President Obama engaged Wednesday in what has become his Christmas Day tradition, visiting with troops at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Obama spoke to and took pictures with nearly 600 service members and their families who had gathered at the base’s…
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President Obama and the First Lady had a special word for every one – Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. THE FIRST LADY: We know how busy this time of year is for everyone, so we’re not going to…
A fierce winter storm that brought a White Christmas to many northerners also delivered a dark Christmas for thousands of others who lost power in Michigan, Maine, Vermont and New York State. Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses remained…
Disgraced ex-governor Eliot Spitzer and his estranged, long-suffering wife, Silda, confirmed Tuesday night that their marriage is over. “We regret that our marital relationship has come to an end and we have agreed not to make any other public statement…
A River North sandwich shop gave its employees an unwelcome Christmas surprise on Sunday night, firing them all by email. The 20 employees of Snarf’s Sub Shop at 600 W. Chicago Ave. received the email last night around 5 p.m….
McDonald’s’ employee-only resource and advice site — has been dispensing a hot mess of helpful tips in recent months: From advising workers to get a second job, to suggesting they sell their stuff for quick cash, to reminding them to…
Ricky “Lord Infamous” Dunigan, a co-founding member of the Memphis, Tenn.-based rap group Three 6 Mafia has died. He was 40. News of Infamous’ death was confirmed by his half brother/fellow Three 6 member DJ Paul, who told Rolling Stone…
This will make Republicans head explode! Pope Francis urged anti-austerity protesters who attended his weekly blessing to use dialogue and not violence to press their demands. Addressing a group of protesters among the pilgrims gathered Sunday in St. Peter’s Square,…
If Juan Williams keeps this up, his next invitation to Fox News will be lost in the mail. On Fox News Sunday, Fox News analyst Juan Williams called the conservative outrage over last week’s suspension of Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson hypocritical, given the right’s history of…
Based on how they have legislated recently, I’m sure Republicans would say that this is actually in the Bible.
Former NSA contractor and leaker Edward Snowden shouldn’t get amnesty, President Barack Obama’s top national security official said. “We don’t think that Snowden deserves amnesty,” National Security Adviser Susan Rice said of Snowden, during an interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes that aired Sunday…