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Princeton University scholar Cornel West will deliver the keynote address marking the 81st birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Atlanta church where the slain civil rights leader preached.
An Iowa Republican congressman says he thinks former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2012 and that she's among a few people who could win the state's leadoff caucuses.
The leading Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee says the Nigerian man accused of attacking an airliner as it approached Detroit should be tried by a military tribunal rather than a civilian court.
A new defense appropriations bill includes several targeted spending provisions championed by U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye that will benefit companies whose officers have contributed to his re-election campaigns.
India has emerged the leader in small cars, overtaking Japan, as declining sales in Western markets coupled with robust growth in Asia redraws the global map of the auto industry faster than many expected.
Yvonne King Burch, who gained early fame as one of the singing King Sisters during the big band era before launching her entire extended musical clan into show business as the King Family, has died. She was 89.
Author Stephen King and his wife are donating money so 150 soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard can come home for the holidays.
China has overtaken the U.S. as the world's biggest market for automobiles, the first time any other country has bought more vehicles than the nation that produced Henry Ford, the Cadillac and the minivan.
Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, making his first public comments since being hospitalized, marked his 82nd birthday Saturday with a call for peace and stability in a country that has been rocked by anti-government protests.
Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King, a folksy cattle rancher who served more time as governor than anyone else and became an institution in state politics, died Friday. He was 85.
Hawaii companies that would benefit from earmarks sponsored by U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, that are in the Senate version of the fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations measure. The firms' executives and other employees have contributed to Inouye's campaign committees since 1997.
A team led by a small Hawaii company was competing to design a new generation of military transport ships when Navy officials dropped it from contention in late 2007. The reason: the team's entry didn't meet the Navy's criteria.
Construction can finally begin on the long-delayed Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial slated for the National Mall after the National Park Service issued building permits Thursday for the project.
Business slowed at Burger King Corp. for the second straight quarter as the recession hit even fast-food restaurants and their cheap menus.
For years, Charles Wesley Mumbere worked as a nurse's aide in Maryland and Pennsylvania, caring for the elderly and sick. No one there suspected that he had inherited a royal title in his African homeland when he was just 13.
An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his homeland to be crowned king of his people in the mountains of western Uganda.
After more than 14 hours of discussion, the heirs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. reached a settlement late Monday that will keep the family from a public jury trial.
Burger King Corp. plans to swap its generic fast-food feel and bland tiles and tabletops for a vibe that's more sit-down than drive-through.
A follower of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is invoking the spirit of the civil rights icon and his wife, Coretta, in praying for a peaceful resolution to the legal battle among the King children.
The surviving children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. met in a courtroom Monday to formally discuss estate business for the first time in five years.
New Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach Dave King has been released from a Seattle-area hospital after undergoing a battery of tests.
The NFL Players Association is pledging to raise or donate $1 million to help build the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial planned for the National Mall in Washington.
Cheney Joins Hypocritical Attacks On Obama's 'Low Key Response' To Failed Terrorist Attack As ThinkProgress and others have noted, such attacks are supremely hypocritical considering that no Republicans complained when it took President Bush six days to comment on the similarly failed shoe bomber attack.
Traders refuse to pay "deer tax" Traders near a south-west London park are refusing to pay a "deer tax" introduced 500 years ago by Henry VIII. Firms which back onto Bushy Park must pay Royal Parks up to £1,400 per year in a tax designed to compensate the king for any deer which left the park.
Queen issues warning over paparazzi photosThe Queen has issued a strong warning to newspapers not to publish paparazzi pictures of the Royal Family. Her lawyers have reminded papers of privacy obligations under their own code of practice amid anger about intrusions into their lives.
BBC News - Saudi Arabia orders inquiry into flash flood deathsSaudi Arabia has ordered an inquiry into flash floods last week that killed more than 100 people, according to the state news agency. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah said that the family of each of the victims would receive 1m riyals (US $267,000; £160,000), the agency reported.
Airport worker Christopher Ejiofor returns home to Nigeria - to be crowned KINGA safety inspector working at East Midlands Airport has returned to his birthplace in Nigeria - to be crowned a KING. Christopher Ejiofor, 63, from Littleover near Derby, fled the West African country in 1970 after a brutal civil war.
