. “Jay loves it,” said Quest, who was on hand at the Hammerstein Ballroom to perform with his band. Read More
U.S. special forces help in hunt for Joseph Kony
Posted on 2012-04-29 20:06:46
Deep in the jungle, this small, remote Central African village is farther from the coast than any point on the continent. It's also where three international armies have zeroed in on Joseph Kony, one of the world's most wanted warlords. Read More
Blind activist's escape gives lift to other Chinese dissidents
Posted on 2012-04-29 19:41:51
The surprising escape of a blind legal activist from house arrest to the presumed custody of U.S. diplomats is buoying China's embattled dissident community even as the government lashes out, detaining those who helped him and squelching mention of his name on the Internet. Read More
White House Correspondents' Dinner: Obama skewers Romney
Posted on 2012-04-29 14:37:32
Reprising his role as the comic in chief, President Obama skewered Mitt Romney and poked fun at himself Saturday night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington. Obama opened his roast by noting that many things have changed since the 2008 presidential campaign. Read More
Al Qaeda desperate for payback after killing of Osama bin Laden
Posted on 2012-04-29 12:14:22
A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted, too busy surviving for the moment to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil. Read More
Florida pastor burns copies of Koran outside church
Posted on 2012-04-29 11:01:54
Terry Jones, who sparked international outrage in 2010 when he vowed to burn copies of the Koran, ignited copies of the Islamic holy book outside his Dove World Outreach Center Saturday night. Read More
Real Romney: real scary
Posted on 2012-04-29 05:02:52
Benen: Jimmy Carter was asked this week about the prospects of a Mitt Romney presidency, and offered an unexpected response. “I’d rather have a Democrat, but I’d be comfortable,” Carter said. The former President added that Romney had at least been moderate “in previous years.” Read More
Bin Laden’s spawn
Posted on 2012-04-29 04:10:01
Almost one year ago, at President Obama’s orders, Special Forces sent Osama Bin Laden to an eternity far less glorious than the one the mass murderer had envisioned. Read More
April 29: Obama, fracking and Carl Kruger
Posted on 2012-04-29 04:00:43
Spring Lake, N.J.: There is no doubt in my mind that President Obama deserves a second term in office. He has proven himself to be a leader who can make hard decisions — decisions that should have been made prior to his term. Read More
