Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) broke from President Obama over the New York City mosque and Islamic community center. Critics are concerned about the proposed location near Ground Zero. Reid, who is battling to keep his seat, said Monday the mosque should be “built someplace else” instead of within a few blocks of where…

Steven Slater went from being fed up to becoming famous. He gained a lot of attention – and criminal charges – for the way he quit his job as a JetBlue Airways flight attendant. Should he get a reality show gig? Time in jail? To some, Slater has become a sort of cult hero, someone…

On Friday, President Obama said he supports the right for an Islamic center to be built near Ground Zero. “Let me be clear: as a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country,” he said. “That includes the right to build…

On Wednesday, the Iranian woman who faced stoning to death for adultery denounced her lawyer and confessed to adultery and being an accomplice to her husband’s killing. But her lawyer and human rights groups assert the mother of two was coerced to make these statements that aired on state television. In 2006, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani…

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