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By DAPHNE RETTER Post Correspondent WASHINGTON -- In a slap at President Obama, former President Bill Clinton will headline a fund-raiser for Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who is challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary for Senate. Clinton has not endorsed anyone in the race, but his move to help Maloney soon after Obama attempted to clear the field for Gillibrand could be seen as an insult to the White House. Clinton spokesman Matt McKenna said yesterday that Clinton -- a legendary fund-raiser -- will attend the July 20 event at The St. Regis hotel in Manhattan, even though the money raised will be used to try to unseat a White House-backed candidate. McKenna downplayed the significance of the event, noting that Clinton did a similar event for Gillibrand in the spring. "We agreed some time ago to attend this... [read full story]
By DONNA ABU-NASR Associated Press Writer RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - For years just an obscure fight raging in remote desert mountains, Yemen's war with Shiite rebels has been dragged up to a new level, inflaming the rivalry...
WASHINGTON -- Republicans love to get their hands on the Democrats' health care legislation. They show it to the cameras at every opportunity, even piling one version on top of another to make a big pile look even bigger.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Legislators irked for months over Gov. Mark Sanford's summertime vanishing act and his tearful revelation that he was in Argentina for a rendezvous with his lover plan to start debating a measure Tuesday...
BY HELENE ST. JAMES FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With injuries up front and on defense, the Red Wings are experimenting with new defense pairings — and mixing up the forwards in hopes of generating more offense....
