 Rally crowd in Iraq cheered by end to US troopsTens of thousands of people have attended a mass rally in Iraq to cheer the cessation of US troop movements in the country.
The celebration rally was organized by Iraq's Hezbollah movement to... | |
 Washington police close camp near PresidentPolice in Washington have closed down a large camping area containing members of the "Occupy" movement.
The encampment, one of the biggest protest areas in the United States, was only a few blocks... |
 Nevada Republicans expected to go with Romney in big wayVoting is underway in the western U.S. state of Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses, with members of the party choosing the candidate they want to see take on President Barack Obama in... |
| US congressmen want US citizenship for Pak doc who aided CIA to track Osama A group of congressmen has sought the US citizenship for jailed Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi, who helped the CIA track down and kill former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden last year in his... |
| TV channels declare Romney winner of Nevada US prez caucus Former Massachusetts governor and the 2012 White House contender Mitt Romney secured his third victory of the GOP primary season, as television networks declared him the winner of Nevada's... |
| Building the next generation of South Asian American leaders Sam Arora is a Maryland state Delegate, Aaron "Ronnie" Chatterji served on President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) and Hari Kondabalu is a rising comedy star just back from an... |
| Actor Ben Gazzara dies in US Versatile US actor Ben Gazzara died in a New York hospital of pancreatic cancer, The New York Times said. He was 81.
A student at New York's legendary Actor's Studio where other Hollywood stars like... |
| New York Giants prepare for the Super Bowl with Yoga Apart from typical running, throwing and strength training drills, the Super Bowl-bound New York Giants also reap the athletic benefits of season-long yoga sessions.
Gwen Lawrence, celebrity yoga... |
 Pentagon rounds on whistle blowerA private in the U.S. Army is to face a court martial after leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks.
Private First Class Bradley Manning, 24, has been in prison since his arrest one-and-a-half... |
| American comedian talks of life with puppet act By Madhusree Chatterjee, New Delhi, Feb 5 : Social realities, tragedies, life's profound truths, cynicism, laughter, theatre and puppets made of objects daily used come together in leading... |
| 1,050 Bulgarian Police Guard Hillary Clinton on Sofia Visit Extreme security measures have been implemented by Bulgarian authorities during the Sunday visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Bulgarian capital Sofia. Clinton arrived in Sofia around... |
| Hillary Clinton to Visit Bulgaria for 2nd Time, Bill-less Current US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Sunday visit will be her second, both times without her husband Bill Clinton. Her first visit was almos 14 years ago, during 1998, in her... |
| Commentary: Federal Reserve deserves closer scrutiny Breaking news: When it came to the collapse of the bubble that touched off the 2008 meltdown of the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve was a placid herd of clueless blockheads. Less than two years... |
| November is Native American Heritage Month in Oregon Coast Town (Lincoln City, Oregon) – All of November swells with a special kind of American pride in Lincoln City: Native American Heritage Month fills the Lincoln City Cultural Center with bundles of... |
| Feds offer Mississippi refuge ice fishing day Federal wildlife officials are planning a free ice fishing day for kids on the Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Children between the ages of 6 and 13 will be allowed to fish for... |
| Mushroom Pickers OK After 6 Days Lost in OR Forest Three mushroom pickers took refuge in a hollowed out tree after getting lost in an Oregon forest, fighting wintry chills for six days and drinking water from streams until a helicopter pilot spotted... |
| Plot whirls in 'American Dervish' Cool high school English teachers, take note. If you're looking for a new novel by a young author to spark conversation about faith and family, innocence and adolescence, it's Ayad Akhtar's debut... |
| Away from Nevada, Santorum campaign is undeterred By Andrew Rafferty, NBC News correspondent GREELEY, Colo. - As his plane touched down in Denver, Colo. on Saturday afternoon, presidential hopeful Rick Santorum peeked up from his iPad to announce... |
| Protesters Attack 7 Syrian Embassies Around World Protesters attacked seven Syrian embassies around the world following reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Damascus' nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent. Mobs trashed diplomats' offices... |
| Martin: Romney's GPS ignores the poor >Editor's note: Roland S. Martin is a syndicated columnist and author of "The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House. " He is a commentator for the TV One cable network and... |
| US White House hopeful Romney wins big in Nevada LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) - Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney romped to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday, cementing his position as frontrunner to take on President Barack Obama in... |
| Armstrong Probe Could Affect Feds Prosecutors' first attempt to convict star pitcher Roger Clemens ended in a mistrial, so they're preparing for another attempt in two months. And now the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles has... |
| Marine wife killed in Ca. explosion was Iowan, 31 COLEVILLE, Calif. -; A woman killed in a propane gas explosion outside a remote Northern California training base was the 31-year-old wife of a U.S. Marine, and a mother of two from Hudson, Iowa,... |
