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A man with an extensive criminal past — including a lengthy prison sentence commuted by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee nearly a decade ago — was being sought Sunday in a deadly ambush on four police officers who were gunned down inside a coffee shop. Complete Story...
Residents of a Jacksonville, Fla., neighborhood were shocked when a neighbor was found dead in her home in October, surrounded by six feet of garbage.
Hazra Bi wishes she could forget. But her damaged family is a living reminder of that December night 25 years ago when lethal gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, in the worst industrial disaster the world has ever seen.
State highway officials say four people have died in northern Washington state after their car was struck by another vehicle that ran a stop sign.
The first rigorous study of behavior treatment in autistic children as young as 18 months found two years of therapy can vastly improve symptoms, often resulting in a milder diagnosis.
The world's leaders must prioritize the issue of global warming above all else, the Dalai Lama said Monday, adding that he feels encouraged by next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen.
Da'Sean Butler tied his season high of 26 points to lead No. 8 West Virginia to the 76 Classic championship with a 84-65 victory over Portland on Sunday night.
Dan Boyle scored the go-ahead goal on a power play 6:15 into the second period, and Evgeni Nabokov made 28 saves to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night.
An ex-judge charged with taking bribes from gangsters committed suicide in his cell over the weekend in central China, a local government spokesman said Monday.
For the second straight season the Southeastern Conference championship game will be a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup.
Making one's true love happy will cost a whopping $87,403 this year, a minuscule increase from last year, according to the latest cost analysis of the items in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
South Korea's navy rescued a North Korean soldier who ended up in the South's waters while fishing and the man wants to be returned home, a report said Monday.
The latest rumor on Tiger Woods is that he was having a fling with Lady Gaga and his wife found out about it and chased him down the driveway with a 12-gauge shotgun until he flipped his luxury SUV six times and landed in an alligator-filled moat. He was quickly saved by Nelson Mandela, who just happened to be driving back to his hotel after visiting Alex Rodriguez and Kate Hudson.
Color-coded denim cloths cover the row upon row of black body bags atop cold metal tables. Blue means a body that eventually will go into a common grave. Tan, the family wants those remains back for burial, eventually.
Third-string quarterback Dennis Dixon was doing a fine job for the Pittsburgh Steelers in his first NFL start — until he was forced to work overtime.
Learning anatomy with cadavers is a centuries-old rite of passage that once again is getting a face-lift as medical schools struggle to mix this core knowledge with an explosion of new information from the genetics revolution.
Sergio Rodriguez scored a career-high 24 points, Jason Thompson had 22 points and 14 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings won their third straight game with a 112-96 victory Sunday over the New Orleans Hornets.
The New Jersey Nets matched the worst start to an NBA season with their 17th straight loss Sunday night, with Kobe Bryant scoring 30 points in the Los Angeles Lakers' 106-87 victory.
For the second straight game, the Phoenix Coyotes got two goals from defensemen and beat another Pacific Division rival in the process.
Venoy Overton made two free throws with 14.5 seconds left then blocked a potential tying 3-pointer by Montana's Anthony Johnson with 6 seconds remaining to allow No. 14 Washington to escape with a 63-59 victory over the gritty Grizzlies Sunday night.
For the sake of argument, let’s assume that despite their protests to the contrary, Tareq and Michaele Salahi were not invited to President Obama’s state dinner last week. Let’s assume that they, like the Heene family of balloon boy fame, are reality star wannabes who have taken things too far.
Long a staple of Saskatchewan Roughriders lore, the "13th man" took on a new and forever negative connotation Sunday night.
Katherine continues to head down the path to insanity, but this time, she tried to use Mike and Susan's young son, M.J., as a pawn. First, she fills the young boy's head with her woes and blames his mother. Then, she picks him up from a party without telling his parents. A furious Mike confronts her and ends up spitting out that he never loved her and thought of Susan every time he held or kissed Katherine. When he leaves, Katherine picks up a knife, calls for an ambulance, and then apparently cuts herself offscreen. Viewers hear a gasp and see the bloody knife, but not how serious the injury was. That was kind of a lot of blood on the blade, though.
Ryan Gomes scored 27 points, the most by a Timberwolves player this season, and Minnesota snapped a 15-game losing streak by beating the Denver Nuggets 106-100 Sunday night.
Vodka has become the latest female to win a big horse race with a narrow victory in the $5.9 million Japan Cup.
Obama Shatters Spending Record for First-Year Presidents, NOT!The 2009 fiscal year began on October 1, 2008, and the vast majority of the spending for that year was the result of Bush Administration policies.
