Glenn Beck received a mix of mockery and intrigue last year after crying several times on camera during his Fox News program. Now, the conservative lightning rod's assistants reportedly say he sheds the occasional tear even while rehearsing for the show. In a Post feature story about the controversial Fox host, Howard Kurtz writes, "Some staffers [ […]
President Barack Obama headed to Strongsville, Ohio to make a final push for health care reform Monday. It will be the president's third campaign-style event in a week to push for reform. According to The Associated Press, "He'll speak Monday at a recreation and senior center in Strongsville, outside Cleveland." "Strongsville is the […]
US House Rep. Darrell Issa wondered aloud Monday whether last week's sensational incident of a runaway Toyota Prius was a hoax, telling CBS's Early Show that some drivers may be lying about problems with their cars to gain fame. The California Republican pointed to news that investigators from Toyota and the federal government were unable to [...] […]
Democrats are just short of the votes they need to push the health care bill past the finish line, and the White House is furiously competing with anti-reform lobbyists to court the few dozen House Democrats who will determine its fate. President Obama's top aides predicted Sunday that health care reform will pass this week. [...] […]
Sen. John McCain -- despite supporting the military's "don't ask, don't tell" prohibition on openly gay servicemembers -- has been a staunch critic of a national amendment to ban same-sex unions. In fact, during debate on the federal marriage amendment in 1994, he called the push to ban same-sex marriage "un-Republican." Hi […]
LONDON (AFP) - London's Gatwick Airport has apologised after a man wearing a T-shirt with the slogan "Freedom or Die" was asked to turn it inside-out because it could be threatening, a spokesman said Monday. Lloyd Berks, 38, was stopped by security officers as he headed for a family skiing holiday in Austria, according to media [...] […]
BEIJING (AFP) - China has sacked and arrested an official who became an online sensation after his alleged diary detailing sexual high jinks and bribery was splashed across the Internet, state media reported Monday. Han Feng, 53, was removed from his post as a tobacco bureau division chief in the southwestern Guangxi region and placed under [...] […]
PARIS (AFP) – Researchers have discovered the genes that allow the opium poppy to make codeine and morphine, according to a new study. The findings could lead to engineered plants and micro-organisms that efficiently make codeine, one of the most widely prescribed painkillers in the world, the researchers said. Unlike morphine, codeine cannot be easily conve […]
BEIJING (AFP) – Authorities are investigating a Chinese zoo where three dozen animals including 13 rare Siberian tigers died recently, amid charges it was harvesting their parts, state media said Monday. The probe of the zoo in the northeastern city of Shenyang will look at whether the animal parts were being used as ingredients in Chinese [...] […]
In a piquant fundraising email to supporters Sunday -- hard-edged even for the Democrats' newest quote machine -- Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) went all out on former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. His remarks, which came after Palin criticized him during a trip to Florida, are perhaps the sharpest attack made on the former vice presidential [...] […]