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Celine Dion suffered two personal tragedies in the past weeks, losing her beloved husband of 21 years, Rene Angelil, and her brother Daniel, both to cancer. But the pop star is reportedly dealing with grief the only way she knows how — by returning to the stage. People reports Celine is scheduled to perform at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas on February 23, just weeks after the funeral of her husband. A source told the magazine on her behalf: "That's what René would want. He wants her to perform and come back." "He knew her better than anybody and he...

(...) One of those employees, Melissa Click, a professor with a courtesy appointment to the school of journalism, not only attempted to intimidate a student, but when he would not yield to her demands, she called for "muscle" to physically remove him from a place he had every right to be. Most of the world recognized Professor Click's actions as a clear and dangerous abuse of authority. (...)

The US navy on Wednesday launched its first carrier strike group powered partly by biofuel a mix made from beef fat, calling it a milestone toward easing the military's reliance on foreign oil. The maritime branch touted the warships as the centrepiece of its "Great Green Fleet" part of a navy-wide initiative that aims to draw 50% of its power from alternative energy in four years.

The anti-abortion movement is not about politics or religion—it’s about compassion For more than 40 years now, Americans from all walks of life have journeyed to our nation’s capital in the middle of winter to rally around a common cause: the dignity and value of innocent human life. The annual March for Life event in Washington on Friday coincides with the Jan. 22, 1973, U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade that invalidated state abortion laws across the country to make elective abortion the law of the land. This year, as in years past, marchers will peacefully assemble by...

CHUCK TODD: What do you do with the 11 million people though? Do you have to send 'em back, or do you give them a way to get legal? TED CRUZ: Chuck, I don't accept the premise that you have to solve every aspect of this problem all at once. President Obama and the Democrats focus on that issue because the question you're asking is the most divisive partisan question in this entire debate. And I don't believe President Obama wants to solve this. CHUCK TODD: I understand that it's divisive. But the– it's still a problem. TED CRUZ: B--...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Thursday touted a tweet Donald Trump sent more than two years ago that Cruz said proved his primary rival supports "amnesty." "Just a minute ago, I tweeted on Twitter a tweet that Donald sent in 2013," Cruz said during a Boston Herald Radio interview. He was referring to an August 2013 tweet in which the Republican presidential front-runner wrote: "Congress must protect our borders first. Amnesty should be done only if the border is secure and illegal immigration has stopped."

UPSTATE SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE CITES IMMIGRATION ISSUE Michelle Wiles – one of the Palmetto State’s most influential conservative activists – is leaving the South Carolina leadership team of Ted Cruz and joining the campaign of Donald Trump, sources close to both campaigns told us this week. The Upstate social conservative – widely known and respected in evangelical circles – had been one of Cruz’s most articulate, well-connected South Carolina supporters. Now her support will go to “The Donald.” If this scenario sounds familiar, it should … This isn’t the first time an influential female Cruz supporter has gone over to Trump’s...

... "I don't want to see Donald Trump cut a deal with (New York Democratic Sen.) Chuck Schumer to allow amnesty. I don't want to see Donald Trump cut a deal to expand eminent domain, which he supports. I don't want to see Donald Trump cut a deal to pass another TARP big bank bailout," Cruz said. "I like and respect him personally, but when his policy is to support TARP, to support Obama’s stimulus, to expand Obamacare…those are real policy differences and I think they are differences the people of New Hampshire care about. I get that in the...

Washington, DC – Chanting the mantra of “safe and legal,” radical feminists celebrated the January 22, 1973, Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision that decriminalized abortion in America. But did legal really make abortion safe? Now, 43 years later, that question has been answered. While some may have heard of Kermit Gosnell, who is serving life in prison for murdering babies born alive at his West Philadelphia “House of Horrors,” they are generally unaware that his was far from the only abortion business to pose a grave danger to the public. The reality is that the “safe” part of...

A report by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation found that the Syrian rebels were mostly Islamic Jihadists and that even if ISIS were defeated there were 15 other groups sharing its worldview that were ready to take its place.

