Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is seeking to tap the dissent that sparked Russia’s biggest anti- government demonstrations in a decade, pledging to run against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for the presidency next March. “Society is awakening” – the New Jersey Nets basketball team owner told reporters in Moscow yesterday after announcing his candidacy in the wake […]
Sharp-elbowed Republican rivals assailed the professorial demeanor of newly minted front-runner Newt Gingrich and the cool efficiency of Mitt Romney in a debate Saturday, painting them as inconsistent conservatives who agree too much with President Barack Obama to topple him. Throughout, Gingrich was center stage for assaults, accused of whipping up the Middle East, criticized […]
Hundreds of anti-Wall Street activists who faced eviction early Monday from their eight-week-old encampment outside Los Angeles City Hall will be allowed to stay put until at least dawn – a police official said. But police Commander Andrew Smith said demonstrators who continued to block downtown streets adjacent to the camp would be subject to […]
Lee Corso blurted out an expletive starting with the letter ‘F’ during the final ESPN’s College GameDay late Saturday morning. In the show’s final segment, after guest picker, nine-time Olympic gold medalist and Houston alum Carl Lewis picked the Cougars, Corso picked up a large SMU megaphone, indicating he was leaning toward picking the Mustangs […]
Bob Costas’ interview Monday with Jerry Sandusky on NBC stood out for something it wasn’t – It wasn’t about the interviewer using the occasion to call attention to himself. That happens too often on TV. Instead, Costas used concise questions to let viewers draw their own conclusions. The interview, taped at about 7:15 p.m. ET […]
Herman Cain’s wife said she doesn’t believe the sexual harassment allegations against her husband because “he totally respects women.” Gloria Cain made the remarks in an interview to air Monday on Fox’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.” “I know that’s not the person he is. He totally respects women” – Gloria Cain said. […]
A late afternoon protest called in reaction to the operation that cleared Frank Ogawa Plaza Tuesday morning became a battle over the same ground Tuesday night. It looks like Oakland will begin and end Tuesday to the scent of tear gas. After being evicted from Frank Ogawa Plaza Tuesday morning, Occupy Oakland protestors staged a […]
World leaders hailed the death of former Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi as the end of an era of violence and tyranny, and held out hope for a better future for the North African nation. As Libyans fired automatic weapons into the air and danced for joy, U.S. President Barack Obama said the death of the […]
Andy Rooney doesn’t do autographs. That’s the way it was and will be, even after he makes his last regular appearance on ’60 Minutes’ this Sunday. The ’60 Minutes’ commentator will discuss that policy and other aspects of his character that make him America’s favorite curmudgeon in a ’60 Minutes’ interview with Morley Safer to […]
Speculation around Gov. Chris Christie’s potential presidential run amped up again Monday when former Gov. Thomas H. Kean told a conservative magazine that Christie was thinking about jumping into the campaign. Kean told the National Review that Christie was ‘very seriously’ looking at a presidential bid. Yet an adviser close to Christie insisted that Christie […]