|  |  |  | | | | | The Huffington Post | Full News Feed | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | From Black Voices ANNISTON, Ala. - Down highway 202 on a patch of land not far from where old Forsythe's grocery store used to be, there's a dead end that holds the buried skeletons of a small Southern town. This place along the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains is full of old bones. They are buried behind the walls of downtown Anniston's fading brick storefronts, beneath the cracked pavement where innocent blood was shed, and in the memories of black folks who have lived across the railroad tracks most of their lives.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Redemption and karma may exist after all: Cleveland has won the NBA Draft lottery. (I'm just happy because I predicted this correctly -- such skill, I know!) The NBA pre-draft combine in Chicago, Reebok Eurocamp and team workouts have yet to take place, so much of this mock draft is still just speculation. But with the lottery order now set, we can begin to better understand who and what teams are looking for. So, without further ado... Let the guessing begin!
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A neo-Nazi allegedly killed by his 10-year-old son was accused by the boy and his stepmother of beating them and the couple's other children, according to a court declaration released Wednesday.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WASHINGTON -- "Somebody" in Pakistan knew Osama bin Laden was hiding there, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. But he said he's seen evidence that the country's senior leadership was unaware the terror leader was in a compound a short distance from a Pakistani military facility. Both Gates and Joint Chiefs chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, however, said the U.S. must continue to work with and provide aid to Pakistan. But, amid rising anger and distrust of Pakistan across America and on Capitol Hill, both men acknowledged that Islamabad must take concrete action to eliminate the safe havens where militants are hiding along the border with Afghanistan.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | But for all of Abdul-Jabbar's influence, for all of his accomplishments, the man feels "slighted" by the Lakers organization, as he explains in a six-page interview in the magazine. Why? There are multiple reasons---and we're not going to spoil all the goods here---but one of them has to do with the statues that have been erected outside Staples Center.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The National Weather Service issued what started as a tornado warning for Adams County in Northeast Colorado as well as Bar Lake, Thornton and Commerce City, but just downgraded to a severe thunderstorm warning. The tornado warning issued for Adams County was in effect until 3 PM. The updated severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 3:30 PM and also includes Weld County and Broomfield County. The updated warning states that severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes with little or no advance warning.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WASHINGTON — The death of Osama bin Laden has put a new focus on what role Iran might play in al-Qaida's future, as intelligence officials around the world analyzed reports that Saif al-Adel had taken over as al-Qaida's interim leader. Al-Adel was last known to be under house arrest outside Tehran. The terrorist resume of al-Adel, one of al-Qaida's founders, includes helping orchestrate the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa. But he had sharp disagreements with bin Laden's leadership and opposed the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He accurately predicted that inciting the wrath of the U.S. would hurt al-Qaida's worldwide efforts.
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Americans are starting to see the doctor again, but more often for cosmetic procedures, such as Botox treatments, rather than cancer screening and other potentially life-saving preventive care. Healthcare company executives attending the Reuters Health Summit this week painted a sobering picture of healthcare use among U.S. patients who are still struggling to afford medical care.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WASHINGTON — "Somebody" in Pakistan knew Osama bin Laden was hiding there, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. But he said he's seen evidence that the country's senior leadership was unaware the terror leader was in a compound a short distance from a Pakistani military facility. Both Gates and Joint Chiefs chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, however, said the U.S. must continue to work with and provide aid to Pakistan. But, amid rising anger and distrust of Pakistan across America and on Capitol Hill, both men acknowledged that Islamabad must take concrete action to eliminate the safe havens where militants are hiding along the border with Afghanistan.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The FBI considers them one of the nation's top domestic terror threats. Their members include cop killers and a convicted Oklahoma City bomber. They call themselves "sovereign citizens," and have taken various measures to fight the U.S. government. But now, the government is fighting back. Sovereign citizens are a loosely organized group of people who claim they are not subject to government laws. Estimates suggest there are as many as 300,000 sovereign citizens in the U.S. Sovereign citizens have been known to oppose taxes, file liens against public officials, sign documents with a red thumbprint, and use homemade license plates. Some sovereign citizens focus on the role of government, a relatable, much-debated issue in the U.S. Alfred Adask told "60 Minutes,""I think the government has gone far beyond its Constitutional limits." The problem is where they draw the line. Adask once said, "We have the right to keep and bear arms in order to shoot our own politicians." The violence used by some sovereign citizens is cause for serious concern.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Czech Republic has fought back after the European Commission once again alleged the government was continuing to implement a bizarre method of determining whether homosexual asylum seekers are legitimately gay. As the Czech News Agency is reporting, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom slammed the nation for continuing to use "phallometric testing," which measures the flow of blood to a man's penis to determine the physical reaction to pornography, as part of local screening procedures for men who apply for asylum on the basis of their sexual orientation. If the device determines that the applicant became aroused while viewing heterosexual pornography, he will be denied asylum. "This is a pure medieval method and a huge violation of the individual's right to privacy," Malmstrom wrote on her blog, before noting the commission had tried to contact Czech authorities in regard to the practice but had yet to receive a sufficient response. "There is no question that this is politically unacceptable."
