Posts in April 2010

In her latest quest to reveal President Obama’s “true” birthplace and have him removed from office, birther queen Orly Taitz has filed motions trying to combine her lawsuits with one filed by several attorneys general challenging the constitutionality of health care reform. In a motion... [+]

A California man angry about health care reform allegedly made threatening and harassing phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, including at least one call in which he got through and spoke to her directly, law enforcement officials said. Gregory Lee Giusti, 48, was arrested... [+]

After initially denying involvement or any cover-up in the deaths of three Afghan women during a badly bungled American Special Operations assault in February, the American-led military command in Kabul admitted late on Sunday that its forces had, in fact, killed the women during the... [+]

The abuse cases of two priests in Arizona have cast further doubt on the Catholic church’s insistence that Pope Benedict XVI played no role in shielding pedophiles before he became pope. Documents reviewed by The Associated Press show that as a Vatican cardinal, the future... [+]

The president and CEO of health insurer WellPoint Inc. received a 51 percent boost in compensation in 2009, mainly on larger grants of stock options and a performance bonus as profit and shares gained ground. Angela Braly’s overall compensation rose to $13.1 million from $8.7... [+]

The Hutaree militants arrested this week believe Christian warriors can hasten the coming of the end times through violence. Religion professor Brenda Brasher explains the group’s unique theology. The arrest this past weekend of nine members of the Michigan-based Hutaree, a group of self-proclaimed “Christian... [+]

The Vatican says the pope, as a “head of state,” is immune from legal action. But U.N. judge Geoffrey Robertson says the Vatican is wrong—and that the pope could be tried for systemic sex crimes. Well may the pope defy “the petty gossip of dominant... [+]

The Obama administration’s spring offensive may gain further momentum Friday morning with a monthly jobs report that many economists believe could be the beginning of a sustained string of employment gains. A positive report is far from a certainty — the numbers are notoriously hard to... [+]