In a brand new Zogby Analytics Poll of likely GOP caucus and primary voters, Donald Trump receives 45% of the total vote, with Ted Cruz in a distant second place at 13%, followed by Marco Rubio with 8%, Jeb Bush 6%, Ben Carson 4%, Carly Fiorina and John Kasich tied with 3%, and Rand Paul, Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, and Rick Santorum all tied with 2%. Ten percent are undecided. The new poll of 294 likely Republican voters nationwide was conducted on January 19 and 20 and has a margin of sampling error of +/-5.8 percentage points. Mr. Trump polls...

Businessman and real-estate mogul Donald Trump has a 10-point lead over rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in Iowa, according to an Emerson College Polling Society poll released Thursday. The poll showed support for Trump at 33 percent, with his closest runner-up, Cruz, at 23 percent. Cruz enjoyed an nine-point advantage over Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who took third place with 14 percent. The survey, which comes amid a fierce contest between Trump and Cruz in the final days leading up to the Iowa caucuses, was concluded the day after former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) endorsed Trump at an Iowa...

Back to Videos Trump: Karl Rove's "Hatred" Of Me Is "Like A Boiler Waiting To Explode" 304 Shares Posted on January 20, 2016 Donald Trump ripped Karl Rove at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma this afternoon that featured former Gov. Sarah Palin. TRUMP: Karl Rove, this guy he predicted -- he thinks Romney won the election. Remember? Romney won. He won. I'm telling you. They had to take him off the air in a basket. This guy -- and he's -- everything. I had a poll that was so incredible. I was killing everybody. Like a month ago. He...

“DON’T PANIC,” reads the graphic midway through the Jeb Bush campaign’s latest scare ad, presumably targeting New Hampshire voters. If Republicans nominate Donald Trump, the ad argues, they will play directly into Hillary Clinton’s hands.

With less than two weeks until the Iowa caucuses, a new super PAC has formed with the intention of taking down Donald Trump. The group, which is called Our Principles PAC, is founded by Katie Packer, a veteran Republican strategist who served as deputy campaign manager on Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign.

Around 720-640 million years ago, much of the Earth's surface was covered in ice during a glaciation that lasted millions of years. Explosive underwater volcanoes were a major feature of this 'Snowball Earth', according to new research led by the University of Southampton. Many aspects of this extreme glaciation remain uncertain, but it is widely thought that the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia resulted in increased river discharge into the ocean. This changed ocean chemistry and reduced atmospheric CO2 levels, which increased global ice coverage and propelled Earth into severe icehouse conditions. Because the land surface was then largely covered...

Stating flatly, "Dead white guys did not create this country," an executive in the American school textbook industry has confirmed that Common Core pushes an elitist, progressive agenda of global warming, gun control and prostitution on America’s children. The undercover video is from investigative reporter James O’Keefe of Project Veritas. It reveals the comments and opinions of Kimberly Koerber, a former manager for Pearson, the nation's leading textbook publishing company. She now works for National Geographic, another publisher. O'Keefe reported her statements to Project Veritas journalists included, "Damn the Second Amendment", and, "People that are not educated, Fox TV viewers,...

With 11 days to go before the 2016 Iowa Caucuses, real estate mogul Donald Trump and Texas Senator Ted Cruz are deadlocked at the top of the latest Loras College Poll. The two candidates have distanced themselves from the rest of the field, with Florida Senator Marco Rubio the only other candidate receiving double-digit support among likely Republican caucus voters. The statewide live-caller poll was conducted Jan. 13-18. Trump and Cruz were also at the top of the December Loras Poll.

News that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would endorse Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary was first broken by people posting on an online chat forum, and not by members of the media.

Bill Clinton is going to Vegas. The former president will speak (solo, obviously) at a campaign event in Sin City later this evening on behalf of his nominal wife, Hillary Clinton. Clinton's trip happens to coincide with the annual AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, just a 20-minute drive from the Advanced Technologies Academy where Clinton is speaking.