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NEW YORK -- Police cut out a piece of carpet from a hotel room in a search for DNA evidence in the attempted-rape case against IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. New York Police Department detectives and prosecutors believe the carpet may contain Strauss-Khan's semen spat onto the carpet after an episode of forced oral sex, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. That would be crucial forensic evidence to back up the victim's story, the officials said.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vice President Joe Biden will be visiting Colorado on Friday, May 20th, stopping in Denver in the morning and then Golden later that afternoon, according to a recent White House press release. That morning in Denver, Biden will be joined by senior Obama adviser David Plouffe to speak at a private fundraising breakfast at the Denver Athletic Club, according to The Denver Post. Immediately following in Golden, Biden will deliver remarks at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on the Obama Administration's commitment to encouraging innovation and investing in research and development as well as current initiatives that are spurring job creation and growing the economy to keep the United States competitive in the growing global marketplace.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Patch.com received two emails yesterday claiming to be from persons who were riding on the MTA bus damaged yesterday by an explosion in an underground vault on Westwood Boulevard and Weyburn Avenue. Patch later spoke with the writer of one of those emails, Jeffrey Countryman, who works at UCLA Extension. Countryman said that he heard the explosion coming from the front of the bus, even though the fire was at the back.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WASHINGTON -- Often maligned, the french fry is fighting back. The spud has had a tough time lately. In the last year, it has been marginalized by new school lunch rules, demonized by a popular television program and blamed for the nation's obesity epidemic. Health advocates and government officials have pushed to take them off lunch lines, where kids often reach for the crispy treats instead of greener vegetables.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | McDonald's is changing the recipe for its grilled chicken sandwich, in order to give it a "more neutral flavor profile." Neutral apparently means less Italian in flavor (not to be confused with the McItaly, however, which is in fact, more Italian in flavor). The new chicken will be made with mirepoix (sautéed carrot, onion and celery), salt and pepper and maybe a little garlic and herbs. The ingredients in McDonald's Premium Grilled Chicken Classic Sandwich include: honey wheat roll, grilled chicken breast filet, mayonnaise dressing, leaf lettuce and tomato slice. So we're a little stumped about where the "Italian" flavor emanates from.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Her bitterly unhappy character in "Blue Valentine" aside, it's hard to imagine Michelle Williams with a mean bone in her body; especially while sporting last fall's short, pixie haircut, the Oscar nominee has a sort of cherubic quality to her. Fitting, then, that she's just won the role of perhaps the most iconic guardian angel in film history. Williams has joined the cast of Disney's "Wizard of Oz," prequel, "Oz: The Great and Powerful," Variety reports. Winning the role places her in a star-studded cast that includes James Franco as the salesman who becomes the Wizard; Mila Kunis as Theodora, a pre-wicked Witch of the West; and Rachel Weisz as Evanora, an already wicked witch. Competition for the Glinda role was stiff; as Vulture reported, there was a standoff between Disney and director Sam Raimi over the spot, as Raimi wanted Hilary Swank for the part, while Disney was firm on Williams. Obviously, the studio won out.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Perhaps you've heard of a game called "fetch." Most dogs are into it, but not Purin the Beagle. No, Purin has way-too-skilled paw/eye coordination for such trivial puppy games. Purin prefers to play the previously humans-only game of "catch." OK, so he can't exactly throw the ball back, but this dog is seriously talented (and adorable) at catching a ball in his paws. Don't you agree?
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LONDON -- Opposition lawmakers called on British Justice Secretary Ken Clarke to resign Wednesday after he suggested that some types of rapes are more serious than others. Clarke, a former lawyer and Treasury chief, refused to apologize for comments that muddled the issues of date rape and underage sex. He was later forced to release a statement describing all rapes as serious crimes, regardless of the circumstances.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WASHINGTON -- The White House said on Wednesday that there is no "Plan B" if Congress does not vote to increase the debt limit by August. The debt limit, which is currently set at $14.29 trillion, was reached on Monday, but Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress the government can continue to pay its debts until about Aug. 2 by using "extraordinary measures." If Congress does not raise the debt ceiling by then, there is no plan in place for dealing with the resulting defaults, a senior administration official said in a briefing with reporters.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It's not easy topping Angelina Jolie, and Jack Black knows that first hand. The funny man recently revealed that Jolie gave his wife, Tanya, the gorgeous green gown she wore while pregnant and promoting the first Kung Fu Panda flick at Cannes in 2008. (Tanya was also expecting at the time.)
