Obama signs patent bill, sees boost for innovators
President Barack Obama signed into law a patent overhaul bill on Friday that backers say will curb frivolous lawsuits and help the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office do the hiring needed to clear a huge backlog of applications. Obama said the law would give a boost to U.S. businesses, in part by giving the patent office the funding it needs to catch More...
Consumer advocate Warren hits trail for Senate
BOSTON (Reuters) – Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren hit the campaign trail on Wednesday after officially launching her bid for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts with a vow to fight for the middle class. “Washington More...
FACT CHECK: Social Security prompts debate miscues
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Perry 1.0 thought Social Security was a “disease” inflicted on the population by the federal government. Rick Perry 2.0 thinks Social Security deserves being saved “for More...
Rick Perry skips campaign forum to deal with Texas fires
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) – Texas Governor Rick Perry canceled a scheduled appearance at a Republican presidential campaign forum in South Carolina on Monday to return home and supervise a fight More...
Fox News Twitter Hacked, Reports Obama Assassinated
The Fox News Politics Twitter account reported this morning that President Obama had been shot twice in Iowa and killed. Not the case. Obama is fine. The account was hacked shortly after midnight and the messages More...
20 killed in Karachi violence
The death toll from Karachi violence has reached 20 during the last 24 hours, Geo News reported, Today, unidentified armed men shot dead three, including two children in Qasba colony, while six others were More...
Pakistan drops Abbottabad as match venue
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided against holding a match in a coming one-day series against Afghanistan at Abbottabad, the town where Osama bin Laden was killed earlier this month, it said on Thursday. More...
US formally apologizes Pak over drone attacks
The United States has formally apologized Pakistan over drone attacks, Geo News reported on Tuesday. According to sources, the US apologized civil and military leadership of Pakistan over the drone strikes that More...
US interrogates Osama’s wives
US intelligence services have reportedly interrogated three of Osama bin Laden’s widows who were picked up in a US raid that saw the al-Qaeda leader killed. The women were interviewed as a group, despite More...
Osama Bin Laden Home Video Released By US Government (WATCH)
Osama bin Laden is shown watching himself on television in this video frame grab released by the U.S. Pentagon May 7, 2011. Five videos were found in bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan after U.S. Navy More...