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Kimberly McCarthy Execution: Texas Convict To Be First Woman Executed In U.S. Since 2010

Source: AP / CBS News HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Kimberly McCarthy, a Texas woman convicted in the 1997 gruesome murder of her 71-year-old neighbor, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday night. The execution will make her the first female inmate in three years to be put to death in the U.S. McCarthy, 51, was sentenced to [...]

Apple Releases New iPad With 128 GB Of Storage

Source: Roger Cheng / CNET Apple today said it would begin offering its fourth-generation iPad with double the storage capacity. The 128-gigabyte Wi-Fi-only iPad will cost $799, while a cellular version pushes close to four figures at $929. The new iPads will be available on Feb. 5. The updated iPad represents a minor update to a device that already got [...]

Radio Host Warren Ballentine Charged In $10 Million Mortgage Fraud

Source: Annie Sweeney / Chicago Tribune A south suburban attorney and national radio host who bills himself as the “people’s attorney” has been charged in a $10 million mortgage fraud scheme, federal officials announced today. Warren Ballentine was indicted last week by a federal grand jury for defrauding lenders by scheming with others to obtain [...]

John McCain: Without Backing Immigration Reform, ‘Our Chances Of Being In The Majority Are Minimal’ (VIDEO)

Source: Noah Rothman / Mediaite Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) joined CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer on Monday to explain his support for a bipartisan effort to reform the immigration system in the United States and provide a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants currently residing in the U.S. McCain was asked if Republican support for this measure [...]

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Leaves Prison After Weekend Stay

Source: AP / theGrio DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been released from a city lockup where he spent the weekend for violating parole in the 2008 criminal conviction that booted him from office. Kilpatrick left the Michigan Corrections Department facility in Detroit Monday morning. He had been locked up there since Friday [...]

Postage Prices Rise, But USPS Still Teeters At The Edge Of Ruin

Source: Martha C. White / NBC News Even as the price of a first-class stamp rose a penny Sunday to 46 cents, the U.S. Postal Service is operating on borrowed time. “We are currently losing $25 million per day,” Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe warned earlier this month. The agency lost nearly $16 billion in its last [...]

Fox Guests Battle Over Tennessee Proposal To Tie Welfare Checks To Kids’ School Grades (VIDEO)

Source: Andrew Kirell / Mediaite This afternoon, Fox’s Happening Now took on the Tennessee proposal to tie parents’ welfare payments to their kids’ school grades, leading to a clash between the law’s creator and a former superintendent who finds the idea to be misguided at best. Republican State Rep. Stacey Campfield explained that the proposal will take the welfare-school connection “to [...]

Sen. Schumer: Pass Immigration Reform By Summer (VIDEO)

New York’s Sen. Chuck Schumer, along with a bipartisan coalition of senators, told reporters they have created a set of principles based upon which they hope lawmakers will pass immigration reform by summer. (Jan. 28)

President Obama: Gun Debate ‘Elicits A Lot Of Passion’ (VIDEO)

President Barack Obama said no group is more important than law enforcement officials in the gun debate. He said he recognizes the issue “elicits a lot of passion all across the country” but that Congress will pay attention to police. (Jan. 28)

LIVE VIDEO: President Obama Welcomes The NBA Champion Miami Heat To The White House

JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV President Obama Welcomes the NBA Champion Miami Heat to The White House