The dangers of revolutionary right-wing rhetoricFew places have deeper scars from violent invective and verbal incitement than this North Carolina city where people still speak in whispers, embarrassed by the events of Nov. 10, 1898.
Mike Huckabee Granted Clemency To Man Wanted For Questioning In Ambush That Killed 4 CopsPARKLAND, Wash. (AP/HuffPost)— A convicted felon granted clemency nine years ago by former Arkansas Governor and 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, is wanted for questioning in the shooting deaths of four police officers in Washington state.
Breaking News :: 4 police officers shot, killed in ambush near Parkland Washington Four police officers were shot and killed in a Sunday morning ambush at a Parkland-area coffee shop, officials said.
Ho hum, just another would-be domestic terrorist found with a bomb making lab. Nothing to see here."Police said no charges have been filed against Mark Campano, 56. Police found 30 completed pipe bombs in his apartment along with components to make more, plus 17 guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the SeamsThe economic elite have launched an attack on the U.S. public and society is unraveling at an increased rate. You may have missed it in the mainstream news media, but statistical societal indicators are reading red across the board.
Conservatives Can Really Be Heartless BastardsStunning that someone could be this obtuse.
Iran OKs building 10 new enrichment plantsIran's government announces plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants and says work would start within two months, state media report.
When I was a child the entire year revolved around two days, your birthday and Christmas. Birthdays aside for the point of this article, I can remember the months leading up to Christmas mostly through the lens of the old Saturday morning cartoon shows.
Maurice Clemmons, age 37, and living in the area of the shootings, has been named a 'person of interest' in the shooting deaths of four police officers in a coffee shop in the Parkland area.
Day three was both a good and a bad day for me and my family. I learned that I would be headed home very soon, but in essentially the same shape in which I arrived. I learned that there would be surgery or surgeries for sure, but that they were not sure how much they could do.
Men and women 'respond differently to danger' Men and women may respond differently to danger, a brain scan study suggests. A team from Krakow, in Poland, used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to assess brain activity when 40 volunteers were shown various images.
Are We Going to Let John Die?/ The Human Toll of our Health SystemIf Joe Lieberman or other senators came across John Brodniak writhing in pain on the sidewalk, they presumably would jump to help him and rush him to a hospital.
China tries to fix crumbling health care systemUnable to rely on China's broken health care system, the Ji family was desperate.
'Unusual event' reported at Beaver County nuclear plant The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported an "unusual event" at FirstEnergy's Beaver Valley 2 nuclear reactor early this morning when leakage of reactor coolant into the plant's pressurized relief tank occurred.
Michael Pollan's Rules for FoodIf you've read In Defense of Food or Omnivore's Dilemma, you might find Pollan's rules for food interesting. My favorite: It's better to pay the grocer than the doctor.
Trolls really take a beating on the vine. Deleted. Sometimes just because the Seeder disagrees with their opinion, some peepah just can't be trusted to play square! Sure, you scoffers, sometimes peepah cross the line and call names, violate your precious code-of-honor.
The Arabs Have Stopped Applauding ObamaSteeped in an overarching idea of American guilt, Mr. Obama and his lieutenants offered nothing less than a doctrine, and a policy, of American penance. No one told Mr.
Personal Terrorism Against Women "We typically think of terrorism as a political act. But sometimes it's very personal."
Christian leaders' stance on civil disobedience is dangerous -- latimes.comExcellent article on the basis of political freedom, religion and what makes America the greatest country in the world.
Lessons from '80s don't bode well for economyThe road from recession to recovery is rarely smooth, straight or short. It comes with detours, forks and even dead ends. And sometimes surprises.
Egyptian State Security Accused of Cover-up in Muslim Riots"In an effort to cover up the Muslim mob violence against the Copts which broke out last week in the town of Farshoot and neighboring villages (AINA 11-22-2009, 11-23-2009), and in view of the complete news blackout imposed by the Egyptian government, Egyptian State Security has …
We must get ready for a weak-dollar worldThis is about as simple and straightforward an analysis as I have seen. And brutal.
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Movie Quotes (Musical Montage)"This is a musical montage I put together based on AFI's 100 Years, 100 Movies Quotes. The list was made in 2005 and was first aired on CBS as a special to commemorate the 100 greatest quotes as voted by 1500 critics, artists, and historians.
BBC News - What is Dubai and who runs it?From the pinnacle of the world economic boom to the brink of bankruptcy, Christopher Davidson of Durham University explains some of the background to the glittering city in the desert.
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