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Markey Gomez clash in final US Senate debate
BOSTON -- Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Edward Markey clashed on everything from their records in Congress and the private sector to term limits in their final debate of Massachusetts' special U.S. Senate election.Gomez defended his time as a Navy SEAL and his work in the private equity firm Advent International, saying President Barack Obama's pension fund as a former Illinois ...
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21 US senators urge State Department to review Honduras aid amid allegations of police abuse
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - U.S. senators are urging Secretary of State John Kerry to order a review of aid for Honduras' police and military amid allegations of abuse and human rights violations. The 21 senators want the State Department to provide Congress with a detailed report on whether the Honduran government is protecting freedom of expression, implementing the rule of law and ...
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US man pleads guilty to smuggling snakes on several planes from South America to US
TYLER, Texas - Samuel L. Jackson would have been cursing up a storm. A Texas man has pleaded guilty to smuggling snakes on several planes from South America to the United States. During a court hearing Wednesday in Tyler, William Lamar pleaded guilty to importing wildlife taken in violation of foreign law. Prosecutors say the 63-year-old eco-tourism guide bought the seven live snakes in ...
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NFL Stars Home Searched After Killing
New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez looks on during an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field, Dec. 23, 2012, in Jacksonville, ...
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Fatality At Hayward BART Station Shuts Down Service
HAYWARD (CBS SF) — A person died after jumping in front of a BART train at the Hayward station Tuesday afternoon and service is stopped in both directions, a BART police lieutenant ...
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Marin Supervisors Approve County Fair Dress Code Aimed At Gang Members
MARIN (KCBS) --The Marin County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday formally adopted a dress code policy targeting gang members at the upcoming County Fair. But some are concerned the policy could lead to racial profiling. The dress-code policy won unanimous approval. Supervisors said gang members are allowed at the fair, as long as they are not wearing gang colors or other insignia. The fair runs ...
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Feds Captives forced to eat dog food
>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused ...
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AP sources 4 US troops killed in Afghanistan
The attack comes as U.S. and allied forces formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police in a ceremony in Kabul. The transition to Afghan-led security means U.S. and other foreign combat troops will not be directly carrying the fight to the insurgency, but will advise and back up the Afghan forces as needed with air support and medical ...
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Couple guilty in murder of mother of 2-month-old
PLANADA, Calif. -; A California couple is facing prison time after juries convicted them of luring an acquaintance to their home and strangling her to kidnap her 2-month-old ...
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Suburban NY woman indicted on pot-growing charges
A woman from the ritzy New York City suburb of Scarsdale who is accused of raising thousands of marijuana plants was compared Tuesday to Colombian cocaine ...
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McCaskill backs Hillary Clinton as next Dem Prez nominee
WASHINGTON – Sen. Claire McCaskill, who once joked she wouldn’t let her daughter near Bill Clinton, today gave Hillary Clinton a glowing endorsement to be the next Democratic Party nominee for president.McCaskill’s support was spelled out in a statement posted by Ready for Hillary, an unofficial pro-Clinton political action committee."Hillary Clinton had to give up her ...
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Va. cabbie pursues charges after anti-Muslim rant
McLEAN, Va. -- For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape.In the most recent case, an Ashburn, Va., woman unleashed a string of expletives and called 911 to report she was afraid for her life because she said her cabbie, Abdikar Aden of Alexandria, was ...
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Maine governor says he wont talk to 3 newspapers
AUGUSTA, Maine -- A spokeswoman for Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the administration will no longer comment for stories published in three of Maine's daily newspapers.Adrienne Bennett told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/17Wn2Of ) on Tuesday the administration won't be talking to that publication, the Kennebec Journal and the Morning Sentinel. All are owned by MaineToday ...
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Department of Labor vs. me Column
kids' clothing consignment business , a little like the ones that are everywhere now but also a little different. What started as a small family business operating out of our home has grown to 22 states. Now, though, it might all turn out to be illegal, thanks to the bureaucratic thinking of the Department of Labor.Help a mother outThe business model that parents thought was an innovation, ...
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Honoring children upon graduation Column
For all the teen drama, they are, and will remain, my life. I recently got into a debate with a friend of mine over a remark I'd made, mostly in passing. "My kids are my life," I said.My friend, who is childless, argued that parents these days often sacrifice too much of their own lives in pursuit of the impossible: perfect child-rearing. She also pin-pointedly noted that kids are ...
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Right to strike down voter registration law tellusatoday
We asked our Twitter followers what they thought about the Supreme Court striking down an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Comments edited for clarity and grammar: There are legitimate concerns to voter fraud, but the Arizona law was politically motivated. Striking it made sense.-- @JonFRiceThe ruling is a major victory for allowing all citizens to vote without ...
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Gross images go viral threatening brands Your Say
A viral video of a Taco Bell employee licking a stack of taco shells, and a photo of a Wendy's worker eating ice cream from the dispenser, are examples of social media hazards for brands today. Comments from Facebook:Do you really think an employee who works for less than $10 an hour cares about losing his or her job? I doubt it, but in higher-paying professions, people fear losing their ...
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Arizona voter law overreached Your Say
The Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court sit for their official photograph. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona cannot require proof of citizenship when people register to ...
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GOP relentlessly pursues abortion restrictions
Republicans are using the Kermit Gosnell case to justify a 20-week abortion ban they are voting on in the House of Representatives. Stephanie Shriock of Emily's List joins Rev. Sharpton to discuss the latest battles in the war on women's ...
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Obama no Cheney on surveillance
As President Obama addresses comparisons made between him and Vice President Cheney on spying issues, Maria Teresa Kumar and Jonathan Capehart join Rev. Sharpton to discuss their ...
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Surveillance prevented at least 10 U.S. terror attacks NSA says
The director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Keith Alexander, defended the controversial surveillance programs exposed by Edward Snowden and revealed details of two previously unreported cases he said were cracked with the help of the programs. NBC's Andrea Mitchell ...
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Why the LGBT struggle is like the civil rights struggle
In the latest installment of Reply Al, Sharpton explains why people shouldn't worry about the difference between the civil rights movement and LGBT equality ...
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Transcripts expose Issa’s witch-hunt
Ranking member on the House Oversight Committee Elijah Cummings hopes to debunk the conspiracy theories that the White House was behind the IRS targeting scandal as he releases the transcripts of an IRS employee interview against Committee Chairman Darrell Issa's ...
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Obama to speak at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
Five decades after John F. Kennedy visited the Brandenburg Gate, President Obama will address U.S.-Germany relations in the same historic location. The President recently wrapped up a trip to Northern Ireland where he attended the G-8 summit. NBC's Brian Williams ...
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House passes ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy
By Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC News The Republican-controlled House passed legislation Tuesday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, offering social conservatives a symbolic victory even as the bill is all but certain not to become law.The vote was 228-196, with six Democrats and all but six Republicans voting for the measure.But the legislation, sponsored by Rep. Trent ...
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