The Georgetown law student criticized those who demonized and smeared me, an indirect shot at radio host Rush Limbaugh, who had called her a slut. Fluke said women and men from across the country have written to express support for her view that contraception needs to be treated as a basic health care service.
Attorney General Eric Holder supplied the legal justification Monday for the decision to kill American-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki , rebutting criticism that the view of executive power held by President Barack Obama's administration is overly broad.
Fallout over Rush Limbaugh calling Georgetown Law School student Sandra Fluke a slut and a prostitute is now hurting the conservative radio show host among his core audience, according to a new poll released today.
Attorney General Eric Holder will give a speech Monday outlining the legal justification for use of deadly force in the assassination of U.S.-born al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, according to an official in President Barack Obama's administration.
The ostentatious conservative political pundit Rush Limbaugh drew himself further into controversy after calling a law school student a slut and prostitute in the aftermath of her testimony before Congress about the need for birth control coverage. On Friday, President Barack Obama called Sandra Fluke -- the 30-year-old, third-year Georgetown University law school student who spoke in front of Congress -- to commend her for her willingness to speak out about her cause.
Late Friday night, BP announced that a $4.7 billion settlement had been reached with individual plaintiffs who sought damages related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday called up Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student who Rush Limbaugh called a slut and prostitute, to thank her for speaking out on the issue of access to contraception.
Throughout his career, right-winged radio host Rush Limbaugh could counted on for controversial moments, the latest being calling Georgetown Law School student Sandra Fluke a “slut” for testifying to Congress that religious institutions should cover birth control.
Q&A with Cristina Alger, author of “The Darlings.”
Canon's 76-year-old chairman and CEO will take on the additional role of president after the $60 billion Japanese camera and printer maker forecast weak earnings growth and said its current president was stepping down.
State and Federal lawmakers constantly proposed measures to restrict women's reproductive rights in 2011.
Children the world over are leaving carrots by the chimney for Santa's reindeer this Christmas, but the real reindeer population, and the Innu people who rely on them, need all the help they can get.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the federal government's plan to create a single, national securities regulator, forcing Ottawa to rethink its campaign to replace the current patchwork of provincial watchdogs and regulations.
Canada's top court derailed government plans to consolidate a patchwork system of provincial securities regulators on Thursday, ruling that proposed federal legislation violated provincial rights and forcing the government back to the drawing board.
Fred Shapiro, a Yale Law School librarian and well-known authority on quotations, just released his sixth-annual list of the most memorable quotations of the year. The top three quotes all deal with statements made by people protesting the income disparity in the U.S. The Occupy Wall Street protesters’ slogan --“We are the 99 percent” – was the list's top quote.
A House bill to extend a payroll tax cut would also authorize states to require drug testing for recipients of unemployment benefits, prompting questions about the measure's effectiveness and legality.
Top executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac defended their lucrative pay before a House panel on Wednesday, one day after lawmakers approved suspending top executive compensation packages and moving the firms' thousands of employees onto a pay scale that lines up with federal financial regulators.
Ilya Zhitomirskiy, one of the four co-founders of open source social networking start-up Diaspora, died at his home in San Francisco over the weekend. An officer from the San Francisco Police Department said Zhitomirskiy's death appeared to be a suicide, adding that the final decision would have to wait until after the medical examination procedures.
A Suffolk University law professor has issued an email calling plans to collect care packages for U.S. troops shameful.
Former MF Global customers like Koch Industries, who pulled billions of dollars out of the stricken broker's accounts weeks or months before its collapse, have counted their blessings in recent days.
Michael Jackson's personal doctor was found guilty on Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star's drug-related death in 2009 but may not spend much time in jail.
The 24/7 nature of Occupy Wall Street and its offshoots distinguish this protest movement from others that relied more on rallies.
