Michael Jackson | Mariah Carey Cracking Jacko Accuser’s Mom’s Secret ‘Code’ Yesterday’s court session in the Michael Jackson trial yielded the usual amount of questions and curios, including a declaration by the accuser’s mother that the pop star planned on sending her kids away permanently via a hot-air balloon. But …

To watch “The Memo” click here. What to do about the kid killers in Milwaukee? That is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. A 10-year-old boy has admitted he took part in the beating death of 36-year-old Charlie Young along with 15 other boys. At his arraignment, his …

To watch “The Memo” click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. We are being outsmarted. That’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. The Constitution says that we need the federal government to, quote, “establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, …

BOSTON – Getting thrown in jail means you can kiss your freedom goodbye. But starting this week in Massachusetts it’ll cost you even more than that. Sheriff Tom Hodgson of Bristol County is now charging prisoners $5 dollars a day rent for every night they spend in jail. Hodgson says …

And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! To Pay or Not ToupeeConvicted former Congressman Jim Traficant still has supporters in some places. Wednesday night will be “Jim Traficant Night” at the minor league game of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, which could have been …

Lorraine Bracco| Golden Globe Sopranos Star Divorcing Husband “The papers are in.” So said Sopranosstar Lorraine Braccoon Sunday night when I asked about the status of her marriage to actor Edward James Olmos. They are getting a divorce. Bracco and Olmos married in 1994, but their relationship has been a …

CHANCELLORSVILLE BATTLEFIELD, Va. – The Civil War may define American history more than any other event since the Revolution. But now, 137 years after the end of the Civil War, new battles are brewing between those who want to develop the areas surrounding national battlefield parks and those who want …

SAN FRANCISCO – An anti-affirmative action activist in California is on a crusade to make the government color blind. Ward Connerly, who helped end affirmative action at the University of California and in the state’s hiring practices, now wants state officials to stop collecting racial data entirely at taxpayers’ expense. …

NEW YORK – With the imminent release of her first feature film, Crossroads, pop music icon Britney Spears will be in good company among singer-turned-actor crossovers crowding the silver screen these days. The teen coming-of-age flick about three estranged childhood girlfriends who reconnect on a road trip coasts into theaters …

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday that would create a Department of Homeland Security, a Cabinet-level post that would be made up of agencies like the Coast Guard and the Customs Service. Lawmakers argue the legislation would give the homeland security director the tools he needs …