| US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Expected in Bulgaria American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected Sunday on a one-day visit to Bulgaria, during which a string of bilateral and global issues are likely to be discussed. Saturday Clinton was... |
| African Americans in Dallas Target Korean Business The African American community in Dallas has been protesting a gas station run by a Korean-born U.S. citizen in a predominately black neighborhood in South Dallas for over a month, taking issue with... |
| Special Report: Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control 1 of 7. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (L) and New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly attend a news conference in New York in this September 8, 2011 file photo. No one thinks gun control is going... |
| Occupy Oakland night march largely peaceful An Occupy Oakland protester wears a Guy Fawkes mask before an anti-police march against the Oakland Police Department in Oakland, California February 4,... |
| Thornton, Evans Lead Kings Over Warriors In OT 114-106 SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — Marcus Thornton scored 28 points and Tyreke Evans had 26 points and nine assists to help the Sacramento Kings beat the Golden State Warriors 114-106 in overtime Saturday... |
| America's great divide between rich and poor "Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer," Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson explained how unprecedented wealth transfers to America's rich destroyed middle class... |
| New York Giants Get Way Ahead of the Game via @MikeGiardi Someone behind the New York Giants’ website tried to play sports Nostradamus on Saturday, prematurely declaring the Giants champions of Sunday’s Super Bowl match with the... |
| Newt Gingrich: I'm in the GOP campaign to stay By NBC News, msnbc.com staff and news services Newt Gingrich said Saturday night that he's staying in the Republican presidential nominating contest.In a news conference in Las Vegas as results... |
| NBA: New York 99, New Jersey 92 New York's Jeremy Lin scored a career-high 25 points Saturday and the Knicks rode his hot hand to a 99-92 win over New Jersey. Lin, a second-year guard out of Harvard, put in 19 of his points... |
| ‘Stop terrorizing Iranians’: Americans protest US anti-Iran policies Anti-war protesters are taking to the streets in dozens of U-S cities to protest Washington’s anti-Iran policies.Activists from various US-based anti-war organizations are attending the rally.... |
| Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American' ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 5, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - This Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 photo shows Gibre George, who started a Facebook page called 'Don't Call Me African-American," in... |
| Loyola-Marymount Rallies Past San Francisco 90-88 LOS ANGELES (CBS / AP) — Drew Viney scored 20 points, including the go-ahead basket with 54 seconds left, as Loyola-Marymount rallied from a 16-point deficit in the final eight minutes to... |
| Thomas Helps Hawaii Rally For 83-81 Win Over San Jose In OT SAN JOSE (CBS / AP) — Joston Thomas had a career-high 29 points and 12 rebounds as Hawaii erased a 14-point second-half deficit to beat San Jose State 83-81 in overtime on Saturday... |
| Oakland Police Block Path Of Occupy Protest March OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — About 70 Occupy Protesters marched through downtown Oakland Saturday night. The protesters burned an American flag as they began their march from City Hall toward police... |
| Minnesota indictment unlikely to dismantle American Indian gang Members of the Native Mob gang have shot rivals in Minneapolis, sold drugs in Duluth, and thrown boiling water in a person's face in Crow Wing County. Authorities say they've also assaulted... |
| Difficulties And Hopes Of The Catholic Church In America VATICAN CITY, 19 JAN 2012 (VIS) - Today in the Vatican Benedict XVI received a group of prelates from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (Regions 4 and 6), at the end of their "ad... |
| US White House hopeful Romney leads big in Nevada Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney got a new poll boost two days before Nevada's caucuses, as real estate mogul Donald Trump endorsed him for the party's presidential nomination. The... |
| Abducted American women call Egypt captors 'kind' CAIRO -- Their kidnappers gave them tea and dried fruit, and talked about religion and tribal rights. The California women were allowed to bring their Egyptian tour guide with them. One even put out... |
| Prosecutors: Ind. woman left decomposing in chair LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. -; A southeastern Indiana woman has been charged after prosecutors say she left her morbidly obese sister alive and decomposing in a chair for three weeks. A grand jury in... |
| CA man released after murder charges dropped FILE - This file photo released on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, provided by the Anaheim Police Dept. shows Itzcoatl Ocampo. The ex-Marine charged with killing four homeless men in Orange County has been... |
| 3 Ore. mushroom pickers rescued after 6 days lost A family of three huddled on the edge of an old-growth Oregon forest for six days, lost and cold, unable to signal search helicopters flying low and slow... |
| Miami-based troops answer call to duty Less than 24 hours before deployment, U.S. Army SPC Frantz Eliscard stood in the fifth row on a theater stage, six soldiers in, listening to a string of political and military leaders offering words... |
| Super Bowl showdown: New York vs. Boston In other sports, the big-city rivalries usually come to a head in the playoff round before the championship. Here, though, the cities that love to hate each other are going for it all. Does Beantown... |
| NHL: Buffalo 4, New York Islanders 3 Jason Pominville scored in a shootout Saturday and the Buffalo Sabres came away with a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders. Boyes tallied in the first round of the tie-breaker, firing a quick wrist... |
