Daily Archives: April 20, 2012

WATCH: More Young Adults Are Becoming ‘Religiously Unaffiliated’

hcsp.jpgDetails about America’s youngest eligible voters and their faith are coming into focus.

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Conservatives Go After PBS Host Gwen Ifill for Emceeing Homosexual Clinic Gala

hcsp.jpgGwen Ifill, the author and “PBS News Hour” correspondent, is under fire from a conservative media outlet over her decision to serve as emcee at Thursday’s annual fundraiser for Whitman-Walker Health, a nonprofit community health clinic in Washington. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will receive an award at the event.

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Rep. Elijah Cummings says More Secret Service Agents May be Fired

hcsp.jpgLawmakers predicted Thursday that more Secret Service agents involved in the alleged Colombian prostitution scandal will either resign or be fired from the agency soon.

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Blackhawk Carrying US Troops Crashes In Afghanistan

hcsp.jpgA U.S. Army helicopter crashed on a nighttime mission in southwestern Afghanistan on Thursday, and initial reports from the scene indicated that as many as four soldiers may have been killed, a U.S. defense official said.

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Shacking Up

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The web is buzzing about an opinion article published by The New York Times last Saturday. “The Downside to Cohabitating Before Marriage” has been one of the most emailed and among the most viewed articles on the Times’ website this week, although it contains nothing new or groundbreaking. It merely confirms what most know or suspect: Living together before marriage increases the risk of divorce.

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Magic’s Dwight Howard Out for Rest of the Season

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Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard will undergo back surgery and miss the rest of the season, including the playoffs, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports.

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Obama Is ‘Shriveling Before Our Eyes’

hcsp.jpg President Barack Obama’s leadership of the country is “shriveling before our eyes,” former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove writes in the Wall Street Journal.

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