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Ronald Reagan’s First Lady Nancy has turned 90. She observed the occasion quietly at home with family. An iron-willed woman, she has been credited with pushing Reagan to seek the presidency. Outspoken, she was one of the first modern conservative women to reap the constant ridicule of the news media — which aimed unending, weathering…

Shi Enhao, a leader in China’s growing underground church movement, disappeared last month — and it turns out he’s been in police custody, held on “suspicion of using superstition to undermine national law enforcement.” Shi is one of as many as 150 million Chinese Christians who refuse to join the Communist Party’s Three-Self Patriotic Movement…

With the national debt taking up most of Congress’s summer efforts, Congressman Charlie Rangel made a special plea to his colleagues that made all the Sunday morning news shows — telling fellow Congressman that in voting on whether to raise the debt ceiling, they should consider: “What would Jesus do this weekend?” Former presidential hopeful, Arkansas…

Julie Bass got the idea from First Lady Michelle Obama — why not plant what during World War II was called a “Victory Garden” — a small veggie garden in her yard? After all, “The price of organic food is kind of through the roof,” says the Detroit-area mom. “We thought it’d be really cool…

Vladimir Putin was sent to Russia by God, the Kremlin’s top political adviser says. Meanwhile, a Moscow sect reportedly is convinced Putin is the reincarnation of the Apostle Paul.  “To be honest, I think of Putin as a person who was sent to Russia by fate and the Almighty at a difficult hour,” Vladislav Surkov, the…

Her boss, Florida State Attorney Robert “Skip” Jarvis, didn’t like the speeches KrisAnne Hall was making. He gave her a choice — quit accepting speaking engagements or lose her job as an assistant state attorney in Jarvis’ office. She refused and was fired. So, she filed a federal discrimination lawsuit. Last week, she settled out…

The last time a 1933 gold “double eagle” sold, it went for $7.6 million. That was nine years ago. Now the heirs of late coin dealer Israel Switt want to sell ten of the coins they found in a Wanamakers department store bag after Switt died. The U.S. government, asked by the family to verify the coins’…

Boston’s Fourth of July celebration Monday night was spectacular. CBS viewers watched as fireworks exploded behind the State House, Quincy Market, Fenway Park’s home plate, and other beloved Boston landmarks, in a show that could have put Washington’s fireworks display to shame. The only problem: the fireworks display was fake, according to the Washington Post.…

Following California voters’ success in repealing their legislators’ legalization of same-sex marriage, New Yorkers are planning an initiative to put the issue on the ballot. “New York same-sex ‘marriage’ advocates will soon face a backlash for forcing the new ‘marriage’ law through the legislature, including a campaign to oust turncoat lawmakers and a ballot initiative…

South Sudanese citizens, international dignitaries and the world’s newest president celebrated as their war-wracked nation became the world’s newest country Saturday. Raucous street celebrations broke out at midnight. Dignitaries included U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and even former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. The predominantly Christian south and the mostly Muslim north…
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