NEW YORK — Warner Bros. is launching a Web series on Facebook that will personalize the show for viewers. The show is called “Aim High.” It’s an action comedy series about a student who doubles as a government operative by night. The studio is calling it the first “social series” from a Hollywood studio on [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Justice Department is taking a closer look at Google’s proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of cellphone maker Motorola Mobility, raising the hurdle that must be cleared before the deal can be completed. The extended review disclosed Wednesday had been widely expected since Google Inc. announced its plans to buy Motorola Mobility [...]
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Fidel Castro mocked President Barack Obama on Thursday for saying he’s open to changing U.S. policy toward Cuba if there is change on the island first, calling the U.S. leader “stupid.” Writing in one of his semiregular essays published across state-run media, Castro reacted with sarcasm to reported comments thatObama would be open to a different relationship with [...]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he is “absolutely certain” there will be a competitive Latino candidate for president in his lifetime, adding that the growing number of Latino voters will push for more representation in politics. “Just look at the demographics,” he said at a roundtable with Latino news outlets, including HuffPost Latino Voices. [...]
WASHINGTON — Two U.S. senators Wednesday urged the State Department to designate the al Qaeda-affiliated Haqqani network as a terrorist organization in the wake of several attacks against American and NATO facilities that top officials blame on the group. In a letter sent Wednesday, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) urged Secretary [...]
WASHINGTON — For politicians of both parties, the hits keep coming. Two new polls this week provide more evidence that, heading into the 2012 election year, anti-incumbent sentiment is building. The surveys show net negative ratings for President Barack Obama and both Democrats and Republicans in Congress. Last week a Democracy Corps poll had already found [...]
Presidential candidate Herman Cain’s claim that he would have died from cancer under the new health care law is inaccurate, according to PolitFact, the fact-checking project run by the St. Petersburg Times. In 2006, Cain, the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in his liver and colon. At the Fox News-Google debate on [...]
A 26-year-old Massachusetts man has been arrested in connection with a plot to attack the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using an aircraft filled with C-4 explosives. The Boston Globe reveals the name of the suspect as Rezwan Ferdaus, a U.S. citizen who was charged with “attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign [...]
WASHINGTON — Don’t look for a quick winner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. After watching Democrats successfully ride their historic primary battle between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama all the way to the White House in 2008, the Republicans quietly adopted a new rule designed to extend their nominating process this [...]
WASHINGTON — As commerce secretary under Bill Clinton, William Daley worked with U.S. pharmaceutical giants to curb the use of cheaper generic drugs abroad. As a board member for Abbott Laboratories, he had a front-row seat on a brutal clash between a major drug company and a developing nation over access to life-saving medication. And [...]
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