Apr 5, 2012 – The Obama Justice Department is facing an early afternoon deadline to submit its formal explanation over whether the administration believes judges have the power to overturn federal laws. But while administration officials have made clear in the wake of President Obama's controversial comments that they respect that authority,...

Apr 5, 2012 – The Justice Department is preparing to sue Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known internationally as "America's toughest sheriff," saying talks between the two sides have fallen through. The Obama administration and Arpaio's Maricopa County Sheriff's Office had been in the midst of settlement talks, after the Justice Department accused it...

Apr 5, 2012 – The Maryland woman who claims to have one of the winning tickets to the largest Mega Millions jackpot in history called a press conference, didn’t speak and asked – through her lawyer – for the press to leave her alone. Edward Smith Jr., Baltimore attorney for Mirlande Wilson,...

Apr 5, 2012 – Whitney Houston drowned face down in a tub of "extremely hot water" about 12 inches deep, the final autopsy report on the singer's death said. The Los Angeles County coroner ruled that Houston's February 11 death was an accidental drowning with the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine...

Apr 5, 2012 – E-books aren't just becoming increasingly popular. They also appear to be promoting reading habits among American adults. So says new research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, which states that about one-fifth of U.S. adults have read an e-book in the past year. And if you...

Apr 5, 2012 – President Obama signed the STOCK Act into law Wednesday, which bars members of Congress from profiting from insider information, but Obama made no mention of the high-profile television exposè that provoked the legislation’s resurrection and swift passage. Flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and lawmakers from both sides...

Apr 5, 2012 – The race for president may boil down to which candidate is viewed as the bigger snob. President Obama and Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee, have begun to circle each other over the charge of elitism, which both see as a threat. The economy has shown...

Apr 5, 2012 – A slide in Spanish stocks and bonds deepened as investor concerns that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy may require international aid rattled European markets. Spain, the euro region’s fourth-largest economy, is in “extreme difficulty,” Rajoy said yesterday, raising the likelihood of a bailout for the second time this week....

Apr 5, 2012 – The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest level in almost four years, adding to evidence of an improving U.S. labor market. Initial jobless claims fell 5,000 in the week ended March 24 to 359,000, the lowest since April 2008, the Labor Department...

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Apr 4, 2012 – The White House is facing criticism for their decision to invite the Rev. Al Sharpton to the White House Easter Prayer Breakfast, while excluding top leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention – the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Dozens of Christian leaders from around the nation were invited to the...

Apr 4, 2012 – Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged Wednesday that the "courts have final say," and said his department would respond formally to an appeals court order to explain whether the Obama administration believes judges in fact have the power to overturn federal laws. The attorney general, at a brief press...

Apr 4, 2012 – Why own a house when you can own a town? Granted, it's the nation's smallest town, and it only has one resident, but nonetheless, Buford, Wyo., can be yours on April 5 when it goes up for auction. The opening bid for the town is $100,000 and the sale...

Apr 4, 2012 – While the story behind Trayvon Martin's shooting death continues to grab headlines, interest in the case is sharply divided along partisan and racial lines, according to a new study by Pew Research Center. Far more Republicans (56%) than Democrats (25%) say there has been too much coverage of Martin's...

Apr 4, 2012 – Realtor Beverly Langley, who's been selling homes for nearly three decades, says the business isn't what it used to be. "You can't just wait for the phone to ring," she warns, adding, "It just doesn't work that way anymore." Langley estimates that 40 percent of realtors in the Washington, D.C.,...

Apr 4, 2012 – Officers received a call from a concerned passer-by who reported seeing a dog left on the back seat of car parked on Church Lane in Mansfield. The police officers smashed a window in the Mercedes and discovered it was, in fact, a toy dog. The toy's owner, Gordon...

Apr 4, 2012 – A federal appeals court is striking back after President Obama cautioned the Supreme Court against overturning the health care overhaul and warned that such an act would be "unprecedented." A three-judge panel for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered the Justice Department to explain by...

Apr 4, 2012 – The prospect that the Federal Reserve will begin a fourth round of asset purchases appears to be fading as the economy improves. The members of the Fed’s policy-making committee barely discussed new efforts to bolster growth during their most recent meeting in mid-March, according to an account of that meeting...

Apr 4, 2012 – Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) is losing patience with a top financial regulator, saying Tuesday that he should either crack down on speculation driving up oil prices or no longer work at his watchdog agency. In a letter sent to President Obama, Nelson said Gary Gensler, the chairman of the...

Apr 4, 2012 – The possibility of a loss in his home state of Pennsylvania may force Rick Santorum to drop out of the Republican primary sooner than he’d planned, say GOP strategists. Santorum is notoriously strong-willed, and those close to him say that party elders will not be able to convince him...

Apr 4, 2012 – Three NATO-led service members were killed in an explosion in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the alliance's International Security Assistance Force said. The ISAF deaths occurred during a suicide bombing at a vegetable market in the city of Maymana in Faryab province, a military official said. The official did not...

Apr 4, 2012 – More than a decade after a terrorist attack brought down New York's twin towers, their replacement -- an emerging new addition to the Manhattan skyline -- has nearly reached a landmark height. The One World Trade Center is now 100 stories high, stretching just over 1,244 feet and just...

Apr 4, 2012 – The sweeping victory of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party in recent elections has been confirmed by state media. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, or NLD, won 43 of the 44 seats it contested in the by-elections that took place Sunday, the government's official MRTV reported...

Apr 4, 2012 – myriad human rights violations in North Korea’s prison system, be sure to read my upcoming feature article in the April issue of Townhall…

Apr 3, 2012 – A Canadian beauty pageant contestant who was disqualified when the Miss Universe Canada organizers discovered she was transgender said Tuesday she had been devastated by the decision and wanted a clear change in the rules. After initially disqualifying Talackova, organizers of the Miss Universe beauty pageant reversed course late...