Lois Lerner, the IRS official who in May acknowledged that the agency wrongly targeted tea party groups that were applying for a tax exemption status, retired from the agency effective Monday, Politico reported. When the IRS scandal hit, Lerner was placed on administrative leave.
Prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York leveled three defendants with terrorism related charges. The prosecutors described Ali Yasin Ahmed, Madhi Hashi and Mohamed Yusuf as "dangerous and influential" members of al-Shabaab, the same Islamic terrorist organization that has claimed responsibility for the attack at Westgate Mall, in Nairobi Kenya this past weekend
Bo Xilai appealed his guilty verdict conviction on Sunday, which sentenced the former Communist Party Chinese official to a life in prison. Bo was convicted on corruption charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power
On a night when Michael Douglas should have been elated for winning an Emmy on Sunday for best actor as Liberace in the HBO miniseries 'Behind the Candelabra,' the Oscar-winner reflected on his personal life. Douglas first told the audience, and later the media backstage about his son Cameron who is currently serving time in federal prison for drug-related charges.
