GOP presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann wrapped up her bus tour of Iowa's 99 counties Thursday. She's been on the road for most of the last two weeks in a final push to generate support before Tuesday's caucuses.
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry has been aboard a bus touring Iowa hoping to score an upset in next Tuesday's caucuses. Perry spent Thursday trying to reverse the surge that challenger Rick Santorum has seen in a recent poll.
The State Department is calling on Egyptian authorities to stop the harassment of non-governmental organizations. Egyptian security forces earlier raided the offices of 17 NGOs. The military claims some of them were operating without permits.
A state district judge has denied a bail reduction for a West Tawakoni woman. 22-year-old Erin Elizabeth Saari will be spending her New Year’s Eve in jail.
A family friend of the man who killed six family members and then turned the gun on himself says that he didn’t like that his estranged wife was doing well.
According to Texas prison officials, an investigation is ongoing in whether convicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs violated his inmate telephone privileges.
More than a dozen Occupy protesters were arrested in Iowa yesterday, including five people who were outside the campaign headquarters of Texas Republican congressman Ron Paul.