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHICAGO -- As Rahm Emanuel begins his term as Chicago mayor, one daunting challenge he inherits from his predecessor has barely been mentioned: how to finish nationally watched public housing reforms while the city is drowning in debt. A half-century ago, Mayor Richard J. Daley built miles of concrete high-rises to house – or, as critics said, warehouse – the city's poor. Decades later, his son tore most of them down in an ambitious improvement project.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Melissa Arlio is an upbeat, healthy 26-year-old from a big Italian family in Wayne, NJ. She grew up playing sports and ran her first marathon in 2009. With nothing to gain and a good deal to lose (namely, her job) Arlio elected to undergo surgery and donate one of her kidneys to a complete stranger last March. She did so in order to start an altruistic kidney chain through the National Kidney Registry. "I've always been probably overly empathetic to a fault," Arlio said the other day, now a little over two months into her recovery. "God gave me a healthy body, how could I not share that with someone who needs it, at very little detriment to myself?" Family and friends aren't always a perfect match for the sick loved ones they want to help, so these chains incentivize strangers to help one another.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WASHINGTON - Rep. Michele Bachmann met in New York with four or five major book publishers Tuesday and Wednesday, according to a source with knowledge of the meetings. The Minnesota Republican talked in one meeting of launching a campaign for president soon. The publisher asked if she could deliver a manuscript by August, in time for a September publication. Bachmann was reportedly accompanied to the meeting by John Fund, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal. Fund has not responded to a request for comment. Publishing a book to lay out one's political values is now an established rung on the ladder most politicians feel they must climb to make a serious run for president. It's a move Bachmann seems increasingly likely to take: Since March, the conservative firebrand has said that she might form a committee in June to explore seeking the GOP nomination, but Tuesday on Fox News she said that a decision could come sooner.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Although Sudhir Kandula did not win the first season of America's Next Great restaurant, he did reach the finale, and impressed the judges with his mission to bring fast-casual Indian food to American consumers. Kandula might be onto something big, as Asian eateries throughout the United States are growing both in concept and units. With the upcoming opening of Chipotle's new eatery, ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen, fast-casual companies are increasing focus on less familiar ingredients. Currently, among the top 500 chains in the U.S., only about 1.7% of sales are from Asian chains, but last year, according to Technomic, fast-food and fast-casual Asian chain sales among the top 500 grew 9.3%.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There are few movie roles that offer instantly as massive a fan base as do the lead heroines in big screen adaptations of Young Adult novels. To wit: Emma Watson, "Harry Potter's" Hermoine, is an icon of screen and style, while Kristen Stewart, the embodiment of Bella in "The Twilight Saga," has her every moody move tracked by jealous fans as she makes her way through new big screen epics and dating co-star Robert Pattinson. Having won the next massive book-to-film role, Katniss Everdeen in Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games," Jennifer Lawrence knows what's in store for her. Being ready is another thing. In an exclusive interview with Entertainment Weekly, Lawrence discussed her sudden rise to fame -- on the back of an entirely different type of film, the indie "Winter's Bone," for which she earned an Oscar nomination -- and her mental preparation to play such a highly sought role (she won the part over fellow Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld).
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Not even the Secret Service is immune to Twitter overshares. The Secret Service Twitter account, which launched May 9, posted a tweet, since deleted, blasting Fox News. According to retweets by other users and screenshots of the tweet posted to Twitter, the Secret Service tweeted on Wednesday afternoon, "Had to monitor Fox for a story. Can't. Deal. With. The. Blathering." (See screenshot below)
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It's been said that the only people who know what goes on in a marriage are the two people who are in it, and sometimes, even they're not sure. The news that the Arnold Schwarzenegger-Maria Shriver 25-year blissfest ran afoul of the former governor's decade-old dalliance and subsequent child from said dalliance makes the pair likely headed toward an uncertain hell.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The New York Times produces more than a hundred videos each month for its website and other digital offerings. Some of those videos will reach a targeted television audience starting next week, with the premiere of "NYTV." The half-hour show will air Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on New York's flagship local station, NYC life (that's channel 25 in and around the five boroughs; lowercase spelling intentional), under the banner of NYC Media, the city's official TV, radio and online network.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WASHINGTON – You've seen President Barack Obama's birth certificate. Now you can wear it. The Obama campaign is selling T-shirts on its website that show Obama's face on the front along with the words "Made in the USA." On the back is an image of the president's long-form birth certificate from Hawaii — the one the White House finally produced in April in an attempt to squelch the "birthers" who claim Obama is not a natural-born U.S. citizen, and therefore ineligible to be president.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Oklahoma-raised star is also going back to her country roots this fall with a new show on ABC, Good Christian Belles, which co-stars Leslie Bibb and Annie Potts. Chenoweth, 42, talked to Parade.com about her new series, her cameos on Glee, and the role religion plays in her life.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday urged bishops in China to remain loyal to Rome, speaking out in the latest round in the Vatican's struggle to obtain a church free of official interference. Benedict at his weekly general audience also asked for prayers for the Chinese faithful, saying they want "unity with the universal church, with the supreme pastor, with the successor of Peter."
