Detroit Tigers’ Delmon Young Arrested for Anti-Semitic Epithets

Left fielder had altercation outside New York hotel early Friday

2012-04-27

Colleen Long The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- Detroit Tigers left fielder Delmon Young was arrested Friday on a hate crime harassment charge after police said he got into a fight with a group of men and yelled anti-Semitic epithets. Read the complete article

Space Shuttle Enterprise Flies Again

Swoops across New York en route to ultimate destination: the Intrepid museum in NYC

2012-04-27

CNN Wire Staff

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The space shuttle Enterprise swooped across the New York City skyline on Friday, mounted atop a 747 jumbo jet as it headed for city's John F. Kennedy International Airport as part of its final flight. Read the complete article

The '92 Riot: Revisiting a Dark Day in LA History

Rage had been building in city's long-suffering South Side and officer acquittal served as spark of action

2012-04-26

John Rogers and Amy Taxin The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Henry Keith Watson remembers April 29, 1992, as if it happened just last week. History won't allow him to forget it. Read the complete article

Military Judge Rejects Request to Dismiss Charges in WikiLeaks Case

Bradley Manning’s trial set for Sept. 21, and he could face life in prison

2012-04-26

Larry Shaughnessy and Michael Martinez, CNN

FORT MEADE, Maryland (CNN) -- A military judge denied a request Wednesday to dismiss all the charges against the Army intelligence analyst accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified military and State Department documents while serving in Iraq. Read the complete article

Gingrich to End Presidential Campaign Next Week

Former Speaker of the House will turn attention to rallying GOP behind Romney

2012-04-25

Philip Elliott The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Newt Gingrich began taking steps Wednesday to shut down his debt-laden presidential bid, setting the stage to endorse one-time rival Mitt Romney next week and rally the GOP behind its apparent nominee. Read the complete article

Rupert Murdoch: Phone Hacking Is 'Lazy' Journalism

News Corp. head grilled by lawyer during press-ethics probe

2012-04-25

Richard Allen Greene CNN

LONDON (CNN) -- Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch said he does not believe in journalists using phone hacking or private detectives, calling it "a lazy way of reporters doing their job," as he was grilled Wednesday about press ethics and his political influence in Britain. Read the complete article

Capitol Police Investigating Threat Against Rubio

Florida senator has been mentioned as VP option for Romney

2012-04-25

Laura Wides-Munoz The Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) -- The U.S. Capitol Police force is investigating a reported threat against U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who is often mentioned as a possible vice presidential pick for likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Read the complete article

Legislating An End to Racial Profiling

Senate committee debates merits of bill that would bring more training and oversight to police forces

2012-04-24

Suzanne Manneh, New America Media

No one denies – at least openly – that racial profiling is bad practice. The question at hand, and one raised during a Senate committee hearing on civil and human rights earlier this week, is how to end it. Read the complete article

Obama Takes on College Costs, Eyes Young Voters

President and Mitt Romney both discussing a federal-loan rate that is scheduled to double July 1

2012-04-24

Ben Feller AP White House Correspondent

MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Wooing young voters, President Barack Obama is on a blitz to keep the cost of college loans from soaring for millions of students, taking his message to three states strategically important to his re-election bid. By taking on student debt, Obama is speaking to middle-class America and targeting an enormous burden that threatens the economic recovery. Read the complete article

Al Qaeda's 2008 Plan to Hit Long Island Railroad Revealed

American Bryant Neal Vinas says he visited Pakistan trainings and provided details for bombing

2012-04-24

Paul Cruickshank CNN Terrorism Analyst

(CNN) -- New details emerged in federal court in Brooklyn on Monday of a plan al Qaeda hatched in the summer of 2008 to bomb the Long Island Railroad. Read the complete article