Daily Dispatches

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte

House committees launch nationwide hunt for Gosnell imitators

Abortion |  Two House committees launched nationwide campaigns earlier this week to investigate the prevalence of poorly regulated abortion facilities similar to the kind…

Judge revives Geneva College's contraceptive mandate lawsuit

Judge revives Geneva College's contraceptive mandate lawsuit

Healthcare Mandate |  A federal judge reinstated Geneva College’s lawsuit against the health insurance contraceptive mandate Thursday after acknowledging that the school is…

Children from southern Somalia hold their pots as they line up to receive cooked food in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Globe Trot: Did U.S. farm bill worsen Somali famine?

International |  More on the UN report on Somalia’s famine, which killed more than a quarter-million Somalis in less than two years. We all watched it unfold, made worse by…

A woman rests on a stretcher after being rescued from the collapsed garment factory.

Midday Roundup: Miraculous escape from garment factory rubble

Newsworthy |  Garment factory miracle. Crowds gathered at the site of the collapsed Bangladesh garment factory cheered Friday as rescuers freed a woman trapped in the…

Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried in Virginia

Boston Bombings |  A small Muslim cemetery in Virginia is responsible for offering Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev a final resting place, The Washington Times reported…

Ariel Castro

Cleveland captor could face murder charges for killing unborn babies

Abortion |  Ohio prosecutors announced late Thursday they might charge Ariel Castro with murder and seek the death penalty after one of his captives claimed he…

Specialist Matthew Cheslock works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Dollars and Sense: Bad news in Europe might be good news for U.S. investors

Dollars and Sense |  Up, up, and away. The markets just keep climbing. The Dow closed above 15,000 for the first time ever on Tuesday, and it continued to set new records on…

Quarterback Tim Tebow speaks to the Economic Club of Southwest Michigan

Tebow finds fulfillment off the field

Religion |  Eleven days after the New York Jets cut him, Christian quarterback Tim Tebow told a crowd of about 3,000 at Lake Michigan College that his main goal is to…

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke

Signs and Wonders: Wall Street heavyweights insist Bernanke stop giving away ‘free money’

Newsworthy |  Banker objections. Those of us opposed to Ben Bernanke’s quantitative easing scheme could take solace from a new report issued this week. Bloomberg is…

Saeed Abedini and his son

Saeed Abedini released from solitary in hopeful sign

Religion |  Iranian authorities released American pastor Saeed Abedini from solitary confinement today after forcing him to spend the week of his birthday in a “small…

Steph Sherer, executive director of Americans for Safe Access, speaks during a news conference protesting medical marijuana laws at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.

California high court snuffs out pot shops' free reign

Courts |  The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, striking a blow to the nation’s first and least…

Ariel Castro appears in Cleveland Municipal court.

Cleveland captor faces rape, kidnapping charges

Crime |  Ariel Castro, the man accused of holding three Cleveland women hostage for nearly a decade, was charged on Wednesday with three counts of rape and four counts…

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