In the two years since the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, groups outside candidates' own campaigns have spent $90 million trying to affect the outcome of November's presidential election, the Center for Responsive Politics says. That's more than twice the $38 million spent by this point in the 2008 campaign.
A Pakistani judicial panel will be arriving in India on Wednesday. The four-day visit of the panel is a part of the probe into the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, wherein, the panel members will be taking down the statements of the officials involved in the 26/11 Mumbai killing probe. The state of Maharashtra has been slapped with a bill of Rs 8.62 crore by the director general of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) for providing security to Ajmal Kasab outside the Arthur Road jail. The outstanding...
Monta Ellis has been traded, according to a report.
An Italian member of the hacktivist collective Anonymous targeted the Vatican website for a second time in under week on Tue. March 13, knocking the website offline and penetrating deeper into the city state's server to steal the personal information of multiple Vatican Radio journalists.
Pfizer, the world's largest drug maker, is scheduled to appear in court in May over Celebrex, a drug Bingham Young University and researcher Dr. Daniel Simmons claim royalties that could amount to millions to a billion dollars.
In a report titled Locked away: Sri Lanka's security detainees, Amnesty accuses the Sri Lankan government of arbitrarily detaining prisoners arrested under counter-terrorism laws introduced to combat separatist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
With Republican senators eager to get a jobs bill to President Barack Obama's desk, Majority Leader Harry Reid offered a vote in exchange for dropping a filibuster of the president's judicial nominees.
With the 2012 NBA trade deadline quickly approaching and no deals having been made yet, teams may be waiting until the right deals are in place to make a move that can change their franchise.
Droukdel, an engineer by training, reportedly fought in Afghanistan where he received bomb-making training.
For the first time since his arrest in 2009, Iran has admitted publically that Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has been convicted of religious crimes.
A former cop is now seeking to serve as Anna Gristina's defense pro bono after attempting to have her former attorney fired during Monday's hearing, according to NY Daily News. Peter Gleason, who has expressed that he will work for free, has willingly offered to give up his Tribeca loft as collateral in order to bail out Gristina and to house her family during the trial. When asked why he is so intent on helping Gristina, Gleason mentioned only that the two share a mutual friend.
For the first time since his arrest on Jan 20, Megaupload creator Kim Doctom sat down to be interviewed for New Zealand's Channel 3 News. During the 20-minute interview, Dotcom explains how he created the website, why he never broke a single law, and passionately exclaims that he will take on the entertainment industry because he knows he is innocent.
The action figure's foot was reportedly amputated during a lover's spat
With much of the attention predictably on the NCAA tournament, most people overlook the NIT. However, the NIT constantly produces a solid lineup of great teams and exciting games. Check out where to watch every game live.
The White House on Monday released guidelines for the state health insurance marketplaces that are vital to the U.S. health care reform law.
Shares of Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) rose slightly after the company sued Facebook for alleged patent infringement. Facebook denied the charges in a statement but has not filed a legal response.
Customers of bankrupt U.S. brokerage MF Global are receiving bids from global banks for their claims, according to a published report.
The Knicks lost again on Mon. March 12, despite the best efforts of Anthony Melo Carmelo and Amare Stoudemire, while Jeremy Lin played one of his weakest games yet, causing New York fans to ask: is the Linsanity over? The Knicks are now tied for the last spot in the playoffs for the Eastern Conference.
Amid mounting speculation of potential oil reserves in Sri Lanka's seawaters, Indian media reports have suggested that India might be looking for a greater involvement overstepping China and Russia, who are also believed to be interested in oil exploration deals with the island nation.
A look at the NCAA tournament draw.
The government released the fine print of its landmark $25 billion mortgage settlement, and promised to closely police the banks' pledges to bring widespread housing relief, even while letting them dodge admission of wrongdoing.
In a year where the nation's reproductive health debate was iconically symbolized by the U.S. Congress all-male contraception panel, female lawmakers are shooting back with their own proposals.
