JUBA, South Sudan – The U.N. children’s agency saysdozens of children have been killed, at least 12 raped and others abducted and recruited in a series of attacks in South Sudan’s Unity state over a two-week period. UNICEF said in a statement Monday that witnesses believe the attacks were carried …

WICHITA, Kan. – A man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at a Kansas airport was “well on his way” to becoming a violent terrorist before authorities began investigating him, federal prosecutors argued Monday. Terry Loewen, a former avionics technician, was arrested in December 2013 after authorities say he …

ST. LOUIS – Ferguson city leaders say they haven’t heard from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding two federal investigations, one into the fatal shooting death of Michael Brown in August and the other into the city police department’s practices. Earlier this week, Attorney General Eric Holder said he expects …

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – People who want to participate in Alaska’s biggest guessing contest have until Sunday to buy tickets for the Nenana Ice Classic. Thousands of people each year pay to try to guess the exact date and time the ice will break up on the Tanana River in Nenana. …

Mr. Madonna’s Movie Takes In Just $75,000 | Save ‘The Savages,’ ‘Devil,’ ‘Butterfly’ — and Soon | Joss Stone’s Christmas Song; Jingle Ball Report Mr. Madonna’s Movie Takes In Just $75,000 It’s the same amount of money Madonna spends on, let’s say, mascara. Guy Ritchie‘s latest movie — he’s her …

Man, I saw this one coming. The Dow plunges more than 300 points, and it’s front page news. Down to the dude covering his face in anguish in The Washington Post. And the gloomy top banner story in The New York Times bemoaning a global stock market tumble. To my …

Sometimes we mistake that because we live in a free country, we freely must bend over backwards to hear nuts. That’s fine. Here’s what isn’t. Freely choosing who is free to speak. Tyrants you like, I guess. Not the people trying to keep them in check, I know. Ahmadinejad OK. …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Presidential Politics in ‘08 A new FOX News Opinion Dynamics poll matching up potential candidates for the 2008 presidential election has Republicans coming out on top. Among registered voters, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani beats New York Senator Hillary Clinton …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: The Washington Post, which had no qualms about publishing a cartoon attacking the U.S. military which drew a rare letter of protest from the joint chiefs — has declined to run the controversial Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Executive editor Len …

Michael Jackson Jacko ‘Kidnap’ Victims Lived It Up Yesterday there were reports that Michael Jackson‘s band of “kidnappers” had held a mother and her three kids (two sons and a daughter) “hostage” at the Country Inn and Suites in Calabasas, Calif., in Feb. 2003. Calabasas is a beautiful, verdant suburb …