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Barack Obama defended his nuclear deal with Iran at the annual White House Hanukkah reception.

The current touring lineup of Yes includes Steve Howe , Geoff Downes , Alan White , Jon Davison , and Chris Squire .

Reports coming out of Cuba this evening indicate that Berta Soler , the leader of Cuba's peaceful dissident organziation the Ladies in White , was arrested by Cuban State Security upon her return to Havana today.

Dave Schuler makes a number of observations on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that are worthy of your consideration, but this one in particular stood out to me: The Japanese leaders knew that and hoped to remove us from the game with a single, devastating masterstroke.

Gay New Jersey waitress Dayna Morales , a server at Gallop Asian Bistro in Bridgewater, N.J., claimed a family she waited on stiffed her, insulted her and left her a nasty note about her sexuality.

Gay activists protest the Masterpiece Cakeshop in 2012. Owner Jack Phillips now faces charges for not baking a cake for the gay couple.

Officials at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio placed a female teacher on administrative leave this week after raunchy nude photos of her showed up on a "revenge porn" website.

Elian Gonzalez, the focus of a bitter international custody dispute after he was rescued at sea as a child, left Cuba on Friday for the first time since 2000, when the U.S. government returned him to the island.

Thousands of Christians sought refuge today after Islamic militias slaughtered hundreds in Bangui.

War on Christmas- The proposed farm bill will pave the way for a 15-cent Christmas tree tax.

Seems like only yesterday we were being treated to earnest worries among the pundit class about the dead end facing the Republican Party.

After the negative blowback that the GOP suffered in 2012 when first Todd Akin and then Richard Mourdock made comments about rape and abortion that were roundly condemned, as well as other comments that other candidates and conservative commentators have made over the years that were widely seen as offensive to women, the GOP is trying to make sure ... (more)

Nelson Mandela with then-President George H.W. Bush during his visit to the White House in June 1990.

In the twelve hours or so since Nelson Mandela's death was announced to the world, we've seen some pretty dumb political observations but Rick Santorum seems to have made the dumbest one to date during an appearance on Fox News Channel: As condolences and reflections followed the passing of Nelson Mandela, Rick Santorum linked the injustices the ... (more)

Explaining how Kelly Thomas came to meet his gruesome decease called for some creative lawyering from defense attorneys John Barnett and Michael Schwartz, who often represent California law enforcers charged with misconduct [ OC Weekly , disturbing images] Also: Why let accused cops delay answering questions after an episode of alleged excessive ... (more)

Unarmed Man Is Charged With Wounding Bystanders Shot by Police Near Times Square - An unarmed, emotionally disturbed man shot at by the police as he was lurching around traffic near Times Square in September has been charged with assault, on the theory that he was responsible

Cheers! Today is the 80th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. The Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on December 5, 1933.

Friends and relatives of ailing South African icon Nelson Mandela gathered Thursday at his Johannesburg home where the 95-year-old is said to be on his "deathbed".

Today, SEIU launched its latest in a series of protests aimed at unionizing the fast food industry called #FightFor15.

An American teacher working at an international school in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi was shot and killed Thursday, a school official confirmed to CBS News.