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WASHINGTON -- The Senate has rejected a GOP bid to speed up and expand offshore oil drilling in the face of $4-a-gallon gasoline prices. A procedural vote failed Wednesday, 57-42, on a GOP bid to speed decision-making on drilling permits and force the government to conduct previously scheduled lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off Virginia's coast. The sales were suspended after the BP oil spill.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tina Fey studied drama at the University of Virginia. But that genteel Southern collegiate pedigree would hardly suit Liz Lemon, her "30 Rock" alter ego. Instead, we are told that Lemon — Northern and cerebral, but also middle-class and hopelessly dorky — attended Bryn Mawr College and the University of Maryland, "on a partial competitive jazz dance scholarship."
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WASHINGTON (Dave Clarke) – The new consumer financial products agency is testing out slimmer and clearer mortgage disclosure forms, to make borrowers aware that loan payments may skyrocket and give them greater power to shop around for mortgages. Two prototype mortgage documents released on Wednesday are some of the first products to come out of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was created by last year's Dodd-Frank financial reform law and is scheduled to formally open its doors on July 21.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | An announcement in Brooklyn this morning from Mayor Michael Bloomberg will make it easier for the more than one million New Yorkers who don't have health insurance to fill their prescriptions. Speaking at the Target pharmacy on the corner of Atlantic Ave. and Flatbush Ave., Bloomberg, alongside City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Deputy Mayor Linda I. Gibbs, announced the launch of the BigAppleRx card, New York City's first official prescription discount card. The card is available to anyone who lives, works, or visits the city, and will be accepted at more than 2,000 pharmacies throughout the five boroughs.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There's no way you could see this coming. When Bryant High School (blue) faced against Conway High School (white) in Arkansas, few expected a play of this magnitude. Misdirection is an understatement.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SALT LAKE CITY -- It's late May but snow keeps falling in the Rockies, adding to record snowpack that could mean major flooding come spring melt. Northern Utah mountains could see up to a foot of fresh snow this week with a weather system that is dropping rain elsewhere and will soon head toward Colorado and Wyoming. A slew of flood warnings have already been issued there. The National Weather Service says up to 3 inches of rain is predicted in parts of southeast Wyoming, while up to a foot of snow is forecast for the mountains.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — K.J. Choi is giving $200,000 from his win at The Players Championship to help victims of the tornados that ravaged the southeastern United States. Choi says that while winning The Players was a defining point in his career, those affected by the tornados are going through a low point. He wants the victims to know that their troubles are not being ignored.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PARIS - He has always had a double reputation. For some time now, he has been recognized for his genuine economic capabilities and his careless behavior, his sparkling intelligence coupled with an apparent dilettantism, a mind as brilliantly clear as his relationship toward women is troublesome. Dominique Strauss-Kahn has long been seen as a figure whose promising talent has lived side-by-side with what his friends – before his May 16 charge of sexual assault for allegedly attacking a hotel maid in New York – would discreetly refer to as an "unbearable lightness of being."
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The nation is in the middle of a massive unemployment crisis. But, then, you already knew that. The U6 unemployment rate continues to hover in the 15-16% range, and at that rate, if you aren't among those unemployed or underemployed, it's almost inconceivable that you don't have a spouse, a sibling, a son, a daughter, a parent or some loved one who isn't caught up in this crisis. Those people fear for their future, and the people that care about them share those fears -- and perhaps have doubts about their own. But if there's a cross-section of America that's blind to this crisis, it's those who ply their trade in Washington and the people who doggedly follow them around with steno pads and frantically scribble down whatever dribbles from their mouths. And here, the media has maintained an upside down and backward viewpoint on the crises that grip our nation. That massive unemployment problem? The media has this pegged as a problem that solely impacts the relative reelection hopes of politicians. Will Obama gain a second term, or will he be forced into a life of top-dollar speaking fees, book deals and lucrative appointments on corporate and foundation boards? The question rages! Meanwhile, they've decided that what the public really cares about is the structural federal deficit. Poll after poll shows that this is not the top concern of Americans -- in fact, earlier this week, we saw Politico dress up their poll results in a way that made deficit concerns more prominent by combining them with the more resonant concerns of the unemployment crisis. But it hardly matters. This is the story the media wants to tell, and by God, they will keep telling it.
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