Osama bin Laden
Subpoena of AP records revives media shield bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The controversy over the government’s secret subpoena of Associated Press telephone records has revived legislation that protect journalists from having to reveal their sources to federal investigators — and the White House […]
Bin Laden spokesman pleads not guilty to plot
NEW YORK (AP) — A senior al-Qaida leader and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, captured in Jordan in the past week, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court in New York to plotting against Americans in his role as the terror network’s top spokesman.
In fact-based films, how much fiction is OK?
Filmmakers have been making movies based on real events forever. But because three fact-based films are in contention, the issue has come to the forefront of this year’s Oscar race: Does the audience deserve the truth, the whole truth and nothing but?
Obama salutes Panetta as he prepares to retire
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Calling it “the honor of my life,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said farewell to the U.S. military, capping a venerated public service career that spanned four decades.
Chastain bests Arnold, Wahlberg at box office
NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Chastain easily outmuscled Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mark Wahlberg over the weekend, topping the North American box office with her supernatural horror film “Mama.”
Oscar snubs: Musical chairs in the director’s seat
NEW YORK (AP) — In this year’s Oscar nominations, the director’s seat was the hot seat. In the now heavily analyzed awards season, unequivocal snubs have become less common as the field is more accurately predicted. But that changed today.
Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the CIA, two potentially controversial picks for his second-term national security team.
Romney: US can't kill way out of extremist threats
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney says he praises rival President Barack Obama for ordering the raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, but adds that the United States “can’t kill our […]
Obama hoped to capture bin Laden, new book says
WASHINGTON (AP) – A new book says President Barack Obama hoped to put Osama bin Laden on trial if he had surrendered during a U.S. raid. In a book on the raid that killed bin […]
Judge orders man to write reports about religion
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) – A Michigan man who authorities say attacked two men because he believed they were Muslims has been ordered to write a report on the history of Hinduism. Bay County Circuit […]



















