Lara Logan Assault: Why Female Foreign Correspondents Need Self-Defense Skills
How does a woman acquire the trademarked name "Dr. Ruthless"? If you're Melissa Soalt, aka "Dr. Ruthless," you preach the gospel of low-down, dirty, eye-gouging, groin-crushing, go-for-the-throat self-defense tactics for women. You also take your 26 years of martial arts training -- Soalt is in the Black Belt Hall of Fame -- and combine it with your insights as a former psychotherapist. You come up with a potent message to women that constant fear is a crippler, and that you can learn how to fight like a warrior -- or a mad dog -- always keeping in mind that fleeing, if possible, is your ...
Sen. John Ensign, Nevada Republican, Won't Seek Third Term
Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada said Monday he will not seek re-election in 2012 because, in part, "there are consequences to sin." The two-term senator, who in 2009 admitted to having an affair with the wife of a former aide, called a 3 p.m. ET press conference in Las Vegas. With his wife and children by his side, Ensign said: "This campaign would be exceptionally ugly. I just came to the conclusion I couldn't put my family through it." Related Stories Sen. Tom Coburn Talks to Ethics Panel in John Ensign ...
Sen. Daniel Akaka, Hawaii Democrat, to Retire in 2012
Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka, 86, will retire when his term expires in 2012, making him the seventh senator and fifth Democrat who will not seek reelection. "After months of thinking about my political future, I am announcing today that I have decided not to run for reelection in 2012. As many of you can imagine, it was a very difficult decision for me. However, I feel that the end of this Congress is the right time for me to step aside," Akaka said in a statement late Wednesday. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Patty Murray released the following statement: "Senator Akaka has ...
Libya's Interior Minister Quits; Gadhafi Loses Control of the East
Libya's interior minister quit Tuesday and announced he was joining the popular revolt after he learned Moammar Gadhafi had ordered 300 unarmed civilians to be killed in Benghazi and that the dictator was planning widespread air attacks on protesters, CNN reported. "Gadhafi told me he was planning on using airplanes against the people in Benghazi and I told him that he will have thousands of people killed if he does that," Abdul Fattah Younis al Abidi told CNN in an Arabic-language telephone interview. Al Jazeera aired a video of Abidi at his desk, reading a statement that urged the ...
Vice President Biden Reports to Jury Duty but Gets a Pass
Being vice president of the United States gets you definite privileges at the White House, but it doesn't get you out of jury duty. Vice President Joe Biden reported for jury duty at the New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Del., on Monday morning, along with 100 other Delawareans, the Delaware News Journal reports. The vice president went "in his capacity as a private citizen," the White House said in a press release. Biden, a former Delaware senator, arrived at 9:30 a.m. and waited in the jury assembly room, but was dismissed shortly after noon without being called. The ...
'Gangster,' 'Dictator,' 'Emperor': Hu Jintao Gets Bad Reviews From Some Lawmakers
President Obama hosted a lavish White House state dinner for Hu Jintao Wednesday, but that didn't stop several lawmakers from publicly calling the Chinese president a repressive leader and human rights abuser. Specifically, Hu is a "gangster," Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) said on CNN's "Parker-Spitzer." "Our trouble is we've been treating these people like Englishmen or Belgians . . . when in reality this is a gangster regime that murders its own people, and should be treated that way or they won't respect us." Rohrabacher's comments came on the heels of those by Senate Majority Leader ...
Dick Cheney on Obama's Vulnerability, Tucson Shootings, His Health
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he still believes Barack Obama will be a one-term president, in part because of the health care overhaul he championed. In an interview with NBC News, the first since his heart surgery in July, Cheney also said Americans should not be too quick to assume that heated political rhetoric helped set the stage for the Jan. 8 mass shooting in Arizona. Cheney reiterated his belief that Obama will not be re-elected because "he embarked on a course of action when he became president that did not have as much support as he thought it did," referring to the new ...
Westboro Church Protestors -- Ignore Them
Mainstream media don't publish pornography or gratuitous violence. They don't give soapboxes to extremist groups such as the Aryan Brotherhood or the Man-Boy Love Association. So maybe they should think twice about covering Westboro Baptist Church members, who picket funerals of soldiers and newsmakers. This small-town Kansas congregation spews hate, vilifies a minority and spreads a message that offends even the thickest-skinned among us. Church members haul out their "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" signs for one reason -- to get national exposure for their bizarre belief that God is ...
Best Second Acts of 2010: The Clintons, Lisa Murkowski (and Betty White!)
Second acts. Comebacks. Reinventions. Whatever you call them, tales of former greats who've crawled their way back are perhaps the most satisfying and inspiring stories of the season. Because if they can do it, maybe so can we. Five candidates for Best Second Act of 2010: Bill and Hillary Clinton: At certain times the 1990s, it would have been hard to find two more reviled politicians. Hillary's raw ambition unhinged conservatives, and they never forgave her for HillaryCare. When Bill strayed, Hillary haters would look you in the eye and ask what choice the poor man had. She was lampooned ...
Elizabeth Edwards' Daughter, Cate, Gave Her Mom a Final Gift
Days before she died, Elizabeth Edwards was thrilled to hear the news from her daughter, Cate Edwards, that she had become engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Trevor Upham. People magazine is reporting the Cate, 28, told her mother the couple made the decision over the Thanksgiving weekend in Chapel Hill, N.C. Cate Edwards delivered the eulogy this afternoon at her mother's funeral service at the Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh, N.C., and Upham is a pallbearer. Click play below to watch a video feed of the service from the Raleigh, N.C. TV station WRAL: Mrs. Edwards, wife ...
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