There is candid frustration Thursday coming from rank and file congressional Democrats about the influence of Maine’s Republican senator in the health care reform debate. The way Republican Sen.
Democrats chastise Snowe over health care ‘influence’
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Why the Pentagon Axed Its Afghanistan Warlord
Public beheadings in Afghanistan are usually associated with the Taliban, but on Monday it was Defense Secretary Robert Gates metaphorically wielding the ax from the Pentagon platform. Gates announced that he had asked for and received the resignation of his top commander in Afghanistan, Army General David McKiernan, after McKiernan spent only 11 months in that theater
GOP urges quick decision on Afghanistan
Leading Republicans urged President Obama to make a swift decision in favor of more U.S. troops for the war in Afghanistan after talks between the president and congressional leaders Tuesday.
Box Office Wizardry: Harry Potter’s Wand-erful Week
The wise old men and their young colleagues gave the world all the entertainment it needed this weekend. While 59-year-old, self-proclaimed “geezer” golfer Tom Watson mounted a heroic effort to win the British Open, only to fall short in a four-hole playoff against a much younger rival, that great gray sorcerer Albus Dumbledore led Harry Potter to the biggest opening for any film in the series.
‘Half-Blood Prince’ finds Potter crew closer to end
The end is closer than the beginning. Harry Potter and his friends at Hogwarts are now in their sixth year of seven at the school. They’ve seen a lot of changes, particularly as the influence of the reawakened Voldemort (that is, He Who Must Not Be Named) has made itself known
Iran to execute 14 convicted in 2006 terror attack
Fourteen people convicted in connection with a 2006 attack on civilians will be publicly executed Tuesday in Iran, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported Monday. Harry Potter and his friends at Hogwarts are now in their sixth year of seven at the school.
Fans brave torrential rain at ‘Harry Potter’ premiere
If Potions Professor Horace Slughorn had mixed a brew to conjure up torrential rain, the weather could not have been worse for the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." Dedicated fans braved thunder, lightning and Biblical downpours in London’s Leicester Square to catch a glimpse of the film’s stars arriving at the opening of the sixth film in the wildly popular “Harry Potter” franchise.
Prince Harry on official visit to New York
Britain’s Prince Harry, the second son of Princess Diana and Prince Charles, will arrive Friday in New York, the site of his first official trip overseas, British officials announced. During his two-day visit, Harry plans to meet with family members of September 11 victims, lay a wreath at ground zero and meet with veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars, royal palace officials said
Prince Harry to Make His New York City Debut. Quietly
Attention aspiring princesses: Prince Harry has almost landed. On Friday, the 24-year-old prince begins a two-day tour of New York City, his first international trip as a representative of the British royal family. Among other things, he’ll meet with families who lost loved ones on September 11 and visit soldiers injured in Afghanistan and Iraq at Manhattan’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Rare Harry Potter book fetches $19,000 at auction
A first-edition Harry Potter book was sold for about $19,000, according to an auction house in Dallas, Texas. The soft-cover book was one of 200 copies printed and is a rarity compared with later editions of the popular series that were printed in the millions, the Heritage Auction Galleries said. The book, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” includes an autograph from author J.K