by -NO AUTHOR- -- (OBSERVER-REPORTER) — A Washington councilman was reprimanded by the mayor Monday night for calling a friend gay while sending out an email testing a citywide alert system. During more…
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JC Penney could wind up with empty shelves
by -NO AUTHOR- -- NEW YORK (AP) -- J.C. Penney, which is struggling with big losses and steep sales declines, could face another challenge: empty shelves. New York State Supreme Court Judge more…
7 gun-control measures OK'd in Colorado
by -NO AUTHOR- -- (DENVER POST) Hundreds of Coloradans showed up at the state Capitol on Monday to cheer or jeer seven Democratic gun-control measures that senators debated late into the night. more…
The 1 gun you'd never expect to need
by Creek Stewart -- The one essential you might never think of until it's too late is a gun worthy of more respect than it gets: a pellet gun. You read that more…
'Heart-attack snow' threatens Midwest
by -NO AUTHOR- -- (NBC NEWS) A storm packing heavy, wet, travel-snarling snow threatened the Midwest on Tuesday with its hardest punch of the winter, and forecasters said it could curl through more…
San Fran frowns on 'Harvey Milk' airport
by -NO AUTHOR- -- (LOS ANGELES TIMES) SAN FRANCISCO — John Wayne has one. Louis Armstronghas one. Shoot, even Imelda Marcos, shoe queen and former first lady of the Philippines, has one. And John F. Kennedy? more…
Pop band Train boycotts Boy Scouts
by -NO AUTHOR- -- (ROLLING STONE) Train have made a public statement against the Boy Scouts' longstanding ban on scouts from the LGBQT community by refusing to perform at the Boy Scout more…
North Korea threatens to end armistice
by -NO AUTHOR- -- (FOX NEWS) North Korea vowed Tuesday to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War, citing a U.S.-led push for punishing U.N. sanctions over its recent nuclear more…
Dow zips past record highs
by -NO AUTHOR- -- (FOX BUSINESS) The Dow surpassed its all-time high notched in October 2007 Tuesday as traders responded to a round of strong data from Europe in the latest sign more…
Obama 'not bluffing over Iran military threat'
by -NO AUTHOR- -- (GUARDIAN) — Barack Obama's threats to use military force to prevent Iran securing a nuclear weapon are more than idle bluffs, vice-president Joe Biden told the biggest pro-Israeli more…