Republican Bob Turner's victory in the special election for Anthony Weiner's New York congressional seat is being interpreted across the political spectrum as a possible rebuke to Democrats, particularly President Barack Obama.
Republican Bob Turner and New York voters delivered a sharp blow to Democrats and President Barack Obama on Tuesday, as Turner won a special House election in New York in a district where Democrats outnumber Republicans three to one.
Republican leaders have flatly rejected President Barack Obama's proposal to finance his jobs plan with a tax increase on job creators. But is it really? It depends how you define job creators.
With his approval rating at a term-low 40 percent, President Barack Obama needs several factors to break his way to improve his chance for re-election in 2012 -- the most important of which is job growth.
As it becomes more and more likely that Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M will leave the Big 12, attention turns to figuring out what Texas will do.
The Internet is blazing Tuesday with two red hot retail deals that some consumers can't get enough of and some consumers have already had enough of. One is the Whole Foods/LivingSocial deal offered Tuesday, in which the daily deal company is offering a $10 coupon for $20 in food. The other is the launch of Missoni for Target line of clothing and accessories.
Rick Perry has been called “extreme” for his characterization of Social Security as a “Ponzi scheme.” However, he may end up being “extremely correct,” politically, if his creative description energizes his conservative base even more.
Poverty is on the rise in the U.S. -- something one would expect after the worst recession (2007-2009) since the Great Depression -- but the percentage is still stark: 15.1 percent of the nation is in poverty, in the richest nation on the face of the earth.
Faster growth is predicted in the next several years for Groupon and other daily deal companies, but the hot Internet space that taps into consumer appetite for cheap food and drink, spa services, yoga lessons, sports tickets and other offerings has its limits, according to new research.
You know what you do when you're in a race? Go for the top dog. Republican presidential candidates did exactly that in Monday night's CNN/Tea Party debate in Florida. En masse, they gunned for front-runner Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Microsoft will try to enter the fast-growing tablet software game and challenge Apple's iPad with a new version of its Windows 8 operating system, designed to run handheld touch-screen computers. Industry eyes are focused upon the company's efforts.
Oil prices have been flattening since rallying in August.
U.S. investors remained concerned that Europe's leaders are not getting ahead of the Greek crisis, which could result in a full-fledged Europe bank crisis, even as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, while not committing more German funds to possible intervention, again dismissed talk of a Greek default.
Apple’s iPad 3 has been tagged as one of the anticipated devices from the company this year. As expected, the device is making rounds with rumors in all shapes and sizes Here are the top 5 you should really take a look at.
Here is the list of the Top 10 unscheduled video games that may arrive in 2012.
Texas' fire fighters appear to be winning the battle to contain one of the largest fires since Texas started keeping records for disasters. Local schools opened and all 5,000 resident of Austin who were displaced should be able to see their property on Wednesday
Is Rick Perry another GOP presidential candidate fast-rising star who quickly flames out? First, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney came out of the gate as as Republican race front-runner, but then he went AWOL. Then, Michele Bachmann, the House Republican from Minnesota, won the Iowa Straw Poll, but that was on the same day that Texas Governor Rick Perry announced his candidacy.
Could one make a case to ban/outlaw, or at minimum, to not patronize, what has become a multi-national giant called McDonald’s (MCD), on the grounds that it doesn’t represent the best that the United States can offer? Indeed one can, and here are 5 reasons.
Finally, U.S. President Barack Obama is wearing his job, acting and talking with a plan and swagger becoming of his office. After unveiling a massive jobs plan to get America out of its nine percent unemployment and flat growth doldrums late last week, Obama is pushing Congress to get it done or get out of the way so America can get moving again.
Flash mobs: from the Haka Mob to the Arab Spring, using social media to stage large events is a 21st century phenomenon that is not going anywhere. This trend is especially true in the United States, where recent flash mobs in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa have turned violence and angry.
Tony Romo chokes away another close game, Cam Newton ties a NFL record, the Colts miss Peyton Manning more than they ever could have known, the Ravens wallop on rival Steelers, and so much more in a wild Week 1.
The tablet, as per its official Web site, “offers unrivalled portability and matches it with the ultimate high performance, taking your mobile experience to the next level.”
Here are a few flaws that Motorola may want to correct to gain a hold on the market.
It's been overlooked -- it's received very little coverage by the popular press -- but it's worth repeating: one benefit of the 2010 U.S. health care reform legislation will be: enhanced job mobility.
The United States marked the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on New York, Washington, and Shanksville, Pa. Sunday with memorial services at the World Trade Center (WTC), the Pentagon, and at a field in Pennsylvania -- all three of which are hallowed ground.
Celox, which looks more like the Galaxy S2, it is much more than.
Without qualification or conditions, amid a tepid U.S. economic recovery, the U.S. housing market remains a buyer's market. That said, are there ways home sellers can better-position their home for a sale amid such intense competition? Indeed there are, and here are five.
Interpol has issued a Red Notice for Moammar Gadhafi, the deposed Libyan leader who is currently in hiding. The international policing agency is reaching out to law-enforcement offices around the world with the hope that Gadhafi will be found and eventually extradited to the International Criminal Court for trial.
here are the top 8 iPad 3 rumors that took every tech analyst and enthusiast by surprise.
In statements issued after President Obama's jobs speech on Thursday night, Republican leaders struck a note very different from the uncompromising, line-in-the-sand rhetoric that has been dominating political discourse. Criticisms of Obama and fundamental differences of opinion were still evident, but there were also gestures toward conciliation and compromise.