Hungry snake chases tail A HUNGRY snake found his latest meal hard to swallow — when it tried to eat its own tail. The greedy 3ft creature mistook his rear end for a tasty dish and started to gobble it up.
DAWN.COM | World | Thirty years on, Mecca mosque siege reverberatesRIYADH: Thirty years ago, as tens of thousands of hajj pilgrims were completing dawn prayers inside Mecca, gunshots pierced the sanctity of the Grand Mosque.
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | The place to take the Afghan pulseOnce upon a time in Kabul, there was only one roundabout. And what a place it was - a heaving tide of humanity converged on this central axis in the city, an unrivalled space for commerce and conversation. All roads led to the roundabout and so did the news.
Racism in the Republican PartyConor Friedersdorf on how the GOP can repair its image—and the myths the left perpetuates.
I just got finished watching "Milk" for the first time (I hate going to movie theaters and always wait to see films on cable) and it seems to me that the entire thrust of the film and the idea of gay rights fits in with what I think, that gay rights are both human and civil righ …
With real and sincere respect for the struggle Martin Luther King, Jr. championed and with deep and abiding regret over the fact that his life was cut short by far lesser men (or man - in this instance the point is moot)... Anyway... with those ideas firmly in mind...
N.J. Principal Unapologetic for Videotape of Kids Praising Obama, Parents SayThe principal of a New Jersey elementary school where young students were videotaped singing the praises of President Obama is making no apologies for the videotape and says she would allow the performance again if she could, according to parents who spoke with her Thursday night …
Obama's TV Blitz: On The Air, but Off His Game? by Howard KurtzObama made clear his frustration with the media's coverage in the Sunday interviews: To Stephanopoulos: "If you're just being sensible and giving people the benefit of the doubt . . . you don't get time on the nightly news."
Conservatism Is Dead!Digging deep into the roots and evolution of the American conservative movement, Sam Tanenhaus talks with Bill Moyers about why he believes that conservatism is dead and how it might yet come back to life.
Race Card - R.I.P. :: Larry Elder The scenario usually plays out this way. A white person says something about a nonwhite person -- a statement perceived as racially insensitive, purportedly reinforcing a stereotype, or otherwise considered racist.
Activist Gets 18-Year Term for Insulting Thai KingA political activist was sentenced to 18 years in prison Friday for damaging the "reputation and honor" of the king and queen of Thailand, the latest in a string of convictions for insulting the country's monarchy.
Republican calls Holder decision 'bulls**t'Peter King, the New York congressman likely to challenge Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in 2010, is blasting the Obama administration's decision to investigate Bush-era CIA interrogations.
Dean and Frist Debate Health CareLARRY KING: Well, everyone talks about the weather, no one does anything about it. That's an old Mark Twain statement. Right now, that weather is affecting our signal in Vermont, because of those weather storms up along the East Coast.
Jordan's Abdullah congratulates AhmadinejadThis way the king is being independent of the west and their "influence" in the region, which is a good thing.
Revealed for the first time - the other woman in the Queen Mother's marriageThe curtain went up. Into the spotlight stepped a devastatingly beautiful 19-year-old girl with a halo of blonde hair and enormous eyes of the deepest sapphire blue.
Royal Guards ruin £ 8 million painting while chasing jackdawBird-brained royal guards ruined an 8 million GBP painting while trying to shoo a jackdaw out of a palace chamber with a stick.
Written: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - Friday, August 7, 2009 "These Are Facts...Part 3" By: Lamar Lester
Must see: Cambridge cop says she won't vote for Obama again after GatesgateMust see: Cambridge cop says she won't vote for Obama again after Gatesgate An amazing clip via Verum Serum. God only knows how much heat she and Sgt. Lashley will take from the "authenticity" police for this; Crowley's a spectacularly lucky guy to have friends like them.
Goat's crowning as king of Ireland in doubtThe annual crowning of a goat as king of Ireland at one of the country's oldest fairs is in doubt after organisers said the heir to the throne may be stopped from travelling to the festival.
6 Famous Characters You Didn't Know Were Shameless Rip Offs | Cracked.comAlways knew Lion King was a rip-off of Japan's Kimba the White Lion! Never understood why Marvel kept the name 'Brotherhood of Evil Mutants'!
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